The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-08-22
Local Jottin .s.

Local Jottin .s.
 William Fitzpatrick. known all over New Britain as Buffalo Bill" was found died in room in the Park hotel. that city. yesterday. He died of alcoholism and heart disease.
 In Hartford yesterday team belong ing to c. A. Pease, grain merchant on Main street, ran over and instantly killed a little boy about four years old named Fisher on Front street.
 The annual meeting of the Colored Soldiers and Sailors Veteran assocla- tion of Connecticut will be held at Danbury on Friday, August 31, and at the same time will be held the reunion of the Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth regiments. Connecticut Volunteers.
 The law on meadow chicks" or rail birds will be off September l. An Es- sex correspondent writes: There are plenty of wild oats on the meadows and marshes along the river front and these furnish food for these birds, which migrate here about the same time every year. No one knows where they come from. They remain about six weeks and leave very suddenly and mysteriously as they came. Sports men expect a good season.
 Mrs. E. H. J. Cleaveland, author of "No Scots in Heaven," and Attorney l.. w. Cleaveland of this city are visit ing at Robert Rices house in North Granby. MT. Cleveland toook a run to New Haven Monday for business trip. returning the same day.
 MT. T. P. Merwin denies a story pub lished in several papers that his bro- ther. MT. Ed P. Merw!n, of New York, formerly of this city, had lost heavily by real estate ,speculations in the west, one account stating the amount at $100,000. MT. Merwin says his brother is in the Adirondacks with his family for the improvement of his health. which is somewhat impaired. As to his losing money MT. MerN in says there Is nothing to justify tha: report. Mr. Ed. P. Merwn when in this city was interested in valuable western lands in growing anl prosperous localities and has made h 'ndsome profits 1here- from. The iden that Ee is under re- straint is ridiculous. I received a let ter from him a short tima ago, in which he said that he was feeling better and was having an excellent time
 The Second Company Governor's Foot Guard band will give concert on the Broadway green on Thursday evening.
 P. Walton Ames was yesterday after noon in the probate court appointed conservator over Captain Henry A. Clark of Orange who is mentally in- capable.
 A little girl named Flora Stranger, daughter of Henry Stranger of 671 Ora 'd avenue, was run over by C. Jaeger's baker wagon at the corner of State and Osborn streets yesterday while running to get on an electric car. She escaped with few bruises.
 Mr. Nixon, of Nixon & Nanton, res- taurant men on State stre ct, is planning another fishing excursion for next Tues day. They go to New reef. Recently MT. Nixon and party of friends went in Fair Haven sloop to the New reef and other points in the sound, but the fish absolutely declined to be caught, the whole catch being Insignificant. He expects big luck next time.
 Mrs. O. s. Ferry and daughter, Mary, were expected back in Norwalk yester- day from Litchfeld, on account of the illness of Mrs. Ferry's brother, Rev. s. B. s. Bissell. MT. Bis 5 Ill is is very low. His son, Rennselaer, of New York, is with him. His two Mrs. LeGrand Lockwood and Mrs. Patterson, were expected back from the White Mountains last night.
 Mrs. George E. Wells of 71O State street left her handbag on the front steps of her home yesterday while she stepped back into the house for some- thing she had forgotten. When she re- 1,%n ,I,o boy running up the street with her bag. Besides other things it held her pocket book which contained about $12. The thief made his escape.
 Bluefish.
 The New London Telegraph says: Ex-