Morning journal and courier., 1885-11-12
STATE NEWS.

MT. A. P. Somers delivered 8 lecture in Caanan on "Our World" Tuesday evening under the auspices of the State Board of Ed ucation.
 Mr. Miner of Mystic, has been to Canada and returned with twelve hundred turkeys. which he will feed for the Thanksgiving and Christmas market. He handled large focks last year.
 Mrs Grace, commonly called "Aunty Grace, in consequence of her age, which is alleged to be 1O7 years, is dan serously i'll at her residence on Highland avenue.-Bridge- port News.
 General Colt, of Norwich, was in town Tuesday, and with General Thomas McMan- us visited the State prison and compared war notes with General Chamberlain, whom he met for the first time. General Chamber lain was wounded seven times in the war and General Colt eight times.
 The new barn of P. K. Hoadley in North Guilford was burned Monday evening, with three fine horses, fifty tons of hay and 8 quantity of farming implements. The horses were worth $1, ,0O0 and the total loss will be about $4, ,000. There was no insur ance and the cause of the fire is unknown.
 New York people appreciate Hartford bus mess and residence property as IS evidenced by the sale of the Foster block as an invest ment to Mir. ". P. Eno, of New York, for 8 hundred thousand dollars or more, and the beautiful Jewell residence to Mir. Thomas Holland of the same place at 8 round figure. Hartford Courant
 About 15O broad-loom weavers in the War ren woolen mill at Stafford Springs struck yesterday morning for the restoration of the companys former cloth inspector, who was too lenient and short sighted with the weav- CTS in imposing fines, so the company thought. Robert Buckley was put in his place, and the men claim he is overbearing in charging fines for ''mispicks."
 Two remarkable young women, one phe- nomenon and the other a model, are now bragged about by the Connecticut State press. The first lives in Hartford, and, without any training at all, bangs original music out of piano in way that astonishes everybody. Seeming to have no control over the keys, her hands moving by instinct, some of her music is described as unearthly and Eseeming to come from groups of invisi- ble musicians" She is believed to be sec ond Blind Tom. The other lives in Harwin- ton, makes the butter from seventeen COWS, milks dozen of them, rears the calves, does all the cooking for large family and can entertain parlor full of company with grace and brilliancy, playing selections from the masters on e piano, and all the while keep the kettle of potatoes boiling in the kitchen.-Springfeld Republican.
 The Willimantic Democrats used the pa- rSCAldA 6CuOOl Hu6SI1Ou HI issue HI tAo borough election Tuesday and overthrow the Republicans. The Democratic ticket was elected by forty majority, save the clerk, for which office Chief Daniels, the Republi- can candidate, was barely reelected by the hrerae en1s favor Of course the question of taxing parochiaI school property was tow1a matter, but the Democrats saw an opportunity and used it. After the town authorities refused to call town meeting on the parochial a4 Gaf ,I1 ures to secure a writ of mandamua from the Superior court judge to compel the select men to show cause for their action. This led the selectmen to reconsider their decision, and early Tuesday morning call appeared for town meeting to be held Monday. It had no effect in staying the Democratic tide at the polls An effort will be made next Monday to instruct the town authorities to withdraw the suit against the parochial school.