Morning journal and courier., 1892-10-07
CONNECTICUT NEWS.

An Old Man Killed by a Train
Thousands at Danbury-StateL Libra
ry Association-The G. N. G. Trip to
New York - The State Board of
Charities-To the Boys and Girls |
The Marsh Family.
NEW BRITAIN, Oct. 6.-Titus Penfeld,
aged eighty-two, while driving across the |
railroad tracks at East Berlin this morn
ing was struck and instantly killed. The
train was goin very slow and he tried to
Gross ahead of the engine.
THE DANBURY FAIR-BRIDGEPoRT OUT IN
FORCE.
DANBUKY, Oct. 6.-This afternoon the
largest crowd is on the fair ground that
ever assembled there. At an early hour
this morning the throng began to pour in
to the city and the trains to the grounds
were packed with visitors. The races COM
menced shortly after noon and at that hour
the trains to the grounds could not hold
single person more than was crowded on.
One II ain started with eleven cars, people
standing in the aisles and even riding on
the COW catcher and tender of the engine.
Fully 1900 people left Bridgeport this
morning on the special Housatonic train
bound for the Danbury fair. About 500
preceded them on the regular train which
left shortly after 7 o'clock. Probably two
thirds of the crowd were ladies.
STATE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.
The next meeting of the Connecticut Ii
brary association will be held in the Slater
memorial museum, Norwich, on Thursday,
October 13, at 10:45 a. m. One of the
leading librarians of the country, Samuel
Sweet Green of the Worcester public Ii
brary, will read paper on the Massachu-
setts library commission, and the work
which it has done in establishing free IL
braries in small towns.
This will be followed by discussion
on library commissions in other states,
and the means of forming one in Connecti-
| cut
THE HAWLEY MURDER TRIAL.
BRIDGEPORT, Oct. 6.-Arguments in the
Hawley murder case were made to-day by
State Attorney Fessenden and G. A. Car
ter for the state and Attorneys Williams
and Downs for the prisoner. A verdict
will probably be reached tomorrow.
MARSH FAMILY.
The Marsh Family association of Amer
lea, including all persons by the name of
Marsh, or who have descended from any
by that name, and their families, are in
vited to attend the seventh family gather.
ing and basket picnic at the house of Rev.
D. W. Marsh, Amherst, Mass., Tuesday
October 1S, at 9 a. NJ, to take action in
| regard to publishing the genealogy of John
Marsh of Hartford, of 1886, and in regard
to holding grand family gathering al
Chicago, ILL.,, in 1898.
TO THE BOYS AND GIRLS.
A call is made by Secretary T. S. Cole
upon the boys and girls of the state t.
make collections Of different choice varie
ties of all kinds of nuts for the world
fair and present them for exhibition at thu
winter meeting of the state board of agri
culture in December. One gentleman offer
IS as a premium, which will be given t,
one exhibitor or divided according to merit
The quantity should not be less than twt
quarts of each variety. They should b.
dried moderately.
| THE STATE BOARD OF CHARITIES
The male members of the State Board o
Charities met in Hartford Wednesda,
noon. There were present President Georg
H. Woods, Secretary Charles Doten O
Bridgeport, Auditor Charles S. Canfel
and John NJ. Douglas. Neither Mrs. Fran
els Bacon nor Mrs. Virginia T. Smith wer
present. The board remained in secret ses
sion an hour, transacted some routine buE
mess, adopted resolutions regarding tn
!, business of the board and adjourned.
} Mrs. Bacon, the former secretary of tn
board and one of its present members, VIII
still claims to be secretary of the board
, had called meeting of the board at II a
o'clock, which she attended. No othe
member of the board appeared, and afte
, waitiuga few minutes Mrs. Bacon LEFT
Mrs. Bacon does not recognize Messri
Douglas and Garfield as members of til
board, the senate not having confrme
3 | their nomination.
A VIOLENT DEATH IN wEsTPoRr WHO
ARoUsEs SUSPICIOUS OF FOUL PLAY.
BRIDGEPORT, Oct. 6.-In Saugatuck
II last night, John Morrissey. aged forty
five, was found dead in the bottom of
stone stairway under circumstances whic
led to the belief that he was murdered.
3 His skull was crushed, several rit
broken, and his jaw fractured. The med
. cal examiner turned the case over to Core
ner Doten, who to-day made full exam
1 SoA
. clusion that death could not have bee
q caused by accident.
, THE SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED.
a The schedule for the transportation {
! the Connecticut National Guard to Ne
q York next Tuesday to take part in tt
q Columbus day celebration is announced b
q Colonel Henry c. Morgan, assistant qua
termaster general. The Fourth regimen
| will leave Bridgeport on the steamer Cit
- of Springfield of the Hartford Transport,
. ton company. Partial arrangements ha
y been made by Colonel Frost for the use
the steamer Waterbury to transport tt
: companies of the Fourth, but he FINAL
- concluded the craft would not be satisfa
= tory and the Bridgeport Steamboat con
= pany willingly cancelled the engagement
The First regiment will leave from Sa,
brook Point on the Narragansett, the SCI
ond from New Haven on the Continent
>, and the Third from New London on tt
: State of NewYork. The men will be serve
with meals on board.
l. POSTAL CLERK ARRESTED.
10 W1LL1MANTIC, Oct. &c. W. Phillip
G postal clerk on the Providence division
- the New England railroad, was arreste
|, this noon by Postofice Inspector Pendl
d ton, charged with robbing the mails. I'll
d amount taken is not yet learned. He WI
taken to Hartford on the afternoon trail
STRUCK BY A TRAIN.
HARTFORD, Oct. Ga farmer fro
Windsor named Coville WAS driving aero
the electric car tracks on Market sire
- about O'Clock when an electric car can
~ along and collided with him. The wage
- was smashed and Mr.. Coville was throw
~ out on his head. He was picked up I'll
conscious and sent to his home in Wine
sor. His injuries are thought to be SCI
GUS. He is about sixty-ive years old ar
deaf.
Tom Brown of New Haven, who CLAIM
4 the lightweight championship of the stat
r. had pugilistic encounter of eleven rount
10 with Billy Russell, George Dixon's sparrir
partner, in a barn near Foxon Wednesds
night. The contestants stepped into tt
q ring at $50 O'Clock. They fought vii
A. two-ounce gloves for purse of about $50
a. The battle was gamely waged on the pa
- of both men, and at the end of the eleven
round each was so weak that the refer
10 declared the contest a draw. The mt
re were badly punished. They are booked
r fight again in about two weeks.
u Christian Endeavor State Officers,