Morning journal and courier., 1893-06-16
CONNECTICUT NEWS.

Items of Interest From All Secttons-
 Weddings Here and There-Connect-
 tcut and the Trenton monument-
 Springfield and Charter Oak Park
 Races.
 The Brass City Fishing club, composed of some twenty Waterbury business men, has been having good luck in fishing of Nantucket. The were expected home last night with some tall fish stories.
 Henry Platt of the Naugatuck freight office in Waterbury, Is confined to his boarding house in Waterville witha a serious attack of cerebro-spinal meningitis. He is son of Dr. Platt of Springfield, who for msrly practiced in Waterbury for some time. His relatives have been notified.
 The new electrical yacht Jessie May was launched at Bridgeport yesterday morning by her builder, M. o. Clark. She is ex- peotsd to bs very fast. She cost about $s, ,0O0.
 In Bridgeport yesterday Miss Cora AL mira, daughter of the late E. V. HaweE, was married to s. F. H. Hewitt at the resi- dence of the bride on Fairfield avenue in that city. The ceremony was performed at noon by the Rev. N. N. McKinnon,S s J, of St. Francis XsvieI'a college, New York city. Her elder sister gave the bride away. The bride was robed in travelling cos tune of French cloth, color soft shade of 1 ashes of roses. The ushers were Masters Garry A. Morford, nephew of the bride, and James H. Hewitt, jr., nephew of the groom. Immediately preceding the bride and groom was little Alopzo Hawes Boards | 1-.- | xA I-{l ing the bridal bouquet.
 l Yesterdays Bridgeport Standard com
 menting says: "Connecticut should be
 fttingly represented both at the worlds fair and at the dedication of the Trenton
 monument, but there Is no demand fol | going to such extremes as are proposed by l the plan to take 0 good portion of tho l legislaturs and others. There is an ides
 prevalent that our legislature Is about tho l only get of men in the country who have
 not heard of the 'stringency of the money
 market We>a arc wealthy state, apt
 niggsrdliness is at ali times to bs avoided
 but there ia no reason why we should
 send the legislature on a junketipg trip
 If it is a joke, the people are not in
 mood to appreciate humor of that kind to
 day" | Mrs. H. W. Booth of New Milford
 whose illness was mentioned last week
 died Thursday afternoon. Her funera
 was attended from her late residence at
 o'clock Sunday. Rev. F. A. Johnson ofici
 a.ing. A very large circle of relatives an
 friends mourn her loss. Mrs. Booth was 1 woman of rare ability in the conduct of home, and was noted for her estimabl
 qualities as wife and mother. In the man
 agement of his large farming interests he fhushand had her hearty cooperation an
 assistance. MT. Booth died nearly tw
 years ago. Tho deceased was q sister c the Hon. A. B. Mygatt. Three sons sul vive her, Walter, Reuben and Andrew Nj , of New Britain. Mrs. John Lecombe of s Paul. Mirn, and Miss Ruth Booth.
 , Yesterday's Springfield Republican r msrks: "The decision of the directors the Charter Oak Driving association hold the August meeting of the Har.fo, : grand circuit horse races in the city 3 Buffalo, N. Y., is another cf those crrioI , l things incident to Connecticut life whic l attract the attention of outside observer 3 l Buffalo is distant from Hartford about 3(
 miles, perhaps lees than that, as the cro , fltes, go what fun the Nutmesers will t able to derive from this years Hartfol races in Buffalo will be mostly confined
 "word- painting" Of the reporters and u ! LAloiO cSoSAiPoifo SS"SA oh ehSAA ooi s marias.
 . Ex-Governor Bulkeley and his sssociat 8 ] on the turf have made Q mistake perhal A in trying to awaken public sentiment r l the enormity of a law against gambling @ I race tracks in Connecticut, by entertainiI n the public with fast miles 60 harness . Buffalo. The Buffalo people, provide @ Grandfather Hsmlin's two weeks meetiI s in August shall not have completely o 2 liberated their craving for horse trotting a September, may zee the point the Chart
 Oak managers wish to emphasize, but Il
 people of Connecticut, we fear, cannot
 ! persuaded in any such extraordinary ma s ner. They might have been more amenab f to discipline had the races been sent
 Springfield, city easily and quickly &
 cessible from all points in Connection The spectacle of a neighboring, and - some measure, a rival track having u q home races mi ght have had the effect u :. ex-governor and his associates desire.
 The August meeting of the grand ci
 cult on Hampton park, as the case stan' t now, will be the only orc to be held th 6 year east of the Hudson river. All Hal
 ford is invited to come up and ses Il
 races"
 Yesterday's Middlstown Herald say 5 ''Many persons who believe in the prop ? observance of the Sabbath will be pleas, E to learn that the o. N. G. will not sper 7 Sunday in camp this year. The practi 2 which was inauRurated under the admi istration of ex-Governor Bulkeley prove 5 $ an expensive experiment. The effect this experiment was anything but good (
 the young men who make up the Nation
 Guard Sunday in camp was selected as
 day for all kinds of dissipation which pr
 vails In csmp. In years gone by tksre hi . | haan drun ken at o than Ia should be, and if Governor Morris and tt
 members of his staff can restrain this ey ? within proper bounds they will have q complished much good for the stat , There is no good reason why the your |. men who constitute the national gual [ should not exercise the game care ov 5 l their good morals while in camp that ths