Connecticut western news., 1885-07-15
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 Up to July 12 the subscription to The Worlds pedestal fund amounted to $92, ,17O55. Christopher Mann, aged III years, died at Independence, Mo-, last Sab bath.
 The Newtown Bee says: "There is 8 growing tendency, we think, to give up tobacco and go to raising corn" The Woodbury Reporter also says: ''Here in Woodbury there seems to be but few pieces of tobacco, while potato and corn fields are very numerous"
 The Hudson, N. Y, Driving Park as- sociation has selected August 4, and as the dates for the August races.
 Phineas Bradley, senior warden of St Paul's church in Woodbury, is 90 years old. Of his predecessors in the office James Moody lived to be 94, Gideon B. Botsford 90 and Benjamin Curtis Peck 85.
 The Massachusetts state board of health from recent investigation find that there is very little pure honey in the state. That sold in little glass jars is not honey at all, but simply glocose, with just little of the honeycomb put in.
 A Frenchman has patented process of making butter by passing current of electricity through milk, thus render ing the operation of churning unneces- sary. A similar method is to be used for cheese-making, and to restore an cient butter to it's original sweetness and flavor.
 The Connecticut Commercial Travel lers association will hold their seventh annual meeting at ''The Homestead, '' West Haven, Saturday, August l. It is anticipated that there will be an unusu- ally interesting gathering; it certainly will if Brother Orr" and Charley Ward attend.
 The grass on the fair grounds at Great Harrington was sold at auction Saturday for S152.
 The Delaware peach crop this year is estimated at at 2, ,590, 900 baskets.
 Lorenzo Mason states that while on East mountain, near Great Harrington, the other day he was bitten on one of the fingers of his right hand by Q rattle snake which was coiled in 0 hollow stump. He at first thought he was stuEg by bee, but in a moment saw the snake with its nine rattles, killed it, and then examined his finger. With great presence of mind Mason corded his arm at the wrist and sucked the wound, which doubtless saved his life, for he has no trouble except feeling of soreness in the arm.
 MT Killian Scutt, lifelong resident of Hillsdale, N. Y, died last week, aged 100 years and months. He scarcely ever went out of town, though possibly he had been to Hudson a few times during his long life. His funeral was attended on Saturday, July II, Rev D. Phillips officiating.
 The smallest specimen of horse flesh ever seen here is the colt at George L.. Clark's stable on Main street. It is cue of MT Clark's ponies, and sired by the famous pony stallion, Tom," of the pair fTom and Jerry, which were for merly the property of Ferdinand Ward of the late firm of Grant X Ward The colt is about foot and half hIgh.- Meridea Republicdn.
 Consul General Waller has been au- thorized by the Masonic grand lodge of this state to represent the state at all lodges in England and to sit in the grand lodge in that country.
 Up to Monday evening no verdict had been reached in the Dunbar tragedy al Pittsfeld and it is probable the mystery may remain unsolved for long time. Opinions are about equally divided | WuCbuGA Ab 10 1 1O<soC OA AuuEutT UT
 William A. White, father of William J. White, who is now serving 2 sentence in Sing Sing prison for murder, died at his residence at Dover Plains on Tues. day morning, July 2. His death was caused by heart disease, he being sick only about an hour and half before breathing his last. MT White was con. sidered wealthy man. Formerly he owned the ore mine and the furnace known as Whites furnace, situated about four miles below Dover Plains, where for many years he made large quantities of pig iron. He finally sold the property for large price to com pany of New York capitalists and late years he has been gentleman farmer, owning several valuable farms in said town.