Morning journal and courier., 1893-01-02
CONNECTICUT MATTERS.

Gleanings From Many Sections of
Our Little State.
The Southern New England Telephone
com phuy has commenced to rebuild its
entire system in Bridgeport, and within
six months every instrument will be on
the metallic circuit. This step is taken to
improve the service, because the electric
railroad has affected the old fashioned
ground circuit telephone and rendered
them really useless. With a metallic cir
cult the trouble is obviated. Supsrintend-
emit Sperry of the local exchange says that
1t will not be great while before Water
bury is supplied with all metallic circuit
telephones. The Woodbury. Office is to be
closed and instruments removed from the
residences of subscribers. A central auto
matte pay station with metallic circuit will
be established. The station at Bethlehem
will ALEC be changed for an automatic pay
station. The company has remembered
subscribers with very tasty diary and
memorandum book for 1893.
THE MONEY FINALLY DIVIDED UP.
The famous Wordin will trial in Bridge
port, in which $500, 900 was involved and
which was settled out of court after being
on trial thirteen weeks. was recalled by the
report to the probate court of the dis
tributors Saturday. Each of the four
children, Helen G., Fanny L., Thomas G..
and DR.. N. z. Wordin, all of Bridgeport,
receive $74, 1884 T. G. Wordin is give1.
land and buildings in Indianapolis valued
at $1,000 and Harrison county, ILL.,, valued
at $S, 900. The trial cost between $50. 900
and $4,000, and the widow who died
lately received her share.
DR.. SMELL TAKES PROTESTANT WIFE AND
ABANDoNs A PRoFEssoRsHIP.
The following from Washington, D. c.,
refers to gentleman who was one of the
lecturers before the Catholic summer school
in New London last August: DR.. Merwin
Marie Smell, private secretary to Bishop
Keane and lecturer on comparative religion
in the Catholic university here, has made
something of stir in religious circles by
announcing at the same time his detection
from the Roman Catholic church and his
marriage to the daughter of Protestant
clergyman, The marriage took place on
Christmas eve, Rev. DR.. Rankin, president
of Howard university, performing the GER
emony. The bride is Miss Minnie Gilbert
Sprague Andrews, daughter of Rev. W. L
Andrews, Presbyterian minister. Just
before the wedding DR.. Smell resigned his
lectureship and told his friends at the uni
versity that he expected to establish mag
azine devoted to comparative religion and
oriental science.
THE DREDGING OF sHAw's COVE HAS AL
READY BEEN BENEFIT.
New London Day: One of the direct
benefits of the dredging operations in
Shaw's cove and an earnest of what may
be expected in the future is the work being
done on steam yacht Shearwater, now 1y-
ing at a wharf in the cove undergoing re-
pairs and alterations. The work being
done on this vessel will amount, when
completed, to not less than $1,000. every
penny of which goes into the pockets of
mechanics and the tills of the merchants.
Before a portion of the channel was
dredged, the Shearwater could not have
entered the cove with her draft, and the
work would have been done in some other
could be found.
Captain Richard Forrest has his new
schooner, Ada R. Terry, also in the cove,
being fittsd for service when the fishing
season opens.
These are only samples of what will be
done in the future, after New London has
regained what she lost in having coastsrs
yachts, fishermen and steamers seek winter
quarters elsewhere and consequently spend
their money for spring repairs where they
laid up for the winter.
The board of trade committee engaged
on the Shaw's cove matter were astounded
| at the statements of the ship chambers
| ship carpenters and others in position to
know whereof they spoke, that New Lon
don was the favorite place for winter quar-
ters and that seventy or more vessels would
| invariably tie up here If there could be
| found suitable berths, and that in the
| spring they would expend from $500 tc
| 5 600 each. 1t was trade direct and in.
Glrect worth saving.