Connecticut western news., 1885-06-17
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HERE AND THERE.
 David Dickens, aged 83 years, died at New Canaan June 10, after fasting 43 days.
 A state parade of the Sons of Veterans to be held in New Haven in August is proposed.
 The reunion of the 17th c. V. will be held at Stamford on August 28. Cattle in Windsor are believed to have been poisoned by eating circus posters. -Dailv Leads- If merely taking in" circus posters poisons cattle no wonder that t6e circus itself contaminates those who take it in. 4<a~,, Fsis,lA- IL.-
 Malignant diphtheria and scarlet fever is following the measles in number of cases in Lanesboro, Mass.
 The people of Chatham are quite in earnest in their endeavor to have the Columbia county seat removed from Hudson to their wide-awake town and it is said that the sum of $40, 900 has been raised for that purpose. Chatham folks never do anything by halves and the Hudsonites may wake up some fine morning to the realization of the loss of the county seat.-Berkshire County EdgLe.
 Millerton has not been visited by so few travelling shows in years as during the past season. The roller skating rinks throughout the country seem to have almost entirely used up the show busi- ness. liAeTton Telegram. Yes, also used up the skaters health and pocket books.
 The Henry Bill Publishing company of Norwich has issued its edition of the revised bible, old and new testaments. The work of setting up, printing and binding was done in ten days, several large printing firms having been under contract to take the work in parts.
 A Greenwich photographer recently posted the following notice on his door: "On account of the anniversary of the death of my mother-in-law, will take pictures at half prices to-day. .. The clock works in Thomaston runs only three days in week. The rest of the time is spent looking for the origin of the story that the company built $50, 900 worth of watches that turned their point CTS backward. .. .''Pen Dragon" a New Preston philosopher, has been studying Nature, and finds that eff the wicked man hoes his corn and the righteous man doesn't, the wicked man haryests 8 good crop and the righteous man cuts weeds.- IVinSted Press.
 The subject of forming in Litchfield county this season an association called the Litchfeld County Base Ball League is under consideration. New Milford is ready to join and it is hoped that Win sted, Litchfield, Washington, Woodbury and Watertown will follow suit, but ii Canaan trumps with her first nine she will scoop the prizes, and the other clubs will find they have hard Rhoades to travel over and captain who plays base ball Brown.
 One of the great Minneapolis mills turns out 6,20O barrels of flour a day, and many people can remember when the old grist mill with its single or doub- le run of stone, its lazy wheel and the miller to do all the work alone was the height of our mechanical development in this direction. Duly Ledder.
 James H. Rutter, president of the New York Central and Hudson River railroad company, died last Friday and his widow died the following Sunday.
 General Grant will start for Mount McGregor to-day on the private car oi the late president James H. Rutter oi the New York Central and Hudson River railroad. Dr Douglas will accompany him.
 1 W. J. White of Dover Plains, N. Y, was tried at Poughkeepsie last week fol the murder of Samuel Proper at Dover Plains February 12. On the first ballot the jury stood II for conviction and one for acquittaL After various ballots they brought in a verdict of "Manslaughtel in the first degree" Judge Brown sen. fenced White to 15 years of hard labor at Sing Sing prison. Whites counsel moved for new trial and got ten