The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-01
HEAVY RArLRoAD rRAvE1,,

Hartford, Dec, S1.-Railroad travel on all roads has been reported excessively
 heavy to-day All express trains have
 carried extra cars, and the trafflc has been equal to that of the days preced- ins Thanksgiving and Christmas. The few trains running on the New England road account partially for the heavy trainS now running both east and west,
 IL has been stated that a new time table
 wil! go into effect on the New England road tomorrow, giving more accommo-
 dations. The ticket agent here said to- night that he had not heard anything about it.
 TIIE NORMAN BROOKS WILL.
 New Milford, Dec. 31,-The hearing on the mandamus case brought to compel Judge Darlington of the probate court to amend his record In the appeal talk en from his decision admitting the will
 of the late Norman Brooks to probate,
 was held to-day in the superior court
 room. Brooks lived in Norfolk, and
 the hearings in the case have before
 been held in Winsted The matter of
 the judge of probate amending his rec ord has caused a very hot fight among
 the lawyers Messrs. Huntington, Ror- aback, Smith and Higgins. Of Winsted, appeared for the executors estate, and
 Root and Warner of Waterbury for the judge of probate. A settlement was finally effected by compromise, but it is
 understood unotficially that the pro-
 bate judge will accede to the demands
 of the executors of the estate. 100 VESSELS WEATHERBoUND. New London, Dec. 31.--Nearly 100 vessels are weatherbound here tonight. The majority are bound.~to the west ward, either loaded with lumber or light, Several loaded schooners going
 east made port here this afternoon waiting for the gale to abate before proceeding outside around Cape Cod.
 A BIG BOOM FOR BRIDGEPORT.
 Bridgeport, Dec. 3t.--Word was re- ceived here this morning from A. c. Spaulding & Bro, proprietors of the Peck (, Snyder skate factory and bicy- cle concern now located in Chicopee Falls, Mass. that they had recommend
 ed this city for its new quarters, The directors have left the matter entirely to Superintendent George Carroll, who
 was here looking over the field a week
 ago, and the local board of trade fee1s confldent that the concern will come to this city. It employs betwen 5000 and 4,000 hands.
 A FORESTERS BUILDING.
 Waterbury, Dec. 31.-Three represen- tatives from each of the eleven courts of Foresters in this city met in the district
 court room at city hall last evening
 to present and discuss plans for the pro- posed new Foresters' building in this city.
 Different sites were iscuSsed but the one most favored seems to be the Root property on Scovill street, near South
 Main, and the prospect now is that this site will be secured and the new build- ing erected thereon. There are some
 1,500 Foresters in the city and the plan is to divide the stock into shares of $25
 each, selling them to such Forestens az desire to buy. It is proposed to erect @ substantial brick building of three stories, containing two or three stores
 on the first floor, offices on the second
 and on the third a large meeting hall with parlors, ante rooms, etc, for the use of the Foreisters themselves.
 A committee of five was appointed last night to secure further information
 about the site plans. etc. and report 1 on same to the general committee.
 BURGLARS FRIGHTENED OFF AT
 SEYMOUR.
 Ansonia, Dec. 31-Burglars entered the store of V. H. McEwen in Sey- mour, this morning, and attacked the safe. They bored a hole in the top, then started one near the comb mbination but the drill broke off. A light In the next house was struck by a servant girl, and one of the gang who had | broken into the gateman's house at the railroad crossing saw it and called the others off. Only $125 in pennies is
 missing. The burglars left several tools 1 behind them. There was no money in safe.
 1 CHILD sMOTHERED BY ITS PAR ENTs.
 Bridgeport, Dec. 31.-Coroner Doten has finally found MT. and Mrs, Phillips, whose child died Of suffocation at their home in the East End, yesterday morn- | ing, and a hearing will be held in the coroners office, this afternoon. Medi- cal Examiner Downs thinks the parents, while intoxicated in bed, smothered the little one during the night. The latter have been in hiding since the body was found. Coroner Doten intends to make rigid investigation.
 i DEATH OF A NEW CANAAN TEACHER.
 New Canaan, Dec. 31,-Miss Rather 1 inc Raymond. for thirty years 9, teacher in the public schools here, died sud- denly last night, while visiting rela- tives in Brooklyn, N. '. Acute Brights disease was the cause of death. VALEINGFORD.