Connecticut western news., 1872-03-15
STATE NEWS.

Mir. P. w. Hudson of North Manchester has twenty GOODS of various kinds of fowls on exhibition at the Massachusetts poultry show in Boston. Among the birds are excellent specimens of the ginger red and brown breasted game and Dominique breeds.
 A fire was discovered in the cellar of the banking house of G. P. Bssell & Co.,, Hartford, Tuesday morning, and by the timely work of the firemen, it was extin- guished, but not till it had shown little of it's presence in the banking house overhead. Building damaged $l5O, and c. P. Bssell & Co. $lOO.
 New Britain, on Tuesday, voted 400 to 36 to subscribe $l25, GOO. to the stock of the Connecticut Western railroad, to be expended in building branch from New Britain to Collinsville. Pennington has previously subscribed $6O, ,OOO to the same enterprise.
 A man whose name is reported to be Joseph Lavery, was run over on the Air Line railroad, Tuesday forenoon, while walking on the track near New Haven. He was picked up in an insensible condi tion and taken to the hospital, where he died in the latter part of the day.
 The Baptist churches of New Haven have just adopted the Baptist Pratse Book, a new collection of sacred music recently issued by A. s. Barnes & Co.,, of New York, and prepared by committee of the Baptist church, of which the Rev. s. D. Phelps, of New Haven, was one. The collection is very copious one, embrac- ing over thirteen hundred selections, with music, and a number of chants and an thems.
 The Ladies' building connected with the Connecticut Literary Institute, at Suffield, was totally destroyed by fire about 8 o'clock last Thursday morning. The fire was first discovered about 2:3O a. m. It is supposed to have originated from a defective tlue ol chimney, but as the building having been on fire three times last week, raised sus picion that it might have been the work o1 an incendiary. The first fire was discov cred Monday forenoon, appearing on the roof. The same night the fire broke out ir story.
 Wednesday at four o'clock in the morn. ing, a fire broke out in the store of Johr Halt in Guilford. The building is situated about mile from the depot on the wes side of the Green. The flames spread rap idly, and the building was soon destroyed The houses of Mrs. Foot north of the store and of Mrs, Labodie on the south side als, caught fire and were consumed. The flames also spread to the house of Amo: Seward, but though damaged, it was saved by the hard work of the firemen. How the fire originated is 8 mystery. It wal first discovered in the cellar, and it is sup posed that it caught from stove in tht room above and burned down. The tota loss is not far from $2O,ooO. It was tho largest fire ever known in Guilford.
 The third which occurred last Thursday morning, destroyed the building, Some O the lady students lost heavily of wearing apparel. No one was injured accepting Mir. Abner Lyman, who, with trying witl others to save the property was knocked down by bricks from the wall. It wa! first supposed that he was injured fatally but he escaped with broken ankle ant severe bruises on other parts of his body } The total value of property lost is abou $l5,OOO. Insurance $lO,OOO. Arrange ments for boarding being provided by lh inhabitants of the town, the school vii resume its exercises-the winter term clos ing in two weeks.
 One of the Windsor Locks murderers beginning to realize what neglect of con.