Morning journal and courier., 1893-04-24
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STATE NEWS JOTTINGS.
lew Haven County Baptists-Peach |
CrOp-Obituary NOteA-Pastors and
Churches-The Second Regiment
on Top as Usual-W1nsted's Tunnel
A Strike-Old Colony-Coffee House
In Hartford-Base Ball.
A council has been called to meet at the
Second Baptist church, Waterbury, next
Wednesday at Q p. m. to consider the pro-
priety of ordaining the Rev. R A. Nichols,
who has OBLIGATED for considerable time
as. pastor of the church. Most of the
churches which have been invited to sit in
the council are members of the New Haven
County Baptist association. The Asylum
avenue Baptist church of Hartford, of
which Mr.. Nichols was formerly mem
Der, will be represented.
Reports from the northern part of the /
state are that the psach trees are "just |
loaded with buds" Hence there may be |
some peaches this year in Connecticut.
Down this way the trees haven't shown
any buds yet.
frederick d. Burnhsm, who formerly
lived at the Hotel Capitol, Hartford, died
at his home, Burnhsm Wildwood, Bloom
field, Saturday. About five years ago
Mr.. Burnham bought the old Gillette place
known as "Wildwood" and went there to
live. Funeral services will be held at II
| O'Clock this Monday morning. The inter-
ment will be at Longmeadow, Mass.
A. @. Sternberg of West Hartford, one
| of the leading sgriculturslists of the state,
has been appointed member of the advis-
| DRY council on farm culture and cereal in
dustry of the worlds congress auxiliary of
| the Worlds Columbian exposition and
| specially invited to attend the worlds
| agricultural congresses that convene at
Chicago during the week beginning
| October 16.
Gerald Howard of Newark, N. j., who
died at the United States hotel, Hartford,
Thursday noon, aged sixty-six, was sur
veyor employed in laying out the grounds
| of the new handicraft school. He came
north last week from Louisiana, where he
spent the winter for his health. Mr.. How
ard was widely known as a surveyor, and
among many large pieces of work laid out
Greystone, the place of Samuel J. Tilden.
He also did great deal of work in Eng
land. He was also known as a botanist.
The will of Mrs. Sarah E. Perkins, widow
of Henry A. Perkins of Hartford, has been
admitted to probate. Public requests are
as follows: To the Hartford orphan asy-
lum, 81, 200; Berean college of Kentucky,
81, 600; Hampton normal school, 81, 900; a
sum amounting to $12, 600, given in trust
for her daughter, at her death will be given
10 the American Home Missionary sssocia-
ton of New York.
Sixteen men employed in the core-mak-
ing department of the Eaton, Cole s. Burn
ham company, Bridgeport, went on q strike
Saturday morning because they object to
q new rule compelling them to remain in
the factury until 6 p. m. They have been
in the habit of going home about O'Clock,
the time that the female employees of the
department are allowed to leave. The rule
does not apply to the latter. The COM
pany say that it will remain III force.
W. R. Babcock has been appointed
general passenger agent to succeed A. O..
Kendall, who has resigned to accept a
similar position on the Old Colony system
of the New Haven road.
| The Hartford coffee house project in
sugarated at the end of the Murphy tenn.
perance crusade ia now an assured fact.
At the time 1t was started it was decided
that when $4,000 was subscribed the
stockholders would meet and organize.
About 81, 500 has already been subscribed
and the remaining $500 is in sight.
The New York baseball club play the
| Aomes at Waterbury to-day.
4 Mrs. ]. g. Davenport of Waterbury has
been been transferred from Hot Springs,
N G., to sanitarium st Forest Glen
near Washington.
Chauncey Bidwell, for over fifty years
an employe of the Thomaston Clock com
pany, foreman of the setting up room IN
the case shop, died Wednesday, aged
eighty eight. He was an active member Of
the Congregational church.
The last building lot of the estate Of
Marshall Jewell in Hartford, on the west
corner of Marshall and Mica street, wat
sold recsntly.
; Samuel O. Hodge, formerly of Hartford
will be ordained and installed Thursday
April 20, as pastor of the Presbyterian
church at Tunkhannock, Pa. His father
the Rev. J. Aspinwall Hodge, D. D., an6
his brothers, Hugh L. Hodge and Richard
} M. Hodge, will be present and take part II
, | the services
The Rev. J. Aspinwall Hodge, formerly
| pastor of the First Presbyterian church Of
Hartford, has been elected to the profes
, sorship of Biblical instruction in the theo
logical department of Lincoln university
Oxford, Pa.
Il Charter Oak lodge, 1. O. O. F., is new
, lodge organized in Parkviile, Hartford.
Figures of merit The Second regimen
leads the battalions with 9718, the FRS
follows with 80 II, the Fourth ia 49, IS
and the Third S9.65. The battery of artil
lery is 1854, and tho Hartford coloref
) company is rs o.
The Winsted Herald Gays: "The TUNE
borers are we'll into the west side of tn,
hill, and find the rock delightfully."- solid
L - 49, t., H., ~
, | the work proceeds satisfactorily. At las
reports they had found the rock overhead
. so divided by a seam from the rock abov,
it that the top of the tunnel is as smooth
as If dressed off with ehisel. It cleavel
at the right angle aud height, and wa
probably made at the beginning of TIM
with view to being tunnelIed in 1898"
Dwight P. Wilcox of Meriden is still con
fined to the house by his accident of som,
three or four weeks ago. Mr.. Wilcox wa
descending the stairs of his house with hi
pet dog In his arms and the dog gave
spring. Mr.. Wilcox, In trying to save thu
dog from being hurt, tripped and fell dowr
the stairs, fracturing his ankle. Being
large man, weighing about 200 pounds, hi
fell heavily. He is superintendent of ths
solid silver department. at tho Merider
Britannia company's mandatory.
The Bridgeport Farmer says: "AtwooG
& Rowe are candy merchants who do {
wholesale and retail business In New Ha
ven. They have many customers in this
city. About six weeks ago ex-Courcilmar
John Lyon, who runs notion and grocery
store on Central avenue, East End
ordered a small amount of candy
from the firm. Last Wednesday sf
ternoon q neatly attired individual
presented bill for the same, and
1t was paid. MI. Lyon said he had receiv
ed candy not ordered and the man told hin
to send it to certain store and he would
receive it and refund the money. The
next day Mr.. Lyon discovered that the fell
low was fraud. He had succeeded In
collecting from about one dozen of the
company's customers. He had probably
secured about $500 in all. How he secured
the exact amount which the several local
dealers owed the New Haven firm is g
mystery"
An officer of the New York and New
England says that the gross earnings Of
the road for the first week in April were
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