The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-10-13
VARIOUS ITEMS.

 Chicopee. Mass, will remove its plant to the LocomobiIe company's plant in Bridgeport within a month or so. The company employs about 125 men, few of whom will probably accompany the concern to Bridgeport.
 Eighty-five licenses for marriages were issued last month in this city, as against 102 issued last year during the same month. This falling off is attrib- uted to the price of coal.
 Lewis P. SkidmOre, son of Julius w. Skidmore, of 426 East Washington ave nue, Bridgeport, who has been visiting his parents this summer, left New York Saturday, morning on the steamer Statendam, of the Holland-American line. for Rotterdam. He will return to Paris, where he is enrolled in the Ecole des Beaux Arts. his tuition being at the expense of the French government, he having won a scholarship last year. Young Skidmore is well known in this city. and is a graduate of the Yale Art school.
 Mir. and Mrs. William Chamberlain, of Putnam, celebrated the sixtieth an- niversary of their marriage Saturday at their home on Walnut street, when many friends and relatives called. Mir and Mrs. Chamberlain were married in a Methodist church in Killingly by Rev. George F. May, and have resided in Putnam for fifty years. Thomas McCabe. well known busi- ness man of New Britain, died at two o'clock Saturday morning at the UOly- clinic hospital, New York, where he had undergone an operation for kidney trouble.
 Timothy M. Crowley, of Meriden, was Saturday afternoon nominated for sen ator of the Sixth senatorial district by the democratic senatorial convention held in democratic headquarters in the Malley building.
 Miss Mary Bell Stevenson, of Bridge port, daughter of the late Colonel and Mrs William H. Stevenson, has been in Boston during the past eight or ten week studying the Fletcher musical method. which she will teach in Bridge port.
 William H. Ruffhead. an oil broker with an office in the First National bank building, has filed a petition in bankruptcy in the United States court, with debts amounting to $21, ,443.26 and assets of only $7,22S. There is practi- calIy no security for the creditors.
 The Dorothy Ripley chapter, D. A. R., held it's first meeting of the season at the home of Mrs. George B. Bunnell in Southport Saturday afternoon. A fine musical programme was the chief feat ure of the meeting, at which Frank S. Hamilton. jr., of this city, rendered sev- eral whistling solos.
 Rev Father John Kennedy, pastor of St. Joseph's church, Westville. who has been quite i'll with severe cold, is re- ported as much improved.
 A life-size portrait of Judge Nathan iel Shipman was hung in the United States federal court room in the govern ment building in Hartford Saturday. Il was painted by Charles Noel Flagg, ot Hartford.
 Sheriff George o. Jackson, of Colches- ter, was renominated for sheriff of New London county at the republican cen. vention in Norwich Saturday after. tnoon. The nomination was made by exclamation.
 Rev. Father Theuntas, of the Domin. ican order of this city, preached las evening at St. Mary's church in Port. land on "The Holy Name Society" Af ter the service a society of the Holy Name was organized. Special music was rendered. .1
 George H. Spall assistant postmas ter at Stratford, was held for the Unit ed States district court Saturday by United States Commissioner William A ! Wright on the charge of opening a let ter addressed to Ella Burr, of Eas Bridgeport Bonds were fixed at $30 and Spall was released upon surety fur nished by H. P. Stagg, of Stratford.
 A meeting to organize boys brigade will be held tomorrow evening at eigh o'clock in the South Norwalk Baptis church Major-General Oscar E. Per rigo, of this city, will be present ant make an address to the boys and thei friends.
 ! Says the New Hartford Tribune Wood is being used in furnaces quit generally these cool nights and morn
 
 job for somebody. One lady says sh has agreed to sit up nights to feed tn fire eater in the cellar, and one gentle man says he is going to put a Morri chair in front of his furnace door ant hire a man to sit in it and shove in tn wood.''
 The democrats of the Second senate rial district held their convention a democratic headquarters in Hartfor Saturday morning and nominated a their candidate Christopher McHale, o Manchester.
 The Connecticut Baptist anniversarie will be held with the First Baptis church, Hartford, on October 13, IA an F.
 Mrs. A. Otto, of Seymour, has had fo
 guests for the past two days Mrs
 Marks and sister, of this city. The , happened to be lucky passengers on tn : ill-fated excursion train out of Danbur Thursday night, but the scenes abou the disaster were so gruesome that on of the ladies was made sick and wa compelled to make a longer stay tha she had planned.
 Two hundred veterans of the Spanish
 American war held their first encamr
 ment in Meriden Saturday. They ha i. dinner at Hanover park after whic there was speaking by invited guest
 and officers of the organization. Adiu
 tant- General George M. Cole, of Ne, 1 r ie.