The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-12-17
NEWS OF CONNECTICUT.
EVENTS or INTEREST IN VARIOUS
 PARTS OF THE STATE.

HIRfS OF THE STATE.
 Rev. pr. Newman smyth Addresses the Mlddletown Citizens LeaGue-pudley Wells Elected-Wagon Tipped Over on the Traoks-Tour Men Hurt--New Lon don's Approaching Big Anniversary HartCord's Post ofiee--Y. r. $. c. E' Rally-Eour Hundred Connecticut Cows Killed since Last August Because of Tuberculosis-WhatJ J. J. Corbett Says What New Haven Spent at the Election.
 Middletown, Dec. 16-Rev, Dr. New man Smyth of New Havep addressed the citizens league in a meeting held tonight in the Russell Library hall. His topic was Good Citizenship" Among other things he said: 'We have lately learned the power of organiza- ton. We are in the midst of revival iE civic life and we are awakening to the value of our municipal privileges. Something should be done to put stop to the jobbng which is going on in our city governments. The smaller cities may mot be the scenes of so much that is fearful as New York, but in our smaller cities there are the germs of the greater evils, and it is our duty to destroy the germs. We cannot find in the state of Connecticut city govern ment that is logical throughout. It is also about time to stope the patchwork which is practiced in the legislature, If the Consolidated road was run as most of our cities are run it would fail in ten years. Our bipartisan arrange ment is not much more than a bi- patronage administration. New Haven furnishes a good example of the crude ness of the city government. City gov ernment has nothing to do with nation al politics. Citizens should rise against this party prosecution. To accomplish anything education is necessary; we must educate the voters"
 pr. Smyth closed his address with an appeal that the citizens league be not discouraged, and urged that if it is found necessary to fall let the fall be forward, not backward.
 President Raymond followed pr. Smyth and said if the searchlight were turned on the Middletown saloon keep CTS it would be found that all is not right
 400 COWS KILLED RECENTLY.
 Hartford, Dec. 16.-E. $. Hough of Poquonnock, a member of the state commission on diseases of domestic ami mals, said to-day that 1000 cows in the state had been examined for tubercu- losis by the tuberculine test since Hast August. He had seen 400 cattle slaugh- tered, all of which had tuberculosis. The disease is contagious but not hered- itary.
 PUGILISTIC.
 Waterbury, Dec. 16.-James J. Cor bett, champion pugilist, who plays here tonight, when interviewed to-day said that he never heard of the offer of the two Waterbury men to pull off his mill with FitZsinmOns here in Connecticut and he said he doubted if such a fight could take place in the Nutmeg state He still claims the championship on the refusal of Maher to accept the same from him, and says he will meet Maher any time, but will never fight both place and pugilist as he had to few weeks ago. He said the fred headed fellow was a coward, and could have fought at Hot Springs if he had cared to-. Corbett seemed in the pink of con- dition.
 NEW HAvEN'S ELECTION FIX
 PENSE RETURNS.
 Hartford, Dec. 16.-Certificates of ex- penditures by political parties at the recent town and city election in New Haven were filed in the state secretary's office to-day. James H. Macdonald of the republican town committee spent $1,796 and Chairman Mansfield of the democratic committee spent $1,290.
 Hartford Dec. 16.-At a meeting of 150 delegates from granges and agricul- tural societies of Hartford county held at the capitol to-day, Dudley Wells of Wethersfeld was elected a member of the state board of agriculture to suc- ceed E. $. Hough of Windsor, the re- tiring member of the board
 Meridien, Dec. 16-A wagon contain ing four men was overturned while crossing the tracks of the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad company on Main street this afternoon and all of the occupants were thrown violently out. John Miller, aged thirty two, was picked up and was found tc be suffering from corcussion of the brain and was removed to the hospital Wilhelm Loeppert, who lives in Chesh- ire and works in Meriden was badly cut in the face. The other two es- capped uninjured. The horse ran away after the accident and smashed the wagon. Loeppert had been drinking and could not control his horse.
 CONNECTICUT INTERESTS.
 Senator Hawley yesterday afternoon introduced in the senate a petition from dhe citizens of Groton praying for the purchase of certain lots adjoining old Port Griswold. He also introduced the resolution of the Connecticut general as
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