Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-01-09
ABOUT THE STATE.

AnOOI e SIA1Hs
Events and Occurrences Of Interest.
Secretary of State Phelan has notified
Richard J. Dryer, assistant city clerk in
the efice Of secretary of state, of his pro-
motion to succeed R. s. Hinman as chief
clerk. Mr.. Dryer is a democrat and has
been In the Office sixteen years. Mr.. Elm
man was appointed chief clerk in 1879 by
Secretary David Torrance, now on the su-
preme court bench.
KILLED.
John Dryer, laborer, while crossing
the railroad at Stamford, was struck by
switch engine and instantly killed.
ENDED HIS LIFE.
William Il. Smith, aged fifty, formerly
merchant, but recently farmer in New
Milford, committed suicide Saturday with
paris green. Melanoholis was the cause.
REV. e. W. HUsTED's FATHER DEAD.
The father of the Rev. e. W. Hustled,
pastor of the Main street Baptist church
at Meriden, died at New York Saturday.
UPIN MDDLETowN.
A Middletown correspondent says: r.
respective of party the Middlessx county
friends of ex-Brigadier General Charles
| P. Graham wsuld like to see Governor
Morris reinstate him in command of the
| state brigade. They believe that Governor
Buckley did him grievous wrong when
| he forced him out of the service because
| he declined to get mixed up in the Hart
ford polo rink squsbble, snd they argue
| that his reinstatement would be but q SIM
pie act of justice.
MURPHY TO COME TO HARTFORD.
| The ministers conference of Hartford
has called meeting for this Monday af-
ternoon at 4:30 O'Clock at the Y. NJ. G. A.
rooms, to make arrangements for the
bringing to Hartford, about February H.,
of T. E. Murphy, the temperance speaker,
who has recently been doing such success
full work in New Haven.
THE WIFE OF PROFESSOR KEEP DEAD.
NORWICH, Jan. Mrs. Robert P. Keep,
wife of Professor Keep of the Norwich
Free academy, and the noted authority on
Greek, died in New York this morning,
where she had been for about week I'M
dergoine an operation. She has been very
feeble Of late, and was not strong enough
to undergo tho operation. She leaves three
children.
DEATH OF A BRANToRD LADY.
CRAWFORD, Jan. Mrs. B. F. Hosley,
wife of B. F. Hosley, the builder, died a,
her home in this place this afternoon al
about 2:45 of pneumonia, after an illness
of only a week. She was about thirty-fve
years of age.
ICE CUTTING.
The Greenwoods company, New Hart
ford, has had large force of men cutting
ice on its pond the past week. The work
will continue until the big ice house, hold
ing IL, 900 tons, is filed. The ice is twelve
inches thick, and of excellent quality.
HE WILL GO.
Park Congregational church of Spring
field has voted unanimously to call the
Rev. William q. Dexter of Thompsonville
to be its pastor, at salary of $4,000 {
, year. He will accept the call, to the gres
regret of the First Presbyterian church g.
Thompsonville, for which he has done st
much.
EVERETT II DURKEE.
Everett Morton Durkee died at the resi-
dence of the Hon. Edwin A. Buck a
, Willimantic, at 1 o'clock Friday morning
! He was thirty six years old. Mr.. Durke
= was son Of Ralph and Emily Durkee
natives Of the town of Ashford, where h
> was born and lived until he was abou
twenty. He went to Willimantic early il
; 1877 and engaged in the -four and grail
! business as junior partner in the firm O
J, Lincoln, Buck & Durkee, located on Rail
; road street.
|; TERRIBLE FALL.
ROCKVILLE, Jan. IA suit will b
brought next week against the Somervill
Manufacturing company for S.. 900 TO
4 damages claimed for the death of job
Q Mikolonia, young man nineteen years o
i age. Last Wednesday Mikolonis, who ha
8 been working in the mill about three days
Q was on the elevator at work when it fell t
Il the basement. The fall was from tn
: fourth story and about fifty feet Mike
Q lonia's skull was fractured, an arm broken
and he sustained severe internal injurie
g from which he died Thursday night. Hi
u friends claim that the elevator was unsafe
: Senator Keeney Is the secretary and agen
? for the company.
THE BEARTowN PROPHET HEARD FROM.
j The venerable weather prophet of Beal
: town mountain has been heard from, say
. the Winsted Citizen. He does not promis
= US good weather. Mr.. Bebee says the ses
= son is to be new in many respects. We al
to have Zero season." Cold weathe
!, and severe storms at sea. There will b
4 no trouble in getting ice. Water and ha
are not to be plenty. He promises no bi
2 snow storms or billiards..
a A SECOND ACCIDENT.
q Mrs. James B. Cone of Pennington ave
nua Hartford ubo Soma <fy,,o oor fa1J ~,
broke leg, met with another unfortunat
t accident on Thursday afternoon. Durin
a a reception at her home her foot caught i
her dress and she fell and struck q book
i. case, cutting cash clear across her fore
head. DR.. Shepherd sewed up the cut an
says that soon she will be as we'll as ever
SONS OF THE REVOLUTION.
8 At the recent meeting of the board O
managers of the Connecticut Society of tn
: Sons of the American Revolution a doze
9 new members were admitted to the society
1t was decided to have the annual banque
= at Meriden on February 90 at 1:3O p. m
? President Jonathan Trumbull talked to tn
9 board about the prospect for a reunion o
. the Society of the Sons of the Revolution
: and the Society of the Sons of the American
{ Revolution. He said constitution ha.
been prepared for submission to the annua
:, meetings of the two national societies, boil
! of which occur in New York on Februar
Is, and he believed both societies woult
adopt 1t. The Connecticut society viii
! send eight members to the meeting at New
York.
? SEYMOUR RLoPEMENr CASE.
SEYMOUR, Jan. IAN elopement is tn
talk of this town to-day. About a yea
8 ago Miss Emily Bsgwell, a niece of Mrs
A. M. Taylor, came here from England
and became clerk in h. M. Taylor's bi,