Connecticut western news., 1888-11-07
STATE ITEMS.

Cornwall Centre has new postof1ice, and D. P. Johnson has been appointed postmaster.
 Rev George w. Smith, of Hartford, will accept the assistant bishopric of the northern Ohio Episcopal diocese.
 An estimate recently made places the number of cattle in the Connecticut at 53O, 15O, and they have a total value of S7,649,917.
 Yellow fever at Jacksonville fol the twenty-four hours ending 6p. III. Satur day: New cases, 26; deaths. ?; total cases, 4, ,266; deaths, 36l.
 Herrick P. Frost, general manager of the Southern New England Telephone company, died at New Haven, last Saturday, after long and severe illness.
 Belva Lockwood was honored in South Manchester, by flag bearing her name being added to the other campaign banners which hoated over the streets of that city.
 The Golden wedding of MT and Mrs A. M. Perkins, of Winsted will be celebrated tomorrow, (Thursday.) A reception will be given at the Beardsley house in West Winsted.
 At the convention held by the Chris tian EndeavCr Union, in Waterbury recently, 1,O24 delegates were registered The mem bership in tho state is 17,OOO, an increase of 5000 during the year.
 An exchange says there has been 8 notable decrease in smoking at Yale during the last six years. A year ago 19 per cent of the freshmen used tobacco, and this year the ratio is down to 16.
 The American Writing Machine com pany, of Hartford, has received a gold medal award at the Brussels Industrial exposition for type writer. This IS the only Connecticut award mentioned in the official list.
 An election bet has been made in Torrington which is sure to work both ways. A popular young citizen promises to marry young woman If Harrison IS chosen, and if matters are reversed, the young woman will marry him.
 The employees of the Greenwoods mill at New Hartford, gave Mir Grove s. Tanning, one of the overseers, 8 surprise party on the night of Oct. 30, his 6Oth. birthday, and presented him with handsome gold-headed cane.
 A dispatch dated New York, Nov. 5. says:
 Mrs James G. Blaine, Jr, is rapidly recovering from her late serious illness, and her recovery is now only question of time, should no unforeseen disaster occur.
 President Stevenson, of the New Haven and Derby road, which was opened last week, is planning another excursion for the city government and business men of New Haven before the formal opening of the road for traffic.
 A paper, called the Cycler, is soon to make its appearances in Bridgeport. It is to be devoted to the interest of bicy- clers 1n the state, and its stockholders and all the members of its editorial staff are enthusiastic wheelmen.
 The state board of health has sent circulars to all the doctors in the state, asking for information on the sanitary condition of the towns they live in, to be used in the annual report of the governor.
 The mixed train on the Hartford and Connecticut Western road was derailed at Canton Thursday morning. The passenger coaches did not leave the rails, and no one was injured, but several freight cars left the track.
 Burglars entered the house of the Hon Samuel Fessenden at Stamford recently and carried off about $1 500 in money and large quantity of clothing. The robbery was not discovered until MT Fessenden returned to his house on Saturday night. = Hartford Courant.
 Statistics from the Agricultural Department at Washington show that both in yield per acre and in quality the Connecticut harvested crops are above the average for the whole country. The state is only behind on the potato crop, the general average for which is S6.8, while Connecticut shows S5.
 The Litchfeld correspondent of the Waterbury American says: "Oliver F. Peck, son of Capt E. o. Peck, who has been in very poor health for nearly a year, died at lis home here Thursday evening. MT Peck was well-known throughout the county and state. He has been the assistant keeper of the jail for a number of years. Although knowing that he had but & short time to live he met death with calmness and fortitude."
 Fifty of Bridgeports busiest men manifested their interest in the building project of the Y. M. c. A. of that city by spending three hours at the head quarters of the association one evening last week. The object of the meeting was the consideration of the munifcent offer of Dr J. DeVer Warner, who has made the association the gift of large centrally located lot on Main St., on condition that $5O,OOO be secured for the erection of an appropriate building on the same. Of this amount $12,OO has already been pledged by the business men.
 A BRIDGEPORT STANDARD reporter recently interviewed Col William H. Stevenson, president of the Parallel" railroad, and received considerable information concerning said road inclu- ding the following statement from Col Stevenson: "Now-replying to your question, will the Parallel road be built?' I will say this: The Parallel railroad to-day is in the hands of new parties. A new Board of Directors has been elected, of which I am one, and the new Board of Directors have elected me President of the New York and Connecticut Air Line Railroad Company and the road is going to be built"
 Tine Danbury Register was "just one year old'' last Friday Its editor, F. c. Smally, is to be congratulated on the phenominal snccess which has