The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-11
VARIOUS ITEMS.

The Hartford county members of the legislature have voted to spend $so.ooO on the improvement Of the county jail and the purchase of addotional land ad- Joining.
 Secretary John c. Taylor. of the Con- 1neeticut Prison association, has issued his third biennial report dealing with the work Of the organization. In refer ence to indeterminate sentences he ex- presses regret that in committing pris- oners under that law the trial judges frequently make the interval very short between the minimum and the maximum term, so that practically the sentence is of definite length.
 Hebron boasts of two people who were born on February 29 and therefore could celebrate their birthday this year I-William Miner. eighty years old, and Griswold Burnhan, who was ninety two years old this year. MT. Burnham died last Saturday.
 The latest advices concerning the prospects of the peach crop in Holland Icounty are distinctly favorable. Most of the orchards in that county are To- icated on high elevations.
 Mrs. Charles W. Conklin, of this city, who has been visiting her brother, J. H. Kenney, of Naugatuck, returned home yesterday morning. She was ac- lcompanied by her brothers three-year- lold daughter.
 Henry D. Richardson. sixty-nine lyears old, of Derby, father of Dr. Rich ardson, of Shelton, and Jennette A. Gill llette, aged fifty-six years. nurse, who lhave been residing with Mrs. Welch, of Lake street, Winsted, were united in marriage by Rev. B. Y. Kidder at her residence Wednesday evening. They will reside in Derby.
 Delegates from nearly one hundred Sunday schools in New Haven and nearby towns attended convention held by the United Congregational church yesterday under the auspices of the New Haven Sunday School associ- ation. Among the speakers were Rev. D. F. Talmadge, general secretary of the Connecticut Sunday School associ- ation; H. H. Spooner, secretary of the Connecticut Temperance union, and Rev. A. H. Mckinney, Ds D.. of New York.
 l Danbury, March 10.-During a scuffie for the possession of revolver to-day Frank Gregory, a carpenter, forty years old, was shot through the thigh. His injury is not believed to be dangerous.
 His two sons, William and Joseph, aged tWenty-one and twenty-two, were ar rested on charges of assault They claim that their father seized the revol- yer to enforce his order to them to leave home during dispute, and that they acted in self-defense.
 Mrs. r. Fl. Benton, of Duncan hall, is planning to give very unique enter Itainment in the near future for the ben- eft of the Tribune Sunshine society. A full description of the event will be 4 given later.
 Philander Williams, a merchant of Taunton, Mass, who has been disabled by an unfortunate accident by which it had compelled his stay in the New Ha- ven hospital since early in January of the present year, has so far recovered as to be able to leave for his home on Monday.
 Announcement was made yesterday of the approaching marriage of Miss Anna Helen Pall1nan to August w. Taetsch, the well-known pronpter The Inuptials will be solemnized tomorrow by Rev. MT. Tinm at the future home of the contracting parties. i65 Lombard street. On account of recent death the wedding will be private. only a few relatives and friends attending. Miss Emma Fromholt will act as maid of honor and Herman c. Taetsch as best man.
 Frank Abbott the genial business manager of the Virginia Earl Opera company, which presents the great suc- cess. Sergeant Kit now playing at 2 the Casino, New York city, was ill town last evening and will be in this city for a day or two.
 A delightful entertainment was given last evening by Professor John T. Wetzel, and our old friend Nicholas Nickleby" lost none of his charm in the : admirable delineation given by the pro- : lfessor. Carl Wooster was in fine voice and Miss Florence Richards, of West Haven captivated her audience. Charles A. Fenton, former resident
 of Waterbury, who has been at the
 New Haven hospital, where he was op- lerated upon for appendicitis, is recov- lering.
 Rev. Nelson Bailey, pastor of the } Congregational church at South Kill ; llingly, died at his home on Wednesday l might. He was stricken with apoplexy while delivering his sermon at the l morning service Sunday, February 21, ] land had remained in a critical condi- tfon since that time. MT. Bailey had lbeen pastor of the church for a little s more than a year, going to South Kill , lingly from Thompson. He was seven ], ty-two years old and leaves wife and
 two children.
 Charles A. Darrow, who died sudden , ly at the Scovill Manufacturing com pany's, Waterbury, Wednesday after , moon, had been employed by the com < lpany for forty-six years and was a : highly valued man. He served in the civil war; was a Mason and was sextor iof the Baptist church for twenty-five Iyears. He leaves wife, Elizabeth
 Darrow; one nephew, Edward North Iof New Haven, and three nieces, Mrs IEllen French, of Naugatuck, Mrs. Julia lDugal of Seymour and Mrs Jessie