Connecticut western news., 1880-01-21
GENERAL STATE NEWS.

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 The farewell sociable of the Hartford City Guard occurred Friday night.
 New Hartford is having revival of religion, in the Congregational church.
 The Portland quarry companies have dsclar- cd dividend of and 10 per cent.
 A absolute rag picker in Waterbury, named Peter Honnikee, hung himself the other day.
 Harry sedgwick of Cornwall Hollow has talk en the agency for 6 New York Fertilixing Go. I F. G. strickland's hotel at Bloomfield was bui ned Thursday night loss $5,oO0; insured.
 Frank c. Barse has resigned as jailer at -Iitchfeld. Mir. Scott takes his place tempora- rily. .,,.
 Woodbury wants to establish state 'bureau of information" for the detection of horse thieves. .."as [ Hartford amateurs played "Among the Breakers" last Friday night. for charitable purposes.
 A gold mine is said to have been discovered in Savin Rock, West Haven. while boring an artesion well.
 Thomaston German recently ate heartily shortly afterwards.
 A young man in Windsor Looks rolling mill was pierced by . red hot bar of steel re- gently, and is doing we'll. ...
 A Middletown boy has commenced the pub lication of the ''Fireside- Weekly" which is PEAuteu entlrely Wltn pen. In pigeon race from 6tonington to Provi- dence. distance of Al miles, in snow storm, the best time was h. 21 m. Deep River has been enjoying ghost, which would emerge from the Catholic cemetery and frightsn belsted pedestrians.
 The New London Scythe Co are to put on night force. They are now doing double the amount of work done in 1873. ...
 A. R. Parsons of Springfield has bought an interest in the Conn. Farmer at Hartford and assumes editorial management. 'r "
 Four boys, living on the same street, and in adjoining houses st Thompsonvilie, were drowned in the Connecticut river on the 10th inst. $s'
 are to have . convention and supper at the United States hotel, Hartford, tomorrow eve- ning.
 Rev. Ebenezer P. Clifford of wallingford killed in 1879 forty weight muskrats and twelye @ skunks, and eked out his salary by selling the belts.
 William Young fell backward into vat fill- cd with boiling water in Seymour hat factory last week, and was seriously scalded, but viii recover. st B.
 A little Miss in Wolcottville, who was affiict- ed with the chicken pox told an inquiring friend she had the Hypocrisy, or something like that"
  about week ago, and has not been heard from since. No cause can be assigned for his disappearance.
 The annual meeting of the Conn. Temper ance Union was held in Hartford yesterday and to-day, several prominent speakers ad- dressing the meeting.
 Hartford had an excited town meeting the other day, over the removal of George Govt from the superintendency of the almshouse be- cause he kept fast horse.
 Blue birds, robins, meadow larks and wake- and frogs pesping, in Windham county last week. So says the Transcript.
 A young New Yorker attempted suicide in his room in New Haven hotel, by shooting himself in the abdomen but thanks to . poor pistol and poor aim. he will recover. *.
 A "double-ripper" in Naugatuck is ten feet long, has 8 headlight similar to that of . loco- motive, and carries red light at the rear. A competent physician accompanies it.
 A Bridgeport man who was bitten by hog while attempting to drive it from its pen few weeks ago, had his leg amputated in conse- quence, by Dr. Hubbard the other day.
 The Wheeler and Wilson Sewing Machine Go. of Bridgeport are said to have on hand or ders for ten thousand sewing machines in ad- vance of the capabilities of their immense es- tablishment.
 5000 worth of jew elry, stolen last summer from New Haven lady's house while the Bridgeport pawn broker, to whom the thief sold 1t for $125.
 Stephen A. Coffin, 6 composition, and who was employed in the NEWS office on the Camp Meeting Daily, took first money, amounting to $SO, in pedestrian match ct Waterbury on New Years Day. @.a
 Mrs. Jason J. Graham of Kensington has l just found, in Chicago railroad engineer, brother from whom she had been separated l for 20 years, neither having 6 knowledge of | the others existence. l
 The cost of the Hayden trial is figured up at | $90, ,0O0, the witness fees amounting to about 1 nesses; the defense 70. Among the witnesses | were twelve distinguished professors. s..
 It is proposed to lay out road on the south- | east side of Lake Waramaug from Ash Swamp bridge to the northwest end of the lake, thus ! the shore road around the lake, | and making probably the finest drive in the state.
 A train ran into a carriage at Stamford re- l gently, containing the father of Prof. Richards | sf Yale College. his daughter, and coachman. MT Richards was killed. the coachman severe ly cut, and the lady escaped with hardly scratch.
 A middle aged woman in South Norwalk re- gently bought 45 grains of morphine at drug store and immediately swallowed the whole amount, saying she was votary of the opium habit. The dose had no apparent effect upon ner, although it was enough to kill 15 ordinary people.
 nine-months-old baby at Yalesville was lied in 8 small rocking chair by children in whose charge it was left, and left near stove, In some way the chair fell forward, throwing he child against the hot stove, and it was ound with its face and one hand still pressed against it, by the mother. It is not likely to Iurvive.
 The January term of the Supreme Court of Errors for Hartford was concluded Friday afternoon. The docket was cleared with the exception of four or five cases, which went ,ver by agreement of counsel. The hearing ,n the motion for new trial for the Bridge ,ort murderer, Hoyt, which was expected to ake place here, did not come of, but will be leard ct the March term of the Court at Bridgeport. !