The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-01-09
CONNECTICUT HAPPENINGS,
INTERESTING EVENTS IN THE NUT.
 MEG STATE.


 New Haven-His Unaccountable Suicide
 Sunday School superintendents Confer
 To-day-MOre Connecticut School Teach
 ers-Towns and Schools.
 Windsor Locks, Jan. 9.-The confer ence of Sunday school superintendents, assistants and ex-superintendents, to be held in the Congregational church here Wednesday, January 9, will come together at 1O:30 a. m. and 1:30 D. m. It is held under the auspices of the Con- necticut Sunday School association and is special gathering of those who are or have been superintendents of Sun day schools, and not a convention of Sunday school workers. The discus sions and talks will pertain especially to the work of the officials and will be practical and helpful. The opening de- votional will be led by William Mather of the Congregational Sunday school. There will be a conversation on the topic, Flow Can the Superintendent Best Promote the Temperance Cause in and Through the Sunday School?' con- ducted by c. B. Foote of North Haven. At 11:30 there will be a discussion on Teachers Meetings from the Superin- tendent's Standpoint" introduced by John P. Gavt of Hartford; at 12:30, in- termission with collation in the chapel, served by the ladies of the church. The opening devotional at 1:SO p. m will be led by Samuel McAuley of the Metho- dist Sunday school; at 1:45 an illustrat- OI AoII al Of oPI board" will be given by w. H. Hall at 2:30 there will be a conversation, with questions, etc., on Sunday school organ ization, management, etc., conducted by Judge L. E. Hitchcock of Chcopee, Mass, and at 3:15 the closing address, on "The Opportunities of a Sunday School Superintendent" by the Rev. Jo- seph Irons of Hartford.
 HAS A WORD ABOUT A DISTINGUISHED
 NEW HAvENER.
 Yesterdays Waterbury Republican has the following regarding our towns man, Governor Morris, who to-day about o'clock, becomes eX-Governor Morris:
 Welcome the coming, speed the part ing executive. At an age approaching the psalmist's allotted limit of life, Judge Morris retires from the govern orship and from politics. In 1888 he ran for the executive chair but Morgan Gardner Bulkeley proved to be the bet ter gubernatorial sprinter. In 1890 Judge Morris was in the field again, but he ran into deadlock instead of into an office. In 1892 he was on the gubernatorial race track once more and he dashed under the wire before any of his competitors had hardly entered the homestretch. Patience, and shuffle the cards said Cervantes. We guess that before going into politics Judge Morris had read Cervantes.
 "lt is only just to say, and we say it with pleasure, that Judge Morris has made very creditable governor of Connecticut. To be sure, the demo- cratic boys and bosses, big and little, don't rate him at over 49 cents on the dollar, but nevertheless he has exhibited uniform honesty and fidelity and dig nifty, and as a rule which is proved by its exceptions, has displayed good judgment. He has kept the executive machine well fabricated so that it has operated without creaking very much. | Safety without bril1iancy, and dulness without fireworks have characterized his administration; but when we recall the discreditaIble high jinks which cer- tain democratic governors have been raising during the past two years we | are convinced that safety and dullness | don't stand at the foot of the list of | virtues. When he came into office the | 6pn1nOr9f ooio At least score of persons were scramb- ling for every piece of pie at his dis posal His selections were made under difficult conditions. While some of his appointments might have been consid- erably better, all of them might have been considerably worse. As a whole Judge Morris administration has con- tained more positive virtues than nega- tive vices.'
 WAS FORMERLY OF NEW HAVEN.
 Waterbury, Jan. S.-J. Irwin Byam, in the employ of the Waterbury Watch company, received brief telegram yes- terday announcing the sudden death in New York city of his brother, s. T. J. Byam. The cause or circumstances of his demise have not yet been received. MT and Mrs. Byam will leave for New Yorw this morning. s. T. J. Byam was widely known in Waterbury, He was for several years in charge of the two train rooms at the Waterbury Watch factory, and was member of Continen- { tai lodge, F. and A. M. He possessed executive ability to an unusual de- { gree, and when the Trenton watch fac tory first started at New Haven he was engaged as the superintendent. The company removed the plant to Trenton, and MT, Byam lived in that city in charge of the works until about four years ago, when he left to take charge of a branch of Edison's electric works He held position at Pratt & Whitney's New York place at the time of his death.
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