Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-08-04
CONNECTICUT NEWS.
Matters of Interest in Various Sec
lions of the State.

CONNECTICUT NEWS.
of Interest in Various Sec
lions of the State.
HARTFORD, Aug. 3.-The William Rog-
BIS Manufacturing company, large silver
plating concern on Market street, to-day
reduced the daily hours of labor to eight,
and will shut down Saturdays, making
forty hours per week. About $50 hands
are employed. I
SECTION HANDS DISCHARGED.
HARTFORD, Aug. 3.-The New York and
New England railroad has already dis
charged 1876 section hands along the line |
of the road. It was announced to-day by |
Superintendent Quigg of the western divi: |
sion that forty five or more men employed
in the repair shops at East Hartford will
be discharged tomorrow.
A1OPER CENT. REDUCTION OF WAGES.
HARTFORD, Aug. 3.-The employees of the
F. R. Walker & Sons paper mill at Burn
side yesterday agreed to general reduc-
ton of 10 per cent. in wages, in preference
to closing the mill The force is now en-
ployed on a government contract of 800
tons of paper for the internal revenue de-
partment.
INCENDIARY FIRE AT BRIDGEPORT.
BRIDGEPORT, Aug. 3.-Fire at Burns q
Smiths lumber yard destroyed shed and
damaged lumber valued at $1,000 at 2
o'clock this morning. The loss is covered
by insurance This ia the second fire be-
lieved to be of incendiary origin at the
lumber yard within ten days.
BRIDGEPORT FEELING BErTER-THE WORST
SEEMS TO BE OVER.
BRIDGEPORT, Aug. Sit is generally
thought among prominent merchants and
manufacturers here that Bridgeport has
seen the worst of the depression. Business
is picking up and confidence is slowly re-
turning. The banks are all in excellent con-
dition. Their deposits have begun to ex-
coed the Withdrawals, and indications are
now that they will soon cssss to hold de-
positors subject to the ninety days limit
clause in their bylaws. The factories ere,
as rule, running the same schedule as last
week.
The Bridgeport Brass company is unable
to fill it's orders for new lamp burner it
is making.
The Holmes & Edwards Silver Co. Is
only running four days, this week, but
say they will resume the full six day
schedule next week. Other factories say
| sales are beginning to show an improve
ment.
| A HEAD ON COLLISION ON THE NEW ENGLAND
ROAD.
| W1NsTED, August 3.-Two freight trains
on the New England branch of the Phila-
delphis and Reading railroad crashed to
| gether in head-on collision between here
and New Hartford, about 10 O'clock this
forenoon, telescopipg the locomotives and
wrecking eight cars. The trains were 60
ing at good rate of speed and collided
with terrible force. The engineers of bott
l trains saw the other in time, reversed ths
levers of their machines and jumped.
All of them escaped with slight injuries
The locomotives plunged through and ovel
each other as far as the tenders, wreckine
both almost completely. Eight cars lief
the track and three of them plunged dowr
the embankment. All of the cars were
loaded, one of them being filled with oil
The tracks are badly blocked and canuo
be cleared before evening. The cause O
the accident is yet unknown.
soUTH1NeToN's MYsTERY-A BLOOD srA1NEl
CLUB FOUND IN THE WOODS.
| SoUTHINGToN, Aug. 3.-The residents o
Redstone hill, farming district situate,
in the northwest part of this town and tn
southwestern part of Plantsville, are great
ly excited over suspected murder ther
Tuesday night and have notified the Plants
vile authorities, who are now inyesttgatin
the affair. Yesterday morning two fsrr
hands employed on the farm of Anguish
Norton discovered in a nearby wood
large pool of blood and close by q club Gov
cred with blood and hair.
SHERLOCK IN NEW BRITAIN.
John E. Sherlock, the gormandizer an
pedestrian, will make the effort to cove
+ 100 miles in twenty-four hours at Ne
| time will take place in Hanna's armor,
, East Main street, and will begin at
, O'Clock p. m, Friday, August II. On tn
occasion Sherlock will be paced by Mr.
| Edith Richardson of No. "a Heath stree
| will try to do one half the distances, sixt,
, | five miles, while Sherlock is making 15
The sawdust track is twenty-five laps I
the mile, which Sherlock says he Intend
3 to verify by the measurement of a comp.
r | tent civil engineer. Local time keepers sn
referee will be appointed.
ORGANIZATION OF THE NEW DENTAL co,
MIsSIoNERs.
. The dental commissioners of Conneeticl
DIS. W. ]. Rider of Danbury, Civilic
8 Zones of Bridgeport, Charles P. Graham
! M:ddletown, R. W. Browne of New Lo
= don and George L Parmele of Hartford
/ met at the capitol Wednesday to organi
/ | for carrying out the provisions of the la
regulating the practice of dentistry. d
q Civilion Zones was chosen president az
0 DR.. George L .Parmele recorder of the COL
mission.
All dentists who were in practice
Connecticut before July /, 1898. are elg
q bic and are required to register. and it
necessary for them to do 30 in order TO
recognized by the commission as being
= practice. Circulars will be cent out to G
applicants for registration.
8 Later tho time will be announced whs
r such applicants for license to practice vi
q be examined by the commission.