Connecticut western news., 1889-04-24
STATE ITEMS.

Hon F. A. Lucas has been appointed postmaster at West Goshen.
 New Milford will celebrate it's two hundred and fiftieth anniversary in August.
 Hon Seth Pratt has been appointed postmaster at Litchfield, and l.. T. Ketchum at Woodbury.
 P. T. Barnum will make his grand son, Clinton Barnum Seeley, his suc- cessor in the show business.
 Since January first the government envelope works st Hartford have manu- factured 12O, ,OO0, GOO envelopes.
 Mir J. J. Whiting, of Winsted, has established library at the Gilbert Home in that place, for the use of the inmates.
 Lockwood Durant, of Waterbury, has obtained patent on revolving marine battery or fort, designed to take prominent place in naval warfare.
 MT M. H. Bartlett, who recently sold the Talcott mountain tower to Mir Hoe, of New York, will erect another tower, which will be open to the public.
 Charles B. Kirkland, editor of the Deep River New Era, who was postal clerk for five years on the Valley road, has been reinstated in his old position.
 Hon Herman B. Eastman died at his home in Roxbury Station, Litchfield county, Monday night, aged 82 years. For thirty years he was judge of pro- bate.
 MT w. l.. Judd, of New Milford, has been re-appointed postal clerk of the Housatonic road, to succeed MT Chase, the present incumbent of that posi- tion.-[Bridgeport Post.
 Dr Eldridge, of Yarmouth, Mass, bequeathed 8 valuable collection of shells from the Pacific and Indian oceans, to Yale college. More than IF, 1000 specimens are included in the collection.
 William Johnson, of Burrville. who assaulted Miss Bertha Cook at Camp vile last Wednesday morning was captured last Friday and lodged in Litchfeld jail Johnson has bad record. He will be tried on bench warrant this week.
 In New Milford it is proposed to hold Roger Sherman celebration in con- nection with the observance of the cen tennial of Washington's inauguration in New York. April 30. Sherman was born in New Milford and was a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
 The case of the Rev Henry Upson. who was fined $7 and costs for disturb ing church service in New Preston, and appealed by him, was to have come to trial in the superior court lastrweek. but MT Upsen paid his fine and costs, amounting to $67,37, and settled the case.
 Editor Smith, of the Newtown Bee, pIOpOScS tO 6ASO AAo ssooAo0nAtO n oAoAO III the profits of the business and to that end has formed The Bee Publishing Co.,, which will assume control of the paper and plant May 1st. MT R. H. Smith will continue as editor and business manager.
 The supreme penalty of the law was inflicted upon John H. Swift at Hart ford on Thursday, for the murder of his wife. The hour set for tho execu- tion was 10 o'clock and at 1O:16 the drop fell, and twenty-four minutes later the man was pronounced dead. After brief service in the County commiss- toners room the body was placed in a casket and taken to New York.
 The editor of the Torr1ngton Regis ter acknowledges the receipt of box containing 12 toads. It came to his office marked from subscribers, as Q mark of esteem" and labeled "Associate Editors. It would be more appropri- ate to send such boxes to city editors, for they are little toads in big puddle while. Editor White is big toad in a little puddle.