Connecticut western news., 1878-10-16

A strange result Of cats bite Is reported from Middletown. On Thanksgiving eve, in 1876, Mrs. Norman Cruttenden, nearly 80 years old, found homeless cat in her house, and as the night was cold, she allowed it to remain Her kindness was repaid, however, by bite on the wrist when she stopped to arrange the carpet near the animal, and several days after her whole arm became badly swollen, while finally her entire nervous system was affected. She passed through severe illness which left her nearly helpless, and now at times her speech is so affected that she stammers badly she is also unable to walk or stand without as- sistance, and occasionally the muscles of her hand contract when she has hold of anything, SD that she cannot lay it down.
 George H. Oviatt discovered snake of worms in Orange, near the boundary line be- tween the town of Orange and Woodbridge, about two weeks ago, which was crossing the highway. It was four feet two inches in length and the worms were about three eights of an inch in length, and of a pale brown color, except the head, which was black During half an hour they moved only few feet. He separated the worms several times, but they were separated only for a short time, and joined the maln body. The snake consisted of hundreds of these worms, which travel in the form of snake, and leave wet trail behind them. There were several leaders, followed by hundreds of these worms one above another, from one-quarter to one- half of an inch in thickness, and over four feet in length. snake or chain of worms was seen ill the town last year, but it was not as large as this one.
 Tally one more for the "Land of steady habits" This time it is suicide, and comes from Woodbury, where, last Saturday Mrs. Edwin Curtiss deliberately took her own life with revolver. The particulars of the sad affair are substantially as follows Mrs. Cur tiss got up about 5:3O, leaving her husband in bed, and went into the kitchen as Mir. Cur tiss supposed to light the fire. Soon after he heard the report of pistol, and, jumping out Of bed, rushed into the kitchen just in time to catch the falling form of his wife in his arms. Blood was flowing from wound in her heart. He exclaimed "who did it?" She replied, ssI did" doctor was summoned, but the wound was fatal and she died soon after. In order to make self destruction the more certain, she opened her dress front and laid bare the re-
  Mrs. Curtiss has not been we'll for the past few days, but no reason can be assigned for her rash act. She was about 30 years of age and leaves little daughter.
 Bishop Thomas Galberry of the Catholic diocese of Hartford died suddenly at New York Thursday evening of hemorrhage of the stomach. He had been suffering from dys- pepsla for some time, though there was noth- ing alarming in tho symptoms, and started for Philadelphia for little rest on Wednes- day. Father Carmody joined him at New Ha- ven, and on the cars the bishop was taken alarmingly i'll, and was removed to the Grand Union hotel, though he did not die till Father Harty of Hartford, who was telegraphed for, arrived. The bishop, who was AZ years old, was born in county Kildare, Ireland, but re- moved to Philadelphia with his parents when three years old, and was there educated for | the priesthood, being received novice of ! the order of St. Augustine in 1852, and or dained in 1856. He was soon called to pro- fessorship in Villanova college, where he was | educated, serving there two years, afterward being settled at West Haverford, Pa, Lan- | singburg, N. Y. and Lawrence, Mass, ir each place oulldlnS UP stronS chprches' Later he 1 was elected president of Villanova college, but l he had scarcely become wonted to his new | work there when the commissariate of Oul Lady of Good Counsel was changed into re- llgious province and Father Galbery was elected first father-provincial. Three months later, in Ma ch 1875, he was surprised to learn that he had been made bishop of the Hartford | diocese, to succeed Bishop Mo Farland, de- | ceased, but he hesitated long about accepting | the new position. and was not consecrated till March 1876. His labors have been earnest and indefatigable, and one great object of his heart was to build churches and schools. Twenty ha> been built, or are in progress oi erection, since his consecration in the diocese ,