Connecticut western news., 1889-09-18
STATE ITEMS.

A new grange of farmers was orga- nized in Somers on Thursday evening.
 Game violaters have been arrested and fined at Southington for shooting woodcock contrary to law.
 The officials of the Housatonic road gave dinner to Vice-President Steven. son at Bridgeport on Friday evening.
 Nearly all the Fairs in the eastern part of the state, that were to have taken place last week, had to be post poned on account of rain.
 Col. A. H. Fem, of Winsted, was chosen member for Connecticut of the Grand Army National council of admin istration at Milwaukee, Wis.
 The reunion of the members of the legislature of 1883 was to have taken place Sept 18th at Savin Rock, but only one member put in appearance and no business could be transacted.
 John Wood, of New London, aged p, fell of dock while fishing. The body was found half an hour afterwards. It is supposed he had an epileptic fit which caused his tumble.
 The Rev J. H. Barbour, of Hartford, , has been elected to the professorship in the Berkeley Divinity school at Middle town, formerly held by the late Freder- ick Gardner, D. D.
 The remnant of the Mohegan Indians have been holding their annual festival on Massateag Mountain, a few miles from New London. Fancy articles and Indian dishes were sold.
 Twenty years ago James B. Wilson, freight conductor on the Consolidated, saved Henry VanScott from drowning. He was given $10O at the time and has just received legacy of $10,000, left him by Scott, who died in Illinois, re- gently, worth over quarter of 8 million.
 Judge Fenn is to hold court in Had dam for session of two weeks. The first Tuesday of October he will take a seat for week with the Supreme court in Hartford, in place of Judge Boards ley, who has resigned. On the second Tuesday of October he will take the bench of the Superior court, in Hart. ford, where he will probably remain fo, at least three months.-[ Citizen.
 Sept. 10th, while Fred E. Cotton, o1 of Colebrook River, was driving down g road known as Beach Hill, this side o1 Winsted, with g blind horse and two wheel gig, one of the wheels run off the embankment, turning him out ano bringing his head in contact with { rock with sufficient force to instantly kill him. He was 34 years old anc until July last carried the mail between Winsted and New Boston.
 Miss Christabel Lee, daughter o Rev Samuel H. Lee, of New Haven, ant Philo P. Stafford, of New York, wer married in Pleasant Valley, Litchfele county, week or so ago. The cere mony was performed by the bride father, assisted by her brother, the Re Gerald Lee. The ceremony took plac on the little island in the Farmingtol river, near the old Garter homestead The parents of the bride were marie under the same tree on the same littl island twenty eight years ago.
 Mir Miles has done fair thing by tn ambitious youth of his district by hay
 ing the matter decided upon its merit
 rather than by favoritism, and tn , Regular Army is almost sure to b , better officered with West Point gradu F ates largely selected in this manne, , The young man from Salisbury ma , never have call to the field of battle I we hope he will not-nevertheless
 before he goes to West Point, he wi
 take forced march, some day ove
 the town line to the little rural ceme Q tery in Cornwall Hollow, he will fin 9 the grave of one of the great genera f of the war of the rebellion John Sed4 ! wick, commander of the Sixth Corps
 if he will stand by the grave of tn beloved soldier and there gain inspir
 tion which will enable him to be I every way better soldier the day wi have been spent to good purpose.
 was twenty-seven years from the tin
 John Sedgwick entered West Point as
 cadet to the time he was made the mal
 of the rebel sharpshooters at Spottsy
 vania. There is no telling what qua '' ter of 8 century hence may have in stol
 for us in the realm of arms. Gral
 didn't know he was to be the greate general of modern times when he WI appointed cadet to West Point , Thomaston Express.
 Several years ago, during the days h the old Milford debating society, it w
 their custom to give occasional publ n exhibitions in the town hall or son n other large room. On one occasion u
 play of Gesler and Tell was to be give
 and of course the apple must be sh
 from a boys head. If we rememb J., l. correctly, George L. Beach was the be a selected and David Durand was to pc 70 senate Tell. A third man, George le Clark, we think, was selected to pit lg up the apple, after the boy, in accor 'e ance with his instructions, had shak' " it from his head, and sticking the arro
 into it was to bring it to the front 7, triumph. The hall was crowded, al "a the nlav went on we'll until the shof