Connecticut western news., 1886-03-10
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 Mrs Harriet Foote Hawley, wife of Senator Hawley, died of eumonia, in Washington, D. C., last Wednesday evening. The funeral services were held at Hartford, Saturday afternoon.
 John McCoskey, 8 resident of this town, aged 76 years, has read the Bible through over 500 times during his life time and not less than 210 times during the last nine years. He is now on 8 race to find out how many times he can read it through in one year. His read ing has not been confined to the Bible; he has been omnivorous reader of many other books.-[New Milford Gazette.- He may be reader of the good book but we doubt if he is good proof reader.
 Ralph Crocker died at Roxbury, Mass, March 3, aged 85. He built all the mills an furnaces of the Bay State Iron company at South Boston, and made the rails for the first mile of rail- road ever built in the United States. namely, the Granite railroad at Quincy, He was an authority on all matters per: taining to the manufacture of iron, and was frequently consulted on the sub- ject. He was connected with Hon w. H. Barnum in the iron business in the Detroit and Lake Superior region.
 The three-story blaming mill of c. H. Booth at Plttsfeld, Mass. was destroyed by fire about II o'clock Saturday night. The loss on the building, stock and machinery is about S22, ,OOO with total insurance of $l6,7OO A house near by belonging to the estate of Harriet Root was also burned, loss about $2,00O, in- surance S1,50O, The Lutheran church, Blair & Henry's paper stock buildings and surrounding property caught fire but were saved.
 The revival meetings at North Adams, Mass, closed Friday night with a larger attendance than ever. Evangelist Mills was remembered with $500 for his three weeks work. The number of conver- sions reported since the week of prayer have been 700.
 A. E. Hopkins of Blackington, Mass. !, lately lost 12 of his herd of Is swine from cholera.
 The Hartford kennel club holds a bench show at that city April 15-16.
 The legislature has abated the taxes of the Shepaug railroad for one year. OK express trains ought to be run on that road with sufficient profit to pay the taxes.
 The Deep River Era says: "Colches- ter now has two brass bands, another is organizing, and the citizens begin to talk of lynch law.
 Mrs Harriet Scott of Harwinton, 8S years of age, is nearly blind but has knit over two hundred pairs ofstockings since she was 80years of age.
 Editor Wood of the Bridgeport Eve ming Post has lost all of his three chil- dren within two months, of diphtheria.
 When W. A. Shepard of Norfolk went out to fodder his cattle 8 few morn ings since, he found that the wind had blown away Q two and one-half ton stack of hay, leaving the large stones on which the tack:had rested perfectly bare. .. Nice apples sold one day last week in Shelton at 90 cents per barrel, with hard work to find purchaser at that price. -. The Southington cream cry during the past year took in 330, ,253 quarts of milk and made 26,630 pounds of butter and made profit of S9, O21. .8S. Connecticut Farmer.
 Rev A. c. l.. Lyon, formerly pastor of the Baptist church at Mlllerton, K. Y, has received call from the Baptist church at Salina, Kas. Mir Lyon is at Salina at present, and if the climate agrees with him he will accept the call
 The vital statistics of Goshen for 1885 are II deaths, 15 births and one marriage.
 The Hudson Register says: "Not within the recollection of our oldest citizens has the water in the Hudson river been so low as during the past few days. This was caused by the strong and continued northwest wind. AS the water flowed out the ice settled until it was from six to eight feet lower than usual We are told that it was lower than 1t has been seen in fifty years.