Connecticut western news., 1888-11-21
STATE ITEMS.

STATE ITEyMS.
 Shelon's new rubber factory is $5O GOO one to work over old rubber.
 Frank H. Ludington, of New Haven, has invented hand machine for the manufacture of cigarettes,
 Edward H. Hall, of the Norwich Bull letin, has resigned to become associate editor of the Waterbury Republican.
 The dedication of the monument erected in Sherman to the memory of Capt D. D. Hoag occurred on Monday, Nov. 12.
 Only thirteen men who sat in the last Connecticut house of representatives will have seats in the house which will convene in January next.
 H. A. Blackman, of Nichols, near Bridgeport, has large collection of minerals and curiosities. most of them collected by himself.
 Fairhaven oyster dealers have char tered swift little schooner to watch the oyster beds at night and drive off oyster thieves.
 One of the smallest specimens of 8 steam engine is being made from sil- yer half-dollar by W. A. Lyman, of Milford. Eight drops of water will keep it running several minutes.
 The bell in the tower of the First Congregational church in Guilford, which has done service for fifty years, cracked last Sunday while being srung for church.
 The mortar in which Benedict Arnold mixed his drugs when he was an apoth- ecary in New Haven has been preserved and is in the possession of the New Haven Historical society. Arnold was the best skater in New Haven in his day.
 Much to the surprise of her physician and friends Mrs Harriet Beecher Stowe has almost wholly recovered from her recent illness, and passes her time pleasantly at her Hartford home, engaged in her usual occupations.
 Will Merwin and Frank Murphy had their arms blown off by the premature discharge of cannon, which was being fired during a celebration of the republican victory in Roxbury on Mon 1op rS hot either will survive. P. T. Barnum has presented to the Bridgeport Historical society the elegant and costly Chinese library furniture, which adorned his palatial Iranisan as far back as 1847 It consists of large book cases, tables, chairs, etc., elegantly carved in Chinese characters and is in excellent condition.
 Mrs Henry Jones, daughter of Noah Webster, of dictionary fame, died sud- i denly at Bridgeport on Friday, at the age of 90 years. She was greatly re- spected by all who knew her. Two children survive her, a son, Webster Jones, who is ( physician in London, and a daughter, who is the wife of Rev Thomas K. Beecher, of Elmira, N. Y. ! D. c. Birdsall, of the Hartford Tele- gram, was severely horsewhipped by Allen Wiley and l.. P. Smith. of the Sunday Globe, on Friday evening. The two gentlemen had for several days been seeking an opportunity of revenge for the contemptible. charge of blackmail and swindling made against the Sunday Globe in recent issue of the Telegram.
 MT John Carr, train dispatcher on the Housatonic railroad, was married to Miss Hattie B. Winegand of Portchestel N. Y., at that place on Thursday morn. ing. The groom is very popular man. and was kindly remembered by Vice. President Stevenson. who sent Morris plush chair, and the employees in the Housatonic offices at Bridgeport, gave an oaken case of solid silver including dinner and tea service. The conductors contributed an easy chair, and a marble clock was the gift of the engineers.
 The monthly health bulletin for Oc1 reports no deaths in 29 towns in the state, and the greatest number of deaths in the 29 large towns and cities was at New Haven, where 132 were reported Consumption was the most fatal disease and small pox did not exist within ths borders of the state. Danbury had the largest death rate, with record of 17.3 and Enfield the lowest with 6.
 The towns of Killingly, Mansfield Norfolk and Thomaston will each be represented in the coming Legislation by 0 member named Atwood. Fou, persons of the same name are not ofter found in the same legislature, an6 certainly Atwood would not be selected as name likely to be most numerous in body of 249 men. These foul Atu oods are all republicans.
 The Rev John Herbert Betts M. A. rector of St Luke's parish in Soutl Glastonbury, died at that place on Mon day of last week. He was graduate O. Trinity college in the class of "A, and began his ministerial life as curate of church in Norwalk. He was rector oi St Johns church, New Hartford at two different periods, the first extendin, over seven years, and in 1869 he retnrned and remainad aleuan uaars