Connecticut western news., 1889-12-04
STATE ITEMS.


 Bridgeport is afflicted with the sand bagging mania. -....
 Terrence Kiernan of Union City, re- gently tried for murder, was released Friday on $500 bond furnished by his father
 Mir Charles G. Phelps, of Wallingford, has been appointed stenographer to United States Senator o. H. Platt and he will reside in Washington.
 The will of the late George w. Moore, of Hartford, has been offered for probate. The widow IS named as executrix, and all of the property is left to her.
 William Tansey, New Haven grocer, has been notified by Roman Catholic priests that shis marriage with Mrs Mary Collins, last February, is void, the bride having been sister of his first wife.
 Prof O. O. Marsh, of Yale college. has recently found the bones of trisau- raops, which breaks the record of lizards of the jurassic period. It was 100 feet long, had three horns on its forehead and kind of necklace of bones abolt it's neck.
 The old stockinet mill of the Hart ford Carpet Works at Thompsonsille, was burned to the ground Thursday night. The building was used to store wool in and the loss was S200,O ,OOO, insur- ance s175,OOO.
 A Hartford man has recently come into possession of paper shilling issued by the colony of Connecticut and dated June z, 1776. The money was printed by Timothy Green, of New London, a relative of Thomas Green, the founder of the Hartford Courant.
 A Harwinton man became disgusted with the small yield of his potato crop after digging few, and when his neigh Dor offered him dollar for what was yet undug he accepted it with alacrity His neighbor has since unearthed some twenty-five bushels of the tubers.
 On Wednesday, December II, the new Masonic hall of Amos Beecher lodge, No. 121, of New Hartford, will be dedicated. The exercises will be conducted by Grand Master Swartwout, of Stamford, and Grand Secretary .1o1, address.
 The barn of Matthew Eagan, at New Milford, was burned early Sunday morn- ing with its contents, consisting of tobacco, hay and farming utensils. Loss not known no insurance. The fire was doubtless incendiary. Burning waste was discouered in T. Soules & Go. s tobacco warehouse early Saturday morning. - Hartford Post.
 Thomas W. Capron. locomotive en- giueer in the employ of the New York, Providence & Boston railroad company and a resident of Stonington, has been in the employ of the company in active service, since July 1883. Since that time he has been absent from his post only two and one half days. He has run his engine over 100000 miles without accident He Is the oldest en- l gineer in continuous service in New England. New Hartford Tribune.
 Louis and Rocco Sach two Italians, brothers, jumped from train at Flaw leyville Wednesday morning. Louis fell under the cars and was killed. The other brother then tried to shoot himsel but was prevented by the bystanders The brothers were to start for Italy Thursday, and had nearly 5000 in cash on their persons when the accident occurred
 The ancient town of Woodbury wants electric lights. Woodbury doesn' know when 1t is we'll of. It has tho handsomest shade trees in its beautiful Main thoroughfare that are to be found in Connecticut Scientists say tha electric lights are killing our shade trees because the trees do not have chance to sleep. Woodbury take warn ing and be satisfied with gasoline lamps or even tallow dips. and it's primitiv, ways Ansonia Sentiael.
 The Ansonia Sentinel deserves tn, medal for publishing the following Thanksgiving story "A prominen Derby gentleman tells a startling stor, regarding his curios adventure whil killing some fowls Wednesday morning He was preparing for an extensiv Thanksgiving dinner and killed thre, fowls. The last one, instead of foppinl around like an ordinary hen and dyin. when its head was cut of, got up an, walked about ten feet, laid and egg ant gave up the ghost. In the meantime tn man says that the fowls head cackle, for nearly minute before that, too