Morning journal and courier., 1893-07-08
DOINGs IN THE STATE.

Death of George D. Charter of Hart- fOrd-A Smashup on the New Eng land Road-C. N. G. OHcers' Board at Camp-Dedication of a Waterbury
 Church-Millionair Beckwith Cap-
 tured in Cuba-Personals-St
 Battery vs. vs.Trolley-Bridgepo Fire
 mems Drills.
 George D. Charter of Hartford, superin- tendent ot the Spring Brook Ice company, died very suddenly of heart trouble Thurs day night at the home of his brother in that city, aged sixty-thr He was po- lice officer in Hartford for eight years, re- signing in 1875 to take the superintendency of the ies company.
 Morris Levy of Hartford, who disappear ed July 4, is still missing.
 Fred P. Weber of Hartford challenges any man in the New England states to play upon the tin whistle for the cham pionship.
 The first of the series of opsn-air con. osrts in Hartford this season was given last evening by Colts band at the park. Hartford Cigarmakers' union has elected Ou0CcI6 AS lolloW5. AcSAache3 IAnAA 0 King; vice president, Jacob Barohfeld; re cording and corresponding secretary, G. F. SheAein; financial secretary, Thomas F Mahon; treasurer, A. M Chapman Rev. Dr. Maher of Milford who has beer spending few days in Hartford, has re turned home
 O. H. Northam and family of Hartford will occupy the Browns cottage at Hack ett's Reef, leaving the first of the week. The Norwich Street Railway company ! laid seventy cable from the station il Greeneville to Franklin square yesterday It will bs used to supply the additiona power necessary when the proposed exten ! sions are made.
 At the dedication of the Third Congre | gational church in Waterbury next Thurs I day evening, short addresses will be de | Evered by Rev. w. H. Barton, Methods l pastor, formerly of New Haven; Rev. Dr John G. Davenport. Congregational; Rev ! Dr. J. D. Buckley, Episcopal, all of Water bury; also the following:
 | l. "How Enlarge the Usefulness of Churcl | Buildings" the Rev A. B. Goats, Baptist, Bev in Manufacturing Centers,' the Rev. Rowland
 3. :'The Church for Men as We'll as wome l and Children'' the Rev. Joseph Anderson, D. D. | First Congregational church.
 l 4. Prayer of dedication by Rev. Dr. Anderson
 The different companies of the Bridge
 port fire de partment are being drilled al
 most nightly ct the engine house on Mid
 dle street. For the past week at drill l Chief BeardsIee has had each company la
 a line of hose, mount ladder to the roo l of the engine house and do other work tha
 is required at every fire. No. 3's men hay
 made the best time up to date. Durin
 the time they began laying the pipe to tn
 time that the men reached the roof, whe
 the water was turned on, only 1 minut
 and seconds was consumed. The time (
 the other companies was: No. 9, 1 minut
 and seconds, and No. 5, 4 minutes an
 10 seconds. Last night company No.
 and No. truck of the west end drilled. A Litchfeld dispatch yesterday say
 Arthur Beckwith, the millionaire wh
 escaped from Dr. Buell's sanitarium
 Litohfeld, and for whom for several week
 detectives secured Litchfeld, New Have
 and Fairfield counties, is now in an insar
 retreat in New Jersey. He was capture
 was one of the bert known men in tt
 fashionable world of New York city. E
 lived with his wife at 75 Fifth avenue. E
 was an artist and associate member of Il | Academy of Design and of the Society | Water Color artists. He lost his reaso
 through injuries received in runaway a
 cldent. At times he was violent. The
 is no hope for his recovery. His favori
 hallucination is that his abode is in Il
 studio of Raphael, and that he is pup of the old master
 Manager Bell, who was formerly propI
 etor of museum here, Is now engaged the same business in Ansonis. The Waddell- Entz Electric company Bridgeport have invited the members
 the Bridgeport common council to aocon ! pany them to New York next week to f
 speot the storage battery cars now in u
 on the Second avenue line. The membe of the common council will leave there (
 the steamer Rosedsle, and after inspectir the storage cars, will be entertained by tl | company at the Atlantic hotel. l Washington park, Bridgeport, was Il
 scene of large gathering last night wh' \ President Samuel Gompers of the Anne, :. can Federation of Labor addressed wor : ! inRmen upon the labor question. 8 Under the new law the C. N. G. office l. are obliged to pay their board at cam ! It was presumed that they would esta fish regimsntsl messes, but 1t is now pro | able that they will mess with the men before, taking the state food and payil
 the state. It is thought that this will p1 | vent any feeling of discontentment on t . part of the men In the first year of t , new law. Tho commissary departme | will try to have one regimental kitchen , working order, after the New York pla only better. By the way, when a line o1 ! cer has paid his board out of his increae pay, that pay in any case very little excee ! the pay of the enlisted men and in mal cases is less.