Connecticut western news., 1889-08-07
STATE ITEMS.

Danbury had three more incendiary fires started on Saturday morning.
 Winsted's ''log cabin" on Main street is to be torn down and 8 business block built on its site.
 More college students come from Connecticut in proportion to it's popula- tion than from any other state.
 Engineer Byington of the Derby road died on Saturday afternoon, from the injuries received in the collision of July 10th.
 The Seventeenth Regiment. c. ", will hold their annual reunion at the Soldiers Home, Noroton, on the 2Sth inst.
 The Thomaston Express gives the following weather record for the week commencing July 27 Saturday, rain :; Sunday, rained Monday, raining Tuesday, rainier /; Wednesday, rainiest; Thursday, ditto Friday, no change.
 The Odd Fellows are counting upon having $500 to 4,OOO men in line at their semi centennial parade in New Haven September B. To celebrate fifty years of Odd Fellowship is a great event for Connecticut Odd Fellowship. There are sixty seven lodges in the state and about 12,Oo0 members. Exchange.
 Mir Edgar Stoughton, aged 80 years, of South Windsor, was fatally injured last Saturday noon. A young and spirited horse which he was driving on Asylum St. in Hartford, took fright and ran away overturned the carriage and threw Mir Stoughton to the side walk, fracturing his skull Mir Stough- ton was conveyed to the hospital but died at 4 o'clock that afternoon.
 Thirteen lodges have been invited to attend the great Masonic picnic to be held at Highland lake in Winsted, on Friday, August 9th. A grand time is expected with music, dancing, fishing, riding on the steamer, and other attrac- tions. A dinner of chowder, steamed ] clans, etc., will be furnished at 50 cents plate, or basket lunches can be brought if preferred.
 Ex-Governor Hobart B. Bigelow has sent in his resignation as president of the Merchants National band, and it has been accepted by the directors. ce-President c. S. Mersick will tenn porarily act as president. Mir Bigelow's s resignation, the bank attaches say, has nothing to do with the recent troubles caused by Cashier Bradley and Assis. tant Teller Palmer. Mir Bigelow is at present in the White Mountains-[Post.
 George A. Fish, compositor on the Bristol Press, committed suicide by shooting himself at II o'clock las, Wednesday night He left letter explaining his action, the substance oi which is that for over a year he has been occasionally siezed with desire to kill, rend or damage, and he preferred to end his existence instead of bringing disgrace upon his people and friends by killing some one and dying on the scafold. His remains were taken tc Millerton, N. T., for interment
 A few Sundays since visitor to a Sunday school in Winsted asked which ono of class of boys could relate the story of Moses life. One little fellow who was considerably mixed on his scriptural knowledge, replied that he could, and got off the following ''Moses was born in an ark of bullrushes He was floating upon the water one day when an alligator appeared to him, and the alligator opened his mouth and said unto Moses Moses. almost thou persuadest me to become Christian. and Moses said unto the alligator Thou art the man. ''-[ Citizen,