Connecticut western news., 1888-03-28
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 The Housatonic railroad has lost $15, ,O0O lumber raft which broke adrift from their dock at Wilson Point
 E. N. Woodruff, of Watertown, has sold the past year from 50 laying hens, $l29 worth eggs besides using liberal supply in his family.
 J. Stanley Brown. special student of the Sheffield Scientific School, and Miss Mollie Garfield, daughter of the late President, are to be married ins June, =s .l
 If the last blizzard is a sample of what it is when Dakota is merely knock ing at the door of the Union, what in the name of Boreas would it be if she got in ?-[ Stamford News.
 A call has been extended to Rev H. H. Kelsey, of the West Winsted Congre gational church, to be the assistant of the Rev Graham Taylor, of the Fourth church, Hartford.
 Thomas Cahill, of Goshen, died recently at the advanced age of 100 years. He came to this country 2S years ago from Ireland, where he was school teacher.
 Estimates of the damage wrought by the blizzard, place the loss in New York city at s5O,O00.00O. The damage through New England and the Middle States is placed as high as $15O, ,O00, ,OO0 -[Norwalk Record.
 The practice of selling round trip tickets has been discontinued by the Housatonic railroad company. It IS the custom of many large railroads to have no fares reduced iii that manner.
 The Connecticut republican state committee will meet at the Allyn house in Hartford, on Friday, March 3Oth, to decide upon the time and place for holding the convention to elect dele gates to the national convention.
 The firm of Hart, Merriam & Go at Hartford, Conn has been dissolved by the retirement of Mir Lent B. Merriam on account of i'll health. The business will be continued by Mir William B. Snoen and Charles R. Hart, under the firm name of Charles R Hart X Go.
 Dr Hughes, of Meriden, sewed up 8 gash two inches in length in the face of Valiant, now of the New Haven polo team, Tuesday night. He Is said to have performed fourteen previous opera tions of a similar nature on the same man, who was formerly of the Meri- dens.- Daily Leader.
 Miss Ethel Ingalls,, daughter of Sena- tor Iugalls, who has recently begun to write for the press, sits near the press gallery of the Senate She has received an invitation from the occupants of the press gallery to take seat among them, where she can enjoy the conveniences of her chosen profession.
 A Stratford man, whose woodpile had been depleted by thief, " doctored" one of the sticks with gun-powder last week. Saturday night his boy brought this stick into the house and as result a stove was blown to pieces and con- siderable other damage done.-[ Daily Leader.
 The Litchfeld Star publishes the following as an incident of the recent blizzard {:
 Many were frightened by the fury of the storm Monday night. We hear of one man, who, hearing a strange sound In the house, sprang out of bed and, thoughtless of his scant apparel, at tempted to scratch a match on his pants. He is now nursing burn and walks with limp.
 One stormy night about four months ago little girl came into a family up- town where there was already d boy of 3 or years Que bad evening this week the father and mother were going out and the boy wanted to go along and take the baby. To this the mother objected strenuously, and for a final argument sEe said " But my son, don't you know we can't take little sister out such stormy night as this ?" We'll, I don't care," he replied. Ut was good deal stormier the night she come here. "- Daubury Register.
 It is probable that this latest blizzard will seal the fate of the Dakota almiss- ion bill. The best thing this country can do is to keep Dakota and her climate out of the Union. There has recently been considerable discussion of the names of the proposed new states With the bill for the division of Dakota into two states comes the suggestion that the southern section might be named Kota and the upper or northern section Over-Kota. The gentlemen who have been discussing the significance of territorial names before c 'ngress, will doubtless be able to discover in this suggestion a happy blending of fact and humor which would avoid the necessity of any pet name in the future to designate the peculiar features of the region Evening Chronicle, Potts vile, Pa
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