The Hartford County Horticultural Society held its third weekly exhibition at the Atheneum today.

The Courant reported that ground had been broken for the new First Baptist Church at the corner of Talcott and Main Streets.

James Tippet, an employee of George Affleck’s, was killed instantly when a gravel bank he was working under caved in.

George Affleck ran a classified in today’s Hartford Daily Courant advertising plants now offered for sale at the new Asylum Hill Nurseries.