Connecticut western news., 1888-02-15
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to the depth of 10 feet.
 Flori'la strawberries are selling in New York at S2 50 quart.
 Col l.. w. Vessels, of Litchfield, is slowly improving in health.
 In Europe brick maker makes 500 bricks per day here one makes 5000.
 The Boston Globe says that Governor Ames, of Massachusetts. is worth $2O,- O0O,OOO
 Sam Small says that eff there is an abomination this side of hell, it IS the church fair.''
 Ten clergymen of St Louis have been indicted for failing to make proper re- turns of marriages.
 B. B. Peck, of Litchfeld, recently butchered pair of cattle whose live weight was 4. 500 pounds.
 MT Elliot J. Fenn, of Waterbury, died on Wednesday He was lawyer and a halt-brother of Judge Fem.
 The older man gets the more diff cult it is to pull the wool over his eyes. He has good deal less wool, you knnw
 Humane society agents have found a Thomaston farmer making pork for market by feeding glandered horses to hogs.
 Judge Fyler, of Winsted, is suffering from concussion of the brain, the result of recently being thrown from his sleigh. a, ~,t .r. As frecles are to the countenance of 8 pretty girl, so arc delinquents to tue subscription list of all editor. Daus- vile Breeze.
 The Litchfeld county Prohibitionists have elected Rev E. F. Kilder presi- i dent, P. H. Cummings secretary aud c. NJ. Guernsey treasurer, all of Litch- field.
 New Haven IS to celebrate the 25Oth anniversary of it's settlement and $l, ,OOO has been voted by the city for the pur. pose. The town Was settled April 25, 1888.
 Senator Hawley is the inventor of g pocket compass and leather or rubber washer used at the end of gun cartridges The inventions are said to pay him g very handsome royalty.
 A ring which has been controlling the price of collins in this country has finally been broken, and the several manufacturers have gone to cutting prices at a tremendous Tate. A New York man was given clever months in prison, Friday, for getting money on pretence of being lawyer Query-What would his sentence have been if he had been a lawyer ?-[Litch' field Enquirer.
 The Bloomfield Congregational churcl Rev E F. Atwood, pastor. celebrated the one hundred and tiftieth anniversaryofi it: organization yesterday, Feb IA, and a the same time the church was rededi cated, many needed repairs and i'm provements having been made since January l. A colla,ion and entertain ment were provided at noon.
 The Hudson River Suspension Bridg' company and the New England Rail way company Thursday filed a trus mortgage to the Atlantic Trust compa ny of New York to secure $lO,000 OO' of bonds. The bonds are made pay able in 1858. The money secured o' the mortgage is to be used in complet ing the bridge over the Hudson rive between Verplancks Point and Butter milk falls and also to take up bond about to come due.
 Major Ossian l.. Hatch, of Meriden died on Thursday, aged 6l years. H was an early volunteer in the army raising company in Meriden an' going out in the seventh regiment H was offered, but refused, the colonelc of the Twenty ninth regiment. For number of years, and until it's dissolu tion, he was agent in Meriden of tn Charter Oak Life Insurance company T Hartford Post
 Stephen J. Meany, editor of the Wal erbury Democrat, who died Wednesda was prominent author and Irish patri, and was we'll know to his countryme in the United States and in Ireland. H has been prominent leader Tn the stru > gle for Ireland's freedom, having bee identified with that cause since 184$ In 1866 he was arrested in London b the British government while on wis to that country and in April of the yea following was sentenced to a long terI of imprisonment. After his time was or he returned tn America He was tt on time editor of the New York Star. La. December, when the Waterbury Demo |, crat was made daily paper, Mir. Mean became it's editor - Stamford News. Nor SICK ENOUGH TO ENDow