Connecticut western news., 1888-12-05
STATE ITEMS.

The Connecticut Western company will soon erect a new depot at Pine Meadow.
 The first train of cars over the new Asylum-street bridge at Hartford, crossed Wednesday last.
 Judge Fenn, of Winsted, will preside over the criminal term of the Superior court at Hartford, the present m onth.
 Preston Cooper. one of the oldest locomotive engineers in the country, died of rheumatism of the heart Ut Norwich Wednesday.
 John Addison Porter, of New Haven, has become one of the proprietors and a member of the editorial staff of the Hartford Post. .
 Yale's new recitation building, given by an unknown benefactor and to cost $50, O,OOO, will probably be finished by commencement and pr ,mises to be the handsomest structure in the college.
 Rev c. Collard Adams, recently editor of the Naugatuck Review, has become editor and business manager o1 the Webster {Mass.) News, an eight. page paper of large circulation.
 The next meeting of the Connecticut Press Association will be held in Hart ford on the third Monday ill January when papers will be read by Editors Els of the Manchester Herald and Williams af the Putnam Patriot.
 John Addison Porter, formerly s journalist upon Nov Haven and Wash ington newspapers, has purchased ar interest in the Hartford Evening Post association, and will assume editorial connection with that paper immediately
 New Haven people who were near the harbor last week were treated to an unusually beautiful mirage. The atmosphere was cold and the ail unusually clear. All objects on the ocean were elevated several feet and enlarged so that little oyster steamers seemed sailing through the air like yachts. ,,
 John T. Fitzgerald, of Torrington who with several companions was skating near that village, broke through the ice and was drowned. The parents of the boy fearing that he might ge skating and knowing that the ice was unsafe had hidden his skates, but he procured an old pair and ventured to his death.
 Karl Gerhardt, the Hartford sculptor has designed a tablet to be cast in bronze ill memory of John Fisk, { native of Windsor, who is given the honor of first inventiug an application of steam for propelling vessels througl water. The last session of the Legis lature appropriated $25O for tn, purpose, and it will be placed in tn, corridor of the capitol.
 The Connecticut Indian association which held it's annual meeting in Nev Haven Wednesday, was formed i, Hartford in 1881 with five members. I has grown in seven years to member ship of about 800, comprising many o the most active and substantial worker among women in the state. Brancl societies are ill active existence in Ney Haven, Hartford, Meriden, Waterbury Litchfield, Winsted, Norwich ant Canaan.
 We have noticed in our exchange records of the oldest voters who marche, up to the polls Nov 9th and cast thei ballots. They ranged between 80 and g years of age. We failed to note on above that age. Now that the return are all in we propose to count them al out. Tertius D. Potter, of Thomaston 95 years old, drove to the polls electio day, accompanied by his son, J. H. Pot ter, and voted straight for Harrison an, Morton. We had few minutes convel sation with him after he left the polls and we see no reason why he should nc vote for several more presidents. Hi years hang lightly upon him.-[Thom aston Express.
 The report that Judge Sanford, ( the Superior court. had rendered h; resignation to Governor Lounsbury without foundation, as will be see by the following item which we eli from the Hartford Times of Nov 29.
 The TIMES has a special dispatt from New Haven, this afternoon, ths Judge Sanford had not resigned, an had no intention of resigning. Thi information came from member ( his family, who also stated that he ha been ill for three weeks with neuralgl of the face, which had affected h1s eyes A slight operation was performed o one eye this morning by Dr Bacon all Dr Sanford, brother of the judge Favorable results are anticipated, an it is hoped that he will be able t resume his judicial duties within tw weeks.
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