Connecticut western news., 1882-06-14
HERE AND THERE.
Winsted is to have a new bolt shop.

Winsted is to have new bolt shop.
 New Haven has 956 licensed saloons.
 Waterburys post office is to be replaced by a new one.
 New Hartford's new church was dedicated last week
 Work has been begun on the now court house at Hartford.
 Potatoes are selling in New Hartford for $l,75 bushel,
 The Citizens Cornet Band of Bethel have got new uniforms.
 About 300 hands will be employed in the silk works at Winsted. A cat down in Harwinton, is bringing up family of woodchucks. H. O. Beach, had a COW killed by light ming in Goshen the other night. Gov. Bigelow and son are to sail for Eu- rope this week for six weeks trip.
 Rose Terry Cooke will attend the reception to be given Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe in Boston this week.
 There is an opening here for good photographer. Wood6ury Reporter. In the poor house?
 Jacob Beck was drowned in the mill pond at Easton. near Bridgeport, while bathing last week.
 Thirteen Seniors of Trinity college were fned SlO and costs the other day, for haZlng other students.
 Lieutenant Hewitt whose home was in Bridgeport, was married in Texas recently, as he lay on his death bed
 While in New Haven the other day, Jumbo got badly lamed, while going from the grounds to the cars. The Bremen of New Milford are to have grand parade July l2th. Fire companies / from othe- towns are to be invited The annual meeting of the Lltchtielc
 South Consociatiou was held in Sherman las , Tuesday.
 Mark Twain has published new boot
 under the title 0: 'The Stolen W hite Elephant,
 and containing series of humorous sketches
 Harry NJ Burtch of Sheffield, graduate
 of the Albany medical school, will ''brac
 'em up" in East Canaan, where he opens al
 office soon.
 On account ofil health, Col. c. D Blin has resigned the office of deputy sheriff o New Milford Geo W. Anthony has bee u appointed to fill the vacancy. Mrs. James R. Sutliffe of Meriden Wa u terribly, perhaps fatally, burned on Satur !" day. A pan of scalding lard in which sh ' was frying doughnuts, was upset over hel
 Rush Cheney, one of Counectieut's mos
 enterprising business men, died at Sout
 Manchester, June 7th. lie was of the fl Il nous Cheney Brothers, silk manutacturin e company, and was 67 years of age, Edward Cramer, brother of Jennie, hs :, written another letter to the New Have
 Register, this time to deny the newspape 'O reports of suicidal tendency in his fath'
 and among his relatives. William Myers Hartford lad started ft |. school few days since and has not bee
 heard of since. He is described as havin . light blue eyes, light complexion, dark hai !. and wearing dark clothes and straw hat. The Winsted Press after saying Hem r. Garfield of Reynolds Bridge, while drum
 was run over by train breaking his snec
 both arms, a thigh bone and nearly cut of
 foot comes to the conclusion and says # ol-n " !" judge, undor the circumstances. In the show window of Benjamin's jewel is store is lady's fan which has an intereslii 'u history It is the property of Mrs, C. 'e Briggs of Warren, Ohio, who has recent
 been in town few weeks. Mrs. Briggs W st a schoomate of President Garfield, and ev CT since her school days has been one of | ,r' intimate acquaintences. Mrs. Briggs was
 Washington at the time MT. Garfield w ng about starting for his trip to Wiliamston, ( lls the day of his assassination), and having he h. self son in college there was to send a pac
 age to him by the hand of the President, W nj had kindly offered to take charge of it. s ve was in the waiting room of the depot wh m. MT. Garfield and Mir. Blaine entered it, q is route to the special car which was await z them, and as MT. Garfield approached NJ
 Briggs to receive the package his assass
 stepped in front of her and fired the shot tl '' shrouded the nation in mourning. While la IT. ing ou the floor of the waiting room where
 fell, Mrs. Briggs kuelt by his side aud fam n- him with the fan to which we allude We Il
 derstand she intends presenting it to Jam th Garfield, the Presidents eldest son, as
 memento of the tragic event. Winsted Ht os ald