Connecticut western news., 1889-10-23
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 Seven hundred and twenty-four ex- cursion tickets to the Danbury fair were sold at New Milford.
 The total number of admissions to the Danbury fair were 53, ,31O. This is the largest attendance the fair has ever had. ..-.. Dr Dibble, Middletown dentist, who drew $1O,O00 in lottery in Janu- ary, captured another prize of $5, GOO Wednesday.
 Several musicians of the New Haven Musical Union have been fined $10 each by the union for playing under union rates.
 The Barreuther family intend break ing up housekeeping in Winsted and travel through Connecticut and Massa- chusetts on concert tour this winter, and in May take trip to Germany.
 Cider is somewhat expensive in Litch- field county. It is selling for $2. 50 per barrel in Winsted, and customers fur nish the barrels. This is dollar more than it brought last year.
 Edward F. Hall, of South Norwalk, died Oct 18th of typhoid fever at his home in that city. He was superinten- dent of the American Missionary asso- citation, and was 39 years of age.
 John Whelahan was before the dist rict court at Pittsield Friday, charged with being an idle person and neglect ing to provide for his family and was sent to the state work house at Bridge water for IS months.
 Rudolph Stoeffel, the murderer of Andrew K. Peck, of Newtown, plead guilty to murder in the second degree at Bridgeport, Friday and was senten- ced to state prison for life by Judge Prentice. ..
 Timothy Shay, while building stone wall at Long Hill, in Shelton, on Wednesday, fell backward with stone in his arms weighing 200 pounds. It fell on the pit of his stomach. He died on Saturday.
 A Danbury and Norwalk train, in making flying switch at Danbury on Thursday, crushed into the depot ex- press office and generally smashed things. Several people had narrow escape, but no one was hurt. -.
 A Birmingham man has discovered a metal which very closely resembles gold and which can be manufactured for 60 cents pound. The metal is of almost identical weight with gold, and is not discolored by acids.
 The semi-annual meeting of the state homeopathic medical society will be held at Meriden, Tuesday, and long program of special articles will be given. The committee in charge of building the Grace homeopathic hospital at New Haven will report.
 Quartermaster Wm. H. Stowe, of Admiral Foote post, G. A. R., of New Haven, has been discovered to be near ly $4, 900 short in his accounts with the post. He has settled the shortage by giving note endorsed by Judge Pickett and Samuel H. Read, payable Nov. 1.
 John J. Splain, for the past fifteen months managing editor of the Water bury Democrat, has resigned his posi- tion, and it is said that he will be con- nected with new journalistic enter prise now under project in New Haven.
 The next meeting of the Connecticut Weekly Press Association will be at New Haven, November IS. J. A. Bolles, of the New Milford Gazette, will read an essay on "The country editor of today
 Some ingenious man in Birmingham has just patented new kind of um- brella. The material is transparent, and at the same time as water proof as oAh OA poS6' ANO COll1SlOuS WlCu laU ID posts or other umbrella carriers after this. - [Torrington Register.
 The annual meeting of the Connecti- cut Indian Association will be held at Unity hall, in Hartford, on the morning and afternoon of Tuesday, November 5. The meeting this year will be the most interesting ever held. Prominent off cials of the Indian bureau will attend. There will also be present five Alaskan girls, at present pupils in the Moody School at Northfeld. Don't forget the date,
 The Sharon correspondent to the Amenia Times says, in speaking of their recent election day cone of the anus ing happenings of the day was Mir Wm Gibbs voting a bill belonging to the late Ely Rowley estate. In some way or other Mir Gibbs put th1s bill into the envelope instead of his ticket, no doubt putting the ticket carefully away among his other papers. When the count came to be made this bill came to light"
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