Connecticut western news., 1880-09-22
VICINITY.

Winsted raised two campaign banners last Wednesday night.
 Picnics are discontinued for the season at High Rock grove.
 The state normal school at New Britain has 20 pupils more than last year.
 Now Milford furnished 32 passengers for Lucey's excursion Wednesday last.
 Plymouth is to build reservoir to contain 4OO 900 gallons of water for fire purposes.
 Hon. George Dudley, one of Winsteds s most esteemed and influential citizens, died last week.
 A Southington clothing store was burglar. ized last Tuesday night, and some jewelry stolen.
 The Democratic county convention takes place at Litchfeld Oct. 9th, to nominate can. didate for sheriff.
 Miss Carrie Goodwin who fell fifty feet down Riverton precipice short time ago, died last week from her injuries. An audience of three assembled at Hart | ford to hear Dr. Tanners lecture the other night, but the Dr. failed to appear. Last Monday was reunion day for sure. The 9th Connecticut regiment reunited at New
 Hartford the 14th at Rockville, and the 16th
 at Bristol.
 ! John Zimmerman, prisoner in Litchfeld ljail is supposed to be the murderer of the two l old ladies at Avon, recently, but no one can identify him. | The Canal R. R. Co.'S. depot at Pine Mead | ow was burglarized and robbed of $l2. in sil- | yer last May, and now negro turns up and
 confesses the crime.
 Jacob Andrew Ullman was found dead ! To ef fO committed suicide with Paris green, on &C., count of Encouragement. | A Bridgewater man who went to Danbury recently to ''haVe some fun with the boys" got all he wanted of it, but lost his $150. gold watch and some money. Winsted has few cases of malarial fever
 caused by the filthy condition of Mad river it ] is said but there is probably ''fat' theory and West street theory in relation to it. F.A. Hill of New York offers $500. for 8
 bible once owned by Mary Stevens of Can | terbury, and thought to contain evidence that will establish Mary's heirs claim to an estate
 of $1,0O0,OOo
 A Waterbury man, while moving in 8 field
 was attacked by a bull, who tossed him up
 and stamped on him, inficting dangerous
 wound in the side. He was able to walk | l A Norwalk young man, because his gal wouldn't marry him, went out and "hanged
 himself with rope," but unfortunately he
 was discovered, and cut down before he could
 die. Then the fair maid, fearing he would l try it again, and knowing from his despera- ton that his love was "true and tried" said yes, and they were made one. ! When the Bridgeport employees of the H
 R. R. were examined for color blindness last
 week, Henry Fowler, brakeman, and some years ago conductor of passenger train, was unable to distinguish one color from another When the examining doctor laid out skeir of green worsted for Fowler to match, he
 picked out every color on the table, compris- ing about twenty different colors, all ofwhicf l looked green to him.
 T Hon. Lafayette S. Foster died last Sunday
 at Norwich. He was one of the oldest Flaw yers in the state, and had been twice elected
 mayor of Norwich, not single ballot being
 thrown against him, on his re election. H' was elected United States Senator in 1855 ] and again reelected. During his last tw' , 1 years in the senate he was president of tha
 body, and on the death of President Lincoll and the elevation of Johnson to the Presiden : dy, he filled the office of Vice-president Il 1870 he was elected to the supreme bench o Connecticut, which position he held until dis
 qualified by the statutory limit of age. il ,, was "A years old.
 An awful explosion occurred at the Unio Metallic Companys works in Bridgeport las !, Friday afternoon, which resulted in loss c ] five lives, and enormous damage to property = The explosion took place in one of the sma , buildings used as Illuminating building, i J. which the five victims were at work. The u were blown to pieces, fragments and limbs f. bodies being strewn about the yard just afte " the accident What caused the shock wi never be known, as none of the men wh alone could tell the facts, are living. Tn S illuminate is 40 times more powerful than til . best powder, and not more than three pound ? were allowed by law to be kept in the built l. ing at time, but it is probable that muc = more than that was in the building last Fri e day.