Connecticut western news., 1884-10-22

Dr Eddy and A. T. Roraback, Esq, of Canaan. Music, torchlight procession and fireworks.
 Saturday, Oct Il, at Danbury, an at- tachment was placed on the Forepaugh show, at the instance of George A. Sta ples of Bridgeport, who fell down from the seats on Friday night. Oct 10, and received some injury. The damage | claimed is S5,000. ... The ivy planted at Yale '61, on the north side of the i- l brary building, New Hayen,is is in bloom. It is an English ivy which rarely blooms in this locality. The blossom is small creamy white cluster of the branch. There are thousands of them, and they exhale delicate and delicious odor. c. c. Parmelee of Bethlehem has on his premises pear tree now bearing three distinct crops of fruit, and throwing out fourth crop of blossoms. .. Scottish churchmen have subscribed for a 'staff " to be presented to Bishop Williams, of this diocese, on the occasion of his visit to Aberdeen for the Seabury centenary celebration. Its cost, including case and fittings, amounts to S850. On re- crossing the Atlantic our good bachelor bishop can say, almost in the words of Jacob, but with a transposition, With my bands I crossed over this Jordon, and now come with my staff. IHate''- bury American.
 Editor Rodemeyer of the YellowSpasm has wagered his moustache against the moustaehesof his brother-inlaw, Archie Evans, of Bethel. ''Rhody" bets on Cleveland and ''Archie" bets on Blaine. The looser must shave off his moustache.
 The official returns of the vote of the state on the constitutional amendment, providing for biennial sessions of the: legislature, were canvassed at the capi- tol, Oct IT, and showed majority of IA, 40 for the amendment.
 The breach between the Pennsylvania | moralized the rates, and the West Shore has cut the rate between New York and Chicago to S16, and reduced its local rate to one cent mile Receiver Hous- ton says this is an open declaration of war on the New York Central. '
 W. H. Vanderbilt gave $500, GOO, last
 Friday, to the New York college of phy=
 sicians and surgeons. The old college
 buildings, corner of Twenty-third street
 and Fourth avenue, are too small and
 on Saturday the college purchased 29
 lots corner of Tenth avenue and Fifty.
 ninth and Sixtieth street, and will i'm
 mediately erect spacious buildings This college does noble work for the
 poor people, and annually treats, with out compensation, 10000 destitute pa tients. q
 Albert G. Pratt, Meriden carriage
 painter, aged 45, has just recovered iron an attack of hiccoughs that lasted !. days and nine hours without intermis sion, during which time he hiccougheG
 at every breath. This beats the record of three days and nine hours, and tht doctors say that the men who have maA' nine days have all died in the attempt ,... The Charitable Mechanics fair a : Boston, will close November l. Th, exhibition has been one of the most sue cessful the society has held.-Sprinqtfet Republican.
 Sec'y c. D. Hine of the state board o , education proposes to hold a teachers
 meeting in New Hartford, Friday, Oc
 31, day and evening, for the benefit c
 the teachers in the Pennington valley r There has been no such meeting in Nel - Hartford in 27 years, and this meetin - ought to be largely attended. 'e
 While putting in head-gate in tn
 canal back of the Colburn factories, q
 Ansonia, the coffer-dam was undermir
 ed, Monday evening, and the whol
 body of water stored to furnish Ansonia
 many manufactures, swept over th town. The water was four feet deep i ', Main and Bridge streets cellars wer 7 flooded and much damage done. Tn break is 30 feet wide and 15 deep, an n it will take 10 days to repair the dan
 age. Meanwhile the mills are stopped
 and several thousand men are throw 4 out of employment.
 |. The Southington fair held Octobe I 14, l5 and 16 was a success. The e, > hibits in main building, poultry build n ing and agricultural tent were the fines Il shown at any fair in the state outside ( g Danbury,so says superintendent of Oar [, bury fair. who has attended them all. T The whole number of admission tick ; cts sold to Danbury fair was fl, ,29S '' This does not represent the entire al ; tendance for'there were many compl l. mentary tickets issued, and the 2e ; stands within the enclosure requifa Y 1500 persons to tend them, all of whor are not reckoned in the number of ad
 mission tickets. The daily attendance 2. therefore, averaged over g. ss89;E 9Th '- number of articles entered for premium }, was several hundred greater than an > former year. Apples are growing cheaper at Anne
 mia Union, N Y. They can now b bought for S1 per barrel, delivered. q The Litchfeld correspondence i TnrLf,,.l n.........I .f ALL