Morning journal and courier., 1893-07-17
CONNECTICUT NEWS.
Excitement in Bridgeport Yesterday
 A Hotel Attached - Interesting
 News From Various Sections Of the

CONNECTICUTN NEWS. Excitement in Bridgeport Yesterday A Hotel Attached - Interesting
 News From Various Sections of the . State.
 BRIDGEPORT, July 18.-There was lots of excitement on the street and in business circles last night when the report spread that Fred Bullsn, until yesterday half owner of the Windsor hotel, had skipped town, and that the hotel had been attached for $10.000 by MT. E. P. Jones of New York, who advanced the money with which the house was started. Bullen is one of the best-known sporting men of the state, and his sudden disappearance created great surprise and caused @ large crowd of creditors to gather at the hotel in short order when they learned that the house had been attached It was an- nounced yesterday that the hotel had been sold to Mir. Ollie Smith, of the firm of Smith & Egge, and that he had just bought Bullen's interest in the house for s10,o00, having previously acquired the other half, owned by Daniel Thompson. MT. Jones, who claims to have a mortgage on the property for 5000, on hearing of the sale, searched for Bullen, but in vain, and last night &C., 1 companied Sheriff Fenleon to the hotel, where Mir. Smith was found announcing | himself ss it's future proprietor. The writ l of attachment was against Bullen and Thompson, the former owners, but as the ! sheriff could not find them he gsrnisheed Mir. Smith in the sum of SIG, ,000. An off 1 cer wss then placed in charge of the house. It Is alleged that the sale was a scheme to | defraud MT. Jones, and he insists that he will land Bullen behind the bars for it if ii takes him lifetime.
 IN ToRRINGToN.
 ToRRINaToN, July 16.-The ball game between the local T. A. B. team and the Thomsstons here yesterday afternoon wal too one-sidsd to be at all interesting, tn. home nine winning 24 to 4. The Torring l tons hit hard, while the visitors were un I able to touch the ball.
 TRIED BRIDGEPORT ALSO.
 BRIDGEPORT, July 16 The forger tha
 has been visiting various cities of the stat
 under the name of s. J. Seneca has als'
 been here. About a week ago he called
 upon well known attorney and told
 story similar to that he related in othe
 places. He visited the City bank but wa
 refused and left town immediately.
 AFTER OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF sERvICl TO THE STATE.
 1 The state treasurer has just paid the las
 amount accruing directly on account o
 services to the general assembly. It wa
 that of Robinson S. Hinman, ex chief oler
 of the state secretary's office, as clerk t
 the legislative committee on engrosse
 bills. It amounted to $1,971. MT. Hin
 man was appointed clerk of the committe ! under statute which authorizes the pay
 ment of so much per page for engrossip ! the bills.
 He left for his home in Oxford Saturday
 and for the present will confine his alter
 tion to his farm. MT. Hinman first enter
 ed the services of the state as chief cler
 in the seoretsry's office January, 1879, UT
 der State Secretary David Torrance, wh is now an associate justice of the suprsm , ! court, and has therefore been in the SCI vice of the state continuously for fourtee years and six months. His faithful sel | vices have been of much value to th
 state.
 Clerk of Bills J. J. Buchanan of Ne
 Haven completed his duties as such Satu r day. He received as salary $500, and $sC | was appropriated for special services. B | has been appointed by State Secretary , l J. Phelau to index the general statutes an | the public acts passed by the last gener assembly, and will return to Hartford in
 few days to perform that duty.
 CONNECTICUT VETERANS TO TEST THE PIE, SION LAWS IN THE COURTS.
 Ia connection with Secretary Hoi ] Smiths attack on the pension system, D partment Commander Rogers of the Col neoticut G. A. R. gays that he is in recsiI i. | of letter from 8 Bridgeport Grand Arm 8 I man, in which he makes suggestion thu !, the state department take some we'll define , case which would come under the head ( :. Secretary Smiths decision and take 1t < law, carrying 1t up to the supreme cou, of the United States If need be. Con
 msnder Rogers now doubts if that can
 done on account of the expense, but l . says he will present the request to u ! national encampment at Indianapolis ne, :, fall.
 It was suggested to Commander Roge that the G. A. R. men of the state raii
 fund for the purpose, each giving do l. lar, or whatever he could afford, and : thought it might be good scheme. DEATH OF YOUNG HUNGERIoRD. The death of young Frank N. Hunge
 ford of lockjsw in New Britain csus , deep sympathy for the bereaved famil v Deceased was the son of F. L Hungs
 ford, of Mitchell & Huugerford, the lay . l yers.- He WAS fourteen years old. A wee F ! ago he fell from cherry tree and su l tained a comminuted fracture of bot
 bones of the forearm and Q severe shoe
 to the spinal column. Dr. M. Storrs
 Hartford and Dr. Wright of this city wei , in consultation in the case with Dr. Lyon
 who has had charge of the case. Nothin that the physicians could do could pr' , ! vent a fatal termination of the case. IT ! lad was we'll known and gave promise of
 bright future.
 EX-PATENT COMMISSIONER MITCHELL ON TH SITUATION.
 The Hon. Charles E. Mitchell of Come,