Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1892-01-12
GENERAL NEWS OF THE STATE

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4 Peculiarly Sad Case-Down Below
Zere-Fuaeral OF a Hartford News.
paper Man-Lived Moro Than 100
Years.
The funeral of Mrs. Emeline B., wife Of
Philander w. Denslow, of Hartford, takes
place tomorrow afternoon. She died of
the grip, aged seventy. Her husband is
confined to his bed, seriously i'll; daugh-
ter in Springfield is so i'll that it was
thought unwise to communicate to her the
condition of her mother; son and wife
are confined to their home with sickness,
the latter having only few days ago bur
led her mother, leaving father at the
point of death, and herself returning
home to be taken seriously sick.
Yesterdays Hartford Courant says:
.tFor the benefit of the Journalist of the
future, the Courant desires to have it
known that young men who send letters to
this Office, saying that they would like to
draw pay and learn Journalism must at
least enclose one uncanceled two-cent
stamp, If they would learn definitely
whether they are wanted" r.
Hartford's G. N.G. officers meet to-nor-
row night "to endeavor to agree upon
some Hartford man to support as the sue
cessor to Colonel Erickson"
Reports from all parts of the state show
that it was pretty cold Saturday night, as
for instance: Glastonbury, 10 degrees be-
low; Rockville, 2 degrees below; Collins
vile, 1 degree below; adjoining towns
''colder;" Winsted, degrees above. Their
mometers must have been out of shape in
"spofo1 1uhioh hoe tho IF fhA
Labrador of Connecticut"
Ansonia has one resident who will never
get into trouble with the officers of the
Humane society. He owns pig which he
Blankets every cold night. =
At q meeting of the Danbury Agricultur-
al society Saturday afternoon, Samuel II.
Rumble was elected president, succeeding
Henry Crofut. The other directors chosen
| are: B. G. Lynes, s. W. Bacon, G. N.
Rumble, G. E. Bears, R. T. Haviland, 8.
A. Barnum, G. S. Andrews and j. W. Por-
ter.
Mrs. Mary Cranston Van Duessen died
from an attack of the grip at her home in
Middlstown Saturday morning, aged one
hundred years and three months. She wal
the Oldest resident of Middletown, having
| lived there since 1912, and was highly re-
| spected Mrs.Va Duessen was the daugh
| ter of Walter and Comfort Cranston of thu
Rhode Island Cranstons, two of whose
members were colonial governors Of thu
| state. She went to Hiddletown when (
young woman, and in 1880 married VIII
liam Van Duessen, captain of the United
States artillery, who had served with dis
tinction in the war of 1912, being in com
mand at Fort Trumbull. Captain Va,
D.essen died in 1885 and for more thar
fifty years his widow had occupied tn
l in Mi111akouup
which had been the family residence TO
more than a century.
The funel al services of the late Fran
6. Grogan, manager of the Hartford Tele
gram, were very largely attended Sunday
A large crowd of people thronged tn
house to view the remains. Tho fora
tributes were elegant The bearers were
M. F. Dooley, NJ. S. Wise, William Noll
William Barrett, John Walsh of Ansoni
and William Bradley of New Haven. Til
following acted AZ honary bearers: W. 9
and E. Hart Fem of the Post, NJ. F. Scan
Ian of the Connecticut Catholic, John
Healey, representing the democratic stat
central committee, and Alfred w. Gree
| of the Courant. The interment was
Mount st. Benedict cemetery at Blne Hill
There were forty carriages in the long prt
cession which escorted the remains to tt
cemetery.
THE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Books Added to the Public Librar
During the Week Ending Jan.
1891.
FICTION.
Bandelier, A. F., Delight Makers, B2a1.
Bourget, p, Pastels Of Men, B6622.
CLARKE B. 3; s. (sophie Mayo, Dotty Dimple st
Grim, Matt, Adventures Of Fair Rebel, Csc.
Dougall L., Beggars All, D74.1.
Doyle, A. G., White Company, D7753.
Habberton, T., The Chautauqpans, H114;
r. | Hale, L. p, Last of the Peterkins, JH132L.
Mcleod, g. D., Stories of the Land of Evang
Praed, Mrs Campbell, Romance of Chale
Ryan, M. E., Pagan of the Alleghanie
Prentiss, E. P. Little susy Books, ", JPs
Beardsley, E. E., Life, &C., of Bishop seabur
BsE1A.
. nH Haa,rdins, c., lAutobiographical sketcl
3 Henry gEs, y. W., Life &c, of Patrick Henry
g McAuIey j., His Life and Work, BM112A.
i Root, q: F, Story of a Musical Life lAutobi
d HISTORY AND TRAvRL
Bernasd j. Retrospections of America n
4 Bourke, j. O., Snake Dance of the Moqu
97O3B.
Connecticut, Ajutant General, Connectic
= Volunteer Organizations, 9737C21.
r sssSDs. ''' "a '''''' ''''' ''''
d Hale, E. E., Stories Of the Sea. told by saio,
i Johnston, H. P, The Yorktown campaie
a Martniere, H. M. p, Morocco, 9164M.
LITERATURE AND ART.
Aitken M. c., Scottish Song s21O8A3.
Dante, Eleven Letters, s56D:
Henderson, W. j., Preludes and Studio
, 7sO4H.
= Pennel, !, Pen Drawing and Pen Draugh
Rossetti, NJ F., Shadow of Dante, s51R
Scartazzn G. A., Hand Book to Dante, 851S
Washburn, E. W., Spanish Masters Painter
Briggs, G. A., American Presbytsrianisl
e Bright, W, Early English Church Histo,
!, Eaton ton, A. W., Church Of England in Nov. Sc
Fierson, A. T., Miracles OF Mis- .ions 2esP.
., St Clair g., Buried cities and Bible countrie
e Smith, g. A., Book of Isaiah Ian expositio,
;, MISCELLANEOUS.
) Abbott G. O., Upland and Meadow, b9O4As.
Egleston, N. H., Forestry in the United Staff
s. Hast' b. Study of Federal a0vernme'
wilmot. s. NJ. E., Development of Navies D,
ing the Last Half Century, 359W.
Death In New York City OF Frederic
h. sherman.
I Frederick R. Sherman, an old and VI
known member of the bar of Now Yo
=. city, died at st. Luke's hospital Sunda
o He was born in this city on March 8
( 1916, and was a son of Roger Sherm'