Morning journal and courier., 1893-07-11
CONNECTICUT NEWS.

Of Interest 60 Many PeOp1e-Death of
 Lady Prominent as a Corset Man.
 ufacturer-Leaves a FOrtune-Hart-
 ford's Perplexing Missing Man-An
 Insurance eCase-Savage Attack With
 a RazOr-An Elopement fin Vethers-
 field.
 HARTsoRD, July 10.-Nicholas Duley,a moulder at the Pratt 6 Cady company's works went in the carpenter shop to do a job this morning and had three fingers cut off by buzz saw.
 DANBURY, July 10.-Mrs Kate A. Griswold, cor set manufacturer, with factories in New York city and Bethel Conn.,, died at the latter place yesterday, aged sixty She had been in the bus mess some thirty years and had amassed for tune
 HARTFORD, July 10.-Samuel Holstein, brother inlaw of Morris Levy, the butcher who mystsri- ously disappeared on the Fourth of July, has ceived letter from him in New York stating that he is looking for work. More conflicting other case for a number of years.
 HARTFORD, July 1O.-Argu ments were made Prentice on the demurrer in the case of Insur- ance Commissioner Mansfield against the Mutual Benefit Life company; Judge stoddard of New missioner and Charles E. Perkins and George G. Sill for the company.
 thrtyVe, coored man Was terrbT oMf' cnt aent Igea the face and body this afternoon by Henry Woods. young man who conducts a boot black ing establishment. They had a disputesat Browns home, and Woods suddenly whipped out razor and made three savage blows at Brown. The police cannot find the as 5ailant. Brown is lying at the hospital and is seriously cut, but his wounds are not necessarily fatal. One cut ex tends from his left ear to his mouth.
 HARTFORD, July 1O-Information of the elope- ment of Miss Rose Standish, daughter of Ira Miles Standish of Wethersfeld, and Leon c. to-day; The matter caused great surprise as the young lady was very handsome and belonged to man worked for Hezekiah Butler. The couple deceived the girls parents in a number of ways. To throw the father of his guard she received the company Of young men up to the time of the elopement. They were married in Ellington on Wednesday at the girls uncles. The couple are the girls folks are very dignant:
 There will be fifteen prizes valued at $3Oo at pal prize is silver tilting ice pitcher worth @ sso, for the ten mile handicap race.
 The Acme Social club of Waterbury held the first meeting in it's new quarters in the LiIIey block Sunday afternoon Two new members aceepted The qba on rooms made the new quarters ready in about another week. The feature of the meeting was the lecture by on Literary and Eccentric Characters" The outing club enjoyed walk toward Watertown
 Yesterdays correspondence from Morris, Ct., has the following: Mrs Edward Cowles died on her birthday, July z. She was just ninetytwo years of age. Her maiden name was Rhoda s, Sanford. She was born in thu state of Vermont and came to Morris to live when six years old and has resided here ever since. She was twice married, her first-husband being Henry Harri- husband was Edward Cowlss, by whom there was born ono son. One son survives, Rollin Fl. Harrison, who has had the entire care of his mother for years. Mrs Cowles was @ Christian woman with fine mind and 8 remarkable meu- events of the town; For many years she has been confined to the house, but l within few days was able to do some reading and writing. Many have gone to her for fnfor- nation and SC remarkable was her memory that l it was seldom she had to refer to her records. l her aid in this respect, and she held the esteem and respect of all who knew her, for to know her was to love her. The funeral was attended from I the Congregational church. of which she was @ | Rev Mr. Pike officiating. The floral decorations | were beautiful and appropriate. Mrs. Cowles | was the oldest person in town, with one excep- tion The pallbsarers were: D. R. Randall, E. 4. 1 AIvord, 2. 4. and L. W. Whittlesey. Interment | was at the East cemetery.
 Some one has brought to light copy of the l New Britain Evening News, dated April 27, 1861. It was a paper published by the late Judge | Chamberlain of New Britain and at the top of the first column appeared his name as editor and Il and but little of local character. Just | at that time the war spirit was prevalent and the young editor devoted almost all his reading matter to it. On the first page is story, 'sThe '4Ths Star Spangled Banner" and counsel for the volunteers in which they are told what sort of | blankess and hats to wear and warned to let their heards grow and keep their persons clean. the News says 'the war should now be for the utter extinction of secession and ter ssin Our midst'' to "preserve from this time strict enoen a f'uttsrauces of reasonable sen.