Connecticut western news., 1889-08-07
NEW ENGLAND NEWS.

William Lewis was drowned in Gould's mill pond, Warren, Mass, his boat being car red over the dam.
 Miss Annie Gladkin, of New York, was thrown from carriage in Pottsfeld and her right arm broken.
 Arthur, 14, son of Louis Duchesne, a Hart ford barber, was drowned at Northampton, Mass, few days ago. He was bathing in Mill River with friends.
 David Boyd, of Lawrence, Mass, at- tempted suicide by taking dose of Paris green. He assigns no cause for the act. The poison was an overdose, and Boyd will prob ably recover.
 HaverhilPs shoe shipments for the week ending Aug. 1, 4,651 cases; corresponding week last year, ,76O cases. Hat shipments for the week, 139 cases; corresponding period ill 1888, 457 cases.
 The long HspelP' of rainy weather has nearly spoiled the standing grass, large areas of which remain untouched by scythe and rake in Western Franklin and Berkshire Counties. A large quantity of hay has been spoiled by the wet weather. The blight, rust and rot have destroyed the potato crop, and the outlook for an ordinary yield is dubious. Winter apples, as crop, are failue, al- though some orchards will yield a moderate supply.
 MT. Edgar Fawcett will probably go abroad this autumn to remain indefinitely. He pro- HS and then rush on toward Venice or Rome.
 George Vanderbilt, who has just returned from Europe on the last trip of the Werra, has arrived at Bar Harbor, accompanied by his mother, Mrs. w. H. Vanderbilt.
 Froude, the historian, has written letter denying the truth of reports that he had be- come home ruler. He adds: "Gladstone's suggested, as always, by some condition of English party politics. It is the worst and most scandalous in English History.
 Speaking of Mir. O'Reilly's poem at Ply mouth, the Springfield Republican well says To our mind this poem is the choicest pro duct of the celebration, not only because of its source, but in the dignity of sentiments simply and nobly presented. It was q bold innovation to call on an Irish patriot to cele- brate the virtues of those ultra Protestants, the Pilgrims-but it was an act of wise liber- ality, proper recognition of growth achieved, the soil of New England; and the departure was splendidly Justified ill the outcome. The Haverhill Gazette remarks: "Captain Costello, the oldest man in the city, is reason ably busy this year ill cultivating his garden, and shows considerable activity for man 1O6 years old. His growing vegetables look finely"
 Dr. II: A. Tucker, of Brooklyn, N. r., l rendered the Martha's Vineyard Association and invited guests reception at his villa on Ocean avenue, Oak Bluffs, last Saturday evening. It was gala night for the summer residents on the Vineyard, and had been looked forward to for weeks. 1 Charles Gilson of Cutler, Me-, 19 years old was drowned at Lubec a few days ago. | The New Brunswick Railway Company will erect a large and modern depot in HouL l ton, Me. They have purchased a site O1 land opposite the new Catholic Church. A Boston syndicate of wealthy gentlemen have bought the Hill property at Naples, Me- | on the eminence overlooking the Bay o1 Naples on the Sebago Lake route, and vii occupy it as private summer resort. It is the most valuable property in the Sebagc Lake region.
 stolen from the house of Mir. Lyman Weevel l in Augusta, Me. MT. Weever inserted ar | advertisement in the papers offering 8 reward and no questions asked. Wednesday al congressman drove up to his store and left box. On opening it he found the missing watch. The box came from Lynn, Mass MT. Weever telegraphed to the express office | in Lynn to find out who left it at the office They replied that it was given to the driver on the street by two young girls, who sait | that it was present for young lady dowl ill Augusta.
 The Railroad Committee of the New Hamp shire House of Representatives has under consideration bill providing for the issue O. mileage books by the railroads of the State, few mountain routes excepted, for two cent mile for the buyer of 1000 miles. The bil compels the roads to issue mileage books t. firms, good for all the partners in any par ticular concern, but does not authorize tn wholesale use of single book.
 In Concord, in July, rain fell on IT days t, | the amount of 5.63 inches, being 4.67 nor than that of the corresponding month of 1SS and TT more than the average fall in Jul, for 34 years. The precipitation for the sever months of this year was 1894 inches, bein, 3.33 more than that of the correspondin, months of last year and 2.18 more than tn average since 1855. The average daily tenn perature of July was 67.s degrees warme than in July, 1888, but 27 degrees colder thar the average of the last 21 years.
 St. Albans, Vt., is to have Telephon Exchange.
 It is understood that Bishop De Goes briand will erect college building with capacity of 150 students on land recentl purchased in Burlington, Vt.
 A gooseberry bush growing out of tn side of maple tree 9 feet from the groun, was a sight seen by St. Johnsbury, Vt. peo pie last week as Stearns Lawrence felled large tree in the court house yard.