Connecticut western news., 1883-05-30
HERE AND THERE.

caboose down bank on the New Eng land road at Willimantic, Thursday. Nobody was hurt.
 There are only Il prisoners in Litch- field jail, one being woman. One of these will be discharged as soon as he is well enough to go.
 William Black and John McClaren died in Patterson, N J, Friday, from the effects of eating poisoned meat had for dinner Wednesday.
 A pair of carriage horses belonging to the late Captain Joseph Bartram of Black Rock were chloroformed recently, the family being unwilling to sell and having no use for them.
 Michael Mulvany, track repairer on the New-York & New Haven railroad, was killed by the Boston express near the Stratford depot, Friday night. He was 28 years old and leaves 8 wife and one child.
 Next Sunday St Mary's church, and St Joesph's convent at Lakeville, will be dedicated or blessed. Excursion trains will run from Winsted and Mil lerton. Train passes this station at 9:30 M for Lakeville.
 The body of man was found in the river at Goodspeed's Landing, Friday, who is supposed to be one of the vic tins of the Granite State disaster. It is not yet known whether he is T A Ora ham of Hartford, W w Howe of Brook lyn or Patrick Welch, the last named a young man drowned few weeks ago some distance above Goodspeed's.
 In making excavations for building in New Orleans recently, the remains o1 a boat 80 feet long were found eight feet below the surface of the ground Within its hull lay imbedded a number of human bones. The place where il was found was probably once a part o1 the Mississippi river: but there is noth
 ing known about the loss of such 8 boat
 A woolen mill and two tenement
 houses, owned by Rawitz X Brothers O.
 Stafford, were burned at Stafordsvillt
 Thursday afternoon. The fire started il
 the picker room. The loss is probably
 1925, ,OOO; insured. A young man named
 Peter King was burned to death, bein&
 caught in the picker room, the door o
 which was shut to prevent the spread o
 the fire.
 Conductor Jones of the Watertow, railroad had couple of passengers Tuesday morning whose combined
 weight was about 600 pounds The,
 were popular hotel keeper and jovi al commercial tourist" As they bot
 got somehow into one seat, no extra far was charged and no accident happene, on the down run, though the enginee noticed that the train did start rathe hard.-[ Waterbury American. } A little boy named Frank Maher, age, , years, fell into New Haven sewe Saturday, May 10. Officer Nichols, c { the Derby railroad, heard the boy cry F obtained a rope and lowered it to him
 the little fellow was so weak and exhaust ed that he could not hold on. Excite , persons were about to tear up the stree l when Nichols fixed moose in the rope @ telling him to put it over his shoulder Q as if he was playing horse. The bo q did so and was drawn out nearly e ' hausted.
 The comet is not yet exhausted as D subject for newspaper paragraphs
 South America. The Siglo of Mont
 video says that there is to be seen e Graneros, Tucuman, a girl three montl j. old who has the figure of the com : marked on her forehead. The nuclel l. is situated between the eyebrows, ar !, the tail follows along to the left of u u forehead to where the hair begin e The figure is of reddish color, and d inclination to the eyebrows is forty-f " degrees. The mother of the infant 6 # tributes thu phenomenon to her havil ,' looked too intently at the comet. II The Hartford Times appeared Frid
 in quarto form, and is to be hereaft ,- printed in that shape on 8 new perfe' f ing press. It is having some dificul f in adjusting the "paster, but all t tp machinery will soon run as smoothly '' clock work. It is a great convenien 'e to read quarto form paper. You z le not obliged to stand upon chair to fo p the paper or reverse sides with it. ' o' congratulate the Times on their ent n r prise and prosperity, for the chang at made, involve large outlay for mach
 cry.