Connecticut western news., 1889-12-18
STATE ITEMS.

The huge coal bins at Botsford will hold 10000 tons and will be used by both the Housatonic and Derby.
 Captain Henry R. Jones, U. s. A, of New Hartford, has been appointed an assistant inspector general of the Grand Army.
 Edward Lewis died on Thursday morning of pneumonia. He was one of the most prominent residents of Bir- mingham, and was 75 years old.
 The first regular shipment of postal cards from Shelton was made on Thursday. One and Q half million cards were sent off, being the first shipment under the contract.
 While w. D. Giles was feeding a printing press at Eaton, x Peck's in Meriden on Thursday he caught his hand in the grippers and it was badly crushed. Four fingers had to be amputated.
 A thirty-mile running race will take place Christmas eve in Quinnipiac rink. New Haven, between Louis Turgeon, of Ansonia, and Frank Smith of New York state, both Is years of age, for belt, a purse of $500 and the boys champion ship of the world.
 The Rev G. NJ. Wilkins has resigned the pastorate of Trinity church at New town and accepted a call to parochial work i'll St Luke's parish at New York city. His resignation has been accep- ted and takes effect Dec. 30 and on Jan. he begins his work at New York.
 The managers of the C. N E. < w. IL deceased person on the tram from Hart ford to Canton, because the person died of typhoid fever. The Consolida- ted road also will not transport the remains of person who dies of any contagious disease.
 Lieutenant Michael J. Coffee, of the Sarsfeld Guard, New Haven, while ill Middletown recently engaged Tn selling cigars manufactured by the firm of Coffey < Mergo, in which he is part ner, was arrested oil suspicion of being burglar, and was kept imprisoned an hour and half.
 Michael Londergan of New Haven sat down to dinner on Saturday in fine spirits. A little later he laughed vi olently at one of his own jokes, got q piece of meat in his windpipe and chok- ed 10 death before help could be procured. He was 53 years old and leaves wife, three sons and 8 daughter Rev Frank A Johnson was installed pastor of the Congre gational church at New Milford last Thursday. Mir John sons late pastorate at Chester, N. J., was one of fourteen years duration, and | highly successful. He was secretary of i New Jersey State Association and as such represented that body at the National Council.
 i The Connecticut Home, a prohibi- tion organ, will be removed from Willi- mantle to Hartford some time in Janua- i ry. The Home and its business will be conducted under the auspices of a joint stock company composed of leading prohibitionists. The capital stock will be Sl5. 900 all of which but about $2, 900 has been subscribed for. Allen B. Linnoln, the present editor and proprie- tor of The Home, will continue as editor and will be the manager of the new company.
 l Company Els minstrels appeared at 1 the Opera House in Norwalk on Thurs .iay evening, Dec 5. The Norwalk Hour describes the entertainment and winds up as follows: "The performance closed at about midnight with the origi- nal farce, written by MT Rodemeyer, entitled 1.-The Gaz-Our office" in which pngilists, poets, Dutchmen, circus agents editors, devils, all-hot men md drop-a- nickel-i -the-slot machines became hope lessly entangled. It was good ana teur performance, and the demand for tickets was so great that it was repeated last evening.
 The Litchfeld County Leader came out in eight page form last Friday The pages are smaller than in the folio form but tine increased number is equi- valent to just one fourth more space than formerly The leader is virtually 0 reprint of the Daily Citizen The only wonder is that Editor Stevens did not make the change earlier. In fact, he has now done just what he intended to do simultaneously with the advent of The Citizen, but which he has deferred from week to week until actually con- pelled to in order to accommodate his increasing number of correspondents and advertisers.