The Journal from Meriden, Connecticut • 2

THE MERIDEN JOUBNAL TUESDAY MAY 11 1886 "feggy- A FINANCIAL DISASTER THE MERIDEN JOURNAL IVES DPHAffl RAND stockholders are principally residents of Hartford city and Middlesex oo ntv Spencer has a wife and child and is said to have lived in high Style Supply DRV GOODS HOSIER GLOVES Lad snd UN DKH- WEAK and FURNISHING GOODS JACKETS WRAPS SHAWLS SCARFS ONSETS RUBBER GOSSAMER WATERPROOFS NOTIONS Umbrellas and THE Stock of PARASOLS of this -i (JAKl EllNOS WALL PAPERLNGs Window Shades Poles and Hangings Ikd Blanket Cotnf oitahh Feathery and of course an extensive line of eiigs a '1 abl net all reliable goods in loo great supply for email ration lu ce We eater for no exclusive class but for all Patron agiuYib at Batisfiiotiou guaranteed IVES TJPHAM HAND AT JUST RECEIVED! An entire line of HATS Fresh Line of FLOWERS Cheaper Than Before Over 5000 SCHOOL HATS from 25 Cents Up FANCY RIBBONS ALL STYLES! COLORS ALL BARGAINS! ONE LOT OF DRESSES Extra Fine In White and French Cambric PARASOLS I Our Stock and Price Cannot be Excelled iuy of GRISWIM RICHMOND CLOCK ho have the Largest Best and Cheapest block' of Stoves Ranges Refrigerators Coal and Oil Stoves Crockery Glass Ware and House Furnishing Goods MVT THE STATE Whola- They import and buy direct from the manufacturers pay SPOT CASH sale and retail at arices that BE BEAT RTHXJR On tlio mu Staple and Fancy Groceries PERA HOUSE II Belavan Lessee and Hansgtr OYE XKillT ONLY Saturday May 15th HEATH'S Grand Spectacular MINSTRELS First-Class 30 In a Brilliant Original and Refined Pro gramme VOITLVR PRICKS 35 50 and 85 Cent Tickets on Kale at fCE CREAM SODA WATER Pure Drusrs aiul Medicines PRESCRIPTIONS Carefully Compounded BRIGGS CO 48 East Main St Tlie Boston Store 38 COLONY STREET Special IarHins now being offered 10 pieces Fancy Broquettes 25c marked down from 37 1-2 2 pieces ight Shades Canvas Cloth 42c sold everywhere for 50c JUST OPENED! Another 25 Skirts 50c Great Value cannot be beat anywhere 75 doz Hose all sizes 12 l-2c you will be asked 20c for theee same goods in other stores 50 doz Ladies Striped Hoe 17c regular 25c Hose a big bargain PARASOLS Large assortment prices low Special drive 50 Satin Parasols all shadei $150 to compare with any $200 parasol in Meriden 1000 NEW FANS all styles PRICES LOW 50 dozen Towels big bargains 25c regular price of this lot 37 1-2 and 42c 100 pieces Dress Lawn new styles WE OPEN TO-D all 2000 yards Remnants White Goods No such bargains ever presented to the ladies of Meriden James Wilson iwiTrriFiT'S it iTiitFn Firr Further oiumcnt by the on III Course Now that Congressman Charles Mitchell has withdrawn from the contest why not elect Dr Alsop of this city his successor Middletown Herald The declination so far in advance of the congressional convention gives rise to many surmises One belief is and it is probably the correct one that Mr Mitchell wants to be governor Ansonia Sentinel As usual there are attempts to read between the lines of this letter But so far as evidence goes we see no reason why Mr declination may no! he sincere His health has been miserably bad depriving him of most of the pleasure and incapacitating him for much of the work of a satisfactory congressional career while his comfort lias not been enhanced by the necessity of dividing the offices in his district among an ungrateful and complaining people Waterbury American Some papers seem to think that Mr Mitchell lias withdrawn from the congressional race lo enter into a contest for governor They are not willing to take Mr Mitchell at his word He explicitly says that he intends to devote himself to his private business This ought to be enough The democrats will select a good candidate for governor Hartford Telegram The tone of Mr Mitchell's letter of withdrawal carries with it the impression that his decision is unequivocal in its character and paves the way to Ins speedv and per-tnan-nt retirement from public life He has large and varied business intere ts which d- mand his attention and as wall failing health to contend with He has tasted the sweets a public life and finds that less genuine enjoyment is to be obtained from them than he had previously New Haven Register Re Had Such Pain In HU Stomach Willis Jackson of Taberg a portly gentleman of some fifty summers was taken very suddenly with a sense of fulness under his vest this sensation increased until it became painful his stomach and bowels became swollen and so sore and sensative thar he could not bear the pressure of his clothing ithe food distressed him and the pain in his stomach became so severe that he could not straighten up This pain would come on at just such a time everyday for an hour ami then disappear to return the next day all of the ordinary remedies seemed only to aggravate his pain Some of his friends told him that he was suffering from malaria and advised him -to take Dr Cure He sent to bis druggist and procured a bottle of Dr Henion Sure Cure for Malaria and before it was' half taken his pain ceased and after taking two bottles he was entirely cured the soreness had'all disappeared his usual strength restored Dr Sure Cure is the only remedy known that will positively cure all of malaria DrJHenion guarantees to cure ailcas of malaria no matter how lung standing and if you' require anything more than his Sure Cure for Malaria write him at Rochester and he will send vou prescriptions free of charge it reproduce a permanent cure For sale bv Geo Ellsbree Interesting to Marksmen At 3 to-morrow afternoon the New Haven and Windsor Gun clubs shoot at New Haven for the championship if the State On Monday May 31 and Tuesday June 1 shooting matches of more than ordinary interest will occur under the auspices of the New Haven Gun club Invitations will be issued to all the leading sportsmen in New England and to several in New York and the committei expects that from 150 to 200 of them will be present The way things are going we should not he surprised to learn soon that sum college class had gone on strike beeuuo the faculty has failed to up" two or three of its members The other day after Walt Whitman had finished his eulogy at the anniversary of Hie death of Lincoln -v girls kissed him with gushing effusiveness We used to regret that w- were not great general and now we are sorrv that we are not a great poet According to Herr Most it is the dutv of anarchist leaders to out of the way of flying bullets in order that the general or field marshal he may live te gather a new army It is not cowardice then that keeps him in safe place but higti sense of duty Ii Well really the anarchists are after all very considerate for the survival of their cause Ex-Minister Foster who is now successfully practising at the bar in Wash ington has expressed the opinion a there is no danger ot Asiatic cholera coming to this country and it is to he hoped that some one learned iu the law-will venture a surmise as to whethei inoculation for yellow fever is likely to be successful Silk hats blocked and ironed and to order at Splendid line of hats bonnets flowers and trimmings at Misses 250 Pratt street Lawn Mowers Sharpened or repaired Promptness work and fair prices Kelsey Ss South Colony street Full assortment of furnishing goods at NOT FORGET to call II examine the choicest and most complete stock of MILLINERY (I00DS HATS Bonnet Flowers and Trimming be fount! in the city Fall Ilue of Hosiery and Fancy Goods Pi ice Lowest btore open every evening Dreesinsklng a specialty MISSES A XOLAY Pratt Street YrEIL John Harm- where did you get your From WILLIAM LEWIS The Mannfitcturer of All Kind of Darnels TVhIp Blankets and General Dorse Goods WO 1130 EAST MAI STREET Coal and Wood More Wood for $1 Cash than any one else Yard Corner Cooper and Cherry Sts 15 East Main Street JAMES BROOKS MERCHANT TAILOR Utui the Unfit line of 8pring Suitings Wide Waiy Diagonals Coalings Pantaloon Good iu every variety of checks and wtripe Fit and Workmanship Guaranteed at price to ait alJ 1 WJBftT MAI THE SPENCER COWPVTV WALLimFimn fails OF Attached for Thirty Thousand! Dollar by one of Its Mew York stockholders and Sperry of Mew Haven Appointed Receiver The Spencer Novelty company of Wallingford has failed for over 100-000 This financial disaster became known last evening and Wallingford today is greatly excited over the affair People are calling the Wilson Sewing Machine shop a Jonah and it will be difficult ot get any business to locate within its walls they say This Spenccrcompany had been looked upon of late as a wonder in the manufacturing world Now it is gone up a fit successor to the Wilson Sewing Machine swindle This company was supposed to be prosperous and recently several capitalists of this section were 'urged to purchase stock 'n the concern The history of the company in brief is as follows About six years ago Spencer of Centerbrookin the town of Essex Conn a young man about twenty-four years of age purchased a small printing press and mv 1 1 Ritninoon nn in began to print visiting and business cards He used the profits of his business for several months in judicious advertising and his business rapidly increased until he was obliged to pn cure a larger press and more extensive quarters At this time Rose who hart been running a grocery store in Centerbrook sold out his business and became a member of the Speneer campanv which was thus started The young men had but little capital but they advertised extensively and their business increased rapidly About four years ago Mr Spencer thought he saw an opportunity to make a fortune in the novelty business and accordingly he induced Sheriff Hutchinson and other prominent citizens of Fssex to invest monev in the enterprise and'the firm engaged quarters on Asvlum street in Hartford Mr Spencer and Mr Rose who was made'the general superintendent of the company purchased a novelty goods and each week and month showed a marked in-crease'in'the'business done During' the month of December 1885 the firm sold over $47000 worth of goods and realized a very handsome profit For reasons which have not yet been developed the directors and stockholders of the company concluded to move to Wallingford and in-creaseftheir'eapital Stock from $60000to $300000 The equity of redemption in the factory of the defunct Wilson Sewing Machine company was purchased for one dollar hut the mortgage of $60000 on the property which is held by the Middletown Savings bank has not been paid During the month of February the company transferred its business to Wallingford and began operations there with a great flourish It employed over 200 hands and often many as 175 large sacks of mail matter from the factory daily All of the enormous factory which is over 300 feet long about fifty feet wide and four stories high was occupied by the company and the state papers contained glowing accounts of the enormous and profitable business that Wallingford had been fortunate enough to he chosen the headquarters for When the capital stock was increased agents of the company started out to find subscribers Hyde of New York city who is engaged in an extensive lithographing business agreed to purchase some gtock in the company and move three of his ten ton presses to Wallingford It is understood that Mr Hyde accepted a certain amount of stock and the now for the presses and other maehinek He is reported to have made this arrangippat after having been assured that the affairs of the company were in first class shape and that it was a regular bonanza He recently found out to the contrary and yesterday he caused the company to be attached for $30000 Deputy Sheriff Konold of New Haven served the papers early yesterday afternoon The directors of the company held a meeting yesterday and they decided that as the company was hopelessly involved the best way out of the trouble was to petition for appointment of a receiver Attorney Hubbard of Wallingford and John 8 Beach of New Haven who are the attorneys for the company- met the directors in New Haven yesterday afternoon and at their request couple 1 with that of Case Maltby and Deming and Wright Robertson and Hotchkiss counsel for Mr Hyde Judge Sanford appointed Sperry receiver for the company Attorney Hotchkiss then sent a telegra to Deputy Sheriff Konold who was in charge of the property at Wallingford directing him to withdraw the attachment Sheriff Hutchinson did not feel inclined to make any extended remarks but admitted to a reporter that he had lost his last dollar in the enterprise trouble said he we could not dispose of our capital stock We moved to Wallingford just as the strikes began to ruin business all over the country If we could have sold $50000 worth of our stock it would have tided us over but men were afraid to invest and we could not meet our bills I cannot say how much our liabilities will amount to but I think about $100000 Our assets will probably be about half that amount The subscribers for the Dew stock had not paid in more than $1000 if they had paid that much Of course all they paid in will be refunded and those who did not pay for their stock will not be required to pay anything If we had remained in Hartford we Bhould have been all right but now I do not expect to get a single dollar of my money back again It's hard luck: hut 1 am not going to worry about it A gentleman who is not a stockholder in the company but who has had occasion to investigate the affairs to a certain extent said that the concern was a bankrupt before it moved from Hartford He had no idea that the directors intended to do anything dishonorable hut he was confident' that they hoped to get enough money by increasing their capital stock to tide over the financial strait they were in He had heard that there was some serious illegality in connection with Mr transactions with the concern and that although nothing of a dishonest character had been done ruin had been wrought Some of the rumors in circulation are of the wildest character and intimated that some of the men connected with the company had attempted to bring new stockholders into the concern simply to fleece them Receiver Sperry together with Leonard Bishop and Mr Hall of Wallingford who have been appointed appraisers begun the work of examining into the affairs of the company this morning The novelties handled by the company consisted of plated knives forks spoons and napkin rings Kensington outfits boots and shoes cheap watches and jeweliy toy steam engines rubber goods and numerous articles The company published a monthly magazine called the Farm and Household used chiefly as an The last edition of tng medium this periodical was 800000 During the pa i been three week many of the hands have discharged Employes were paid from 50 cent to $150 per day The PtTBlflllBn BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO No 4S SOUTH STRKBT MERIDEN CONN THB TAKE 1MOTICK We have arranr! to have a fore of faithful bora Tim Joint In nil tnrt of the citv iwl the? wtH eollecf 411 weekly or monthly as they may arrange with the rowtonw: Hu! all pa-Pr that lea re the office mnt he paid for in caah We ahall hare no ronte boys in onr employ a we believe a more prompt and faithfnl deMrery is ae-ured If each hor la allowed to bnild np own ronte and miVe a nrollf of one cent on each paper deMrered We will however deliver the paper thronyh the Mortien poet office at two dollars a quarter tn advance or if a poctal card sent to this office hr any would-be patron we will see that a hoy la notified to deliver Tit Journal at any ettv residence In addition Th Journal can be fonnd on sale at the newsroom of 15 Rtlls 1 Polony St EoNte T8 Main St Apourt ScfrwKLZBR 5 tate War Haoadon tit Main 8t 15 Marvin 29R Main Si Eatrn Nwa Oo Railroad Depot Kntmd at th cut ofte an con 'dmi matUr TUESDAY MAY 11 1886 Mary Anderson is said to grow "thinner and thinner She will soon be but the shadow of a blade of Kentucky blue grass A great improvement cupon is now produced in Orange county the dairy county of New York An enterprising 1 Arm of new comerB have bought-up and 're-fitted 'an "old'ereamery there in whichtheyT cargoes of cheap "rancid butter'from New York and Chicago boil it up skim impurities churn it in a little milk and eilffitUfor "prime '35-cent butter It seems a cheap way of making goodjbutter rand the firm have'secured a it A nervous traveller- in Europe will always avoid riding in a first-class rail road compartment when he finds that he is to be tete-a-tete with a stranger People will be still more particular now that an acrobatic robber has been discovered who picks your pocket and empties your satchel when yon doze off to sleep 'and then opens the door and jumps out while the train is going at fuil speed The man arrested in France for this sort of performance was formerly a ticket collector on the French railroads and is remarkably expert in jumping on or off moving trains Whether large and languid Turkey will come to blows with the little Greek bantam is one of the things no fellow can find out as yet The representatives of the English Greek Italian German Russian Austrian and Turkish powers met in London yesterday and conferred upon the situation They are amiably willing to consider the susceptibilities of Greece and the difficulties of her position but think that no arrangement can be reached unless that diminutive power will call off her dogs of war Greece ought Dot to keep a waiting world on the anxious seat in this heartless fashion There is a in peppermint which is all the more deplorable just as we are on the verge of the green fruit season when colicky pains are more liable than at any other period of the year The price has advanced 15 per cent with every prospect of a further rise and it is aaid that and saloon-keepers view the situation with The peppermint acreage of the country is about 4000 acres and a fair crop is worth about $250000 Last year however was a bad season and the total crop did not exceed $180000 in value If President Cleveland complied with all requests for a lock of his hair his head would be as bare as a billiard ball in less than a week One lady from Indianapolis has written that she is poor and asks the President to instruct his barber to forward to her all the hair cut from the executive head 8he proposes to make this hair into Cleveland charms and sell them to gentlemen to wear on their watch chains Another person in Richmond Va wants the same hair to stuff a pincushion made of silk taken from an old United States flag This cushion she will raffle at a church fair for the benefit of a needy Methodist congregation Tom Bela Show Owing to a railroad delay the seats and paraphernalia of the Delavan show did not reach New London in time to open last night htiertff dates Makes a Present Sheriff Gatea has presented the church of the Immaculate Conception of Birmingham recently with thireen chairs for the altar They were made especially for this purpose in New York and were used for the first time Sunday Textile Workers' Convention Representative Fred A King of Naugatuck writes as follows meeting of the textile workers of Connecticut will be held in Hartford on the 17th Inst to organize the trade No trade in this country is more degraded or oppressed and the tendency is to continue reducing wages Therefore the more necessity! for organization: and we believe that nothing can save the people of the United States from a life of Slavery exept organization Brv Br Lecture The lecture on the of by Rev Dr Stidham of New Britain before the Meriden Scientific association last evening was listened to by a large and interesting audience He illustrated with the stereopticon many forms of both vegetable and animal life found in a drop of water Only by the most careful examination he said could the line be distinguished between the two forms of life He stated that in the small plants like mould on preserves and also the varieties iu water only seen by the microscope the general plan was cell structure as seen in the fibre of wood After hearing the lecture and seeing his fine illustrations a person would think he was swallowing a forest and menag-vie when he drank water He closed his lecture by showing a few common insects enlarged so much that the minute red earth louse pranced around on the canvas as large as Inclosing the Dr said that all these minute form of life were even more per-(M in design than Ihr larger so tiiat a I scholar had said is great unali paftt thing greatest BASF BALL Matters of Interest to all wlio Like the Game Rose Bros have the Eastern ieague guide for sale Murphy of the Meridens has already two home runs to his credit The new men Richardson Doyle tar-don and Lawler have arrived arm is up He le ives for Haverhill on the 11:55 train to morrow The official score from the Eastern league games is received every inning at Rose newsroom The Waterbury Sunday Democrat prints excellent pictures of Walker and Campion in its last issue Ill Spite of all reports to the contrary Smith and Daly have not been released bv Newark Hartford Telegram They call Ryan and Flynn in Chicago and say they keep up a gait which outstrips the old timers From present indications says the Hartford Post Remsen will rarely be seen on the field save as manager A base ball reporter puts down more strikes than any military organization in this great and glorious Republic Henry gets $225 a month from Hartford More than lie is worth He begin to pitch ball with Gilmore Billy Sunday of the Chicago club is faster this season than ever before and wants to run any ball player for $500 or $1000 a side Manager Donnelly has taken the captaincy of the Bridgeport team away from Stapleton anil has appointed Joe Brown in his place If you are facing a wild pitcher lake things easy Let him work a while and then take a base on balls just as honorable as making a hit and rattles a nine a great deal more The Meridens had a practice in the rink this morning and the new men showed up well The Waterburys play here to-morrow and a great game is expected The Waterburys will be accompanied by a crowd of backers to bet on them Lambert and Stone will be the Meridens battery The Waterbury-Meriden game to-morrow will he called at 4 The Meridens did not go to Waterbury today Manager Burnham having recoiled a telegram from Manager Simmons telling him not to go over as the ground was to wet too play on Burke and the Pettee of last New Briiains were in town to day They say that Mrs Cox the wife of their' captain keeps Unofficial score of the games played in Lawrence there not being anyone in the town competent to do it except her New Britain Herald Catcher Con Dailey of Boston is apparently suffering with a bad case of wluit is vulgarly known as the swelled head Andrews was permitted to come in from second Saturday on a ball that rolled only to the player's bench If Capt Morrill had applied a $10 fine it would doubriess have had a tendency to reduce the Boston Herald The following has been telegraphed all over the country May 10 The statement that Smith and Daly the battery of the Newark club had been released for a consideration of $2000 to go with the Washington club is entirely without foundation Manager Hackeit of Newark said last night: not money enough in any club in the country to buy the release of these men another thing I would not release any member of the PICTCRE PLATT How the Connecticut Senator ('nine by That Name In writing about the recent legislative reunion the Hartford correspondent of the New York Sun has this to say about a senator in whose welfare Meriden people are interested Of course the presence of so many old-timers recalled a fund of reminiscence An old member took great delight in telling how United Stales Senator Platt used to be called Platt It was in th Legislature of 1861 Those were hot-headed times in Legislature and sessions used to be prolonged until daylight Isaac Toucev Secretary of the Navy under Buchahan and Tom Seymour both ex-Governors of Connecticut had said something which the ultra patriotic legislators thought was disloyal Handsome oil paintings of Toucev and Seymour were hanging on the walls of the Capitol along with those of their honored predecessors and one day in the Senate Orville If Platt rose to his feet in a hot speecli that brought fourth cheers from the Republicans and groans from the Democrats moved that the pictures of the traitors be lorn down In the excitement of the moment the motion was carried and the pictures came down but from that day for years afterward Orville Piatt was known by the nickname of Picture Platt given him by his opponents Not long after they were taken down the pictures were put back in their places It was a foolish thing to said the narrator of the story we were so hot-headed in those days do most A WELL DESERVED HOYOR Rev Babcock to Become Assistant Rector of a Xew York Church Rev Babcock at present assistant rector of St church New Haven and formerly curate at St church in this city has received a call to the church of the Heavenly Rest corner of Fifth avenue and Forty-fifth street New York city He will ass st Dr Morgan the present active rector of the church This church is one of the wealthiest in New York Mr Babcock is an earnest active worker a good reader and lias already won an enviable reputation among the younger clergy of this diocese The inanv Meriden friends of Mr Babcock will be pleased to hear of his deserved promotion In Jail for Debt According to the Danbury Democrat John Sherwood of that place is in sad trouble In November 1884 he was put in jail on account of a claim of $140 for legal services given many years previous by a Lawyer Taylor The Democrat says: There seems to he no hope for him he cannot take the poor oath as he is entitled to a share in an estate Impoverished as he is he cannot even if he would i ay the costs and it looks as if for the paltry sum of $140 John Sherwood would languish the rest of his days in a prison cell He insists that he does not owe Mr Taylor a cent for legal services and the judgment secured against him he alleges was a judgment secured by fraud Blue Ball and Tennis Best goods at reasonable prices at Colony street rear of post office Trunks and traveling 1-ausgan he hatter as OF EVERY DESCRIPTION BEFORE GIVE ME A TRIAL Mv Motto Rupert's New AT is iue NEW COODS Few New Slyle 4 25C MILLER York BOCK BEER 20th 21st and 22nd 188G The Entire Profits Of the Fair are sacredly devoted to I lie permanent relief fund which is only used for the relief of worthy cases of distress for 18(10 ANTED Girl to do gcueral house-v work Apply it 15W Franklin utreet REMV Modern Cottage eight Apply to BYXBEE ABBE rooms bulb etc lony street ANTED Dresmaker desires work by the buy ur wee Machine furn shed i wan leu Will lake wurk home Call or audn bSAwaxes 6 1-1 East Mam street city TO KENT Two tenements One JE A i fourth floor live rooms One one story and haf bouse with garden and Iruit trees Enquire No 7 Alount Pleasant street I 40 East Main Street And All the Leading Saloons VOID THE RUSH! Of Bpuinu Clkantno asd Place Yoct Order Exult witb LITTLE SOMERS HYATT FOR PAPERING PAINTING AND DECORATING The Most Elegant Line of Wall Papers ever shown in Meriden Our Window Shade and Art Good Departments are well worth an inspectiun LITTLE SOMERS dL HYATT GREAT WALL PAPER PAINT DEPOT XTo 67 Main Street GRAND ARMY FAIR I MERIDEN RINK MAY 17th 18th 19th tut BXK Season Ticket $1 Admitting the holder to the Fair every night as well a to the privileges named on tlie eir-euiars which are furnished by tlie general committee Wa Ask the Patriotic Citizens of MEtdDEN AND VICINITY to Help us out General Committee of whom Circulars and Tickets are to be had are COM JULIUS AUGUR Chaikmav I Hiatt Gallgeb A Milks Rogebs Kinn Whitehead A Hall A Bkeokknbldgb Baustow Geoboe Couch A Chaklks B-Klevcu Ticket will be bold WAATN OF T1IK PEOPLE ONK CUNT A WumUs not buHnwi nature uch an help and situations wanted for rent and for sale etc will inserted at One Cent a Word No advertisement taken for less than ten cents or use KENT First Hour by 86 lea eil 24 by 81 30 Uorse lower shafting imd pulley ready Lauugau Herid 1 POUND Pocket Book containing sum Off money Call at Terrell Bros 10 Coinuy hi prove property ami pay expense A PLEASANT FURNISHED ROOM JL suitable lor two person with or without boaxu iu a private 1 amity iv 01 Clunoh street.