Connecticut western news., 1882-04-12


 to injury, sent Sheriff csesbythere to quell ths disturbance About the only thing they do know how to run we'll iuH Bridgeport, is a mel agefie. andat that when Barnum, Dan. bnr>- man is ontof town, they ere buseed.-- D",'dury Republican
 tfae day last week. according to the Litch' field Enquirer, the shcpaug mail was about two hours latei and a gentleman said the reason was because p,au this side of Rox bury hailed the train and said if they would wait till he could shave aud change his clothes he would ride to Litchheid them Not wishing to lose passenger traffic of course they waited, and ak hands hunted rabbits while the farmer performed his toilet.
 The Hartford Post, ever contemplating and wide awake, has just put another feather in it's cap by issuing aa "Annual,"a book hand somely printed and bound, giving portraits and biographies Of all the state officials, sen. ators and representatives in Congress, state legislators, and tie governors staff. It is 9 work worthy to be kept on the centre table, and read by every one, end the Post is eu- titled to great credit Gor it's publication, of which the whole site Slsuu,l he proud.
 The little investigation into the affairs of the state hoa'd of education by the legisla. ture might have been tnangnrated years ago without any injury to the public interests. Itsis to be hoped that, the examining Scom' mittee will make thorough QYerhauliug off fhe entire establishment Some Of the testimony already taken shows, that the: commission busine ss was profitable in certaln cases, Il the committee goes fur enough, out of the range Of books and school fixtures, they may be able. to trace close coSneetioa. between some of the nurs ries of the state mot nurse ries of <aeducation but Uf trees-and the @stLetical subject of village Improvement | It Is about tune that this whole matter -hac at least airing enough to let ps know whici way theswind has been blowing for severa years -Haruord Post: : > . ;.
 Last Friday the Connecticut. Reporters association. beld their fourth annual reunion at the Elliott t.cuse,. New Haven. At th' business meeting preceding the banquet of acers far the ensuing year were elected a
 follows: President, William Rodmsn of th' l New Haven Register; first vice president
 Henry 4. Farnham of the Hartford Times
 second vioe president, Lewis Allen of tn | New Haven Union secretary and treasurer
 Thomas L. Reiliey of the Meriden Eveninl
 Press, Mefiden; executive committee, Thoina Is. Weaver of the New Haven Register, Roh
 ert E Day of the Nsw Haven Palladium, \
 0 pe.tie.i of the HartfoEd Post, J. B. Luck
 of ,le. Now Haven Courier and Foster S Basse,t of the Neu Il, yen Union. Frank
 Deacl. of the Waterbury American, the reti ing president, received . hearty vote (
 thsnks in appreciation of his services durin l sLe i've ysars he has been the head of th organization. '''
 Tie nanbury News issued sn extra Thur
 day to give the particulars of destructive f,
 occurring in that place Wednesday night The New York and New England Railros company had barn burned about 9 o'clocl
 ,ogetl CT within horse. carriage. and wago harness. etc. belongingso K. P. Fairchil' :, Loss SI 200 Mir. Fsirhilds being $500; T
 il.sursnse. At330 there was another alarr , fire having been discovered in Marsh Fay c.gar store in Grif6ngs block. In this bull ing is the; Pahquioque hotel to which u lamvs spread. The hotel waSS occupied 4 Plat Osborne, andownsd by the Lyman Ke fer estate. Mr Osborne saved portion hls furniture. His loss he estimates at b 3 tween Ss GOO and 4,O0O; his insurance a S2,500 The loss on the building is $500 There g an insurance on the building al , barn os g., ,5OO. Marsh Fay's loss is abo '. s, 80 insured for $1 ,x50. Cole @ Ste , sns, in,ehers, loss' not known: Phe sto V ani Hs.c hinery of W. H. scoHeld, weave n were badly damaged. = On the second flo :, livet, the families of Louis Peters and Kob, if Koln Mr. Peters family of eight persos g and kohn's family of six children got. out q the building,t bat 1t was narrow escape, sor !, of them not having time to get on their cloth ! Esome of the furniture was saved MT. Pete 70 loss is estimated between $500 and $400; , insurance. On the third floor lived Hen ,e c. Conley and Charles H. Benediet,' W ,e saved themselves, but whose furniture W B. seriously damaged by flame and water. } Grifine's loss on building is about $3,oo ,. insured for $2, GOO. Ira Wheeler's market at an entire loss $500. there being no insuran xt The fire is supposed to have been start le from the explosion ofa lamp in Marsh Fla
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