The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-09-06

and only lived about fifteen minutes
after the accident He was a native of
ireland and had no relatives in this
country.
KICKED TO DEATH.
Hartford, Sept. 5.-Hans Anderson,
ten years old, the son of Peter Ander-
son of this city, was kicked to death
by a horse this morning, He was rid
Ing on a milk wagon, held the horse
while the milkman made his deliveries.
The boy in some way fell under the
horses heels. The boy died at the hos
pital soon after being taken there.
BARGE SUNK IN MIDDLEToWN.
Hartford, Sept 5-The barge volun-
teer owned by S. Gildersleeve & Son,
collided with the south pier of the Air
Line bridge at Middletown, about mid
night last and sank in three minutes.
| Captain Ruberight, wife and child
and deck hand were rescued by Clay
ton Haltman, the bridge tender. The
Volunteer had cargo of $50 tons of
soft coal consigned to Hartford par
| ties.
CONNECTICUT G. A. r. MEN IN
LOUISVILLE.
Norwich, Sept. 5-The Grand Army
| train, from Connecticut and Rhode
Island will start from Jersey City at 5
a. m. Sunday and reach Louisville at
| 10 a. m. Tuesday. q.
| Department Commander John M.
Commander Mckee OF Middletown will
meet the Connecticut men at Jersey
City and go with them from that point
| CAPTAIN BARNES DISAPPEARS.
New London, Sept. 5.-Captain
Barnes, captain of the navy yard
steamer Lily, disappeared last Sunday
and his family are anxious as to his
whereabouts. He was paid Off the first
of the month and has not since been on
duty. He was employed for several
years at the Brooklyn navy yard as
a spar maker!, About a year ago he
was appointed to the naval station
steamer. He is about sixty years old
and man of good habits, as far as
known.
| BATTERY ON A MARCHING TOUR
| Hartford, Sept. 5,-Light Battery b
Fourth United States Artillery, left
Fort Adams, Newport, at 10 O'Clock
| Tuesday morning on a thirty days
marching and camping tour. The bat.
terry is commanded by Captain Edward
Field, with Lieutenants S. M. Foote
John w. C. Brooks and Thomas B
Lamoreux, and numbered sixty men
f1fty-five horses, four guns, four Gals
sons, two travelling FORCES and two
store wagons. The battery ;ampeG
Tuesday night near Stoi1e Bridge, Tiv
erton, and between Fall River ant
Providence last night, passing through
Providence to-day, and then proceed
ing along the old Hartford and Provi
dence turnpike to Hartford. Theme
the battery will go north along TIL
Pennington River valley to Tyring
ham, near Lenox, Mass, where 1t will
Il go into final camp and remain for tel
days or two weeks. The return will
be over a different route. 1t is expected
/ | that the battery will average invent.
miles a day, and that Tne entire dis
tance to birmingham, one hundred an
/ fifty five miles, will be covered in eigh
: days march if the weather permits.
CROCODILE CLUB MEETS.
Bristol, Sept. 5-lThe Crocodile clu
held its nineteenth annual reunion a
,, lCompounce to-day, with thirty-one c
: the charter members present. The 70
flowing officers were elected: Presiden
IBurwell Carter of Plainville; vice pres
. dent, Samuel R. Bloss of Bethlehem
e secretary, Edward Newell of Bristo
Y treasurer, William D. French of Water
, town.
. The club voted to hold it's future NEE
. ings on the first Thursday in Septem
t Der.
After the business meeting the fou
. hundred members present, representa-
/: forty towns devoured the annual shee
(; bake.
!: This club was organized in 1875
/; Representative Cad Norton, after til
f annexation of a part of Southington
/ the town of Bristol, and the organize
!; ton has been kept growing ever sine
/, INVENTOR GOING TO ENGLANI
Hartford, Sept. 5.-H. B. Cox, the elet
trician, is soon to leave Hartford an
|, take up his permanent residence
e England, where he has agreed to be b
I October 1. His foreign patents and il
! ventions for converting heat into ele
+ Itricity have been bought by an Englis
n company, and the manufacture of IL
machines is expected to begin very 500
The British government conducts IL
6 telegraph business and Mr. Cox repor
/ THAT he has orders from the governmei
" there for ten thousand of his machine
; with which to outfit it's telegraph Sc
# vice.