The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-07-04
HAPPENINGS IN TIE STATE
INTERPRETING INCIDENTS IN FARI- oUs PIRTs OF CONNECTICUT.

Old Soldiers of Four Regiments-fheir Trip to Antletam-Ths English sparrows and the oanksr wonns-A Valuable Trot- ting Horse shot-w edded and 10 start for
 China-Generai News.
 A meeting of the general committee of the Eighth, Eleventh, Fourteenth and Sixteenth Connecticut regiments will be held Friday al . p. m, in the C. A. h' parlors, Cheney building, to complete arrnngements for the excursion to An- tictam. Representative of railroads will be present to offer plans hnd rates for the excursion.
 The English sparrows, little nuisaneeF although they nre, have been quite Snc- ccssfu In keeping the canker worms from the shade trees. This k Just why they were imported. There Is srch"h of FarminatOn avenue, just ensi oi si. Joseph's cathedral. however, thut Eng fish sparrows have omitted in their hniit for palntable morsels. Several "t the handsome elm trees on that section oi the avenue are just now savagely ht- tackled by canker worms, and theif ioi'- age is being very much marred.
 A mare that waS in pasture on Ysaac Sanderson's stock farm. about n mile and half from Willimantic. was found July 2 dead In the pasture with n t.,l Ia s of a large calibre. and must have passsk through the animals body. The mare was owned by George w. Gregg or Hartford and was twelve years old She was by a son of George Knox. with a record of 2.2S. and was valuable horse. The time of the shooting. and the rascal who did the deed. is unknown. Mir. Sanderson has offered reward of $50 for the discovery and conviction or the perpetrator.
 Carrie Prudence, daughter of the Rev. Alpheus Winter of Middleheld, was married in Middlefield Saturday to Charles Kofold of Normal, I'll. The bride is a graduate of the Hartford pub lie high school and Oberlin college, and as well known in this city. For three years she was teacher in the Sand wich Islands, and during the interest conseuuent upon the dethronement of Queen Liliuokalani and the establish ment of the Dole provisional govern ment wrote several graphic, descriptive letters about the change for the Hart ford Courant The bridegroom, MT. ko- fold, has just completed course at Harvard college, where he received the degree of Ph.D. and commendation for | original work in the department of zo- , oloey In the fall he will begin his work 'ras instructor in the University of Mich dgan.
 F. F. Durand and Waterbury divi- .sions, U.R.K.P., of Waterbury, says the Waterbury Americana can wear pat ent feathers, plug hats and have thelr trousers creased every night, if they wish, on their trip to Washington next August. They cleared sl,50O clear money at their eight nights fair, which closed at city hall Saturday evening. The whole thing was a brilliant success.
 In Manchester Edward GrisWold's s e1nouse on North School street was isstruck by lightning during the thunder etorm Saturday night. The damage to the building was slight. A valuable COW belonging to Thomas P. Aitkin was struck by a flash of lighting while standing in lot near Main street, and was killed Saturday night. MT. Gris- wold's misfortune did not come singly, flor the same day a draught horse of his weighing 1.700 pounds and valued at fz50 died of lockjaw.
 William L. Webster aged flfty-eight proprietor of the Valley street meat market in Willimantic. died suddenly of apoplexy Monday. He lived at 3e Pleasant street, and had risen as usual and started to so out to the milk wagon for the daily milk supply. While pass dng the stove in the kitchen he fell tc tho floor and died in few minutes.
 fhePlainv1lle baseball team will play two games in Winsted with the Win. Sted team July 4.
 Seymour, July 3.-Atwood of Middle bury has been arrested as an incendia. ry. Atwood married daughter o1 David Betts of Seymour and fol twenty years was in the clothing busi ness here with hts father-in-lnw, but failed, hA partner being ruined. MT Belts dted and Atwood's wife refused to allow him to stay at the homestead Atwood went to NIiddlebury on Wed nesday night, when Mrs. Atwood's two barns were set on fire, and one was de stroyed. Atwood was seen on the prem Ases, and evidence showed that he hac purchased an oil can which was found I-He was held in A 900 bonds for trial.