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The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-02-08
A RTT OF HISTORY.

The Naugatuck Railroad, now ab- eorbed by the New Haven road was projected by Alfred Bishop of Bridge port in 1845. It received its charter in that year. which charter was amended in 1S47 and again in 1S4S. It was first proposed to build road from Bridge port to Wateroury, with a capital stock of $S00,000. Later it was de- cided to extend the line to Winsted and the capital was increased to $1,- 100000 It was increased again to $150O,0OO before the road was com pleted.
 The stock was all taken in February, 1848, and the work of building the railroad was begun. The original cost of the work was $15SO,72S.2S or $2I- 7S1.9S per mile. On May IA, 1S49, the first train passed over the new rail- road June il of that same year the road was opened for travel as far as Waterbury. On July 23 the operation was continued to Plymouth, now Thomaston, and on September "A, to Winsted. In the spring of 1852, there were five daily trains each way be- tween Waterbury and Bridgeport.
 In June, 1867, the railroad station on Bank street, Waterbury, was be- gun. It was completed January 22, 1868, at g. cost of $2O,OOO and is still do- ing duty as a railroad station.
 In May, 1887, the Naugatuck Rail- road was leased to The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company for 99 years, at $200,0 per year. Since that time 1t has been known as the Naugatuck Division Numerous attempts have been made by the Consolidated to gain entire control of 1t, but it was not until recently that it secured the stock necessary to make the sale legal.
 The Hon. Greene Kendrick repre- sented Waterbury on the board of di- rectors of the Naugatuck Railroad Company when it was first organized. His place was filled upon his death in 1873, by IF. J. Kingsbury. James $. Elton has represented Waterbury on the directorate in more recent years.
 George W. Beach was superintendent of the Naugatuck Railroad from 1868 to 1887, when the road was leased by the Consolidated, and then of the Nau- gatuck Division until 19O3 He was preceded by Philo Hurd, first superin- ttendent, Clapp Spooner, w. D, Bishop and Charles Waterbury. During Mr Beachs term as superintendent no se- rious accidents occurred upon the road Since MT. Beach retirement as super intendent of the Naugatuck Division it has been combined with the Berkshire Division under the superintendency of J. P. Hopson of New Haven.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-02-08
LETTER FROM JAMAICA
FROM WILBUR H. SMITH OF
 NEW HAVEN.
The Land of Eternal verdure and Per-
 petuaI Summer.

Kingston, Jamaica, Feb. 7.-As my stay of more than two weeks duration in this fair island draws to a close. I am thus able to give public expression of my grateful appreciation of the warm-hearted kindness and generous hospitality which I have experienced from all sections and classes of society in every part of Jamaica which I have been enabled to visit. To visit Kings ton Is not to visit Jamaica, and yet the principal city of the island does of ne- cessity, bear an important relation to the island. Take, for instance, the iio- tells of this city, which perhaps directs the visiting tourists to an exceptional degree, has been entirely satisfactory. l do not say that they are perfect or that the service in them is at all times and under the stress of all circumstAn- ces, faultless, but taking them as they are, and comparing them with other
  hotels of the numerous West India Is- lands, of which have had considera- ble personal experience, I unhesitating- ly say that the hotels of Jamaica may be ranked with the best The Jamaica Tournament railway is a veritable triL umph of engineering, and the prospects ffnr1ad Inv 5OYyr i,, lk iv, districts among the finest that the world can offer This Is notably so in the district traversed between Mintago Bay and Williamsfeld, where the mag nificence of the mighty barges and the luxuriant splendor of the vegetation are beyond all description. The natu- ral beauty of Jamaica Is bringing large numbers here this winter, and with 1t prosperity to the island It is very in- teresting to the visitor to see how the natives work in this country. Instead of large market wagons coming into the city and towns with produce, the. wirk is all done by the women, who roam in by the hundreds, each with basket of vegetables on their heads, placing the same on sale in the public markets sitting on the floors and wait ing until it is sold. On q Saturday the general market day, you will see in Kingston thousands coming in from the country in this way. The native wo- men are a hard class. The streets are kept clean by the women. The loading and unloading of coal and bananas on the ships is done by the women. The drinking 1Hssstteef ef tie is ec 41 best, coming down from the high mountains in purity, and I am quite sure that any one who sees fit to visit Jamaica, the land of eternal verdure and perpetual summer, will be highly interested and not regret the visit.
 WILBUR H. SMITH.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-02-08
THE HON. JOHN W. srouGHToN.

Former Senator John w. Stoughton died Sunday night at half-past ten at the home of his daughter Mrs. Fred- erick w. Giddings, No. 57 Girard ave- nue. Senator Stoughton was born in East Windsor, October IS, 1913, on the farm which has been in the Stoughton family since 1850, and which Is at present owned by MT. Stoughton's ne- phew. He was at-great-grand- son of Timothy Edwards, the father of the noted divine Jonathan Edwards. On his mothers side he was descend- ant of Elder Brewster who came to this country in the Mayflower. His grandfather commanded a regiment in the Continental army under Washing ton. Mir. Stoughton matriculated at Yale in the thirties. Among his class mates was the late Governor Charles R. Ingersoll. Owing to i'll health Mir Stoughton was obliged to leave college in his junior year. He married Mary Ellsworth. They had two children, Judge John A. Stoughton and Mrs. Gdddings, the wife of Frederick w. Giddings of the custom house, at whose house he died.
 In 1851 MT. Stoughton went to Cali fornia where he engaged in business for some years. Six years later he re- turned to this state and lived here since He travelled for some time for I0 ITor+o,, a CIo,7,ro ,,xr of Mfr6c GOT. Locks. Later he resumed the occupa- ton of farming in East Windsor Hill. In the early eighties MT. Stoughton went to New Britain where he bought small farm of twenty-five acres, He continued to operate this farm until in- creasing infirmities compelled him to abandon manual labor. He came to Hartford some years ago, to make his home with Mir. and Mrs. Giddings and he lived with them until his death. His second wife, Sarah Ellsworth, who was the sister of his first wife, died nearly seven years ago. Mr. Stoughton was first elected to the state senate in 1S45 as the representative of the Second district. At the sessions of 1860 and 1873 he also represented the Second district in the senate. MT. Stoughton was a Congregationalist and always took lively interest in religious mat ters. He was trustee of the Theolog- ical Seminary when it was located in East Windsor.
 The funeral will take place Tuesday afternoon at half-past one, at his late residence on Girard avenue. The ser- wives will be conducted by Ire Rev. Rockwell H. Potter, pastor of the Frst church of Christ, assisted by the Rev. W. F. English of Scantic. Inter- ment will be in East Windsor gHill.- Hartford Times of February 5.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-02-08
Fifty Years of Railroad Service.

Willimantic, Feb. S.-Augustine B. Clark, who is seventy years old, has been retired from the service of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad on pension. He has been a railroader ever since 1857, when he en- tered the employ of the old Providence, Hartford and Fishkill road as a brake man. He has been a conductor most of the time, and for years he ran between this city and Providence on a passen- ger train. In 1900 he gave up his posi- tion as conductor on account of rheu- matism, and since then he has worked as cn-cker in the loeal freight house until yesterday, when he retired. In all the time that MT. Clark was a con- ductor he was never in a collision, al- though he had one narrow escape and no train that he was on ever killed a person. He has an excellent record, showing faithful service, and is fully deserving of reward. When MT. Clark started in the railroad business the rolling stock differed greatly from that in use to-day. The cars were heated bJ slnves in which wood was burn q a:,d a tif1cial light supplied hl tallow candles, there being one large one in each end of a car. Mir. Clark relates that when he was running between Waterbury and Providence the passen- gers on his train one day included the famous Siamese twins, who were bound for Providence from Hartford. It was q cold morning and the twins were placed in a seat very neAt the stove, and it got so warm there that one of them was afraid they would melt apart" One of the twins asked the conductors what would happen if one of them should refuse to pay his fare, and this was puzzler for MT. Clark, but fortunately for him no such pro- blem presented itself, as the manager of the twins produced tickets for both of them.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-02-08
CAMBRIDGE PROFESSOR HERE.
I. Travis Mills of England to Lectur
 on "John Bright "

I. Travis Mills of England to Lecture
 on "John Bright
 The patrons of the public lecture course will be entertained this evening, February 8, by distinguished member of the University Extension staff of Cambridge university, Englad, Prof J. Travis Mills, the celebrated lecturer in history who visits this country for the first time this winter.
 Tale subject of Prof. Mills lecture will be "John Bright the great English statesman and orator. Prof. Mills was an intimate friend of John Bright, and upon the death of that statesman, he was selected by the family to write the inscription for the Bright monument at Rochdale. This lecture is perhaps as perfect as portrayal of the man and his life as has ever been given.
 For the work of a public teacher Prof. Mills has the essential qualities clear, pleasing voice, good presence, and the power to present his ideas in simple, forceful and appropriate lan- guage. To a mastery of his subject he unites keen sense of honor, and an ability to arouse the interest of his au- dience,
 The lecture will be finely illustrated by unique slides.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-02-08
CAMPANARI IN FINE VOICE
OPERATIC BARITONE IN WOOL
 SEY HALL TONIGHT.
Splendid Sale of Tickets Assures a Large Audience--saIe Continues To- day at Woolsey Hall and steinert's Concert tn Commence at S:15,


 word vas received rom 5lgnor Cam panari's manager late yesterday after noon saying that the baritone of the < Metropolitan is in splendid voice and that he will be at his best in the song cital to be given this evening in Woolsey hall at S:15.
 There has been a phenommally good sale of seats for concert so there is no doubt about the size of the audience that will greet the great baritone This morning at 9 o'clock the sale will open again and seats may be had at either the NJ. Steinert Sons Co.,, or at Woolsey hall. Equally good seats are in both places as the hall has been fairly di- vided the right side being on sale at Woolsey hall and the left at Steinert's. As a singer occupies the exact center of a stage there is no preference as to sides.
 The prices of seats are 50c, 75c and $1, with all seats reserved.
 A discount of twenty-five cents is all lowed on every seat bought for the recital if the purchaser is a subscriber to either the Symphony concert or to the University Extension lecture.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-02-08
RELIC OF CHURCH LOTTERIES.

Ticket Issued in 1894 for Canaan Meet
 ing House Drawing.
 M. H. Robbins, of Bakeville, has among collection of relics a ticket which shows that the nations fore fathers conducted lotteries to raise funds with which to build churches, The ticket, which is dated 1894, reads thus:
 Canaan Meeting House Lottery. Glass Third No. 3O11. This ticket en- titles the bearer to receive the prize that may be drawn against his number agreeably to an act of the General As sembly of the State of Conn.,, passed in May, 1894, subject to a deduction of twelve and one-half per cent. The money, if not called for within six months after the drawing is completed, will be applied to the purposes for which the lottery was granted.
 The Canaan meeting house still stands, and the Gospel is proclaimed from it's pulpit every Sabbath. Taint- ed money and civil corruption never enter into the sermons.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-02-08
MARRIED IN NEW YORK
At Grand Union Hotel.

New York, Feb. 9.-E. E. Willard, of Hartford, Conn.,, employed by the Southern New England Telephone company, was married to Mrs. Eva May Williams, of New Britain Conn.,, formerly a dress-maker in Hartford ln the Grand Union Hotel, this city. on Wednesday afternoon by the Rev. Henry Marsh Warrsn, hotel chaplain. Eight of the friends and relatives of Mir. Willard and Mrs. Williams, who had accompanied them from Hartford, witnessed the ceremony.
 MT. Willard's first wife died about six weeks ago in New Haven. The brides first husband was Ralph H Boardman, from whom she was di- vorced.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-02-08
AUTOMOBILE NEVIS.
Nearly Half Million Dollars Worth of Vehicles Imported at New York in January.

One hundred and thirty-six automo- piles, of the total value of $435,OOO, were imported at New York in Jan uary, as compared with seventy eight machines in the same month of 1904.
 City and park authorities in Chicago have united to stop reckless automobile driving in Chicago's streets, Police records show that ninety per cent. of tine serious accidents caused by auto mobiles during the last year can be laid directly to the careless and criminal chaffeurs sent out by the garages and automobile companies as experts" Charges are made by the police that these chaffeurs use every trick to evade the law, from giving false addresses after they have run down a pedestrian to using grease and dust in efforts to disguise their numbers.
 Public Opinion" turned anenterpris- ing ignoramus loose in the automobile shows in New York and allowed him to write up" his very fresh impressions. Some of his remarks are giving automobile experts pure delight. For instance, in telling of what he has learnsd, he says, q am on familiar terms with the make-and-break mech anism as an improvement on the old Jump spark" The writer, who evil dently is foreigner, lectures American manufacturers on showing less origin- ality and less pride in their work than the French automobile makers; ;indulges in speculaitions as to whether the auto mobile has come to stay and says that the running expenses of a run about are $40 a month, not including large emergency repair expenses. 9 Such silly contributions as this will not commend the periodical which prints them either to the makers CT the users of automobiles.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-02-08
UNION MEETING PLANNED.

Knights of Columbus to Hear Eminent
 Speakers on June Celebration.
 A union meeting of all the New Ha- ven councils of the Knights of Colum- bus has been called for o'clock next Monday evening in Warner hall. Every member of the organization in New Ha- ven is requested to be in attendance, because very important information is to be given. There will be addresses by Judge Victor J. Bowling, of New York, and Joseph c. Palitier, of Boston, two of the most progressive and energetic leaders in the east.
 These speakers will discuss the plans for the coming national convention of the Knights in this city, one of the big gest affairs that has ever occurred in the history of this organization.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-02-08
COUNTY BAR ovERRULED.

Judge Roraback's Decision in the o.
 Brien Case.
 Judge Roraback's decision overruled the plea in abatement entered against former City Sheriff Mathew E. OBrien, and this action results in the former sherlff's right to have a hearing in court
 The case arises out of the petition of O'Brien for a hearing in relation to certain proceedings taken in the Fairfield county bar as to his admission as an attorney-at-law.
 The counsel for O'Brien is Judge Peck of the Yale Law school, and At- torney Chamberlain is for the bar.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-02-08
CoNNECTICUTs SEAL.
Probably Given to Colony by Georg
 Fentviclr-IChange In Motto

Probably Given to Colony by George
 Berwick Changes in Motto.
 The Hartford Courant has been asked in letter written to Dayton Fla, for some information as to the seal of Connecticut, when it was adopted and the origin of the motto Some years ago the late Charles J. Hoadley, at that time state librarian wrote an article upon The Public Seal of Connecticut which was printed in the Register and Manual"
 He says that in a paper written in 1759 by Roger Wolcott, some time gov ernor' he tells us that his stepfather Daniel Clark, informed him that the seal was given to the colony by George Fenwick' "Mr Clark" Mir. Hoadley says "was likely to be well informed on the subject, for he was born about 1923 and was secretary of the colony for several years between 1858 and 1866
 "Mr Fenwick was agent for the pro- prietors of Connecticut under the War wick patent of 1881. Perhaps he gave the seal when the colony bought of him Saybrook Fort, etc., in 1644 This seal represents a vineyard of fifteen vines supported and bearing fruit. Above the vines a band issuing from the clouds holds a label with the motto "Svsinet qvi Transtvlit."
 Changes have been made in the seal and the order of these words has been altered and they are now below the vines, and around the circumference is the inscription, 'siglllum reipublicae Connecticutensis." the latter, too, hav- ing been changed, in colonial days the word "Colonae" being in place of rel publicae."
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-02-08
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
Then Gave Man $5 Reward for Rescu
 ing Him

Then Gave Man s5 Reward for Rescu-
 ing Him.
 An unknown man, aged about forty five years, we'll dressed, made an un- successful attempt at suicide at Win sted Tuesday night by jumping into a stream there.
 George Oberlin hurried forward when he heard the splash, and, seeing the man fioundering in the water, sprang in and succeeded in bringing the stran- ger to shore. The rescued man was badly chilled by the cold water. To Oberlins surprise the stranger rendered him $5 bill, Ito pay you for your trouble" he said.
 The name of the man is unknown even by his rescuer.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-02-08
THE GEOGRAPHIC MAGAz1NE.

The National Geographic Magazine for January contains as its first arti- cle General A. w. Graely's address on geographical exploration, delivered at the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh. This is followed by an entertaining ac- count of the Florida Keys and their products by John Clifford. A railroad to Key West is in process of construc- ton, binding the different Keys togeth- CT like a string of pearls. The writer, who has plantation on Elliott's Key, from which he picked in one day cocoa nuts, bananas, Times, pineapples, pa- paws, sapodillas, sugar apples, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, egg plants and pep- pers, prophecies that they will soon be the site of many winter villas and gar dens The greater part of the remain der of the number is devoted to re- port of the speeches delivered at the annual dinner of the National Geo. graphical society, but fitted for the coll umns of newspaper rather than for what purports to be scientific jour nal The new department of geograph- ical squibs is also to be regretted as 8 further lowering of dignity of this peril odica1. Many of the illustrations, in- teresting in themselves, have no refer ence to anything in the text but seem to be inserted to increase the bulk of the number
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-02-08
MILL RIVER BRIDGE HEARING
 POSTPONED.

Owing to the illness of Lieutenant Colonel Powell, of the engineer corps, U. s. A., in New London, the public hearing upon the petition of manufact- urers in this city for the construction of drawbridge over the west branch of Mill river on Grand avenue has been postponed. Notice was served upon the city clerk yesterday to this effect, and the hearing, which was to have been held next Saturday afternoon at o'clock in Chamber of Commerce hall. will not take place until Saturday, February r, at the same hour and place.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-02-08
WHEN THE HEART RESTS.

It has been said that the heart nev~ er rests. But that-as an anatomist pointed. out--is fallacy. "The heart" he said, "gets a great deal of rest during sleep, for it's beats are far less numerous-that is to say, there is a longer period between each. It has no longer to support all activities of the body, but merely to keep the life in the frame. As for the brain during sleep it becomes pale and shrinks, the heart no longer having to supply it with blood to anything like the same extent
 as in it's waking hours. Sleep, in fact, means a very complete reduction of all the vital processes. Even the tear glands get rest. This is why We rub our eyes on waking. It is in order to stimulate the glands to furnish mois- ture for the eyes which have become dry as a result of the inaction of the tear fountain. ."-Kansas City Journal
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-02-08
WIDOW AND CHILDREN STARV.
 ING.

Mrs. Elizabeth Saunders and her five children, who were living at Pierpont place, have been transferred to Spring side home. The husband and father died January 2S and left the family in straitened circumstances. There was no food in the house and the family was in sore plight. Mrs. Saunders is forty-two years old.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-02-08
SILVER WIRE BONDS

To be Used to Knit Fracture of Mans
 Spine.
 Frank A. Westphal, a car inspector employed by the New Haven road at Hartford, is at the Hartford hospital in a dying condition as the result of an accident at Union station on Tuesday, when he was caught between two cars and sustained a fractured spine.
 An incision will be made in Mir. Westphars back, the splintered bones will be exposed and scraped, and they will then be bound together with silver wires. MT. Westphal is married man.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-02-08
RELIC OF CHURCH LOTTERIES.

Lakevine Man Has Ticket Issued in
 1894 for House Drawing.
 M H. Robbins of Lakeville has among collection of relics a ticket which shows how our forefathers con- ducted lotteries to raise funds with which to build churches. The ticket, which is dated 1894, reads thus
 Canaan Meeting House, Lottery Class Third, No. 3,O11. This ticket shall entitle the bearer to receive the prize that may be drawn against it's number agreeaibly to an act of the general as- sembly of the State of Connecticut, passed in May, 1904, subject to deduc- tion of twelve and one-half per cent The money, if not called for within six months after the drawing is complete, will be applied to the purposes for which the lottery was granted.
 The Canaan meeting house still stands, and the gospel is proclaimed from It's pulpit every Sabbath. Faint ed money and viyic corruption never enter into the sermons.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-02-08
UNION PRAYER MEETING.

There will be a union prayer meeting at 1S2 Goffe street this evening. The meeting will be led by the gospel work CTS of the Peoples mission of Cheshire. A cordial invitation to all.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-02-08
MIR. SCHOLLHORN NEARLY RE-
 COVERED

Frank J. Scho-1horn, who had large and dangerous carbuncle removed from the back of his neck several months ago, has nearly recovered from the eff fects of the operation.