Morning journal and courier., 1884-09-10
STATE NEWS.

Peter Mcintyre did a cool thing at Norwich the other day. He was speeding Lady Sher- man. down the home stretch on the trottlng track when one of the reins broke and the crowd thought it was fall day" with Peter and his mare but the p1ucky driver sprang on the beasts back, caught the check-rein and stopped her.
 The Enfield tobacco crop is the biggest for years, and farmers are looking up all the old sheds and spare storage room to be had.
 Joseph Carroll an expressman in Hartford, had a barrel of sugar fall on his foot on Mon day while unloading in front of Quinn's tea store on Asylum street. One of the foot bones was broken. Dr. Dwyer set the bone.
 Thomas Neff a lame man, 75 years old, was instantly killed at Danielsonville on Mon day while crossing the railway track, being struck by north-bound passenger train.
 Torrington was visited by a cyclone on Sat urday. Several trees in the northern part of the town were twisted off, and a barn belong ing to J. H. Smith was wrecked. Several acres of corn were ruined.
 The Consolidated road bridge over the Housatonic river will be finished about the first of November. It will be 1,105 feet long, with five spans, and draw of 200 feet. During the month, from August 6 to September 6, 2538 trains have passed over the temporary bridge-over 5000 trains dur ing the months of July and August. The structure has stood the test well and has not given the least sign of settling.
 Herbert P. Camp, young man of Water bury who has cut quite swell and been in several scrapes, has disappeared from that city and is 8 defaulter to considerable amount, besides owing good many bills.
 A WARNING THAT FAILED.
 Justice Andrew Selleck, of Norwalk, never appears to better advantage than when of ses are not considered of very serious na- ture It is well worth going miles to hear the venerable justice talk like father to some young man who for the first time in his life is a prisoner charged, we will say, with drunkenness or some slight breach of the peace In case the prisoner is female, the justice can bring tears to her eyes in less than no time. On Mon day evening Chief Lockwood ar rested a woman for drunkenness and placed her in the lookup On the following morn ing she was taken into court, where the kind hearted chief decided not to make any charge against her. He advised the justice to give her little fatherly advice and let her go. Here was chance for Justice Selleck to spread himself. Leaning back in his padded chair, with his eyes fixed on the pale face of the penitent woman, he proceeded to lecture her in the most approved style of the art. He referred touchingly to the time when she was a little innocent babe, the joy of a fond moth CTS heart, and followed her through hap py girlhood up to the time when she was ar rested for drunkenness and confined in prison cell. He was about to inculcate few general lessons when he noticed that the woman had not spoken or made any sign that she understood a word that had been said. ''Here, John," said the justice to Chief Lock wood, q can't make this woman understand a word I say There must be something the matter with her'' ''Put the lecture in writ ing," said the chief as he slid for the door: ''The woman is deaf and dumb. .'-Norwalk Hour,