The US Patent Office issued Patent No. 190,980 for an improved paper box to Linus Plimpton.

According to the Courant, Thomas Galberry had arrived in Queenstown and was presently en route to Rome.

The Courant ran a classified ad that advertised that O. L. Hatch was selling a “very desirable single house on Asylum Avenue.”

The United States Life Insurance Company advertised in the Courant that its assets were $4,827,176.52 and that it had a surplus of $820,000.

The Courant reported that Plimpton Manufacturing Company had leased the upper floor of “Batterson’s new block” on Asylum Street.

A fire destroyed Merriman’s Block, causing a complete loss for the building’s tenants:  Plimpton Manufacturing Company, Seidler & May, and George D. Bartlett.

The board of directors of the Plimpton Envelope Company held its annual meeting today and elected directors.

Sarah Walker Hatch died in Hartford at the age of 92½ years old.

A ceremony was held to dedicated Saint Patrick’s Catholic Church.

Burglars broke into 63 Spring Street tonight and stole silverware and other items.