Morning journal and courier., 1893-10-11
LATEST NEWS JOTTINGS.

LATEST NEWS JOTTINGS. From All Sections of the State-A New England Train Badly -Embezzled Three Thousand Dol. lars - Brutal Work by Toughs -more Offices for Connecticut Men | A Boy shockinEly IDjured-HOrse Race in Wfnsted. Charles M. Fsrnham Is under police sur veillance at his home in Hartford, where he is sick, charged with embe zzling about k4, 900 from Powell Bros., New York wholesale produce firm, for which Earn ham was drummer. A sister of Earn ham has given a bond of 5000 to pay Powell Bros. 75 per cent. of their loss and criminal proceedings will probably be abandoned.
 Three toughs murderously pounded an old man named James English, war vet eran, in Windsor Locks Tuesday night. Two of them were arrested yesterday.
 The president has nominated J. D. Hall of this state to be consul at San Juan, Porto Rico, and J. K. Stuart to be post uAo6t0I 0I AuAcvuA0 hAA " AAs SoA3AP " b0 postmaster at t.Caanan.
 The Connecticut branch of the American Federation of Labor is holding conven- vention in Aeriden. Committees were chosen yesterday, and last night P. J. Mo- Guire of New York, who has made many speeches in New Haven grange ct labor meetings, made an address.
 In Putnam yesterday Elmer Gould and Jack Finnamore were acquitted of the charge of attempting to burglarizs the house of J. W. Cutler Sunday night.
 Arthur Roberge, 8 French lad of nine years, in trying to jump on grocery wagon to ride to school had his leg horri- bly, twisted. It was caught in the spokes. A horse race was arranged in Winsted yesterday afternoon which will interest horssmen in all parts of the state. Brown Richmond. owned by the Colebrook stock farm and o. B. Andrews Alice Wilkes, with a record of 2:16, were matched to trot mile at the Winsted park for Q purse of $40O and half the gate receipts. A freight train on the New England road jumped the track yesterday two miles from Collinsville. The whole train left the track and ran 300 feet on the ties. The track was badly bloaked for hours.
 The funeral of Colonel N. Fl. Ames will occur at New London to-day. BIisadier General Haven has ordered the armory flag placed at half-mast
 In 1880 Connecticut had but seven cities -Hartford, New Haven, Bridgeport, Md dletown, Waterbury, Norwich and New London. The complete list of chartered cities in the state Is now as follows: Anso- nts, Bridgeport, Danbury, Derby, Hart. ! ford, Meriden, Middi-town, New Britain, | New Haven, New London. Nor yak, Nor
 
 ! Waterbury, Willimsntic.
 ! Frank Ransom of Bridgeport, who works l in the Wheeler 6c Wilson factory, has in. vented flying machine which he calculates | to be sixty feet long. weigh 600 pounds and carry 400 pounds more. He has made 6 twe-foot affair which has worked quite well.
 The annual eession of the grand chapter I Order of the Eastern Star of Connecticut will open in Bristol to-day at 10 8. m. l Edgar Freeman, colored, life prisoner at the state prison for rape committed iI ! Ansonia in 1872, died suddenly in his eel yesterday morning. He has two brother in the prison, Julian, for theft, and Amos for burglary. His parents formerly lfvee at Pennington, but have moved freu there.
 Hon. F. J. Kingsbury of Waterbury yesterday received the degree of IL. D from Williams college at its centennial eel ebration.
 The next meeting of the Connection
 Beekeepsrs' association will be held at tn capitol at Hartford, November 2, at 10:3, a. m- Every beekeeper, whether a mem
 Der or not, is invited to be present. William A. Fairehild, an esteemed resi- dent of Southington, aged seventy one who for many years h ad had 8 wagon re | ,,la 1as Lak- L. vile and Marion, dropped dead at thu breakfast table yesterday morning from al attack of heart disease.
 | The East Norwslk fire department hal ! voted to disband and the place is consider ably worked up over it. The 6remen wan the village to raise little money to hell pay fire expenses.
 Commander Rogers opened the fair O Robbie post, G. A. R., in Stamford las evening.
 Colonel J. B. Dohsrty and s. P. William of Waterbury are on ten days trip t Chattanooga to attend 8 quarterly meeting of the board of directors of the Tennesse River Transportation company, which i chiefly owned by Waterbury capital.
 Samuel Pinney, who was one of tn
 wealthisst men in Bloomfield, Is dead.
 Middletown needs 8 city station houa
 for the confinement of prisoners. The annual convention of the Baptis
 clergymen of the state will open in Dan
 bury next Monday and will continue Tues
 day and Wednesday.
 BUNCH OF DISPATCHES. TWISTED, Oct. 10.-Burton Sullivan,
 fireman on the Philadelphia and Readin
 railroad, fell through coal scaffold [
 Winsted tonight and was seriously injure internally. He was removed to his hom in Collinsville. He cannot recover.
 TWISTED, Oct. 1O.-Albert Kane of No,
 folk, Conn.,, while attempting to pull
 tree down with chain, was struck by tt falling tree. He will die. , MER1DEN, Oct. 10-The adjourned tow
 meeting was held in the town hall to-nigh It was the largest held for some years. IT text book scheme was voted down by : great maj jority. A seven and 8 half mi | tax was laid.
 AERIDEN, Oct. 10.-The Connec ectiout d
 vision of the American Federation of L
 bor continued it's convention tonight. large meeting was held in the Meride , opera house. P. J. Mcclure of Quskertow was the speaker. The convention wi continue to o-morrow.
 BRIDGEPORT, Oct 1-The will of the lat
 Frank Armstrong was filed for probate t. day. At the time of his death it vi !, thought that he was millionaire, but tf will shows that his estate is now wor, about $20O GOO He was a quiet phila1 } .hropist and gave large amounts to tt poor. The will provides that $5, 900 cha
 bs given to the Bridgeport hos pitat~ to 6
 sabilsh free bed; s1 coo to tie Orpha ssyium and $1 ,00O to the Boys club. IT ! rest of the estate is divided among i l three chiidrsn.