Connecticut western news., 1886-11-17
HERE AND THERE.
Dakota is ahead of all the states with a postoffice named "Bartholdi

 A Po'keepsie dealer has the boldness to display card ''no cigarettes sold to boys
 Work on the foundation walls of the new court house at Bridgeport began last Thursday
 A New Britain woman died of blood poisoning caused by cutting her finger with green thread while sewing.
 A petition is being circulated asking the Hartford county commissioners to increase the liquor licenses from S2oo to S4OO
 r. E. Beach, managing editor of the Ansonia Sentinel for the past three years, is to become editor of the Willimantic Journal.
 P. T. Barnum is to fill in 34 acres of marsh land near Seaside park at Bridge port, at cost of SSO,OOO. The average fill will be about SIX feet.
 A mnmmifed cat was founa in the cellar of an old house in Torrington when the walls were torn down, where it had been imprisoned over 60 years Oscar F. Beckwith, the murderer of Simon A. Vandercook, at Austerliz, Col umbia county N. Y, has been resenten- ced to be hanged on the 16th of Dccem- | Der. A young Vermont fisherman has just landed speckled beauty, so he writes us We imagine from the tone of his letter that he has married a freckled girl
 Mr. and Mrs John Churchill, of Winsted, celebrated their golden we'd ding Oct. 30. MT. Churchill is B years old, and was the youngest of twelve children.
 The Hon John T. Wait will this month complete his 5Oth year as mem Der of the New London county bar. It is said that he contemplates writing his recollections of 50 years.
 The new south wing of the insane asylum at Middletown has been com pleted for $lS,O00, and the balance of the S50,O0O appropriation has been returned to the state treasurer.
 An exchange says: ''In Waterbury there is one saloon to 115 persons, New Haven one to 120, Meriden one,to 13S, Hartford one to 40, New Britain one to Al and in Bridgeport one to 149."
 At recent meeting of Yale corpora tion, the secretary was directed to use the term Yale University" The re- signation of Prof. Sherman was accepted. He will go to JoAn Hopkins university.
 The town of Huntington in Fairfield county claims to be the banner town for republicans, having gained 17S votes on a total vote of GAS, comparing the vote for this year with the vote for senator a year ago.
 The annual convention of the w. c. T. U. of this state will be held at Meri- den on the 17th, 18th and 18th of this month. The opening address will be on the evening of the 17th. by Mrs Elm lie Mclaughlin of Boston.
 Starfsh are doing much damage to the oyster beds off Stratford. Some growers are dredging up the oysters removing the starfsh and replanting One firm gets 75 bushels of starfsh { day, and another 15O bushels.
 Mrs. Erastus Baldwin, of Harwinton choked while eating supper Saturday evening, Oct. 30. A doctor was sen for, but when he arrived she was dead Later information is to the effect tha Mrs. Baldwin died from apoplexy.
 They are laughing in Lewiston, Me- at the boy who, when the teacher asked if any one could tell what the wort "gender'' meant, snapped his fingers and to the question. "Well what is 1t John?" answered.: "Please mum. it what goes with geese"
 United States District Attorney Stan ton has sued the Northfeld knife com pany of Litchfeld for Sl5, ,0OO, the aggre gate penalty for importing 15 Englisl laborers under contract. The papers are returnable to the April term of tn, United States court which comes in a New Haven.-Spriaafeld Republican.
 The new Rogers tishway at the Hous atomic dam seems to be success. Al ready the million young shad whicl were put in the river last spring by th, United States fish commission have gon, down the fishway and 1t is thought the, will go back again in the spriug. Othe. fish run up and down without an, trouble
 The Rev J. $. Fitzpatrick, one of tht most widely known and highly esteem ed of the Roman Catholic priests of tht Connecticut diocese, died at the episco pal residence in Hartford last Friday He was only AT years old, and had lone been in delicate health and for the pas seven years an invalid, but had won al ready the recognition due his eminen fitness for his work.
 Valuine Lawyers.
 The Bridgeport News, which is very much disgusted over the court house expenses, especially the item of S164, 496 80 for legal expense in securing tho location of the court house in that city remarks: ''It is the lawyers that have cost this $164, 4968O. We would have to sell the whole twenty five at S6, 575 S1 apiece to get our money back. They won't bring it.