The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-08-26
CONNECTICUT J0TTINGS.
INTERESTING NEVIS FROM VARIOUS
 PARTS OF THE STATE.

The Money Had Accumulated Much In-
 terest--A Coming Fair-obltuary Notes
 Reminlscenoe of Colonel Horne and How
 He Enlisted-Miss Lewis Trunk-other
 Notes.
 Poouonock, Aug. 24,-Lewls Rivers, ST., is an industrious French Canadian, who has lived in this town for the past ten years. Forty years ago an uncle of MT. Rivers died in Canada, leaving him and a sister $500 each. Since that time the money has remain ed in a Montreal bank, but through some legal technicalities 1t was not ceived word that the money was now at his command, and he at once dispatched his wife for it. It amounts to over $1,00O and will be applied, River says, in developing a gold mine which he claims to be on a small piece of land owned by him at Three Rivers, Cam ada.
 CHERRY PARK FAIR.
 The bills are now out for the Cherry Park fair, near Collinsville, to be held September ii and 12. The following purses are offered: Wednesday, 2:45 trot and pace, $20O; 2:35 trot and pace, S200; Thursday, 2:3S trot and pace, $20O; 2:2S trot and pace, $200. Many new at fractions are offered this year and the weather permitting the fair will be a success
 DEATH OF DANIEL LEE OF NOR
 WICH.
 Norwich, Aug. 25.--Daniel Lee died Thursday in Norwich, where he had lived for forty years, being identified with various industries of the city and occupying semi-official positions within the gift of the democratic party. MT Lee was born at St. Andrews, N. B. He had been engaged in various kinds of business was correspondent for newspapers and was manager of the Evening Record in 1888. He was jani- tor of the senate cloak room for the legislature of 1893. He leaves eight chill dren.
 HOW COLONEL HORNE ENLISTED, The rate of the enlistment of Colonel Samuel B. Horne, labor commissioner, in Company K, Second regiment, Con- : necticut Volunteers Chree months), was April 15, 1861, not April 21. Fort Stump ter surrendered Sunday, April 14 and on the following day President Lin coin made his call for 75,000 men. Gov ernor Buckingham issued his procla- . li,,u pFupGH9V- April 16 At the meeting held at Win sted on Monday evening, April b, at s which Thomas M. Clark presided and John Boyd-both now dead-was secre- < tary, the chairman offered $5 to the first volunteer. There was no town < bounty offered. Young Horne, then but eighteen years old, stepped forward and took the $5 which was afterwards turned in to fund for the purchase of havelocks for the troops Someone else offered $5 to every man who would enlist, and soon more men were en- rolled than were required.
 When the examining surgeon came round, he noticed that Horne was rather small, weighing but ninety-ive < pounds, and proposed to reject him on 5 account of his size and youth. But Horne had fighting blood in him and wouldn't have it. He was quite active and an athlete and promptly informed $ the surgeon that he could wrestle with any member of the company. The sur geon looked him over again, probably ' admired his courage and pluck, and pointing to a runway where he had the recruits make little sprint, told E Horne that he might try a run. This < just suited the young man, for he was quite sprinter and he drew his breath and started. Upon arriving at the enc of the run he turned somersault light
 ly and ran back That settled the sur.
 geon and Horne was accepted. \ The company was organized and the
 officers elected on April 21.
 MISS LEWIS OF HARTFORD HAL
 GOOD LUCK IN THE STAFFORD
 DISASTER.
 Miss Mary B. Lewis of Hartford daughter of Dr. John B. Lewis of tn,
 Travellers Insurance company, as wei # as the Rockville people already men
 tioned, was one of the passengers wht
 escaped from the steamer Seaford
 which went to the bottom in the Eng
 fish channel on Tuesday, through
 collision in a fog.
 She and the Rockville people started
 from Paris for London by rail on Mon
 day morning and stopped over night a
 Rouen. The next morning they went t
 Dieppe, where they took the steamer t g go across the English channel to Lon don. When Dr. Lewis reached his of s flee Wednesday he found a cablegran awaiting him from his daughter, say ing that the party had reached Londol # in safety. He had expected his daugh
 ter to be in London on that day an, could not make out the cause of tn sending of the cablegram until h
 learned of the accident to the Seaford
 On Thursday he received anothe Z cablegram saying that the trunks o
 the party were saved, and it is pre- stunned that the trunks were allowe x to go ahead while the party remaine
 in Rouen Monday night This was z piece of special luck, as the trunks c
 most of the passengers are at the bot
 tom of the channel.
 M HE WAS AN OLD TIME MERCHAN' Charles G. Buell. of Hebron died Wed
 nesday and was buried Thursday. Hi & age was about seventy-five. MT. Bue