The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-09-07
STATE NEWS JOTTINGS.
CROCODILE CLUB OUrING--ALLI6A- TORS T00--BRANFORD POINT NOTES.

IOifS TOo--BRNNFORDP PoiSTho One Million DoIlars-Rnid Bird Shooting Weddings-The Butchers 'Meeting-body Identified.
 A tally-ho coach load of gentlemen from Pennington attended the annual dinner of the Crocodile club at Com bounce lake yesterday.
 Thirty-five members of the Alligator club enjoyed their annual sheep-bake at Rockers grove, Pennington. Mon- day evening. Guests were present from Hartford, West Hartford. New Britain and Savannah, Ga.
 The Rev. Dr. Parker of Hartford, and hls son. Robert P. Parker, who have been travelling in Europe this summer, returned in the steamship Lahn. which reached New York Tuesday.
 The Connecticut Literary institution has large number of students enrolled lover 400 for the fall term, of which seventy-four will board in the build ings.
 The Adams express car attached to the Washington express Tuesday night was said to contain one million dollars in greenbacks In transit from Boston to Washington. The car was guarded by four men inside, 80 it was said at the depot, and the employees looked upon the car with awe, but not light was visible anywhere in it.
 Among those recently registered at the Guilford Point house are Henry H. Pelton of Middletown, Miss Russell, Miss Robins, the Rev. J. W. Bradin, the Misses Bradin, MT. and Mrs. W. c. Billings, Francis Heywood Billings, all of Hartford, D. N. Grouse, T. E. Wheel CT and family of Utica. N. Y, F.. w. Mum, jr, of Middletown, Burdeett Loo- mis of Hartford, Charles F. Shultas of New York, c. H. Campbell, Allen F. Fletcher of Detroit, MT. and Mrs. H. P, Grouse of Utica, N. Y., Irwin B. Dough- lin of Plttsburg, Pa., Charles D. Jones of Cincinnati, s. R. Maynard of Utica, Daniel c. Adams, Wallace Clark, John M. Grouse, Miss M. L. Grouse of Utica. The season has been one of the best in years.
 The Connecticut Farmer" comes out greatly enlarged and improved. It is not only meeting a long-felt want, but is spreading itself having become handsome sheet of sixteen pages of reading matter, with a cover which adds pages for advertisements. In its new form the paper is more attractive than ever.
 New London, Sept. 6.-The longest string of rail birds brought down here this season, says the New London Day, fell to A. T. Hale out Saturday and yes- terday, Saturday he bagged fifty-two and yesterday forty three. Dr. Stan ton yesterday brought down nineteen. There seems to be plenty of birds this year and they are in good condition. Rice birds are also met in large num- bers, but the sportsmen are so occu- pied with rail birds that they pay no attention to the other kind.
 Waterbury, Sept, 6.-Torrington was the scene of very pretty double we'd ding yesterday when M. T, Maloney of the Waterbury Democrat was united in marriage to Miss Clara L. Coyte and James J. Saunders of Torrington to Miss Margaret G. Coyte Both brides are the daughters of William F. Coyte of Torrington. The best couple for Mir. Maloney and his bride were D. J. Maloney, brother of the groom, and Miss Beatrice Vernon .Burnes of Naugatuck; and for MT. Saunders and his bride John Lynch of Waterville and Miss Katharine Maloney of Waterbury.
 Waterbury, Sept. 6.-At the Sacred Heart church yesterday morning at 10 o'clock the Rev. Fred Murphy united in marriage Evarste O. Barrette and Mrs, Mary Gilman. A large party of friends witnessed the ceremony. The best couple were Louis c. Archambeault and Miss Kittie Collins of New Haven. A reception and wedding breakfast fol- lowed. MT. and Mrs. Barrette left for Canada on the 1 o'clock train for an extended wedding trip.
 Norwich, Sept 6.-Mr. Archibald Mitchell and son of Norwich had Noy oL AdiC oPol y0SIcl udy dIlOHS the rail birds of Essex in the Connecticut valley. They brought home a bag of fifty-two fine birds. Rail are unusually plentiful this season and the shooting Is fine.
 Bridgeport, Sept. 6.-The body found floating off Pleasure Beach yesterday was to-day identified by w. A. Penfield as that of his cousin, Ernest A. Pen field of Meriden. The deceased was out of employment and while Respondent probably jumped off the wharf.
 Hartford, Sept. 6.-The annual meet ing of the Connecticut Retail Butchers Protective association was held to-day in Bliss hall with forty marketmen in attendance from Norwalk, Stamford. Bridgeport, New Haven. Meriden New Britain, Danbury, Willimantic, Bethel. Windsor and Hartford. E. s. Adams of Norwalk presided and Roger w. Adams was secretary. Various sub- jects were discussed and at 3:15 o'clock the members of tho ascooio fio, +S.,.