Morning journal and courier., 1892-10-19
STATE NEWS JoTTINGs.

For the Late Judge Seymeur's Fu- neraI-A Rig Connecticut Delegation Of for the Worlds Fair Grounds- General Notes.
 An extra train over the Shepaug rail- road will leave Litchfeld after the fu- neral of Judge Seymour to-day, in order to accommodate those from New Haven, Bridgeport and vicinity wishing to return home tho same night.
 $100,000 ESTATE.
 The will of the late Fenelon Hubbell of Bridgeport was filed for probate yester- day. It disposes of an estate roughly estimated at $1OO, 1000, and there is no op- position to it among the heirs.
 DIED AT BRIDGEPORT.
 Stephen T. Bartlett, an old and respect cd resident of Bridgeport, died at his residence on Noble avenue yesterday morn ing after an illness of several months. He was prominent Mason and about sixty years of age.
 WEDDING IN BRIDGEPORT.
 BRIDGEPORT, Oct. 1S.-At the residence of her sister, Mrs. Harry Grant, No. 236 Main street, tonight occurred the mar risge of Frances Louisa Peltcher, an ex- ceedingly popular young saleslady at min, of the plumbing firm of Benjamin & Son. Rev. Dr. Clark of the First Metho- dist church performed the ceremony.
 CLOSED BY LOW WATER.
 Nine of the mills along the Millington river Moodus, have been closed down on account of low water, and 1,500 persons are out of work. The mills closed are manufacturers of cotton, hosiery and twine, and unless rain comes soon and the river fills up, the resulting loss will be thousands of dollars. BIG ONE.
 The Hartford Times acknowledges the receipt of a sweet potato from the farm of MT. James Lyons of South Manchester, which measures H inches in length and 174 in circumference!-and it's weight is five pounds. Moreover, it is said to be as good as it is big.
 BLEW THE SAFE OPEN. E. W. s. Pickett's store in Southport and the postof6ce adjoining were burglar ized Monday night, and the safe in the former place was blown up, while the one in the postofdce was opened without the use of explosives. In the store the thieves did not succeed in securing anything of value, as there was in the safe only small amount of currency in silver, but from the postofice safe they obtained $75 worth ot small sum of money.
 J l THE WORLDS FAIR BUILDINGS. l HARTFORD, Oct. 19.-This morning Bulkeley and the Foot Guard started a 9:20 in their special train for Chicago The party numbered about 200, including Bulkeley and t'staff," the board of world fair managers, with Executive Commis sioner Major George Woods and Executiv 1 Secretary J. H. Vail; the board of lad,
 managers, including the president, Mrs
 Morgan Bulkeley; Major F. Henry Hyd
 and staff of the Foot Guard; Colts mill
 tary band of thirty pieces, and the follow
 ing party of invited guests: Mayor Hyde, mayor of Hartford, an wife; Hon. s. o. Griswold, Windsor; Nil
 George Pope, Hartford; Colonel Alber ' A. Pope, Boston; Mir. O. R. Brothwel ! Bridgeport; Miss Bertha E. Hammond Putnam; Mrs. George Sykes, Rockville Dr. H. H. Ingalls, Hartford; Dr. Geore
 H. Knight, Lakeville; MT. Cyril T. Joh1 , ] son, Stafford Mrs. R E. Holmes, Wel Winsted; Warren w. Forster, Brooklyl
 Franklin Farrell, Ansonia; A. O. Crosb, 8 Glastonbury; Addison Pitkins, East liar F ford; Louis E. Parkhurst, city editor = the Times, and William A. Countryman 1 the Post.
 The trip will be made by way of Sprin
 field, Albany and Buffalo. Chicago is e. pected to be reached at o'clock Wedne @ day afternoon. The train consists of tv
 Wagner vestibuled sleeping cars, two di @ ing cars and baggage car.
 II THE sACRILEGIoUS BURGLARS CAUGHT. l. DANBURY, Oct. 1S.-The burglars WI Z entered St. Peter's church Saturday nig o and stole several hundred dollars wor !. of gold and silver from the altar, we !. captured late last night. They are thr n in number, and gave the names of Dan
 Mackey, John Green and John Clark, ie of New York. The stolen goods we found buried in the ground near the Hot B. tonic railway, short distance below t sr city. In the police court this morni n each of the prisoners was placed und B. $1 GOO bonds until tO-morrow