Morning journal and courier., 1893-10-09
STATE NEWS JOTTINGs.

- " I Items of Interest From All Parts Of
 the State-New London Looking up
 The WeIch Clock Compnny's Km-
 barrassment.
 A. B. Morrill, of the New Haven normal | school will be one of the speakers at the Connecticut State Teachers association | convention to be held in New Britain, Fri | day, October 20; also MT. Phoenix and Miss | Adams of the Willimsntic normal school | and Miss Waters of Springfield, Mass.
 Engineer Fitch, who ran locomotive No. 92 off the trestle into Shaw's cove last week, has been discharged. A contract l has been made with Wrecker Scott to raise the engine, and he Is at work on the job. '--....
 General Edward Harlan has been chosen president of the W. W. Bsokus hospital at Norwich and Dr. L. B. Amy is vice presi- dent.
 Thomas K. Peck, for thirty-three years school teacher, died at his home in Han over recently. A large company of his former pupils attended his funeral. The will of the late Noah Bliss of Long, meadow, Msss., gives one-sixth of his estate to his daughter, Mrs. s. H. Wood of New Britain.
 Dr. Charles D. stioknsy, who died at his home in New Bedford Friday, was a son of Dr.. Caleb H. Stickney of Norwich, Conn. He was brother of the late De Horatio G. Stickney of Springfield, Mass. The Morning Record of Meridsn was just one year old Saturday. It has made good record and it's long life and continued suc- cess seem assured.
 Myrtle lodge, K. of F., of Meriden, had as visitors Friday evening Grand Chsncel- Tor Norton and Grand Aaster-at-Arms Williams of New Haven, District Deputy Arthur and Brother Clayton of Yelling ford and 8 New Britain brother. The finishing room at the Winsted Clock | shop Is very busy. The employees had to work nights last week to keep up with the | orders.
 New Londons board of trade is still sgitating the subject of inducing the Bath iron works to locate in that city. 1-Gov- \ ernor Waller was present at the boards last meeting, and his presence inspired en- ! thusiasm. He thought there would be no
 trouble to raise the $100. 900 necessary for investing in the compsny's stock. He | favored writing @ strong letter to General Hyde and asking him to visit New London and talk the matter over with the business men of this city. Finally this suggestion
 wss adopted and President Ware will write l to the Bath concern. As If this was not
 enough glory for one night, tue question of
 the brewery to locate here was also taken
 up, and Governor Waller said that he had
 talked with one of the New York men in
 terested, and was fsvorably impressed.
 He gave it as his opinion, based upon some
 acquaintance with breweriea, that they
 were very profitable industries. It was ' tn he tO
 call at the governor's New York office
 when ready to talk business. New London
 seems on the eve of boom. With its big,
 fine harbor, one of the best on the coast, it is wonder that New London Is not one
 of the big cities of New England.
 Warren D. Merwin, we'll known Mil
 ford oystermsn. has an invention which
 he thinks will be of great benefit to his
 trade It is called star fish dredge, and
 its merit Is that it can remove the trou-
 blesome five pointers" from the oyster
 beds without disturbing the succulent bi
 valve.
 The funeral of Mrs. Charles Way ot
 Madison was attended from her late resi-
 dence Thursday afternoon, Rev. MT. Gallup | o&ciating.
 E. A. Freeman of Bristol Is the man ap pointed by the superior court receiver ol
 the E. N. Welch Clock company in Bristol
 The hearing upon the confirmation of hil
 appointment will occur October IS at
 Hartford. Since the death of the late President Atkinson of the Bristol Brasi , and Clcck company, the concsrn has besr in,fnsncial straits and the factories hsv' been closed for several weeks. The E. N Welch Manufacturing company was estab
 lished in Bristol by the late Stat,
 Senator E. N. Weloh, about six lty years ago. In 1864 a join
 stock company was formed and q , Mir. Welch's death in 1887, the stock of tn, , company, $500, 900, went to his son J. liar Welch and other members and relatives O.
 the family. J. Hart Wslch is president snt , George H. Mitchell secretary and treasurer
 of the company. The company had sales ! rooms in New York and Chicago, enc branch houses in London, Glasgow, Shang ! hai and Yokohama. The liabilities ar, . represented to be over $400, GOO and the as t sets $500, ,000. including accounts and tn,
 plant at Forestville. The Bristol Brass 6 , Clock company is creditor for $50, 900. ,I A report Is current that J. R. Kendrick | third vice president of the Consolidated
 Railroad company, Is the man who will b' appointed to the position on the Consoli dated road from which President Futile o | the Boston and Maine has resigned and tn, . information is to the effe ot that the an nouncement of his promotion may b, ! made public within few days. Mir. Ken drick came to the New York and New Ha ven system with the Old Colony system of which he WAS for years the vice presi
 dent and general manager. In fact he ii
 now, besides being third vice president o
 the Consolidated systems, the genera manager of the Old Colony system. Hi age Is about ffty-fve and 1t is said that as . railroad manager he has few equsls.
 Elisha B. Elderkin, aged sixty-six. who , | was found dead from hesrt disease at hit , home in Meriden, was we'll known in Mer
 iden, Northford, Clinton and Madison He had work many years for K Miller 6 l Co.,, Meriden-
 Past Grand Master Stannard of New Ha
 ven was in New London Friday on business ; in connection with the equipment of the Odd Fellows home with Babcock fire ex
 tinguishers, axes and other fire appliances The house now has eight inmates. They raised on the farm there this year 200 bush els of potatoes, 140 bushels of corn and S( bushels of oats.
 } Rev. A. O. Abbott of New Haven
 preached at the Windsor M. E. church yes
 terday.