Morning journal and courier., 1893-07-13
CONNECTICUT NEWS.
Incidents, Accidents and Other Events in the Nutmeg State.

in the Nutmeg State. MIDDLETowN, July 12.-Grooery clerks | formed an organization last night. They are trying to arrange that the stores be closed three nights each week, and thirty five of thirty-eight firms have agreed to the proposition.
 ANOTHER SHUTDOWN IN MERIDEN. 1 HARTFORD, July 12.-The Charles Parker company of Meriden has shut down for an indefinite period. The firm is one of the largest concerns in Meriden, employing about 1 ,O00 hands in the manufacture of lamps, screws, etc. The news has cast quite gloom over the city.
 SAID TO HAVE ELoPED.
 NoRwALK, July 12.-Douglas Ayres, ,cen- nected with New York city newspaper, who has been here in the interest of the paper, is alleged to have eloped with Miss Annie McPherson, daughter of Murdock McPherson, proprietor of the Norwalk hotel. They went away yesterday after noon and have not returned. It is thought that they are in Philadelphia, and search for them is being made.
 FATAL FALL WHILE PICKING CHERRIES.
 BRIDGEPORT, July 12.-Mrs. Henrietta Luge of Rocky Hill road met with a sad &C., cident yesterday morning which resulted fatally last night. She was picking cher ries in large tree and was in the act of stepping from the ladder to tho limb, and I losing her hold, fell to the ground, sus- taining internal injuries from which she died. Dr. Downs was called immediately and did all that could be done for her re- lief.
 Mrs. Luge is the mother of Mrs. Henry
 Vobert, who buried her husband only two
 weeks ago. The funeral will be held on ! Friday at o'clock from Mrs. H. Vobsrt's, Rocky Hill road, and 8 o'clock from Ger man Reformed church.
 DEATH OF CALVIN CURTIS, THE ARTIST.
 STRArEoRD, July 12.-Cslvin Curtis,
 who was one of the most widely known American artists of the old school, died this morning at his home here, aged sevsnty-one years. He was born July 5, 1922, in Stratford, and has resided here entirely, with the exception of few trips abroad and to various parts of the United States, taken fn the interests of art. In early life he showed much talent for art, and when comparatively young painted landscapes and portraits, which received favorable notice from capable critics.
 Before reaching his majority he became
 pupil of Daniel Huntington, famous
 artist of years ago, and later was an asso-
 old school. His fame spread throughout
 the United States, and his works were to
 some extent known abroad. In early life
 he devoted his talents almost entirely to
 landscape painting, and was beyond mid
 dle age when he began to paint portraits,
 which also added to his reputation. When
 he was ffty-fye years of age he was
 stricken with paralysis in the lower limbs. ! For year he was compelled to give up
 work, and when he again took up his brush
 began to paint portraits.
 He painted portraits for most of the leading families in this section of the state and the portraits of the judges which hang in the county court house at Bridgeport ; are his productions.
 | Among the works produced during this } period which decide his position as paint ! CT and will live as a lasting memorial of 4 his ability is the portrait of Chief Justice
 Butler, now in the Fairfield county court house.
 | nition as an artist of great power had he g never done any other equally excsllen work, but his portraits of Judge S. B ! Beardsley, Amos s. Treat, esq.,, Lieutenan | Governor Averill, the Hon. James 0 4 Loomis, I. M. Sturges, esq ,snd Colonel s B. Sumner, hanging in the game building = are of similar character and amply vindi $ $ cate his artistic ability.
 '...I Among other important portraits whicl n he painted are those of General w. H. No g, ble, William K. Seeley, esq, Gideon Hol n lister, esq.,, Rev. Nathaniel Hewitt, D. D. ,e and John Young of Utah.
 y But although he was primarily portrai Ut | painter and his bread was earned painful ssdd and with immense difficulty in that mos a. important braach of art work. his tast on was for landscape painting, and this he rt So So stunned after removing from Bridgeport is' Stratford, which he did about a dczsn yea, as ago, to the home in which he died az au aa ! whore up to a very short time before hi of death he continued to work.
 Despite the stroke of paralysis whic
 made him 8 cripple until the time of hi
 death he was very energetic man in h w later years and some of his best worh
 were produced after he was sixty years ( CT ago. A widow, his second wife, son, o. F. Curtis of Brook6eld, two daughter
 Mrs. Webster and Mrs. Angel of Cleveland n. and brother, R G. Curtis of Stratfort he survive him.
 8 THEY WERE sELECTMEN OF LONG AGO. h. Superintendent William H Bunnel oe ! who for the past thirty years has locke
 after the interest of those in Bridgepo
 tA IT. ner yesterday to those who have lahore Tt with him from time to time. The gathe he ing took place at Pleasure beach and wa .I one of the most delightful dinners ev' 'n given at thaG resort. MT. Bunneu is u es oldest living ex-sele ctman of Bridgepor to All of the ex-selectmen living were in 8
 tendance. The oldest ex selectman Twin .o is City Sheriff Seymour Whiting. He WI 'o selectman during the years of 1854 ge 1859 and remembers wildly the days at the know nothing party when seven selec if men were all trying to control the town
 affairs.
 II AT THE BOTTOM OF THE TROUBLE. ,w United States Senator Plstt says regar no ing the national financial troubles: "Tl he democratic party Is responsible for u 5s legislation of the Fifty-third congress. pe will shape it in committee and If they pr sent sound currency legislation all but y, few of the republicans will support it; .e. they present unsound legislation we cal he not be expected to support it. My ON
 expectation is that large majority ( if democrats in congress will vote against u ot repeal of the purchase clause. at 'I do not regard the Sherman law as Il bs chief cause of our monetary troubles; ha think 1t has had very little to do with tt k. exportation of gold, as shown by ths fla ha that gold exportation has ceased while u 1v law is etill in force. The real cause of o1 trouble is the distrust of the democrat ba administration, the want of confidence n its ability or disposition to widely hand
 financial questions, and the fear that, ha a- ing all branches of the government, it WI ,d enact tariff laws which will be injurious n. our industries. a@ 'I do not think the government shoul n issue paper money. Probably we cann' ia retire immediately all that we have issuet n. but the issue should not be increased. IT e. issue of greenbaoks was resorted to onl W as necessity in war time.
 m EDUCATED ROBIN EXPIRES. to Tho tame and educated robin in Whic tn its owner, Luther s. Rawson of Fairmou1
 street, took so much pride, died yesterds
 morning of some bird trouble. The robi
 had acquired & parrot-like proficiency ]
 initiating sbird calls and was 50 muc ay thought of that kr. Rawson said that be would not take $1O0 in exchsnge.-No
 wich Record.
 BIG STURGEON IN THE THAMES. A big sturgeon weighing in the neigl ..' borhood of 100 pounds was captured Tus E. day morning in the Thames river by son nt young men from the cutlery works IT no fish, which is about five feet long, gay
 them a long and stern chase, and 1t wa
 only after the hardest kind of work that Il was finally speared and shot. on The sturgeon was frightened up tt As-f--