The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-09-12

XIII his Young wife at her mothers
home in this city on June 80. lie shot
her In the back because she refused to
live with him, The prisoner is i'll with
consumption, He was given four years
in state prison
Andrew SabloslSi, the burglar who cut
his way out of the jail here a month
ago and was aftarward recaptured in
Pittsburg, Pa. admitted having bur-
glarized drug store and a hardware
establishment here and was sentenced
to five years i'm state prison.
John ONeil and John Higgins, for
butglarizlng Breckbill & Benedict's jew
elry store here a couple of months ago,
each received three years, John Rog-
ers, for entering the home of Mrs, Eliz-
abeth j, Wright of Greenwich, was
given five years. George Johnson, one
of the gang of New York thieves cap
tured in Westport during the summer,
was given eighteen months in the state
prison for robbing Samuel Keeler's
barn. Hunter Walker, who was cap
tured in Boston a short time ago, for
stabbing Joseph Leonard here about a
year ago, had his case continued till
tomorrow. William Dean the burglar
who shot Deputy Sheriff Fitzroy in
Greenwich on the night of July 8, plead
ed guilty to all the charges against him
and was given nine years in prison.
WATERToWN'S BIG FAIR IN FULL
BLAST.
The twenty-ninth annual WATERFOWL
| fair opened yesterday, September II,
under very favorable auspices. The
| usual lot of fakirs We're on hand help
| ing to make things lively.
The exhibition hall presented lively
picture, Everybody was busy fixing UP
their booths and stalls and arranging
their exhibits. The poultry show will
prove again, as in the past, one of the
most attractive features of the fair
| A number of strings Of cattle, mostly
blooded stock, are already on the
| ground, having come from the neigh
\ boring towns. There is a fair display
of agricultural tools and other i'm
| plements.
| A chief attraction is the large decor.
ated car of the Mill Plain grange, which
arrived early in the day, passing
through Waterbury drawn by oxen
| where it attracted much attention.
| The exhibition of cattle is very small
| compared with those of past years, bu
| is very good. There are seventy-fivt
| yoke Of cattle on the grounds and nine,
| ty loose cattle. There is also an exhi
| bftion of thirty three head of sheep an6
| lambs. The poultry exhibit comprises
forty-seven pens, 275 members of The
| gallinaceous family being there shown
In the building, Exhibition hail. th'
display of fancy work is' very good
| comparing favorably with former ex
hibitsl The floral display Is not 81
large, and the exhibition of fruit is alst
comparatively small, owing, probably
to the fair being held at an earlier dat
than formerly selected. Waterbury ex
| hibitors are well represented, as usual
E. E. Smiths exhibit of bees, hive
and other apiary speeialties Interests
i many. Wheeler & Co. of WATERFOWL oc
cupy the largest space of any exhibito
1 there, with their complete line of stoves
and other house furnishing goods o
| that description. AS is usual on tn,
opening day of the fair the spectator
| were mostly confined to those who ar
more especially interested In the cattl
exhibit, consequently the number is no
as large as it will undoubtedly be to
| day, when the trotting is the chief at
traction.