The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-03-08
NEWS OF CONNECTICUT.
EYENTS OF INTEREST ABOUT THE
 STATE RESTERDAY.

l Acctdents-RobDer1es es-BaseDal, Etc'
 Prosecuting Attorney E. L. Staples oi
 Shelton is quite i'll with the grip,
 The employees of the Craighead com
 pany, Derby, are very anxious about
 one phase of the business, and that is
 their pay. When the mill so suddenly closed they were owed for considerable
 time, and they have not yet received
 any pay.
 o. w. Knowlton X Go. have leased the large furniture warerooms formerly | occupied by G. c. Bedient in Ansonia. Mrs. R. M. Griswold of 66 Fifth street,
 Ansonia, who has been very seriously l i'll for the past six weeks, is slowly im- proving.
 Christopher Walker, a well known
 farmer in North Coventry, was found
 dead in his barn Wednesday afternoon by one of his farm hands. In Norwich yesterday Walter w. Armstrong, an expressman, was badly injured in a runaway accident, and may not recover. His horse became frighten- ed and ran, colliding with a pile of wood and overturning the wagon. Armstrong was thrown out on his head and picked up unconscious.
 A new baseball nine was organized in Ansonia this week. The club is
 known as the T. A. B. Jr,'s. The fol-
 lowing is a list of the players: D. Gall
 away, T. Mahoney, D. ODell, J.
 Sweeney, P. Little, R. Hennessey, R.
 Skeefe, T. Galloway, T. Cannon, J..
 Pennyfeather. Michael J. Brophy is
 manager of the club.
 A horse and wagon belonging to John Caffery of Cromwell was stolen in Mid dletown Wednesday night by an un- known man. The wagon was finally found at the residence of Frank Ashton on the Durham road, where it had been traded for a road wagon.
 The Elizabeth Clarke Hull chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolu- ton, met Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. Frank E. Hoadley in Ansonia. Features of the meeting were a paper on Derby by Miss Shelton, piano solo by Miss Rogers, historical sketch of Pork Hollow by Miss Cotter, paper on Gener- al David Wooster by Mrs. Naramore, singing of Swanee River, paper on Gen era1 Humphreys by Miss Blair,
 Mytic, March 7.--There are 150 cases of grip in this town. Dr. Barbour reports sixty cases, and eight other physicians are kept running night and day.
 Meriden, March 1.-The remains of Ira A. Baldwin, former Meriden man, who died in New Hartford Monday, were brought here on the 12:5S express this afternoon and buried in West cem- etery.
 Meriden, March 7-Walter E. Billiard, who is in Rock Ledge. Fla, for the ben eft of his health, will be home the last of the month.
 United States Senator Fl. o. Platt is still in Washington looking after pri- vate business matters. He is not ex- pected to return for week or ten days.
 Southington, March 7.-Thomas Dun- can was taken to the Hartford Insane retreat this noon by Officer Egan
 George and Jacob Heinrich received word yesterday afternoon of the death at her home in Stamford of Mrs. Val entine Heinrich, their brothers wife, which occurred in the morning. Jacob Heinrich and wife left for that city last night. George left for there this afternoon. The funeral will be held at her home tomorrow afternoon.
 Waterbury, March 7.-W. M. Hunt. | aged twenty-five, the junior member of the firm of Armstrong, Langdon & Hunt Co.,, of Kokomo, Ind, who came | here Monday to set up the pews which | his company furnished for the Second | Congregational church, died this af- | ternoon at o'clock at the house of | Mrs R. c. Lawton, AS Central avenue. of pneumonia, It was peculiarly sad that his wife and father arrived at | l:11 D. m., just too late to see him | alive. He had been married less than | two years.
 Waterbury, March 7.-Frances A. | aged sixty-seven, widow of | the late George Tompkins, the famous | bandmaster, died at an | early hour this morning at the home | 1f her son, George D. Tompkins, on Hillside avenue. Mrs. Tompkins was ] daughter of the late Edward Sand and, who came to Waterbury from England, in the early lays of the button industry here. She llso leaves two daughters, Mrs. Will jam A. Bailey of this city and Mrs. Fred B. Atwood of Watertown.
 Hartford, March 7-Judge A. c. Bill If the police court to-day appointed [. Lincoln Fenn as clerk. Mr. Fenn is he present clerk of the judiciary com nittee of the legislature. Ben H. Pep- 'er was appointed messenger.
 Winsted, March 7.-Freight train No. 7, west bound, on the Philadelphia, Reading and New England railroad, ollided with engine 13 of the east bound reight at Edwards trestle, at Pough- ,eepsie, at 5 o'clock this morning. En- .ineer Robertson and Fireman Sisson f engine 13 jumped and both were injured. @
 Engine 13 ran back over the trestle nd ditched itself. Both engines and everal cars were wrecked. Conductor ohm Maher of Poughkeepsie and En- ineer Edward Jones of Hartford were n charge of No. 27. The accident was aused by engine IS running east on he west bound track.