Connecticut western news., 1885-01-21
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A new club was formed last week by the youns business men of Winsred, nan.ed the F. V club. The following officers were elected: J ] Tawler president; W Phelps vce-president: H. K. White. secretary and tro surer.- Winsted Herald. Poor Victuals club?
 The stock of the Naugatuck road sells at next to the highest price of any Tn the mar ket Tn the United States. IL is very hard to get hold of, but some recently went at iH2. Fms speaks rather we'll tor the management of the TO d Bridgeport Ne,eS.
 The annual meeting of the First church of Wrnst' d, was held Jan7 RoIln l.. Beech CT. E. E Gilman and II. R. Adkins were chosen committee. and c. B. Ha lett clerk. The re- port showed that $3,Oo0 mor gage on the parsonage lad been paid during the year 1; that $25O,s6 Ina been given for charitable purp srs; that thcle is a balance in the trt as- | ury of sl09.S6
 The mother of Colonel William B. iudd of Lakeville, died January s. The re. mains were taken to Lyons, V. Y, for burial.
 A despatch from Portland, Or, Jan. | IS reads: S"uw has blociaded the trains oF the Oregon Central railroad for the past % days seriously incommOdug hundreds of passeh- gers. The management sell tic'.ets at ach end nevertheless, although the small pOx has broken out among the delayed passengers The management ls severely censured by the people and trouble is feared.
 The Religious Herald of Jan. 1, says: Mayor l'uckeley starts for San Fran isco nexI week His marriage 10 Nlss H 'ughton Ofthat city IS announced for Feb II. General ami urs W. II. Buckeley and Miss Buckeley, their Laughter, W Il leave on the 26' h, to be present tt the wedding.
 About 100 Bridgeport citizens signed tho peIitIo to congress So improve Port Jet- rersun harbor. P. T Barnum heading the list The names were obtained mainly through lhe emerge ic effor ts of A. l.. Cheney, editor ofthe Long Island News Letter. About 300 names were secured in Port Jefferson. We are glad to know hat there is prospect that the pro- ject will succeed .,-B Bridgeport Euenimg Post ur Cheney was formerly connected with the H"usatonic Ray, and those who know him WI l not be surprised to learn of another one of his public spirited acts. Continue tn d. SD, Bro' Cheney, and your eward will be certain Faith III all thiugs-why not2-Ne.o Maford Item.
 The honor of being 8 member of the new German state council is a pretty costly one. The m' mit rs receive no pay, not even rrce passes over the railways, and have to de- fray the ex .enses of their temporary sojourn III Berlin out of heir owu pockets.
 H. D. Patterson, the Bitter Apple man of Naugatuck, has ma te an assignment. He paid off $7.OOO of indebtedness during one ye IT aud had his creditors waited pttrntl! he thinks he could have paid every dollar. '''' 4 conversation was ca,ried on. Wednes iav. by parties III PIttsteld, Mass and Bridgeport, onn by telephone, using the wire that runs through t is village Connections we're made u Falls Will tee, Thomaston and Waterbury. -Thomaston Express.
 An old Norwich bachelor, who died recently, proves to have had a mania for col ncting womeu's shoes; over 100 pairs ofall the styles of a quarter of century were found among his effects. '.'..Oi the 32,W0 Indians in the territory of Dahota, 3J00u speak the English language. ''''''A petition is to be presented to the legislature for the repeal of tine general railro d law and for statute against the building of a railroad parallel to one already exiNtlng.-Retigious Herald.
 A movement is on foot to establish public Ii raIy at New Milford.
 Prot Benjamin Sillinan of Yale college lied Jan l4 of heart dlSoase.
 At the senatorIaI caucus held at Albany 1iunday night the lion William M. Evar's Was Il ,,ninated U. .. senator.
 One thous Iud cases "f measles arr report' d a. New Bedford. Mass, all average of one case to every persons.
 Tue ltay State sugar refinery at Boston was destroyed by nre Jan. IS. Loss $25U,OVU P rt- ly IusuIel
 The engine room of the bolt shup of the Peck, stow Wilcox Co. ut SUuthlnBtUn was burned Sunday night. Los, S400
 Dr Carver finished his six days tar get shootat New Haven asst Saturday evening, beating hls own record md making u score O1 6 ,8oI sh,Is ired-misses 4S65, hits GJ,"I6. He expccls to re ize g ,0O0 Ior his weeks work.
 In the North American Review for February Lht Rev Dr Ii. J. Van Dyke, Jr., and the nev HtnryWard Beecher discuss the ques- ton ''Shall clergymcu be pollticlansP Dr. Van Dyk, thinks the clergymen ill politics IS injurious aud lowers the pulpit to the level of the stump. Mir Beecher tahe entirely an op- posite ground, thinks it the duty of ministers to engage in politics, but would excuse the ! Catholic priests and Episcopal clergymen 1 from participating ill politics.
 The state lunatic ho. p.tal at Kni ka- kee, Ill was burned Jan. IS and l7 inmates De lshed Ill the fl tmes.
 America publishes 2,SOO, 900, 900 cop ies of daily. weekly and monthly journals and Europe 7,3CO,uc0,OoO. There are 239,9 ,95s persons in the United States above the age of ! lO who cannot read and write The popua