Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1892-06-21
ALL ABOUT THE STATE.
General News from all Sections OF Our
Little Commonwealth.

Little Commonwealth.
State Secretary G. D. Hine has decided
to have q summer school for teachers this |
year at New Britain, commencing July 8 |
and continuing three weeks. Instruction
will be given in chemistry. botany, ply
sizes, biology, physiology, lloyd, and the
making of apparatus for school expert
ments. The classes will meet in the Nor
NAL school building, and there will be no
charge for tuition. .......
JUNIOR STANDING AT TRINITY.
HARTFORD, June 20.-The junior stand
ing at Trinity college was published this
morning, giving the aggregate of the marks
attained by the class of '93 to the end of
the junior year. The first three positions
are held by Robert Peck Bates of Will
mantle, March Chase Mayo of Hartford,
and Herbert Mendenhall Smith of Bridge
water. Eleven members of the class are
eligible for Phi Beta Kappa elections.
DROWNING AT M1DDLETowN.
M1ppLRrowN, June 2O-Willie Corbett, eight
years old, while fishing off the ferryboat dock
last evening tumbled into the water and was
drowned. His body was recovered In about
twenty minutes: All means were used to resus'
citate him. but they were unsuccessful
ONE HUNDRED AND sEvENTY-FIvE WIRES CROSS THE
TROLLEY.
The stringing of the trolley wire for the East
Hartford and Glastonbury cars was completed
on Saturday to the city hall, and it was expected
that the electric cars would run yesterday. but
the cars did not arrive. There are 175 wires or
all sorts crossing the trolley wires between Asy-
lum street and the bridge, and good storm may
be counted on to break some of them. The West
cided upon and the company is to have two of
each kind. They will be here in few days.
Hartford Courant.
sPIRITUAL1sTs CAMP MEETING.
Tho Connecticut Spiritualists' Camp Meeting
association are out with their prospectus for the
season Of 1892. Their meetings are held on their
camp grounds at Mantle, ad Joining the state mil
ar ana se on
vices are conducted only on Sundays and the fol-
lowing speakers have been engaged: Sunday.
Byfnes: August I. the Hon. Sidney Dean; Aug
| southweIi; August IS, Mrs Belva Lockwood.
Circulars and Information will be furnished by
| Robert F. Stanton, secretary, South Windham'
Conn.
AGAIN THIS SUMMER FISHERS ISLAND.
The Naval Reserve practice exercises, ashore
| and afioat under direction of officers OF the
United States navy, will be repeated this sum- I'm;
mer at Fishers Island beginning July ag and t6a
drill last year, and wholly novel and picturesque
scenes then presented, will willingly miss the
| maneuvers OF next month.
INCREASED.
The capital stock of the Hartford Electric
| Light company has been increased from $2o0, 800
| to $25O,0O Five hundred new shares of the par
| value OF 500 have been Issued.
FOR THE YALE-HARvARD RACE.
The regatta committee have engaged the
| steamer Munnatawket for the accommodation
of members of the press and the quota from
| each university on the day of the Yale Harvard
race, between 4 and p m. on Friday, July 1.
The Munnatawket served very acceptably last
| year.
sUFFIELD's GALA WEEK
The exercises for to-day at the Connecticut
Literary institution, SufHeld, are:
Prize declamations beginning at 1890 The
PIaindeld; :s6ipWrecked," Sterling r, Hay
" Of aGe
"The Ballad Of Babe Bell Lula NJ. Sniffin of
A AZ James Arthur Wells Of Palmer, Mass.
THE Building of the Ship" Susie NJ; Skies o.
| Agawam, Mass; "The Bell Of Zanora," Lille M
Stewart Of Boston; ''The Eagles Nest Sadie A
Lockwood of Greenwich; 'sThe Wooing of Grand
mother" Bessie W. Whitney Of Astoria, L. I. ~.
N: E mmnuS'oa'e conducted 'y PROFESSOR y"
Up: m-Military drill and ladies' exercises.
sp. m.-Address before the literary societies
versity Subject, Memories of the Englist
Lakes"
Tuesdays exercises will be as follows:
10 a. m.-Military drill and ladies' exercises.
II a. m.--Alumni mesting. Address by Pro
fessor John NJ. English, D. D.. of Newton Theo
| logical seminary.
l 1245 p. m.-AIumni dinner with alumni after
dinner speeches by prominent graduates ane
| friends of the institution.
3p. m.-Reception of trustees and faculty.
| p. m.-Class day exercises: Welcome
, Charles E. Morehouse, president; Grafton, Nett
N. Adams; prophecy, Grace F. Bennett CARR
5 | Edison A. Bemis; fare ye we'll, Mabel NJ. Miller
| planting Of class ivy, Charles E. Morehouse.
n 5:15 p. m.-Athletics.
8p. m.-Senior CONCERT by the Ariel quartet
: | of Boston, Mass, and readings by Miss Dais
= | Hoyt, elocutionst, of Boston. The concert Pre-
gram is as follows
Grand concert by the Ariel quartette of Bos
: | ton-Miss Nellie K. Fox, first soprano; Miss AID
/ L. Briggs, second soprano and accompanies; Mis-
l Fannis E. Holt, first alto; Miss Mabel F. Mumlel
: | second alto, assisted by Miss Daisy Carol Hoy
/ reader