Morning journal and courier., 1893-08-09
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 >CONNECTICUTN NEWS. Items of Interest From All Parts of
 the state-New Britain Has a Large
 Share of Untaxable Property-A
 Local Preachers Death - Proposi-
 lion to Issue Bonds in the Pension
 Line-Diphtherfa in NOrwalk and
 Westport-The State Firemen's As-
 sociatIon Convention In Danbury in
 Full Blast.
 DANBURY, Aug. S.-The opening session l of the tenth annual convention of the Con- l necticut State Firemen's association was l held in the city hall this afternoon, and l about 200 delegates from all over the state l were in attendance. The convention will l be continued tomorrow, when about 800 I are expected to be present. The executive committee met at Il o'clock this morning and settled many protested cases. The principal business of the afternoon was the reading of officers reports. President A. J. Kennedy of New Haven reported that during the nine years of the associafion's existence it had paid sick and disabled fire men $29, 900 and death benefits amounting to 5000 In the past year eighty nine applicants have received $3,49S, and ten orphaned children have received $646 in pensions. Secretary J. s. Jones of West port reported that the association Is composed of 15S companies, besides nine ty-seyen department members, making total of 225. Seven companies and al -fn HpH during the past year. Two members, George A. Dennison of New Haven and l Henry L. Smith of Norwich, have died, At the lsst session of the legislature an ad- ditional appropriation of $3,000 WAS made to the association, making total of $S,- OO0 Treasurer s. O. Haggs of Waterbury l reported the total receipts in both state and association accounts to be $11 ,037; expenditures, $5, ,652; balance in the tress ury, $5,3S4. There will be @ banquet to- night, and officers will be elected to-mor- row.
 ] AFFAIRS IN NoRwALK-pIsEAsE-Fo BURGLARS.
 NoRwALK, Aug. 8.-There are quits 1 number of cases of diphtheria in the city
 and the disease has extended to Westport. | Burglars yesterday visited John Daven-
 ports family in West Norwslk and stole 8
 diamond ring, gold watch and $20. Sun l day night William o. Henshaw's house in l Southport was forcibly entered and num- Der of valuable articles, including gold l watch, were stolen. The thieves visited every room in the house and completely
 ransacked every closet and drawer that
 came under their notice. Every room was
 left in wild disorder. Burglars also en- l tered the Green Farms depot and secured ! a 1Ot 0f tfckefa hut m n1onev
 HE CALCULATES COUNTERFEIT MONEY.
 NoRwALK, Aug. S-Chief of Police
 Wallace Dana is looking for an Italian
 who is charged with circulating counter
 felt money in the town. Yesterday he
 passed a spurious fifty-dollar bill in sa-
 loon in South Norwalk, receiving forty
 nine dollars and ten cents in change.
 NoRwALK TRAMwAY CONTAINS ACTION.
 The Norwalk Tramwsy company last
 evening voted to reduce it's authorized cap
 ital stock of ssOO, ,O0O to $lOO,0OO on the
 basis of the three and one.half miles of
 road more in operation. This does not capital stock as their line is extended. Next spring the company will build lines , to New Canaan, Westport, Roton P pint 1 end Stamford.
 WAS LOCAL PREACHER. Rev. J. H. Phillips of Norwich, who died Saturday at his home there aged 75 E was for the past six years senior partner of the firm of Phillips & Blackburn, ani
 was a skillful mschinist and blacksmith Formerly he manufactured springs fol some time. While plying his trade he la
 bored faithfully in the ministry for thirty
 1 six years. He was local preacher of thu l Methodist Episcopal church and was unde , the presiding elder, though never joinin, T the conference. For three years he laboret q in the Baptist denomination. His parishe @ were in nearly all the surrounding towns . and included Preston City, Leffingwell a I town and Montville, where he was settl"t l. for five years. In all his pastoral ant
 business connections he was beloved ant
 esteemed and was happily favored witt
 lifelong friends, who attest his sacri6cin
 spirit and worthy manliness.
 5 MT. Phillips celebrated his golden wed
 ding four years ago, and his wife survive 7 him. There were eight children in thei l. family, four of whom are now living. l. GRoToN MoNUMENT-To BE THoRoUGEL |, REPAIRED.
 ! Groton monument will now receive @ thorough repairing. The last legislatur |. appropriated $500 for the object. Cracke > and rotten stone will be removed here en | there all along the shaft and replaced wit 8 new stone The marble tablet which con n tains the inscriptions is 30 badly cracke' @ and crumbled that it will be replaced by
 new slab of white bronze, which Is nov
 being made by Bridgeport concern. Tn
 slab Is feet inches by feet in size. I
 white bronze the records will be preserves l. for all time to come, even though tn monument itself should crumble to tn t earth.
 e BIG AMOUNT OF UNTAxABLE PROPERTY g New Britain like New Haven has bi + amount of untsxable property. The Hart }, ford Courant's New Britain corresponden d gays:
 J. "It is an interesting fact that nearly one # fourth of the total valuation of propert @ in this city is by law exempt from taxation t According to the grand list the followinl g figures are correct: Protestant churche :. and parsonsges exempt, $657, ,O00 Romal J, Catholic churches and psrsonsges, $260, ;. 900; Young Mems Christian association !. $50, ,000; schools, $202 ,000; parks, includ }, ing the Erwin fund for the improvement + of Walnut Hill park, $5O1, ,5OO; property o /. the fire department, $69 000; town hous
 aAo IdIlu, SSO, l6uU on uarGlOfQ ave nue, $7,O0O; state property, such as tn y state armory and normal school, $240 0OO j. water works, mains, sewers etc $500, ,00C
 soldiers, $144, 363; making total of $2,
 655, ,S63. If taxes were paid upon thi }, amount now exempt, New Britain woul u receive $55, 109 16 more revenue than 1t 1 @ now receiving. The city and town taxsbl {. list now amounts to $S, ,623 500, and th a rate is 2Oa mills for both city and town !, Walnut Hill park and the Erwin fund r. which was left for it's improvement, to
 gether with the water works, sewers an
 the state property, make up nearly half 0
 the total exemption"
 @ GOOD TIMES AHEAD IN soUTHINGToN,
 Despite the prevalent dullness in msnu U featuring circles in Southington three ne, p concerns are getting ready for bushes l. there. Yeomans Brothers are preparing t l. manufacture new stove polish; E. s. Yeo + mans and Arthur Woodruff are getting tn 6 Woodruff building on Main street in resdi |, ness for the manufacture of toys and bsb, e carriages, and the old match shop is beinl $ thoroughly overhauled and fitted up fo ,, Corbin & Go. of New Britain, who vii g make plumbers supplies there.
 THE COW FELL ON THE OLD MAN. 9 Walter Beeney, aged eighty years, O