Connecticut western news., 1879-01-22
STATE NEWS.

It appears that the new cap itol in Hart tord IS not very great success after all. It seems to have been built more for out lde show than inside convenlencs.-Niore to ornament the city than to accommodate the public. There iS great complaint made in regard to the Representatives Hail. It was impossible to hear the speaker, the 'ound ot their voices seemed to mount up- ward on the wings of eloquence through he gallery unto the dome, probably ,nawn hither by the attractive figure on the top of t. Then there was a cold drausht of air constantly rushing from the gallery upon he speakers head, causing distressing cs- arrh, which even "Potaska" could not rec leve. To remedy this the House ordered cambric curtain to be stretched along the ntlre front of the gallery, thus shutting ut the only place assigned for the ,hnd iouse and the general public. The matter vas finally referred to select committee, Ipon motion of Mir. Bugbee of KiIlinqly. Sho upon introducing tL. motion spoke as ollows:
 He said he noticed that many pers>. s we're standing outside the doors uf the louse, looking ln, us though they desired to nter and witness the proceedings. He re- ;retted that they had also been sh9l out rom the gallery, and that 1t had been nec- ssary to hang curtain in front of the gal cry Tone of cambric covered it's entire rontl with view to add to the acoustic lDtrt hA hall fNn Ia le continued to say, had been erected ct 'ery great cost, at an expense of nearly B GOO, GOO. Exteriorly 1t was beautiful 'trncture; but the hall In which he was peaking, For the purposes for which !, was rected, was complete failure. The arch. tect of the building had erred in every par icular-with reference to the location of he gallery of the house, in respect to the To- ation ot the SD aker's desk, aud also in re- ;ard to the Seats ot the members. He had 'lundered everywhere, the gentleman said. md it was too bad. The hall was not. he bought, cue whit an improvement on the me in the old State House. A voior-"lt not so good The gentleman says, con lnued MT. Bugpee, 1t is not so good. I would like to know who is to blame tor the
  lemsn who can build beautiful churches nd he has made beautiful designs tor the xterior of this structure; but it's interior arrangement is as though he had diupp, d hls hall m anywhere he could find space or Il. We have had commissioners, whose luty 1t was to see that the architect con- uuctcd building that would answer ali ne purposes for which it was intended to e used, bu, they had, be thought, failed to ttend to then duty in tue particular he ,amed.
 Treasurer Wm. A. Burroughs of the Con- 'oidate railroad has ceased to fill that posi- ion. It is stated that last Friday night the 'ficers overhauled his accounts and found q deficiency of $23, 900 money loaned to r.ends. md about $3,000 overdrawn on his own per- 'onal account. He evaded discovery for a time y skillful use of checks. Since the affair anne to light some 5000 have been TO urned y one of the borrowers, and the rema. .nder nay come in. At any rate, Mir. Bnrr ugh e hree bondsman, one of whom is his father, re good for ten times the deficiency, and the oad will not lose cent.
 Some of Rev. H. H. Hayden's female ed- nirers from Deep River called at the New Ha- 'en jail recently, and. being shown to the cell which he was supposed to occupy, whispered words of sympathy through the bars and gave aim beautiful boquet. They are quite m hgnant now, however, to learn that their con- iolence was wasted on horse-thief, Hayden laving previously been removed to another 'art of the prison at his request, to avoid the gaze of visitors.
 Dennis Ward, who ran over and killed telegraph messenger-boy at New Haven re- ently with his cart, and was let of with inc of $2 and costs, has now been held in 1000 for man slaughter.
 John E. Jones, a Waterbury dancing mas CT, has made victorious fight for his fa thef Bible, which he seized at local fair over . ear ago, where his sister had placed it on ex- ibition. In the suit that followed for the possession of the book, the court gave it into ones's possession, sustaining his claim tn is father gave it to him, and jury has just iven him SIP, its estimate of the Bibles value, nd S1 damages for it's detention during the me that Chief-of-Police Austin seiz d it hile it's ownership was in dispute.
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