Connecticut western news., 1888-02-01
OLEOMARGARINE.

The New Haven Kennel club amour ces a bench show March 27-29.
 New Haven was settled by 40 colonists from Massachusetts April 25, 1639. It is proposed to have local celebration of the event this year. s
 David Whitmer, the last surviving witness to the authenticity of the Book of Mormon, died at Richmond. Mo-, on Wednesday night.
 Jennie Gallagher, of Baltimore, Md, has been granted an absolute divorce from William P. Gallagher. Gallagher had to let her go, in this instance Con. necticht Farmer.
 s'Aunt Esther, Bennett, of Croton, Delaware county, now eighty-nine years old, wove two hundred and ffty-one yards of carpet last year and is now en- gagged in spinning wool. | Muzzled oysters is the latest. Each oyster has it's shell tightly clasped with a wire muzzle to prevent its losing its juice, and they are claimed to be as fresh after being shipped long distances as when first caught. | Bridgeport has man who has long eaten glass with impunity and has now ! added to his unpleasant peculiarities by swallowing live frogs. He does it to audiences who pay to see it, and thrives on the diet.
 The Board of Managers of the Dutch ess County Agricultural Society met at Washington Hollow. N. Y. Jan 20 and voted to hold their county fairs in future at the Hudson River Driving Park in Poughkeepsie.
 The oldest living graduate of Yale Rev David l.. Hum, of Buffalo died Sunday Jan 29 aged 99 years, ? months and "A days. He was graduate of the class of 1913. His wife died 15 years ago. Seven of their eight children are living. Mir Hunn's father was soldier of the Revolution.
 On Saturday, Jan 19, Judge Edwards sentenced Oscar F. Beckwith, the Austerlitz murderer, to be hanged on Thursday, March l, between the hours of 10 8. m. and ? p. m. This is the sixth time that Beckwith has been sen- fenced to be hanged.
 ooh, pa, Mir Brown was here this morning. and when ma told him that you would not be home till late, he said her lips were like honey, and that he wished he was bee, and then he kissed her. They gave me stick o1 candy not to tell any one, but don't think they'd mind you, you're so well acquainted with ma.
 Colonel w. T. Batcheller, of Winsted, 1 1,;, T. o,,< by the colonel since the wal Of late ble quarters at Colebrook River, where he died last week, at the age of 34 years
 A certificate of incorporation of the Millbrook Inn Company has been filed in the Duchess county clerks office
 The capital stock is placed at $50. .OOO
 The incorporators are John D King
 Henry J Davidson, Edward Thorne
 Jacob $ Carpenter, Oakleigh Thorne and Henry Davison, Jr.-[ Millertor Telegram.
 The Winsted board of trade, whicf
 was organized about three months ago held it's first annual banquet at Hote Andrews Tuesday evening of last week The board numbers little over 1Ot } members, consisting of the best know1 : business men of the town. The tables , were spread for 100 and S5 sat down Thomas Fay, an employe of the Hous
 atomic railroad. while on his way home Friday night in Bridgeport, dropped dead on Fairfield avenue within ont 3 block of his home. Medical Examiner . Downs made an examination and pro 6 nounced it case of heart disease. Ht :. was 40 years old, married, and leaves ' one child.
 , Peter Coffee, who has been on tr1al a New Haven for the muder of Station l Agent Way at Stony Creek, was Tues l. day found guilty of murder in thesecont ! degree. The jury went out at II n and returned with their verdict at 3:l! . The sentence to state prison for life wa at once pronounced by Judge Torrance
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