Connecticut western news., 1888-07-18
OLEOMARGARINE.

There are 1900 men at work on the Derby extension.
 Naugatuck has seventy dwellings under way, and not rent to be had.
 Hiram Sibley, one of the most promi- nent citizens of Rochester, N. Y., died last Thursday morning.
 The selectmen of 118 towns in the state have responded favorably on the subject of an annual convention of selectmen.
 Martin B. Waller, son of Governor Waller, sails for London on the 18th, (to-day) to resume his duties as vice. consul
 The second annual reunion and basket picnic of the Judd Association of Con- necticut will be held at Seaside Park, Bridgeport, Wednesday, July 25th.
 The Cromwell picking works have contracted for four and half million cucumbers to be delivered this season.
 The parents of Governor Lounsbury celebrated the sixtieth anniversary of their marriage last Monday evening at their home in Ridgefeld.
 Miss Greenwood begins her gospel meetings at Chapinville, Sunday, July 29th, at 3 p. m., and will continue them for five Sundays thereafter.
 Bridgeport's 1888 directory shows a net increase of 2,O66 names total of 18,944. It is claimed from this that the increase of population during the year has been 6,198 and that the pres. ent population is 58, 600.
 Go A. of the 7th regiment, known as Hawley's company" held it's annual reunion at Southington Wednesday and celebrated at the same time the 25th anniversary of the first charge al Fort Wagner.
 Miles Camp, of New Preston, who will be 9S years old next September, was in town Saturday, and for man o1 his age, got over the ground with 6 rapidity and frmness of step that was surprising. g.-[New Milford Gazette. A paper gave an account of society event, and in speaking of one beautiful lady of quite large proportion, it said " Mrs possessed 8 form that Juno might envy" The editor wen home, and left subordinate to get ou the paper and the next morning he read in his paper that "Mrs possessed a form that Jumbo nigh envy Religious Herald.
 Dr H. l.. w. Burritt, Bridgeport. oldest physician, died last Wednesday at the age of seventy years. He was graduate of the Yale medical school il 1844, and served four years on the staf of surgeons in the Union army, and fol twenty years has held the position O. United States pension examining sur geon.
 The Huntsville correspondent of the Waterbury American says:
 MT Niver, who lives 2R miles east O here, has colored man at work fol him whom he brought with him from the South two years ago. He met witf quite an accident July 8. MT Nive1 sent him to Norfolk to purchase fire crackers. Roman candles, torpedoes etc., with which he crammed hi pockets full. In some way or othel they got on fire in his pocket and began to go off lively, and soon set the poo colored man wild. Instead of throwinf OA AAS COno LID 1ou uuU1 u0 WAS cAuAuS ted. His coat was set on fire and h. was burned so badly that it is feared ht will not recover.
 Wednesday afternoon as Rev D. Nc Cartney was on his way to Spencer town, N. Y., in company with Rev B H. Roys, of that place, they discovered when near the Horatio Smith place down bank beside the road an over turned wagon and also much entang led horse struggling for his freedom Both divines alighted and at once began work to free the animal. Suddenly tt their great astonishment they heard , Rroan from underneath the overturned