Connecticut western news., 1888-07-04
OLEOM1ARGARINE.

The new Chicago directory indicates population of million.
 The "Sons of New Fairfield" will hold a picnic at Balls Pond, July 18th.
 The Fat Mems Association have their annual meeting at Dorion's Point, Aug ust 18th
 The yearly encampment of the c. N. G. will commence August 2Oth, and continue six days, at Mantle.
 The Florida orange crop is estimated at 100000 boxes, and the fruit promi- ses to be of extra fine quality.
 A Dubuque merchant had the follow ing painted on his safe for the benefit of burglars ''No money here. Call at the house." One recently called and bagged $2,000.
 Thomas Donnelly, of Hurley, Ulster Co.,, N. Y., is now 1O2 years old. His eyesight is as clear now as it was when forty years of age He can tell the date on fifty cent silver piece without the aid of glasses.
 Frank W. Gibbs, whose blunder as train dispatcher resulted in the colli- sion of freight trains on the Air Line division and the death of Ccnaucto1 Stebbins, has removed to New York city with his family. He has secured employment there
 Another case of smallpox was dis. covered in Norwalk, Conn, last Satur. day. The patient is an Irishman named John Silk. At South Norwalk, Mrs Christian Larson has been taken down with the smallpox, it being tAe t!1ird case in the same family.
 The annual reunion of the 18th regiment. Conn. Vols. will be held al "The Homestead, West Haven, July 7th, at noon. This is the 25th anniver sary of the surrender of Port Hudson Members are requested to bring theil wives. Major c. Kinney, of Hartford IS secretary of the regimental associa tion.
 Recent instructions from the Post master Generals office are to the effec that anything in the nature of al offensive or threatening dun, apparen upon an envelope outside, or posta card, or conveying the suggestion tha such dun is inclosed, must be excluded as non-mailable.
 TIE HARTFORD TELEGRAM SUED-Th, Etna life insurance company of Hart ford began yesterday a evil suit fo malicious libel against the Hartford Telegram, claiming damages of $50, 900. All the property of the paper ha been seized and removed by the sheriff and the office of the paper closed.- Springfield Republican, July 3. | Mrs Theron Beach, of Litchfield Conn.,, is centenarian, having reached the hundreth anniversary of her birtl last Thursday, June 27. She was borl in the house where she now lives, il 17SS. Her maiden name was Luc, Sheldon. She married Mir Therol Beach, of Goshen. in 1882 and ha survived him 24 years. Until her 9Stl year she retained her mental faculties but since that time her mind has bee under cloud,
 Bible society shows in the states Adventist families, l,0O3; Baptist, II, 41s; Christian, 195; Congregations 29,S6S Episcopal, 13,96O; Lutheran 2,195; Methodist, IS, ,454 Presbyte 665 Roman Catholic, 24,16S; Units rian, 325 Universalist, 1,17O; othe denominations, 1,s64; no religion preferences, 1888; whole number C families, 113, ,4O4.
 The public exercises of the Mort Centre school at Southington, Conn were held June p. Principal Cadwe was presented with valuable gold per He took IT of his pupils to Joh Cowles' ice cream parlors. The othe teachers also received presents. Tn present corps of teachers have bee engaged for another year. Princips Caldwell has given excellent satisfactio and is we'll liked by the pupils. H will spend part of his vacation at th Mantle summer school and at his hom in New Britain. He taught in We Norfolk in 1S85-6