Connecticut western news., 1878-08-29
State Mews.

eGy nelO tnetr 1alr at hOckVllle october | 18th and 26th.
 The Connecticut State far will be held at Charter Oak Park at Hartford, September 10. Il. 12 and IS. Deep River reports the first frost of the | season on Saturday morning it was cold | enough there to form thin ice. The drummers and fifers of Copn. will | make an excursion to Rocky Point on the | 30th, and indulge in cam bake. |
 The eleventh annual reunion of the Old Tenth Conn. Volunteer Association will be held in Birmingham. September 9th.
 Contest ants for the money of the murdered Spellman are manv. aud 1t is probable the little sum leit, will 70 to feod the law5 CTS.
 It is said that the great case of the Lenox Plate Glass Go. against w. F.. Dodge, involving several hundred thous- and dollars, will be re2pened, new evil dence having been discovered.
 Leonard Bradley of Harwinton has lost three horses from a mysterious disease within two months. He suspects poissn, and the stomach of the last one dead has been sent to New Haven for examination.
 Sixty young men, connected with the diocese of Hartford, are now studying ut the various seminarles of tho United States in preparation for the Roman Catholic priesthood.
 -Wallingford destroyed nearly all its dogs when the hydrophobia scare was at its height. but now, as the foxes are ma king havoc among the poultry. people are thinking of replenishlng the supply.
 -Lenox has never had more guests than this season, and people stiIl arrive. who have spent the earlier months at other re- sorts. Over $6,OO0 have been expended in Lenox during the past two years, for vil- lage improvements, $S,000 of which were ralsed by prlvate subscriptions.
 The Conn. peace society held it's annu- al meeting Tn Mystic last Friday, speeches were made and letters read from Wendell Phillips, Wm. Lloyd Garrison and others. The resolutions described the present busl- ness depression throughout the world to the great increase in war, debt and taxa | tion.
 A man who gave the name of Bur. roughs when applying for berth, got on board the steamer City of Lawren ce, at Allyn's Point, Sunday. On the vessels arrival Tn Hartford, Monday morning Bur. roughs was found dead in his berth, having cut his throat.
 -Wallingford suffers In another serious manner, the cattle of the farmers being at tackled by the regular Texan cattle disease or Spanish fever, and great numbers are dy ing. Care is taken to prevent the spread Of the disease, and the carcasses of all the ani mals which have died have been burned or buried.
 -"The Genius of Connecticut" the crowning figure of the group of statues to be placed upon the dome of the state cap itol of Hartford, has been successfully cast in bronze at Munich, and will arrive soon It weighs 5000 pounds, is very graceful figure and Is greatly admired by the artists who have seen the model Tn Rome.
 The Bible society of Kent held it's ami yersary in the Congregational church last Sunday afternoon. The meeting was ad dressed by the Rev. William l.. Gilbert o, New Haven. The constitution was se amended as to render the society an auxil iary of the Connecticut rather than the American Bible society.
 At o'clock Saturday afternoon, an ag Ter Io>l ixprn es in North Avenue, Bridgeport, near Jas Beach's house, and grssped 8 young wo man who was walking by. She screamed but could not get away unfll the tearing of her dress set her free. She ran, but h, pursued her. A laborer in a field heard her crles aud came to her rescue with pitch fork. The rascal escaped.
 -Wetbersfield and Glastonbury occupy opposite banks of the Connecticut rlver Within the last 90 years. hundreds O acres have been worn from the Glaston. bury side, and added to the Wethersfeld possessions ot the late Gideon Wells, who claimed all the new made land under the law of accretion. The old mau is dead and the land losers of Glaston bury hay, placed boundaries on the land ac JOSS tn, 1 river, and will test the matter in tn, courts. ..
 A singular accident and narrow escape from drowning occurred on Friday even ing after the. terrible tornado, at MaIl How lands, in the town of Kent. His ht tle boy having been put to bed wan, cd some water, but as no one went to get any for him, he got up, went down to the well and Tn trying to drink out of tue bucket fell into the we'll, No ore knew of tho oc. currence until late in the evening, when Mir. Rowland went to the we'll and think ing he Saw some object in the water went into the house and inquired where the boys were. Going up stars he fouDd that the youngest was gone. Then he hurried down to the we'll and rescued the little fe,- low, who had supported himself by cliug- tug to the stones.
 A horrible discovery was made on the beach near Seaside park, Saturday. MT. B. K. Mills and his little son were crab fishing. The little boy wishing to wade in the shallow water, took off his boots, but finding an old boot on the shore, MT. Mills suggested that he should put it on, tlAt be might dig in the mud with his toes Try ing to do SO he found that It would not go ! on, and on examination, O hunaan foot was found in it. apparently cut off at the ankle. The boot was rather @ small one, laced in front, evidently having been worn by a man or boy. Several pieces of flesh were found in the vicinity. The proper author nes are making an investigation.