Morning journal and courier., 1893-10-13
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LATEST NEWS JOTTINas. From All Sections-The Oid Guard - Another Bridgeport
 Wedding = Knights of PYthias Waterbury's Sensation Yesterday A Forty-nine Days Fast Ended-A
 Big Dam.
 The Old Guard of New York, who have many New Haven friends, will be at the worlds fair on New York day.
 Edward s. Raymond, of Lineburgh & l Sons office. Bridgeport, nephew of ex- Ssleotmsn Rsymend, was married in Bridgeport last evening to Miss H. Edith Bonlande of that city. x The best man was Charles R. Crowther and the bridesmaid Grace O. Ellington, both of Stratferd. Walter s. Curtis of Strstford and Thomas Raymond of New Canaan, a cousin of the groom, were ushers. Rev. W. H. Pink ham officiated.
 Bridgeport division, No. 4, U. R. K. F., will hold 2. competitive squad drill next Tuesday evening for prizes. Visitors are expected to be present from New Haven, Hartford and other cities. The drill will be followed by . smoker.
 Thomas E. Belden, the Hartford sport ing man who was killed by being thrown out of his carriage in that city Wednes- day, had inherited $30, 900 recently. The woman who was with him escaped unhurt
 The convention of the state branch of the American Federation of Labor at Meriden, Wednesday, elected the follow ing officers for the ensuing year: Presi- dent, Thomas Crosby of New Haven; vice president, Thomas Mahon of Hartford; second vice president, 0. 0. Denison of Meriden; W. s. McQuillan of Bridgeport; treasurer, J. W. Wallace of Hartford; ex- ecutive council, G. A. Parsons of Hart ford, T. H. Triggs of New Haven and A. H. King of Norwslk; legislative commit tee, Thomas Fl. Mahon of Hartford, Hugh Hannon of Hartford and E, A. Blake of Meriden.
 E.C. Spofford, who presented to the l new Episcopal chapel in Black Rock, St. Mary's by-the-Sea. with the fine chime of bells which they have, is son of MT. | Spofford of the firm of Spofford & Tillot- | son, New York. MT. Spoford gave the 1 library to the famous cruiser New York, l which was SO acceptable to her officers and l men.
 Mrs. Charles Peck of Lyme. the aged l woman whose remarkable fast has aston
 ished the medical profession, died Wednes- l day night, She gradually wasted away, and without doubt died of starvation | With the exception of small quantity of water she had not been able to retain any thing on her stomach for forty nine days.
 The breach of promise suit brought by Alice Watrous against Roswell Chamber
 lain of Colchester, in which she asks for ! 00n lav als lol | yesterday in the superior court at New
 London. Judge Hamersley reserved his
 Captain A. 0. Bayne of Hartford, vice
 president of the Ksna Insurance company, l died suddenly at Newport, N. Y.
 Attorney J. J. Desmond of Norwich is 8
 candidate for the vacant police court
 judgeship in that city, and Governor Nor
 ris will bs requested to appoint him.
 Chief of Police Ford of Neriden is recov-
 ering from an attack of pneumonia.
 Nicholas Larkin has just returned to his
 home, Shelton, from Bethany, where he
 big dam just completed for the New Haven
 Water company. This dam, the second
 largest in the country is 1,0O4 feet long
 64 feet high at its highest point 50 feet
 thick ct the base, tapering to z feet ir
 thickness at the top, and has foundation
 of solid rock for it's entire length, in some
 cases excavation to the depth of thirty
 feet having been made to find the founda
 tion. MT. Larktn has had charge of tho
 work since May last and has given the bes
 Of satisfaction to the company, who haC
 much trouble with their former super
 intendent
 Truman E. Judson of Waterbury, wht
 committed suicide yesterday by hanging
 himself in closetin his dry goods store ol
 South Main street, was forty eight year
 old. He had done 8 prosperous bushes
 tor twenty years. As to the cause that lei
 to his death there can be but one solution
 according to Medical Examiner Axtelle, ,wht
 has been MT. Judson's family physician fo MT. Axtells. His death, ,"ssid the doctor "was caused primarily by mental worry ant
 depression brought on by long continue,
 i'll health. Financial trouble had n bearing on the matter. Mir. Judson lacked l vitality. He suffered as only few mel , suffer, with dyspsnsis. Some times h.
 would go without sleep three or four night ,. in succession and still attend to his busi ness at the store. He was tortured bsyont measure and took his life in moment 0 mental madness" MT. Judson's widow 1 a daughter of the late Charles Tresdway o Bristol and a sister of Charles s. Tread ], way of the Bristol National bank. His i'm mediate family consisted of his wife, hi mother in law, Mrs. Treadway, and hi
 niece, Miss Sarah Judson, daughter of 4
 N. Judson of Woodbury, his brother.
 The Northield Knife company has re oeived an award for It's exhibit at tn
 worlds Columbian expedition. The Right Rev. John Williams, D. D. IL. D., bishop of the diocese of Connect cut, will hold confirmation services il Christ church on Sunday at 10:30 2. m. . and at the mission in Pennington at p. m.
 Asssrs. Kassler and bjerrim, two Ney B New York gentlemen, were in New Lon , don yesterday trying to induce local car E italists to become interested in the startin of big brewery there. After a conaulta
 tion with several financial men and mem bers of the board trade they decided t
 have 8 lengthy talk with ex-Governor Wal
 Ter in New York before reaching conclu
 sion. Should such concern be started
 would give employment to several hundre l men.
 P Dinnon, the burglar who confessed tha he tried to rob J. w. Cutler'- house i , l Putnam, was bound over under $500 bond | yesterday. He is switch engine COT , l ductor on the New York and New Englsn road at the Putnam yards.
 ' Thomas Leary, 8 boy, was struck by ] train in Stratford yesterday, but will re cover. When picked up he was though
 to be dead.
 Groton is all worked up over new roa,
 project, which will cost, if carried ou. 5000. A town meeting voted to have i . put through. The dispatch says the poo people want it in order to furnish work fo the idle, but the aristoeracy oppose it. Tn road would open up two or three quarries , The town meeting decided to refer the cas } to Augustus Brandegee for his legal opin ion as to whether the first town meeting 1 vote was legal.
 Il Mrs. Charles Courier of Prospect avenue 2 Meriden, was terribly burned by the ex ! plosion of an oil stove yesterday afternoon |. Her condition was very serious last night The cornerstone of the new Methodis church, in Kensington, was laid yesterday } An address was given by Rev. Dr. Youn, i of New Britain. Presiding Elder Crandal
 J. North of New Haven conducted the cere monies. The church will be 80 by 50 ant will seat 400.
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