Connecticut western news., 1889-08-21
NEW ENGLAND NEWS.

NEW ENGLAND NEWS. Fall River Weavers held an open air mass meeting Saturday afternoon and adopted res olutions demanding a 10 per cent advance in their wages.
 Howell Hopkins, son of Justice Hopkins, Clerk of Courts while playing ball at Barn. stable Saturday afternoon broke hiss right arm above the elbow in attempting to throw the ball.
 Provincetown's valuation is $616,O16, di- property, $243 ,9S3; non-residents hold $51,- $50 worth of real estate. The rate of taxa | tion, $12.S0 on 5000, reduction of S3 from 1888.
 | The Worcester City Auditors statement l shows gross debt of $4, ,OO5, 700 against B. 725, 100 year ago: The net debt is $2,e17,- crease of $191 ,330.96.
 | Shoe shipmentsvfrom Haverhill for. the | week ending August 15, 4412 cases; corre- | spending week last year, 1883 cases. Hat | shipments for the same period, 213 cases; corresponding week in 1888, 4O6 cases. | The new Worcester East Agricultural So- | ciety has elected these officers: President, John D. Thayer, Lancaster Vice Presidents, Joshua H. Wilder, Sterling, and Marshall Walcott, Bolton; Secretary, w. A. Kilbourn, Lancaster; Treasurer, Lucius Field, Clinton; l; l EL. been decided to hold cattle show and fair on the Clinton-Lancaster Driving Park on Wednesday and Thursday Sept. II and F.
 Thomaston has organized a Board of Trade with these officers: President, James H. H. Hewett; Vice Presidents, B. E.L.fDillingham, James A. Creighton; Secretary, Edward | o. Burgess; Treasurer, ,'F. sH. Jordan.
 MT. R. w. Jones of Mercer is the possessor of the largest, if not the largest, orchards in | Somerset county. It consists of about 5000 ap- | pie trees of bearing age, and contains all the early and late varieties that are productive in | this climate.
 The "blue laws" were enforced in Laconia l Sunday, the selectmen ordering all cOnfec- tionery stores to be closed. Sunday papers were sold on the street.
 The Worcester North Agricultural Society 1 of Massachusetts sent a large delegation Saturday to visit the extensive farm of the Cheshire Improvement Company at East Rindge. The president of the company, MT. Jones w. Wilder, entertained the members and their friends.
 The coming festival of the Western New Hampshire Musical Association excites much l interest among local musicians about Clare mont. The conductor is MT. c. Mortimer Wiske of New York. The exercises will consist of three matinees and three concerts. The first concert will be principally of choruses, the second of symphony, and the | third will be devoted to Wagner.
 There are ffty-four soldiers within the delivery of the Post Office at Castleton, Yer mont.
 Leonard Colburn of Mount Holly caught a yearling bear on Saltash Mountain recently l A buttonwood tree, an old landmark of e,;naI Canstleton, standing in nth the midst of the been cut down. It was planted in 179S by Hon. Samuel Shaw, member of Congress from that district during the war of 1912, and grandfather of Josh Billings.
 The Montpelier Watchman has found another tract of land in the State large enough to accommodate Commissioner Valentines fifty Swedish families. This one, which makes five thus far known, Is tract ill Middlesex, in Washington County.
 W. D. Baker of Pennington, Me-, grad uate of Dartmouth College, has been elected sub-master of the High School at Woon- socket.
 Fully 15OO persons attended Sunday base ball game at Rocky Point.
 John O'Connell, aged 2, formerly of West. erly, R. l., Saturday night lay down on the bury and was run over by an east-bound freight train. His body was horribly man. gled.
 Henry Wilton, aged GA, ran along the bridge ut Naugatuck Junction, ahead of 8 Naugatuck train which he wanted to board HI OIucI tO TlOS tO HIS uO10C III w 0VcTDury The train made so much noise that Wilton became confused and jumped from one track to the other, landing in front of the locomo. tive. He was killed.
 E. M. Hunton's tannery, at Newport, N H., has been burned. Loss on buildings and machinery $5OOO; insurance $35O0 in New | Hampshire companies; on stock 5000, 1n surance in Boston to an unknown amount The origin of the fire is unknown.
 A fire at Rockland, Mass, totally distroyed a barn, with it's contents, on the premises o1 Dennis Hennigan, Union street. Cause un known. The residence, attached to the barn was saved. Loss $2,5OO; insured for $1OOO house and barn, with their contents, were consumed by fire recently. Loss 5000 insured.
 At Exeter, N. H., barn with about fifteen tons of hay, owned by the Wm. P. Moulton heirs, was burned Saturday. Loss $500 insured.
 The house and buildings of Herbert Jen. ness at Rye Beach were burned Saturday the fire being of incendiary origin. There was no insurance.
 A back draught set a fire in the boiler room of the Allen Fire Department Supply Com pany's shop at Providence, R. l., Saturday afternoon. The money damage is slight, but Albert York, engineer of the works, was badly burned in an attempt to put out the fire.
 Chief of Police Richards, Maiden, with posse of police, made descent upon the es tablishments kept by Patrick J. Corley anG D. W. Kelley on Pearl street, Edgeworth early on Sunday morning and captured large amount of liquors, including severa gallons of rum, whiskey and brandy, ont hundred and twelve bottles of lager beer an6 quite an amount of ale and porter.
 The funeral of John Doughty, veteran o1 the war and member of Post 40 G. A. R. Maiden, took place on Sunday afternoon.
 It is understood that the bargain has beer consummated between Mark J. Worthle, and the English syndicate which has beer negotiating for his factory. MT. Worthley gets about $130, ,000 for the plant, of whicf the larger portion is cash and the balance ill stock. MT. Worthley remains for three years, it is intimated, if not longer. The ca cases per day, will be doubled in a very -shor time.
 The motor on an electric car in Newport R. l., was short-circuted Sunday. Eight ol nine passengers jumped from the car before it could be stopped, and all were more or less injured. Joseph Ferris and stranger were badly hurt. The latter is still unconscious and his brain is probably injured. District Officer Geo. T. seaver and Deputy Sheriff Cary of Taunton, arrested Geo. A Gage, at Rochester, N. Y., at the instance o1 several compliments in Fall River and New Bedford. He is charged with forging notes !. and checks of from one hundred to two hun dred and fifty dollars each on banks anC other business houses, the whole aggregatine about $11O0. Among those victimized art First and Second and Metacomet National banks of Fall River, also Wood < Lincoln o the same place.
 The thg c. w. Hunt has arrived in New Bedford from Woods Holl, where she had lowed Davis Lighter, which had been engag 1 ed in reDairnp the break in the PaSuue TSlanC