Connecticut western news., 1882-08-23
HERE AND THERE.


 Southington with a capital of $l50,000.
 |. A farmer near Chatham will lose 100 bush- els of oats by the ravages of the army worm. Norwich has 8 tailor with a beard six feet long and an offer from Barnum of eighty dol- lars week didn't tempt him.
 The Crockett company of New Haven, manufacturers of wood preservatives will re- move to Bridgeport and build large factory.
 Edward Clarke of Winsted has built house of unique design upon cellar dug out ot sol Id rock. The house will be supplied with wate: from well on a mountain in the rear.
 Morris Barber, of Pitts6eld, for breaking and entering, was held in $500 in the district court last week for the grand jury, and for larceny from the Boston and Albany shops in $20O He went to jail Tn default of bail.
 An air, tight clock is being made for Wes. leyan university by the American watch con- pany of Waltham, Mass. The clock winds itself up by means of an electrical apparatus and as the air is exhausted from the case when the clock is started, atmospheric dis turbances are avoided.
 | Three caves have been discovered on the farm of Joseph K. Root of Barkhamsted, ca pablo of shetering 30 or 40 men each, the l existence of which were unknow to the owner. Teams can he driven within 30 rods. MT. Root has discovered what good judges Call mineral deposits, and he will take speci- mems of rock to New Haven to be analysed.
 THE Pall Mall Gazette of Aug. 17, says private telegrams recieved in London say that troubles in Corea have culminated in an in. surrecton, and that the King and Queen have been assassinated The Japanese legation was attacked by natives belonging to the anti.for- eignrty. Japanpaese men ofwar have been despatched to Seoul river.
 William B. Seward, who ruus a hotel in Roxbury, Conn.,, has been camping out on one of the numerous islands in Norwalk har- bor Last week he was h If mile out in the Sound in boat, black fishing He noticed the fin of large shark slowly approaching. Having shark hook with him, he baited it with nice black tish, tied it to the painter, and threw It over near the shark. The shark took it and Was caught When he felt the iron he started dragging the boat and anchor alter him. He soon became exhausted, and Mir Seward pulled him up close to the boat and lodged rife ball in his brain. Then he lowed him to shore, tough job, for the shark was eighteen feet long.
 The monument just put in the Sheffield cemetery by subscription from his friends to the late Sheriff Root is of Chester granite, 12 feet high, resting on a four, foot base. There are three bases, and on polished die is the Tn scription, "Graham A. Root, 25 years sheriff of the county of Berkshire. This mon. ument is erected by his fellow citizens in grateful remembrance of his honesty, kindly spirit and faithful service" On one face of the cap above the die is Maltese cross. comme morating his Masonic membership. | Nbo .;tl, ,b. ing of the lot, the expense will be about $7OO.
 Six young ladies arrived iu Hendersonville, yesterday, we'll equipped for journey on foot through the adjoining country. The glrls wear dresses shorter than the regulation walking skirt, have knapsacks strapped over their | shoulders, and wear broad bottomed easy shoes, and dark hose. The girls are young, the oldest being probably not over 22, and the youngest l6 They are pupils of we'll known seminary in the South, and daughters of prominent business men They are all in excellent condition except the youngest of the party whois suffering from bl,stered feet. They have walked about PA miles since they started out, sixteen days ago. They have campcd out five nights with no roof over lhelr heads except that afforded by nature No one has molested nor interfered with them, and they express themselves as being fully cOIlpeteuI CO Gdke CdTc Ol lIlRlT own d1IalrS.- Heradersomville (N. O. Ne0s.
 ABOUT o'clock Wednesday morning, U. S. Senator Benjamin H. Hill, died at his home at Atlanta. Georgia, after d long sickness Benjamin H. Hill was born in Jasper County, Ga, in 1923. He attended the Georgia Uni versity, from which he graduated at the head of his class, and the following year was ad mtted to the Bar of Georgia He gained fame as an orator and debater while in col lege. For 10 years he practiced law, aud took no interest Tn politics until 1851, when the old Whig Party elected him to the House of Representatives of Georgi.. In this body he took leading position. He atterward ds lived a private citizen for four years, when the "American" Party became feature oi the politics of the country. Mr. Hill became it's leader in the State of Georgia. Alexander H Stephens was at that time opposing the Know Nothing Party as early as Mr. Hill was indorsmg it Of the four Presidential tickets in the field in 1860, Mr. Hill supported the American. which bore the name of Bell and Everett. After the election of Lincoln Georgia called her secession convention. Tc this body Mir. Hill was chosen delegate, and here he found his old opponent Alexander Il Stephens The two were united in senti ment on the question of secession, opposing it vigorously. When it was finally resolved to secede, however both MT. Hill and Mir Stephens went with their Stale. MT Hll was chosen by the Georgia Legislature one of the Senators in the Confederate. Congress. After the war he allied himself to the Dem. ocratic Party, and in '75, upon the death o Congressman Garrett McMilan, he was elected to till his place in the House. In January, IL Al. ...-.