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CONN. COMMISSIONERS OF PHARMACY.
Henry M. Bishop, New Haven, June 1, 1899, Pres't; George E. Dresser, Putnam, June 1, 1898, Sec'y; Samuel W. Smith, Ansonia, Treas., June 1, 1897.
CONN. CREAMERY ASSOCIATION.
J. E. Leanord, Jewett City, Pres't; E. A. Russell, Suffield, Vice Pres't; Frank Avery, Wapping, Sec'y and Treas .; H. P. Deming, Robertsville; B. F. Case, Canton Centre; C. S. Burlingame, Brooklyn; D. E. Phelps, Windsor ; E. D. Hammond, Cromwell; J. D. Sanford, Redding ; A. M. Bancroft, Springfield, Mass., W. R. Goodspeed, East Haddam, Directors. Organized Jan. 1890. Meets upon call of Secretary. Annual meet- ing in .Jan.
CONNECTICUT DENTAL COMMISSIONERS.
Geo. L. Parmele, Hartford, July, 1897; William J. Ryder, Danbury, July, 1897; Civelian Fones, Bridge- port, July, 1897; Charles P. Graham, Middletown, July, 1897; Rich. W Browne, New London, July, 1897.
CONNECTICUT LAW AND ORDER LEAGUE.
George A. Bowen, Pres't ; John H. Perry, Vice Pres't; P. N. Welch, Treas .; S. P. Thrasher, Sec'y and Gen. Manager ; J. H. James, J. Y. McDermott, E. P. Arvine, A. H. Conklin, Executive Committee.
CONNECTICUT DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. Stephen M. Wells, Wethersfield, Pres't; I. W. Start, Lebanon, V. Pres't; W. I. Bartholomew, Putniz. Secretary and Treasurer; J. S. Kirkham, Newington, Charles W. Lee, Coventry; H. E. Savage, East Berlin; George E. Manchester, West Winsted; Hubert F. Pot- ter, Moutowese; T. S. Gold, West Cornwall; A. E Wadsworth, Farmington; John B. Noble, East Windsor, Directors. Organized, 1882. Incorporated 1889. Meet in January.
CONNECTICUT EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION. Formerly Connecticut Weekly Press Association. George C. Woodruff, Litchfield, Pres't; H. B. Haje, East Hartford; W. C. Sharpe, Seymour; G. M. GuerD- sey, Mystic; W. S. Jones, Westport, F. P. White, Pui- nam; A. K. Knox, Woodbury; C. A. Kirtland, Deep River, T. S. Pratt, Rockville, Vice Pres'ts; E. S. El. Manchester, Sec'y and Treas. Organized Jan. 16, 1888. Meets alternately at Hartford and New Haven, third Mondays in January, April, July and October.
CONN. FRUIT GROWERS CIDER AND CIDER VINEGAR MAKERS' ASSOCIATION.
George F. Chapin, Thompsonville, Pres't; J. H. An- drews, Farmington, Vice President; F. T. Palmer, Mia- nus, Sed'y; H. V. Tucker. Middletown, Treas .; Lloyd Nash, Westport; J. L. Beardsley, Long Hill; W. L. Cook, Plainville; E. B. Harris, Danbury, Directors. Annual meeting second Tuesday in January.
CONNECTICUT HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE, IN MIDDLETOWN.
His excellency the Governor : W. B. Foster, Vernon, July, 1897; W. D. Morgan, Hartford, July, 1897; Costello Lippitt, Norwich, July, 1897; Hart D. Mun- son, New Haven, July, 1899; James G. Gregory, Nor- walk, July, 1899; Wm. Bissell, Salisbury, July, 1899; Henry Woodward, Middletown, July, 1899; Horace F. Boardman, Middletown, July, 1899; E. K. Hubbard, Middletown, July, 1897; Frank B. Weeks, Middletown, July, 1897; Samuel Russell, Middletown, July, 1899; Geo. H. Nichols, Thompson, July, 1897, Board of Trus- tees. M. B. Copeland, Middletown, Treasurer ; James Olmstead, M. D., Superintendent and Physician; Henry S. Noble, M.D., William E. Fisher, M.D., Charles E. Stan- ley, M.D., James M. Keniston, M. D., A. B. Coleburn, M. D., J. W. Duke, M. D., Jessie M. Weston, M. D., Assis't Physicians: Thomas M. Durfee, Clerk; Mrs. Margaret Dutton, Matron; P. W. Sanderson, Farmer. Number of patients, July 1, 1895, 794 males and 868 females; total, 1,662. From the opening of this Hospital May 1. 1868, to July 1, 1895, there have been admitted 3,797 males and 8,856 females; total, 7,158. Discharged as recovered 761 males and 704 females. Improved, 577 males and 470 females; stationary, 783 males and 572 females; died, 932 males and 742 females.
Visitors are not admitted on Sunday. On any other day of the week, patients may be seen by their friends, unless in the opinion of the physicians the visit is liable to injure the patient. The general public are permitted to inspect the Hospital, between the hours of 10 and 12 M., and between 2 and 6 P. M. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Letters relating to the patients or the affairs of the Hospital, should be ad- dressed to the superintendent.
CONN. HOTEL ASSOCIATION. J. H. Bowker, Meriden, President; J. J. Dahill, Hartford, V. Pres't; Tracy B. Warren, Bridgeport, Sec'y and Treas. Organized Dec. 1992.
CONNECTICUT HUMANE SOCIETY.
Rodney Dennis, Hartford, Pres't; Francis Goodwin, Hartford, acting Vice Pres't; Chandler E. Miller, Hart- ford, Sec'y ; Ralph W. Cutler, Hartford, Treas .; G. Pierrepont Davis, Hartford, Ass't Sec'y; Dwight W. Thrall, Hartford, Gen'! Agent; Wallace S. Moyle, New Haven; Lewis N. Middlebrook, Bridgeport; C. H. Saw-
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yer, Meriden: Lyman S. Burr, New Britain; Samuel A. Davis, Danbury; Samuel B. Harvey, Willimantic; Andrew J. Ewen, Derby ; James Huntington, Wood- bury; L. J. Nickerson, West Cornwall; Edgar M. War- ner, Putnam; John M. Sweeney, Naugatuck; Wilson H. Pierce, Waterbury; Clayton B. Smith, New Lon- don; Harold R. Durant, Waterbury; Elbert O. Hull, Monroe; Edward M. Lockwood, Norwalk; Richard T. Higgins, Winsted; John F. Addis, New Milford; John A. Stoughton, Hartford, Prosecuting Oficers; Dr. J. E. Gardner, Veterinary Surgeon. Chartered March, 1881. Annual meeting in January.
CONNECTICUT INDIAN ASSOCIATION.
Mrs. Sara T. Kinney, 1162 Chapel st., New Haven, Pres't; Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, Miss Sarah Porter, Mrs. G. Williamson Smith, Miss Katharine Hunt, Mrs. Homer Curtiss, Sr., Mrs. Edward Sterling, Miss M. E. Ives, Mrs. F. E. Castle, Mrs. J. N. Harris, Mrs. Sarah A. Stoddard, Mrs. Geo. W. Lane, Mrs. Stephen Walk- ley, Mrs. John H. Whittemore, Mrs. Allan McLean, Mrs. C. J. Camp, Mrs. M. S. Foster, Vice Presidents; Miss Sarn B. Huntington, 886 Collins street, Hartford, Treas .; Mrs. Sara A. Booth, 61 Dwight street, New Haven, General Secretary; Mrs. George Williamson Smith, Hartford, Chairman Executive Committee; Mrs. Kate Foote Coe, Meriden, Chairman Missionary Com- mittee ; Mrs. Sara T. Kinney, New Haven, Chair- man Home Building Committee ; Mrs. Wilbur F. Gordy, Hartford, Chairman Educational Committee; Miss Mary K. Talcott, Hartford, Chairman Leaflet Committee ; Miss Mary Hall, Hartford, Chairmam Petitions Com- mittee; Mrs. John D. Tucker, Hartford, Chairman Distribution Committee; Miss Katharine Burbank, Hartford, Chairman Press Committee; Hon. Joseph R. Hawley, Hartford; Right Rev. John Williams, Bishop of Connecticut, Middletown; Hon. Francis Wayland, Hon. Henry B. Harrison, Mr. S. A. Galpin, New Haven; Mr. Moses Pierce, Norwich ; Rev. Joseph Anderson, D. D., Waterbury; Hon. Jas. L. Howard, Rev. George Williamson Smith, S. T. D., Gen. William B. Franklin, Col. Jacob L. Greene, Hon. J. Hammond Trumbull, Rev. Joseph H. Twichell, Col. Charles M. Joslyn, Mr. James P. Andrews, Hartford; Rev. R. P. H. Vail, D. D., Rev. Samuel Scoville, Stamford, Advisory Com- mittee; Charles T. Welles, City Bank, Hartford, Auditor. Organized November, 1881. Annual meet- ing in November.
CONN. INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL FOR GIRLS, IN MIDDLETOWN.
Henry D. Smith, Plantsville, President; Clarence E. Bacon, Middletown, Sec'y and Treasurer ; Rodney Dennis, Hartford, Edward Payne, John M. Van Vleck, Clarence E. Bacon, Samuel Russell, Middletown, Lorrin A. Cooke, Barkhamsted, Stephen O. Bowen, Eastford, Morris W. Seymour, Bridgeport, H. D. Smith, Plants- ville, Loren A. Gallup, Norwich, William H. Burrows, Edward Payne, Middletown, Directors. The Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Secretary, Directors ex- officio. W. G. Fairbank, Sup't ; Margaret E. Fairbank, Ass't Sup't. Incorporated 1868. No. of girls received from opening of school, Jan. 1; 1870, to May 1, 1896, is 1,204, placed in families and returned to homes, 960. No. of girls May 1, 1896, 244.
CONN. JERSEY CATTLE BREEDERS ASSO'N.
Samuel C. Colt, Elmwood, Pres't; M. W. Terrell, Middlefield, V. Pres't; Robert A. Potter, Bristol, Sec'y; Benj. W. Collins, Meriden, Tr .; S. C. Colt, Elmwood, James I. Inglis, Middlefield, D. D. Bishop, Cheshire, Charles L. Tuttle, Hartford, George A. Bowen, Wood- stock, Frederic Bronson, Southport, George E. Jones, Litchfield, W. W. Cowles, Manchester, Directors. Organized Feb. 2, 1888.
CONNECTICUT PROBATE ASSEMBLY.
William L. Loomis, Suffield, Pres't; Mahlon H. Bancroft, Warehouse Point, Silas B. Sherwood, West-
port, V. Pres'ts; Joseph B. Banning, Deep River, Sec'y and Treas. Two regular meetings each year, on second Wednesdays of May and November. Annual meeting second Wednesday in February at Capitol in Hartford. May and November meetings held at such places as the Assembly directs.
CONN. POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY.
J. H. Hale, South Glastonbury, Pres't; J. Norris Barnes, Yaleville, V. Pres't; R. A. Moore, Kensing- ton, Treas .; G. S. Butler, Cromwell, Sec'y. Organized Dec. 15, 1891. Annual election in February.
CONNECTICUT PRESS ASSOCIATION
Robert J. Vance, New Britain, President ; John A. J. Orr, Bridgeport, Vice Pres't; A. W. Green, Hart- ford, Secretary and Treasurer; Arthur P. Under- wood, Bridgeport; Herbert W. Baker, Meriden; John Rodemeyer, Jr., South Norwalk ; William R. Sill, Hartford: Harry M. Loomis, Waterbury, Executive Committee; N. G. Osborn, New Haven; A. N. Hall, Meriden; J. J. Redmond, Wallingford, Trustees of the Stevenson Fund. Organized April 11, 1879, as the Connecticut Reporters' Association. Re-organized July 4, 1887. Annual meeting for the election of offi- cers in the spring.
CONNECTICUT PRISON ASSOCIATION.
Francis Wayland, New Haven, Prest; Carnot O. Spencer, Hartford, Treas .; John C. Taylor, Sec. and Agent, room 45 in State Capitol; Francis Way- land, Edward Harland, Henry W. Farnam, Frank Miller, Augustus H. Fenn, Carnot O. Spencer, H. M. Thompson, John C. Taylor, S. O. Preston, W. H. Pond. T. P. Fordharn, G. P. Chandler, Wm. C. Jillson, Alfred R. Goodrich, Thomas R. Pynchon, Wm. G. Fairbanks, Executive Committee. Organized Jan. 21, 1876. Incor- porated, March, 1879. Annual meeting in January.
CONN. PUBLIC LIBRARY COMMITTEE.
Charles D. Hine, New Britain, Chairman; Caroline M. Hewins, Hartford, Sec'y; Storrs O. Seymour, Litchfield; Nathan L. Bishop, Norwich; Charles E. Graves, New Haven. Appointed annually by the State Board of Education.
CONNECTICUT REFORMATORY.
J. J. McCook, Prest; George W. Swan, Norwich, Sec'y and Treas .; J. J. McCook, Hartford ; Geo. W. Swan, Norwich; Walter Hubbard, Meriden: F. A. Spencer, Waterbury; E. M. Chapin, Pine Meadow, Directors. Established by the General Assembly, July 4, 1895. Organized Aug. 1, 1895. Election biennially
CONN. RIVER CANOEISTS' ASSOCIATION.
F. W. Theis, Hartford, Sec'y ; C. F. Chuster, Jr., Hol- yoke; C. H. Davenport, South Hadley Falls; J. R. Gilfillan, Northampton, Mass., Com. Organized Jan. 18, 1894.
CONN. SOCIETY OF THE COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA
Mrs. Samuel Colt, Hartford, Pres't; Mrs. Edgar L. Heermance, New Haven, Mrs. C. Dudley Warner, Hartford, Vice Pres'ta; Mrs. Franklin B. Dexter, New Haven, Treasurer; Mrs. Charles Frederick Johnson, Hartford, C. Sec'y; Mrs. George Watson Beach, Hart- ford, Rec. Sec'y; Miss Mary K. Talcott, Hartford, Registrar. Organized Nov. 22, 1878. Meets alternate monthly.
CONNECTICUT SOCIETY SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
Jonathan Trumbull, Norwich, Pres't; E. S. Greeley, New Haven, Vice Pres't; D. L. Pierson, Hartford, Sec'y; John C. Hollister, New Haven, Treas .; Joseph G. Woodward, Hartford, Historian ; H. L. Hotchkiss, New Haven, Registrar; E. S. Lines, New Haven, Chaplain. Organized April 2, 1889. Elections in May.
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CONNECTICUT SCHOOL FOR IMBECILES, LAKEVILLE, CONN. George B. Burrall, Pres't; G. W. Russell, Henry Gay, J. C. Goddard, V. Pres'ts; the above officers and W. W. Knight, T. L. Norton, E. W. Spurr, M. B. Rich- ardson, G. H. Knight, with the Governor, Directors; T. L. Norton, Treas .; G. H. Knight, Sec'y and Supt.
CONN. SHEEP BREEDERS' ASSOCIATION. R. S. Hinman, Prest; Julius Yale, F. Chambers, Vice Pres't; B. C. Patterson, Treas .; John H. Wad ham, Sec'y. Meets upon call by President. Annual meeting in December.
CONN. SOCIETY FOR UNIVERSITY EXTENSION. Chester D. Hartranft, President, office 625 Asylum street, Hartford. Centres at Hartford, New Haven, Waterbury, Meriden, Norwich, and a number of Granges.
CONNECTICUT SOLDIERS HOSPITAL BOARD, AND MANAGERS FITCH'S HOME FOR SOLDIERS AT NOROTON HEIGHTS, CONN.
Gov. O. Vincent Coffin; Adjutant Gen. Charles P. Graham; Surg. Gen. Geo. Austin Bowen, ex officio; Gen L.A. Dickinson, Hartford, March 29, 1898; Judge Alfred B. Beers, Bridgeport, March 29, 1898; Col. William E. Morgan, New Haven, Sec'y, January 1, 1898; Gen. L. A. Dickinson, Hartford, Treasurer; Capt. Alfred B. Beers, Gen. L. A. Dickinson, William E. Morgan, Ex. Com. Officers of the Home and Hospital .- James N. Coe, Sup't; L. G. Logan, Ass't Sup't; Franklin Dart, Q. M .; W. G. Brownson, Surgeon ; Henry L. Dwight, Assistant Surgeon. All applications for admission to the Home, to be sent to Capt. A. B. Beers, Bridgeport. Authorized to provide for the mainten- ance of honorably discharged soldiers, sailors or ma- rines, who have become disabled, in the hospitals at Hartford, New Haven, Bridgeport, Hospital for In- sane, Middletown, and at the Soldiers' Home at Nor- oton, Conn., the expense to be defrayed by the state.
CONN. STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. George A. Hopson, Wallingford, Pres't; James A. Bill, Lyme; Samuel C. Colt, Farmington; John W. Bacon, Danbury, Vice Pres'ts; Eugene A. Hall, Meri- den, Treasurer; W. F. Andross, East Hartford, Cor. Secretary; T. S. Gold, West Cornwall, Rec. Sec'y ; John C. Capen, Bloomfield; John M. Ferris, Stamford; Geo. L. Clark, Meriden; Wm. C. Osgood, Norwich; Wm. G. French, Watertown; A. T. Fowler, Windham; M. W. Terrill, Middlefield, Wm. D. Holman, West Willington, Directors. Presidents of the County Societies, E. H. Hyde, Stafford; W. W. Cowles, Manchester; D. N. Clark, Woodbridge, Jas. A. Bill, Lyme, Harry Sedgwick, Corn- wall Hollow, J. M. Hubbard, Middletown, Francis Pinney, Ellington, are ex officio Vice Pres'ts. James A. Bill, Lyme, Wm. G. French, Watertown, S. C. Colt, Farmington, Finance Committee. Twenty-sixth annual fair will be held at Meriden, Sept. 8-10, 1896. Annual meeting second Wednesday in January at Meriden.
CONNECTICUT STATE BAR ASSOCIATION.
Charles E. Perkins, Pres't ; Simeon E. Baldwin, Henry C Robinson, Vice Pres'ts; Charles M. Joslyn, Sec'y ; Edward D). Robbins, Treas .; Lyman D. Brewster, Wm. T. Elmer, Wm. K. Townsend, Solomon Lucas, Chas. E. Searles, Executive Committee. Annual meeting second Wednesday after the meeting of the General Assembly.
CONN. STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. Gov. O. Vincent Coffin, Pres't; J. F. Brown, North Stonington, Vice Pres't; F. M. Bartholomew, East Wallingford, Treas .; T. S. Gold, West Cornwall, Sec'y; S. W. Johnson, New Haven, Chemist; E. H. Jenkins, New Haven, Botanist; B. F. Koons, Storrs, Entomologist ; N. S. Platt, Cheshire, Pomologist ; Ephraim H. Hyde, Stafford; Theron E. Platt, Newtown; F. M. Bartholo- mew, East Wallingford; J. F. Brown, North Stoning-
ton, Members appointed by Governor and Senate. Dad- ley Wells, Wethersfield; A. B. Pierpont, Waterbury; Clifton Peck, Franklin; Nellis H. Sherwood, South- port; W. H. Hammond, Elliott; Geo. L. Foskett, Win- sted; Samuel A. Chalker, Saybrook ; John Thompson, Ellington, Agricultural Society Members. George L. Foskett, Clifton Peck, Dudley Wells, Commissioners ou Diseases of Domestic Animals. F. E. Blakeman, S. A. Chalker, John Thompson, Auditors. Organized, 1866. Re-organized 1871. Annual meeting third Wednesday in January.
CONN. STATE BOARD OF CHARITIES.
Andrew W. Tracy, Pres't, Meriden, July 1, 1897; Miss Rebecca G. Bacon, New Haven, July 1, 1897; Miss Mary Hall, Hartford, July 1, 1897; George F. Spencer, Saybrook, July 1, 1899; Heman C. Whit- tlesey, Middletown, July 1, 1899; Charles P. Kellogg, Sec'y, Waterbury.'Regular meetings of the Board are held on the first Wednesday of each month in room 80, State Capitol.
CONNECTICUT STATE BOARD OF TRADE. James D. Dewell, New Haven, Pres't; Charles H. Nettleton, Birmingham, and 17 associate, Vice Pres'ts; T. Attwater Barnes, Box 224, New Haven, Sec'y and Treas. Organized April 16, 1890. Annual meeting in October.
CONN. STATE FIREMEN'S ASSOCIATION.
Morris Meyers, Danbury, President ; Fred. W. Willey, Middletown; Clarence E. Palmer, Bridgeport; George Bowman, Stamford; Robert Magonigal, Hartford; Fred. S. Young, Willimantic; Charles O'Neil, New Haven; H. F. Wise, Stafford Springs; James M. Chat- field, Thomaston, Vice Pres'ts; Samuel C. Snagg, Waterbury, Treas .; John S. Jones, Westport, Rec'y. Annual election in August. Chartered, March, 1886. Capital, $10,000.
CONNECTICUT STATE GRANGE-PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY.
Stephen O. Bowen, Eastford, Master; Mrs. Estella H. Barnes, Southington, Lecturer ; G. C. Beck with, Nepaug, Overseer ; Henry E. Loomis, Glastonbury, Secry ; Norman S. Platt, Cheshire, Treas .; B. C. Pat- terson, Torrington, S. O. Bowen, Eastford, J. H. Hale, South Glastonbury, Executive Committee ; G. C. Beck- with, Nepaug, General Deputy.
CONN. STATE POULTRY SOCIETY.
John E. Bruce, Hartford, Pres't; Fred. W. Morgan, Windsor, C. P. Jordan, New Haven, George B. Fisher, Hartford, C. A. Thompson, Melrose, Fred. Sterling, Bridgeport, E. F. Badmington, Rockville, W. H. Ham- ilton, Danielsonville, George E. Taft, Unionville, C. P. Nettleton, Derby, Vice Pres'ts; Henry Chapin, Hart- ford, Sec'y ; B. S. Woodward, Hartford, Treas .; S. E. Clark, Hartford, Attorney. Organized, 1870. Reor- ganized, 1891. Meets at 108 Asylum street. Annual election, 2d Tuesday in February.
CONNECTICUT STATE PRISON. IN WETHERSFIELD.
Electric Cars pass the City Hall, Hartford, every 16 minutes from 6.28 A. M. Fare 5 cents each way. The Prison is open to visitors on Wednesday of each week; they must have a permit from the Warden or one of the Directors; no charge for admission.
Prisoners can write one letter a month, and receive all letters sent them if containing nothing conflicting with the rules; prisoners are allowed one visit each month on Friday.
James W. Cheney, South Manchester, President; Thomas D. Wells, Waterbury, Sec'y ; Frank C. Sum- ner, Hartford; Norris G. Osborn, New Haven; Wilson C. Reynolds, East Haddam; Edmond E. Crowe, Nor- walk; Edward C. Frisbie, Hartford, Directors. Jabez L. Woodbridge, Warden; George E. Baisden, Deputy
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.. Warden; H. Kirk Woodbridge, Clerk; Edward G. Fox, M.D., Physician; Mrs. Charles L. Whitmore, Matron. Average number of prisoners for years 1894 and 1895 was 408. Number in prison in Sept. 80, 1895, 895.
Cost in 1895 of provisions for each prisoner per day, 7 48-100 cents; clothing and bedding. 2 18-100 cents per day; total cost of expenses for each prisoner per day, 81 93-100. Gross expenses for year, $80,100.14. The average death rate during past year was 2 12-100.
This institution was begun in 1826, and on the night of Sept. 28th, 1827, the prisoners were removed from Newgate at Simsbury, which place the State Prison had been since 1790. Grated doors to the cells were first used in 1858, in room of the doors of plank cov- ered inside with sheet iron, with a small orifice near the upper part. The long established uniform of the inmates is now changed from the striped black and gray to a deep plain gray color. There are 400 cells in new, 50 in old block.
CONNECTICUT STATE SCHOOL FOR BOYS, IN MERIDEN. J. L. Houston, Thompsonville, Pres't; John Mc- Carthy, Danbury; Seth J. Hall, Meriden; W. S. Beecher, New Haven; George P. Crane, Woodbury; Joseph Hutchins, Columbia; George O. Balch, Ashford; John C. Byxbee, Nathan L. Bradley, Meriden; Fred- erick DePeyster, Portland ; J. S. Lathrop, Norwich; C. H. S. Davis, Trustees. Rev. G. L. Coburn, Sup't.
'The whole cost of farm of 195 acres and buildings $218,000. The first boy was received March 1st, 1854. The whole number received to Sept. 80, 1895, has been 5,625. The number of boys in the school Sept. 80, 1895, was 442. Boys between seven and sixteen are received for truancy and crime. Boy boarders are also received from parents and guardians, at $8.00 per week.
CONNECTICUT STATE SPIRITUALIST ASSO- CIATION. C. E. Bingham, Cheshire, Pres't; Mrs. A. E. Pierce, Hartford, Vice Pres't; Mrs. J. E. B. Dillon, Hartford, Sec'y and Treas. Next annual meeting will be held in Hartford, May 1 and 2, 1897.
CONN. STATE TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION.
H. D. Simonds, Bridgeport, Pres't; S. P. Willard, Colchester, Cor. Sec'y; John Rossiter, Norwich, Rec. Sec'y ; G. B. Hurd, New Haven, Treas .; C. L. McLain, Westville; E. L. Merritt, Middletown; A. M. Agard, Rockville; E. M. Swift, Jewett City; W. C. Foote, South Norwalk ; J. F. Williams, Bristol; John Clark, Winsted; J. B. Stanton, Moosup, Vice Pres'ts. Annual meeting in October.
CONN. STREET RAILWAY ASSOCIATION.
H. Holten Wood, Derby, Pres't; Henry S. Parmelee. New Haven, V. Presi; E. S. Goodrich, Hartford, Treas .; E. S. Breed, New Britain, Sec'y ; A. M. Young, Waterbury, G. A. W. Dodge, New Haven, Israel A. Kelsey, New Haven, Executive Committee.
CONN. WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION.
Mrs. Isabella Beecher Hooker, Hartford, Pres't; Mrs. L. D. Bacon, Hartford, V. Pres't at Large ; Mrs. F. B. Kendrick, Hartford; Mrs. Jane F. Kooms, Mansfield; Mrs. J. H. Hale, South Glastonbury; Mrs. Annie C. Fenner, New London; Mrs. Ella Bennett, Willimantic; Mrs. Abbe B. Sheldon, New Haven; Mrs. Marv C. Hickox, Litchfield County, V. Pres'ts; Miss F. Ellen Burr, 788 Main street, Hartford, Sec'y; Mrs. Ella B. Kendrick, Hartford, Cor. Sec'y; Mrs. Mary J. Rogers, Meriden, Treas.
DAIRY COMMISSIONER.
John B. Noble, East Windsor Hill, May 1, 1898; Robert L. Gilbert, Derby, Deputy.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
Terms expire July 1, of year mentioned.
Hartford Co .- Robert A. Potter, Bristol, 1899; Fred- erick W. Dean, Glastonbury, 1899; Edward W. Dewey, Granby, 1897.
New Haven Co .- Jacob D. Walter, Cheshire, 1899; Albert B. Dunham, Seymour, 1899; John L. Lindley, Ansonia, 1897.
Neo London Co. - John T. Batty, Groton, 1899; George O. Jackson, Colchester, 1899; Gilbert L. Hew- itt, Norwich, 1897.
Fairfield Co .- Whitman S. Mead, Greenwich, 1897; Henry Lee, Bridgeport, 1899; James E. Miller, Redding, 1899.
Windham Co .- Edwin H. Hall, Windham, 1899; Da- vis A. Baker, Ashford, 1897; Edwin L. Palmer, Kil- lingly, 1899.
Litchfield Co .- Newell L. Webster, Thomaston, 1899; David E. Soule, New Milford, 1897; Sylvester N. Petti- bone, New Hartford, 1899.
Middlesex Co .- Henry M. Snell, Saybrook, 1897; John J. Hubbard, Middletown, 1899; William H. Sco- ville, East Haddam, 1899.
Tolland Co .- William D. Holman, Tolland, 1897; Joseph W. Chandler, Stafford, 1899; John H. Buell, Hebron, 1899.
CONNECTICUT TYPOTHETE.
C. S. Moorehouse, New Haven, Pres't; J. N. Near, Bridgeport, V. Pres't; George M. Adkins, New Haven, Sec'y; O. A. Dorman, New Haven, Treas. ; W. H. Lee, Rial S. Peck, F. S. Buckingham, Alex Craig, J. D. Jackson, Executive Committee.
FERRY AND CANAL COMMISSIONERS.
Chapman's .- William E. Odber, Haddam; Wilbur S. Comstock, East Haddam.
Hadlyme and Chester-E. Hart Geer, Hadlyme; R. Clifford Tyler, Chester.
Gildersleeve and Cromwell - Andrew N. Shepard, Portland; E. D. Hammond, Cromwell.
Middletown and Portland-E. B. Strong, Middle- town; E. Irving Bell, Portland.
Middle Haddam .- William T. Simpson, Chatham; John J. Cone, Middletown.
New London and Groton .- L. Dewano Whipple, Coleman Williams, Groton.
Rocky Hill Ferry .- Frank D. Glazier, Glastonbury; Henry H. Grant, Rocky Hill.
Saybrook and Lyme Ferry .- Richard W. Chadwick, Lyme; Ozias H. Kirtland, Old Saybrook.
FISH AND GAME COMMISSIONERS. Hubert Williams, Salisbury, Pres't; A. C. Collins, Hartford, Sec'y; James A. Bill, Lyme, May, 1897.
FUNERAL DIRECTORS ASSO'N OF CONN. Isaac L. Mead, Greenwich, Pres't; J. H. Lindsley, Woodbury, Vice Pres't; Edward C. Root, Thomas- ton, Sec'y ; C. A. Cadwell, Southington, Rec. Sec'y; H. W. Crawford, New Haven, Treas. Organized May, 1889.
GENERAL CONFERENCE OF THE CONGREGA-
TIONAL CHURCHES OF CONNECTICUT.
Charles E. Gross, Hartford, Moderator ; Rev. Richard Wright, Windsor Locks, Scribe; Rev. Robert W. Sharp, Thomaston, Ass't Scribe ; Rev. W. H. Moore, Hartford, Registrar; Ward W. Jacobs, Hartford, Treas. Annual meeting in November.
GIDEON WELLES NAVAL VETERAN ASSO- CIATION OF CONN.
John C. Jackson, New Haven, Captain; George W. Bean, New Haven, Commander; Henry Jaquet, New Haven, Lieut. Commander; William Jones, Lieut .; Peter Sharnhurst, Engineer; Alfred Elcock, Surgeon; Edward Hubbell, New Haven, Paymaster ; Henry F. McCollum, 40 Shelter street, New Hayen, Sec'y.
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HARBOR COMMISSIONERS.
Wm. S. Williams, Dec. 22, 1898; Ivan M. Bode, Dep- uty, Hartford; Wm. E. Morgan, Sept. 26, 1897; Edgar S. Dowe, Deputy, New Haven; Aurelius J. Meeker, July 9, 1898; Wm. L. Blascer, Deputy, Norwalk; Hezekiah S. Bartlett, July 9, 1898; William H. Allen, Deputy. New London; James T. Johnson, Jan. 28, 1898; Oliver P. Hoyt, Deputy, Stamford; John Mc- Neil, Bridgeport; Roger Kennedy, Middletown; Daniel P. Weeks, July 9, 1898, Five Mile River; Merritt W. Merwin, July 9, 1898, Milford; William O. Atwood, Aug. 1. 1896, Stonington; George H. Brush, Dec. 27, 1897, Greenwich.
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