The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-08-30
CONNECTICUT JOTTINGS,
NOTABLE EVENTS IN VARIOUS
 PARTS OF THE STATE.

The Trolley Wire Broke-A Blinding Flash
 and Loud Report-Exoitement In a
 Bridgeport Car-Rockville's Excitement
 Yesterday-A Beautiful Baseball Trophy Again the Wild Man--A Cows Marvel
 lous Esoape-Grocer Blakeman of Derby Fatally Injured-Rev. Mir. Koepchen's Vacation.
 Hartford, Aug. 29-The railroad com mission gave hearing this afternoon on the application of the Rockville Rail- road company to take land at Rockville for the widening of the tracks and en- largement of it's freight and passenger facilities. The application was opposed by eX-Senator Charles Phelps of Rock vile and eX-Congressman Lewis Sperry of this city for the American mills from people of Rockville. That company claim that the taking of the additional land will damage it's property | Last winter the reorganization com mittee of the New York and New Eng land railroad made arrangements to Ilbuy the Rockville railroad, which is l branch road running from its Vernon station to Rockville, about four miles. George A. Talcott president of the American Mills company, has made ap- plication to Judge Shumway of the su- perior court for an injunction to prevent | the Rockville Railroad company from l taking the land, which awaits the de- cision of the railroad commissioners on to-day's hearing. D. D. Robbins of this city, attorney for the New York and New England road, appeared for the Rockville Railroad company.
 HANDSOME BASEBALL TROPHY.
 Meriden, Aug. 29.-The Meriden Brit annia company is making a handsome baseball cup to be played for by the leaders of the Eastern league. The cup is trophy offered by Albert Steinert of Steinert & Sons, piano manufactur- ers The Springfield and Providence teams will undoubtedly be the ones to play for the trophy.
 The cup is to be of silver, will stand thirty-five inches high, and it's value, $250, is such as to make it worthy the best efforts of every player on each team to have his name inscribed there on The design is to be very handsome, the lower portion being worked out in fine form On the top will stand the figure of man holding a baseball labove his head, and on the ball will rest two bats crossed and the victors lwreath
 COLEBROOK'S WILD MAN. Winsted, Aug. 29.-Passengers on Halls stage from Colebrook yesterday lafternoon saw an animal cross the high way, leap a fence and then stand on its hind legs. As the stage drew near the animal ran into the woods. The pas- sengers say it was large gorilla and it is supposed to be the animal that was heretofore reported as a wild man." as it was seen in the same locality as that
 where the "wild man" was said to hold
 forth The gorilla probably escaped
 from some circus years ago. During
 the past winter gorilla inhabited the woods in South Norfolk and fed on
 chickens.
 '.DETECTIvE" ARRESTED.
 Hartford, Aug. 29-George H. Kehr-
 shysk, who poses as a German detec-
 tive" was fined $50 in the police court
 to-day for committing breach of the
 peace. He made a great disturbance
 in attempting to arrest supposed
 thief.
 NEW BRITAIN RAID.
 Hartford, Aug. 29-New Britain's po- l. lice officers made a raid upon Henry
 Diering's temperance saloon" on Cur : tis street last night and captured a large quantity of liquor It was found in the barn concealed from view in 8 room entered by trap door. LIQUOR DEALER FINED. |, Hartford, Aug. 29.--In the police court , to-day Ferdinand Ulrieh, proprietor o1 , the Armory house, was fined $25 and
 costs for selling whiskey and other
 liquors when he only had a beer license
 A cows PLUNGE DOWN A 37-FEE1 ) DEEP WE'LL.
 Meriden, Aug. 29-A COW story comes 3 from East Wallingford that is guar i, anteed to be authentic by Samuel Fair r C0llU, Ol IIlG HI Ol ' olO llit
 witch hazel distillers, who have an of 7 fee on State street.
 The COW in question belongs to Georgt = Francis, the next door neighbor of MT : Fairchild. On Tuesday morning tht animal jumped over a fence and alight
 ed on a lot of boards that had been lait t down to cover an old well. The weigh = of the animal smashed the boards ant : the COW went plunging down to tn S bottom of the well--a distance of thirty F. seven feet.
 The owner of the COW and MT. Fair : child, as we'll as others who have beel o summoned to the scene, supposed tn r animal had been killed or at least hat f it's legs broken in the wild plunge 0 g thirty-seven feet towards the bowels o - the earth.
 : The COW had to be removed from tn | well, however, so a lot of tackle wa if rigged up and rope let down and SC t cured around the cows horns. Afte j. much difficulty, and with the aid O e a large force of help, the beast was fin 5, ally yanked out of the we'll
 # To the surprise of all the anima d was alive and apparently whole e For a short time the COW scene, a dazed, but gradually improved, and : $ now reported as being none the wors W for its severe fall.