The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-08-15
CONNECTICUT J0TTINGS.
INTERESTING NEVIS FROM ALI
 SECTIONS OF THE STATE

INTERESTING NEVIS FROM ALI
 SECTIONS OF THE STATE Commissioner Macdonald of New Haven Captures the watervillo People-Diph- terla Raging at the Haddam County uome-Twenly Cases-state Prison Im- provements--NV -NVaterbury's Tragedy-The Drummer's Coming Conventlon-More About the Great K. T. Conclave in Boston A swlndler Exposed-Fatal Accident othor News.
 Hartford, Aug. 14,-Diphtheria has broken out again at the county home at Haddam, notwithstanding it was stated, few days ago, after an eX- animation had been made, that there was no further danger from the dis ease. Thus far there have been about twenty cases, only one of which has re- suited fatally. A. l.. Dean, 6 profess sional nurse, is caring for the patient, whose condition is favorable to re- covery.
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 Waterbury, Aug. 14.-Saturday will be gala day for many in Waterbury, being the occasion of the annual field day of the united courts, A. O. F. of A., of this city. Few events of this character offer greater attractions.
 IN NORWALK.
 Articles of association of the Norwalk Printing company have been filed with the secretary of state. The capital stock is S5.000, which is all owned by the Naples family, six in number, of which B. w. Naples is the head, STATE PRISON IMPROVEMENTS
 VISITORS DAY.
 The H. Wales Lines company of Mer- iden has been awarded by the state prison directors the contract for the construction of a new stove house, kitchen and boiler house. The cost will be about 5000. A night guard is or dered on the prison wall, new thing. The directors voted that on and after August 19 visitors be admitted to the prison only on Wednesdays from S3O to 10 a. m. and from 1:90 to p. m. The prison has been overrun with visi- tors. President Cheney, Secretary Wells and Warden Woodbridge were appointed as delegates to represent tha state at the annual congress of the National Prison association to be held in Denver in September. The secre- tary was appointed to draft the an nual report of the board for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1895.
 COMMISSIONER MACDONALD OF NEW HAVEN WAKES UP THE WATBRvILLE FOLKS.
 Waterbury, Aug. 14.-State Commis- sioner J. H. Macdonald of New Haven, a member of the good roads commits sion, visited Waterville Tuesday in company with Judge Clark, who is road commissioner of Derby, and Se- 1ectmen Morris and Brooks and others interested in good roads. The Water bury American says: Commissioner Macdonald seems to be admirably fitted for the position he holds, and to say that he is an enthusiast on the good roads question is putting it lightly Tn an interview with the American rep. resentative he demonstrated that he 
 road construction and appreciative o1 our needs, and that he knows just what the remedy is and how it should be applied.
 Selectman Morris brought with hin a map os Main street, showing th' proposed Improvement. It is designed to commence at Sprague's corner tt macademize the main street just as fal as the appropriation, $9000, will allow of. The problem of getting rid of thu surface water, which has been a pug zler, from the corner at Sprague blocl to the hotel corner, is solved by put ting in a catch basin at the corner 0 Martin place, just north of the drul store, on both sides of the street, an running a main to the bottom of Han cock brook, just below the bridge. H says there is plenty of fall to carr of the water, and that heavy rain will serve to amply flush the mair The map shows every piece of propert that borders on either side of the mai street as far as the New Englan railroad, and also how many feet sai property fronts on the street.
 The commissioner says that it simply wonderful the way the town are taking up the work of road in Drovement since the bill was passed giving aid from the state, and at tn present rate the s75,000 the state apprc priated will soon be used up.
 Watervlle should feel proud of con ing in possession of the first piece ( macadam that falls to Waterbur through the good road commission, rt garding it in more broad and liberf spirit that it is a public benefit an in accord with modern times and in provements, that we are advancing ol of the old ruts, and that the benefi accruing from the good roads nov ment will be equally distributed every user of the road, whether he ridt the silent steed," goes on foot or hors back.
 Commissioner Macdonald is a fir
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