The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-08-31
YARIOUS I1EMS.

I
 Marsh, Merwin & Lennon in Bridge
 port yesterday afternoon to organize
 corporation to administer the water
 works of Watervliet, N. Y. The corpo-
 ration will be known as the Watervliet
 Water company.
 It is thought that the unknown man
 whose body was found in the Glove
 company's pond in Naugatuck Wednes-
 day morning is Murdock Urquhart, | mason, whose family resides at 26E
 Baldwin street, Waterbury. Urquhart
 has not been seen for several weeks
 and his wife has gone to see if she can identify the remains.
 The Sl1ilton family reunion at town
 hall, Watertown, Wednesday was
 largely attended, there being eighty
 three members of the Sl1ilton family
 present, besides a number of invited 1 guests.
 James E. Cooper of New Britain and
 Miss Elizabeth c. Wayne will be mar | ried Tuesday, September 4, at 12:3O
 o'clock p. m. in St Ignatius Episcopal
 church, New York city. The ceremony
 will be performed by the Rev. MT.
 Mir. Ritchie, and will be witnessed by
 the members of the two families. The
 groom is the son of the Rev. Dr. J. W. | Cooper of New Britain, and the bride
 is the daughter of the Rev. Henry N. 1 Wayne, former rector of the Episcopal
 church in this city.
 i Colonel Christian Quien of Danbury | is in Chicago in the interest of the G. A. R. MT. Quien entered the army l early in the war, a very young man, and is very young looking veteran to- 1 day.
 ! Waterville in common with a good l many other towns in this section of | Connecticut, is suffering from an over plus of the pesky mosquito. In many that it is impossible to keep them out of the house, and taken in conabina- tion with the hot nights and the gar bage nuisance, insomnia is becoming alarmingly prevalent among people of a nervous temperament.
 W, A. Sage has resigned the office of secretary of the Danbury Y. M. c. A. The officers of the association have felt for some time past that it would be wise to discontinue the regular work, until the debts could be paid and the running expenses promptly met. It is expected the organization will be con- tinued in a less expensive way.
 The directors of the Connecticut Ma. tional and Bridgeport Savings banks yesterday afternoon met in the Masonic Temple, Bridgeport, and rendered a banquet to Samuel C. Trubee. the oc- casion being his ninetieth birthday. The menu was an elaborate one. MT Tru- bee was also presented with a very handsome loving cup from the two banks, and also a set of resolutions suitably engrossed. Mir. Trubee has been identified with both banks as director for many years.
 At the meeting of the committee of the Branford agricultural fair Tuesday evening it was decided to have Mrs " E. Keller, state vice president of the National Household Economical asso- ciation, give an address on the first day of the fair. The subject will be House keeping and House-making. The lec- ture will be held in the club house, where the exhibits will be shown. Next Tuesday another meeting will be held by the committee to arrange for ex- cursion rates to the fair from various parts of the state.
 Professor ". O. Atwater of Wesleyan has completed his investigations as to the character of the food eaten by the rich and poor in nine states and one territory. The data are as yet not all computed, but thus far they go to show that the American people are wasteful in their expenditures for the table, and that the poor people get more fuel value for their money than the rich. l94 2s
 Norman c. Allen of MontvilIe was ar rested Tuesday and brought before a justice of the peace on the charge of embedding $2.1S0 from Charles s. John son of Norwich. Both were formerly the trouble is over the adjusting of the firms accounts The case was continu- ed to September under s1 GOO bonds which were furnished.
 The descendants of Fairchild Camp held their eighth annual reunion in Durham on Wednesday, there being present fffty-four. One of those pres ent was a lady ninety-six years old. Those from here who attended includ- ed Mrs. Samuel Miller, Mrs. Charles s. | Miller and Mrs. H. A. Chapman.
 At the meeting of the St. Veronica | Ladies Temperance society of Walling- | ford Tuesday evening the following del | egates were elected to the state conven- | tion to be held in New Haven Tuesday, | September IS: Mrs. Thomas Purcell, | Miss Mamie Kelly and Mrs William J. Lane.
 In Hartford yesterday the case against William H. Rogers, charged | with bigamy, was continued until Sat urday in the police court. Rogers was returned to jail as he could not find a bondsman for $2,000
 The Telegraph came out yesterday for ex-Rairoad Commissioner George M. Woodruff of Litchfield as the demo- cratic candidate for governor.
 The promoters of the Woodbury troll ley believe now that the line will be built and that very shortly. Judge Warner of Woodbury says that a deal has just been consummated with Phil adelphia parties who had agreed to build the road The company will be incorporated in New Jer- sey with capital stock of $20O,000
 The marriage of Miss Jennie Larkin. daughter of MT. and Mrs. John Larkin of Derby, and Ira r. Hoyt, manager of the Sterling opera house, will take place on Wednesday morning, Septem- church.
 About twenty members of Christ church choir, Ansonia, left by trolley ! Nf fls1 In fny l