Connecticut western news., 1872-08-09
STATE NEWS.

STATE NEWS.
 Miss Maria Brainard, the well-known vo- calist, is visiting her old home in Ansonia.
 The New Haven police are looking up the liquor saloons. They found 235 last week.
 Adams express office has been moved into the new Masonic Temple, New Haven, op- posite the depot.
 A girl named Corners, while kindling fire with kerosene oil, in Fair Haven, on Thursday last, had her arm badly burned.
 Frederick A. Bradley's carriage shop at New Haven was damaged $20O0 by an in- cendiary fire, Sunday morning. Partially insured.
 It is believed that only 100 of the 800 sa- looms in New Haven will be able to furnish bonds and procure licences under the new law.
 The amount available for the improve ment of Bridgeport harbor during the en- suing year is $36, 1000, of which $1o,ooo is for dredging.
 Howard Mansfield has withdrawn from the editorial staff of the Register He in' tends to recreate for short time, and then to take up the study of law.
 The Mansfelds have engaged MT. Asa Braiuard, the pitcher of the Boston Red Stocking nine last season, to play for them the balance of this season.
 Mrs. DeMott, lady about 70 years of age, belonging in New York, and guest at the Montowesc House, Branford, died suddenly of heart disease, Friday evening"
 MT. Orrin Taylor, aged about GO, for mer resident of Westport, but recently en- gagged in the dry goods business in New York, fell dead Saturday noon on the plat form of the depot at New Rochelle.
 A youthful Danbury lover who sang and played before his young lady's house for two mortal hours Friday night, was electri- fled after short pause by 8 cordial 'thank you," gracefully pronounced by the ''other fellow" who appeared at the window.
 The appropriation by Congress of $l3, 500 for the improvement of the Housatonic river, will be used to excavate a channel nine feet deep at low water, so that the yes sels of from 300 to 400 tons burthen can navigate the stream.
 About midnight Sunday the house o1 Mir. l.. M. Hall, 237 Orange street, New Haven, was entered by burglars, who were frightened away after they had helped themselves to what they could find in the pantry and about $2o worth of silver.
 The Meriden Republican says: "The Rev. Mr. Murray rode into the city having with him two two-horse teams. A boy 1T the Meriden House, hearing that MT. Mur ray had come and seeing the teams, rushed into the presence of the walters and ex- , claimed, Stone and Murray's circus has go here,' which set ths cooks immediately in { , panic to properly supply the table for th' F circus folks"
 Hartford reports an unusual amount o sickness, especially among children. Int number of deaths in the city from cholers , infantum is at the rate of 30 a week. S' numerous are the funerals that people tint it difficult to obtain the necessary carriages In New Haven, also cholera infantum an' cholera morbus prevail to an extraordinar. F degree, and are charged to "the miasmatit air now overhanging the city. - Francis A. Hunt of New York has sue'
 the New York and New Haven railroa'
 company for being ejected from the car at South Norwalk, November 10th, layinI , damages at SIC, 1000. MT. Hunt bought
 ticket for New York at Providence and go d off at Bridgeport, having received checl k in return for his ticket. On taking the mex f train the conductor refused to accept th d check, and as Mir. Hunt refused to pay, h called two policemen and ordered him pu V in jail at South Norwalk, where he wa
 confined for six hours. The compan
 claim that MT. Hunts ticket was an excul
 sion ticket and that he had no business o a an express train without paying the flu e fare. .
 The New Haven police made raid Sat T urday night on house of i'll fame on Unio '' street, called the St. James. The Pallad U um says:-''A policeman was Stationed ii l. the rear to prevent escape from the bee l. part of the house as the officers entered th 's front door to arrest the inmates. He hear '' man open back window, run across th It yard and jump over the fence, doubles 70 intending to make his escape by the Tai 'e road track. Instead he plunged into tt ]. dirty sewer water that flows down by tt 'K railroad track. After foundering aroun n a while in the dark, he managed to cray IS out, leaving new silk hat in the wate n The officer heard the Ewatcr splash in b
 boots at every step he took. When a e rested, he proved to be we'll known ma .o dressed in the best style. Six persons in 8 ,s were captured