Connecticut western news., 1880-06-23
GENERAL STATE NEWS.

Gen. Joseph R. Hawley has sailed for Europe.
 Waterbury is expected to show up pop ulation of over 10000.
 The census enumator's returns give Hart ford population of 5000
 The state agricultural fair will be held in Meriden on Sept. 2l-24 inclusive.
 The Uricas National bank of Norwich reduces it's capital of $500, 900 to 100000.
 The army worm has appeared in Stratford and much dam ge to crops has been done.
 Wm. Meaney, brakeman on the Air Line railroad, was killed at Middletown on Mon day, by striking bridge while on top of the cars.
 Henry R. Maloney, l9 years old, has been killed by jumping from a train of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad near Bridgeport. r.
 Wm. Stuckley, aged ten, of fDanbury, while playing on a derrick recently, fell of, was struck by the sweep and fatally injured, dy- ing in few minutes.
 A drpnken man stood on the railroad track in West Stratford the other day, defying an l approaching locomotive. He had to be for. cibly pulled out of danger.
 Edwin J. Horton of Attleboro Mass, a victim of the Narragansett disaster, has $lO,- | 900 worth of accident polices in the Travellers insurance company of Hartford l Patrick Murphy, one of the conductors of | the New York, New Haven and Hartford road, was presented in Westport Thursday with a very handsome gold stem winding watch.
 cThe manager of A. T. Stewart & Co.'S wool en mills and another New York capitalist offer to invest half'of the needed capital of $l0O,- GOO to start the old Plymouth woolen mills al Thomaston. -.'. l A harmless duel was fought with pistols on the stairs of @ house in Stamford, the home of belle with two beaux, between whom the fracas occurred. Both are the sons of wealthy and influential parents. The Yale university boat blub have choser officers as follows: R A. Bigelow, '9l presi dent; Edward Bailey, 'sl, s. Vice-president Professor Wheeler, treasurer A. c. H nd '82. assistant treasurer; M. H. Beach, 'e2 secretary.
 A few weeks since, one of the members oi the Armitage family of Darien was bitten by dog belonging to neighbor. A local phys ican was called, who applied to the wound [ solution of carbolic acid and poultice of hair from the dog that bit the patient. Last InurSQay, as MT. EQWarQ thompson of Granby was repairing rifle pistol, it dis charged, sending the ball into his body, jus below the heart, passing through and lodging in the muscles in the small of the back l s'Didn't know it was loaded" His recovery | is uncertain.
 The body of George Iceline, who mysteri ously disappeared from New London recently hag been found at the foot of large tree b, the side of the railroad track, and from tht fact it is inferred that the unfortunate youtf was thrown from his position on the car plat form by sudden jerk of the car and dashed violently against the tree. It was badly de composed and with difficulty recognized.
 The roar of cannon and the pealing of bell ushered in Watertown's tooth birthday las Thur day, and the town was crowded witt , people from the country and towns about ,I An exhibition of relics included an autograph
 of Washington. The parade included tn Putnam Phalanx of Hartford, and addresse were made by Wm. B. Curtis of New York
 Gov. Andrews F. Klngsbury of w Waterbury Rev. N. s. Richardson of Bridgeport, an Fl Dr. w. T. Woodruff of Thomaston. {.
 The elevator in the new Hartford Couran , building is fitted with Ellithorpe's safety ai } cushion, and in a test Wednesday fell six sto ries without breaking several eggs which Ina, Z been covered with bricks in the car. Tn same cushion is to be placed in the elevate
 which recently fell at Fall River, Mass. Tn , car fits the shaft with but @ small margin a the top, but at the lower end the shaft con tracts slightly, so that a rubber fringe aroun' the cars lower edge makes it fall into strongly braced air. tight box