The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-08-16
CONNECTICUT JOTTINGS.
NEWS OF INTEREST FROM ALI
 PARTS OF THE STATE.

To Enter Mission Work in China-Governor
 Coffin and the State Bounty Aot--EIectric
 Light and Railroad and Telephone Conn
 panies-Flres, Wreclks, Etc.
 Hartford, Aug. 15,-A farewell service for Rev Daniel T. Huntington, who s soon to go to China as a missionary, was held at Trinity church thls morn ing. Arehdeaeon KirSby of Rye, N. Y., for many years a missionary in British North America, delivered the principal address. MT. Huntington goes under the auspices of the Church Students Missionary association. He is a grad uate of Yale and the Berkeley Divinity school. ..
 MUST REMOVE THE POLES
 Hartford, Aug, 15,-The selectmen of East Hartford served a notice upon the Hartford Street Railway company and the Southern New England Telephone company to-day to remove within forty eight hours the poles, wires and fixtures erected yesterday at the New England road crossing to Hartford avenue. Se- lectman Roberts was out of town when the poles were put up and he says f the opder is not complied with he Will have the poles removed.
 ABOUT APPEALING THE BOUNTY
 ACT.
 Hartford, Aug. Ex-Governor Coffin, in an interview at Mantle to-day about the petition to be presented to him to call a special session of the legislature to either repeal or else modify provis- ions of the act passed by the last gen. eral assembly requiring. the towns of the state to- pay the bounties voted in 1S63-65 to soldiers and sailors at the time of enlistment and still remaining unpaid, said that it was the first he had heard of 1t and he could not give an opinion
 MERIDEN ELECTRIC ROAD SUED
 Meriden, Aug. 15.-This forenoon Dep uty Sheriff Booth of Wallingford came to Meriden and served papers on the Meriden Electric Railroad company in the interest of Watson T. Perkins, as administrator on the estate of the late Walter H. Perkins, who sues the com pany for $5,O00 damages on account of Walter H. Perkins death.
 The papers are returnable to the su- perior court in New Haven Tuesday September 3. The attorneys in the suit are Newton & Wells of New Haven, and H. F. Hall of Wallingford, the lat ter being recognized in the sum of $10C to prosecute the case.
 "A LEGISLATIVE REUNION.
 The members of the legislature of 1885 will hold their tenth annual reunion at Pleasure Beach, Bridgeport. Thursday August g. Business at pavilion Il a. m Dinner prompt 12:30. The steamer Le- noir leaves for the island promptly ey- cry hour. It is hoped that members will make it convenient to leave on the l0 o'clock boat so as to be present at the business meeting. Members who leave on the Il and 12 o'clock trips will be in ample time for dinner. The committea of arrangements is composed of Erastus Gay, John II. Swartwout and Alexander Troup.
 BRAKEMAN CAIN KILLED. Putnam, Aug. 15.-Brakeman Cain aged twenty-two, of Boston, employed on the New England road, fell between two cars near here last night and was instantly killed.
 The wheels ran over his body and he was badly mutilated.
 IT WAS ONE HUNDRED YEARS OLD.
 Bridgeport, Aug. 15--Fire this morn ing destroyed the frame building owned by the Alexander Reid estate at 47G Main street The cause is unknown The building contained the Reid gro eery, which was the oldest in the city, having been established over one hun- dred years. The loss Is $3,00o. THREE TRAMPS KILLED. Willimantic, Aug. 15.--A west bound freight train on the New England road broke in two near Pomfret station a: 9:30 last night. The two sections camo together, wrecking seventeen cars, Three unknown tramps were killed and Brakeman Benson was badly hurt. Traf fic was blocked until o'clock this morn ing. all trains having to go by way of Plainfeld.
 NEW HARTFORD GIRL WEEDS A SYRIAN.
 New Hartford, Aug. 15-Anna Louise Carter, daughter of E. R. Carter, a well known merchant of this place, was mar ried this afternoon to Dr. Samuel Booth