Morning journal and courier., 1892-01-16
GENERAL STATE NEWS.

GENERAL STATE NEWS.
Dead at 1Ol-Nature Did Well fer
Him to the Last-Danburyss Big
Death Rate-The Grip In Burham-
A word About our Savings Banks
-Jottings.
field died at his home in North Lyme yes
terday at the age of one hundred and one
years and three months. The grip caused
death. Schofield lived in lonely section
in North Lyme for eight years. He was
extremely proud of his great age. He
did not give up work until he was
one hundred years Of age. He then told
his friends and relatives that he was going
to take the remainder of his life easy.
he was born in England in 1890 and
came to the United States whom child.
Very soon after coming to this country
his parents settled near Montville and al
ways lived in that section Of the state.
When q child he was very delicate and
his parents never thought he would live
until he reached manhood's estate. When
he reached the age of ten years he began
to grow strong and always enjoyed the
best Of health. In fact until within q
week of his death he had not been at
tended by doctor in sixty years. He was
the end of his death. His sight was ex-
cellent while his memory was considered
wonderful.
One of the events of his life, Of which
he was very proud, occurred in 1908, when
he made thirteen yards of broadcloth and
presented it to President Madison. Presi-
dent Madison was inaugurated in the suit
made from this cloth, being the first presi-
dent who took the oath of Office dressed in
broadcloth suit made in the United
States. He frequently told of seeing Wash
ington passing through Montville on his
way to New London from Norwich. He
leaves many descendants in this section of
the state.
. WHISKY AND THE GRIP.
DURHAM, Conn, Jan. 15.-The severe
form of the grip seems to have passed over
| this vicinity. It is claimed that the 'sfull
OF whisky" treatment has doubled the du-
ration if not the fatality of the disease.
DANBURY's HIGH DEATH RATE.
In the past two weeks fifty people have
died in Danbury, the largest number that
| death ever claimed in month before. The
great mortality is due to the fatal form
the grip has assumed, and also to the re-
| cent breaking out of an epidemic of scarlet
| fever.
AGAINST THE LOTTERY.
At the meeting of the New London Coun-
ty Association of Congregation. Al ministers
held in this city, January 10, the follow
| ing action was taken, recommendation
of committee consisting of the Rev. Will
liam B. Cary, the Rev. Charles A. North
rop and the Rev. William S. Palmer:
1nasmuch as the great gambling scheme
known as the Louisiana lottery, has cor
| rupted and is corrupting many people of
the United States as well as those of
| Louisiana, and inasmuch as further
charter from the legislature will be fraught
with great injury to the moral and finan-
cial welfare Of the whole country; there
fore, resolved, that we, the members of
the New London association sympathize
with the people of Louisiana who are max
| ing efforts to prevent the re-chartering of
the lottery; and unite our prayers with
theirs for the success of their endeavors.
| OUR SAVINGS BANKS.
It would hardly seem quite the thing to
call man ''capitalist' these days, unless
he had at least $4,000. The deposits of
smaller sums than that in the savings
banks of the state ought properly to be
credited to "savings' and not to ''capital. u
And there are according to the latest re-
port of the bank commissioners of Con
necticut, just 158 depositors in the 81 saw
ings banks of the state, whose deposits
amount to as much as $40, 900 each. There
are 317, 1926 depositors in the state and
3O7, 789 of them have less than 50 ,OO(
apiece; 286,237 have less than $1,000
apiece.
It is an astonishing thing to think thai
of the entire population Of the state, includ
ing men, women and children, almost ex-
actly half have money deposited in the saw
ings banks. There isn't another territory
of similar size and population in the wild,
expanse of the globe, nor has there eve1
been one in the globes history, which
showed such proof of thrift and Of the alb
sence of poverty. Probably nobody il
Connecticut has all the money he wants
It is peculiar feature of human nature
that no man ever happens to have just a,
much as he wants, however 'well- fixed
and enviable his condition may appear t.
others. But these figures show al
amount of wealth in possession of tn
people unequalled in history whether a
regards it's comparative amount or it's gen
eral distribution.
The most important figures connecte,
with the savings banks of the state ar
shown in the following table, which repre-
sents their condition the first of last DC
| tober:
Number Of savings banks. ............
Increase during the year. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS =,
Increase during the year. ............. s,sos1e
Increase during the year ....:.::.. 6'17s4s
| Total number of d0nOSitOrS S17 o.
Ayerage amount due each deposition: sssS::
| Dividends declared during the year.. 4,803 0s
An interesting fact connected with th
returns from these savings banks is tn
amount Of state tax which each paid dul
= over 1851 ZOO. The three savings banks {
Norwich contain deposits aggregating $14
846, 900, and this is classed as exempt" i
the assessors' lists of property. 1t is e.
empt from town taxation, but it paid th
Y state the tidy little sum of $34, 723 lal
: year in taxes, all the Same. And, partl
t by reason of its paying this state tax, II
. other taxpayers were relieved from q
= state taxation.-Norwich Bulletin.
q MOTHER FOLLOWS CHILD.
HARTFORD, Jan. 15.-Mary Emma Del
= nison, wife of DR.. John M. Tabor, WI
= formerly practiced medicine in Collinsvill
z died last evening of malignant diphther
a at the residence of DR.. Henry Bickfort
>. No. SO Ann street. Her eight-year- Of
y son died of the same disease on Monda,
n Mrs. Bickford was the only sister of D.
= Bickford's wife.
DIED IN HARTFORD.
u Mrs. Abbie J. Crosby, formerly of Mi
a dletown, died suddenly at her home
Hartford Thursday. Mrs. Crosby was tt
widow of the late Lieutenant John
Crosby OF Company H, Twenty-fourth
v.
IN NORWICH.
John McWilliams' men are struggli1
manfully to get the Central Baptist lot
shape for the builders. Notwithstandir
the committee of the church did not no
G. w. Blakeslee & Co. of New Haven
the forfeit after Nov. 10; it will cost Il
firm about 81 900 for the work to be dol
by Mr.. McWilliams to complete it. U
familiarity with Norwich lodges is large
tie cause of Blakeslee & Co g bad luck.