The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-09-11
CONNECTICUT JOTTINGS.
EVENTS OF INTEREST IN VARIOUS
PARTS or THE STATE.

Cars Smashed Into Faetory-striklng
MOulders-More Postmasters-Contrac
Yesterdays Sunday School Rally-Eight
Years Bed Ridden and speechless-saves
Young Lady's Llfe-oxford and Its
Roads-Death of shelton Young Lady
The Gilbert School, the Gift ola Deceased
Millionaire.
New Britain, Sept. 10.-While some
freight cars were being switched here
this morning, one of them crashed into
the Case Engine companys factory and
caused $1,000 damage.
MOULDERS ARE OUT.
New Britain. Sept. 1o.-The moulders
at Russell & Erwin's went out, last
night. They had asked for the restora-
ton of the 20 per cent, reduction, af-
forwards lowered to 10, and were Of
fered an increase OF, 5 per cent About
seventy-five men are in the strike.
CONNECTICUT PosTMASTERS APP
POINTED.
Washington, D. c., Sept 10.-Con-
necticut postmasters were appointed to-
day as follows: Mansfield Center, Toll
land county, A. w. Buchanan, vice L.
w. Williams, resigned; Robertsville,
Litchfield county, Mrs. Ellen Murphy,
vice w. T. Marrifeld, resigned.
FIVE YEARS IN STATE PRISON.
Bridgeport, Sept 10.-In the superior
court, to-day, John T. O'Mara of SIAM
ford, charged with attempted murder
of his sister-in-law, Margaret O'Mara,
pleaded guilty to assault with intent to
kill and was then sentenced to five
years in the state prison, the maximum
penalty.
CONTRACT AWARDED FOR PRISON
CELLS.
Hartford, Sept. 10-President Cheney
presided at the meeting of the board
of state prison directors at the prison
to-day. The contract for building
thirty-two new cells and six solitary
cells was awarded to the Ban Dom
Iron works of Cleveland, o. The price
is about $4,000.
DANBURY SHORT OF WATER.
Danbury, Sept. 19.-The water supply
here is rapidly diminishing and, to-day,
it was necessary to open the lower gate
at East Lake reservoir, thing which
is never done except in case of abso-
lutte necessity. Unless heavy rains fall
soon the city will be without water for
domestic purposes.
TRYING TO BUY THE STOCK.
The Connecticut stockholders in the
Perkins Electric Lamp company of
Manchester are endeavoring to buy the
stock in the company owned by Boston
men and If they are successful the COM
pany will resume operations in the
manufacture of incandescent lamps at
the old factory of the Mather Electric
company at Manchester.
AN OLD MANS BAD FALL.
Southington, Sept. 10.-William Coop
er, aged eighty-six years, living in the
house next to the Bradley house sta
doorsteps yesterday afternoon, while
fixing a door knob. He was very badly
shaken up and fracture Of the hir
was feared by DIR. Osborne. Mr.
Cooper's age will tend to make his re.
covery very doubtful, if the injury is as
bad as feared.
WATERBURY's NEW ODD Eel
LOWS HALL.
1t is expected now that the new Ode
Fellows building in Waterbury will b.
dedicated on the 18th of October. The
builders say it will be ready by tina
time. 1t is said THAT the entire Massa
chusetts brigade of Patriarchs Militant
of 500 members, will be present at the
dedication exercises and 300 Patriarch
from Connecticut. If the weather ii
favorable large delegations from al
parts OF the state, and particularly New
Haven county, will be on hand.
YESTERDAYS SUNDAY school
RALLY.
Hartford, Sept 10-The outdoor rail-,
of the Connecticut Sunday School asso
| citation, at Suburban park, Unionviille
to-day, was largely ATTENDED, there be
| ing nearly 100 to go from this city OF
the special car alt 9:45 and the later car
before the noon hour There was
| large attendance from other towns ant
the day was pleasantly spent. The spe
cial services began at O'Clock and in
cluded papers on Sunday school topics
essays, readings and singing. Dime
was enjoyed at noon.
WAS FOR EIGHT YEARS AT NEW
HAVEN HOSPITAL
| William H. Dickinson, formerly o
Meriden, who died Monday evening a
New Haven hospital, aged seventy-sev
en-, had a shock twelve years ago las
July while at work in the Parker glu
shop, Meriden. The day following h
had the second shock, which affected hi
speech and rendered him entirely help
| less ever since. During these lively
long years he had been without the pow
er of speech and was bed-ridden Som
two years ago gangrene set in in on
of his limbs, and it was Thought h
would live then but a short time, bu
the physicians cured him of that all
nlert.
For nearly eight years he had been a
the hospital In New Haven, and tn
doctors there pronounced it a remark
able case Of longevity after a secon
| shock.