Connecticut western news., 1890-02-05


 Der, and also Smith Bros.' house furnishing store in Boston last week.
 The, Young Mems Christian Associations of Massachusetts and Rhode. Island held conference at Salem. Mass, recently.
 The Bowdoin Alumni Association of Bos- ton held it's annual reunion at Young's last night.
 John Russell and wife of RoXbury were severely injured Jan. 28, on Warren street, Roxbury, Mass, their carriage coming into collision with an electric car.
 Marlboro, Mass, is moving in earnest for city charter.
 Feb. 20 marks the hundredth anniversary of the town of Somerset, Mass.
 Hon. J. w. Bradbury has been elected President of the Granite National Bank, Au- gusta, Me.
 Charles H. Fisher, prominent lawyer of Boothbay Harbor, Me-, has received an ap- pointment in the Census Bureau, and has gone to Washington.
 The Children's Home of Fall River, Mass has received bequest of $2O0 from the estate of Mrs. Sarah D. Harris.
 Shoe shipments from Haverhill for the week ending Jan. 30, 7492 cases; correspond ing week last year, 5761 cases.
 The woolen factory at Craftsbury, Vt., has been closed for the winter.
 At Enosburgh, Vt., there have been erected 33 new buildings the past season.
 Mir. w. P. Burbank, the newly appointed a large clothing store. He has been promi- nent in the Royal Arcanum and other secret societies throughout the State.
 The record of the Commercial News Room for 1850 at Nantucket shows that that winter was fully as mid as the present, according to the thermometrical readings. The steamer Telegraph and mail packet Portugal made regular uninterrupted trips between New Bedford and Nantucket during the month of January.
 The Fairhaven fish hatchery has recently produced 2OO, ,OOO speckled trout from spawn that had been sent from Carolina, R. l. It expects scon to hatch 25O,OOO trout from spawn sent rom Worthwhile, Mich.
 The new free library at simsbury, Conn.,, given by Amos R. Enc of New York city as tribute to his native town. was dedicated Jan. 2S. The movement for free library began in 1S73,a when the matter was pushed by young peoples improvement society, and MT. Enc gave $3O0O. A library was then started, but later MT. Enc gave $1O, 900, which was used for the new quarters, and he has given $2O,OOO in all.
 Rev. Frederick E. Enrich, formerly of the Tabernacle Church, Chicago, was installed as pastor of Grace Congregational Church, of South Birmingham, Mass, lately. Rev. Dr. Arthur Little of Boston preached the ser mon.
 The Hartford, Conn.,, city mission society have bought lot on which they will build a home to cost between $25,0O0 and 0,0O0, the funds of the $5O,0OO bequest of the late Mrs. Lucy Church being used for that pur- pOse.
 It is said, that an English syndicate is nego- tiating for the purchase of all the principal sash and door factories in the country. Op- tions have already been secured on about 35 different plants, for which the syndicate will pay between $20, ,000 ,00O and $25, ,0O0, ,O00.
 Pbilo Beecher and wife of Seymour, Conn.,, celebrated their golden wedding the other day by reception at the opera house, which was attended by six hundred, many coming f.om surrounding towns. They were given a purse of $150, and then collation. was served, and the festivities ended with an old fashioned dance.
 The twenty-third annual meeting of the Worcester Conference of Unitarian Churches opened Jan. %, at the first Congregational Church, Westborough, Mass, and the meeting was by Rev. Charles G. Ames, pastor of the Disciples, Boston.
 There is one less bridge in Dighton, Mass, now than there was. The Old Colony Rail- road Company removed it. The bridge is one which connected two banks of the rail- bridge, and was on land owned by John A. Rose. Across this bridge people formerly passed to the old town landing. The owner of the. land: asked the town to remove the structure two years ago, but no action was taken, and it is thought he may have had something to do with the railroad company's action.
 East Greenwich, R. l., is again excited over liquor prosecutions. The license of Patrick O'Reilly has been revoked for Sunday selling, and Constable o. H. Still, the clergyman who came into prominence in prohibition time by II 1A1> Al11- n11 1~.l whose house, it was charged, the liquor dealers once tried to blow up, was stoned on the street. Patrick Maroney, one of the oldest whole sale liquor dealers in Providence, wa before the Sixth District Court the other day on a warrant alleging that he failed to remove the screens from the window of his place of business Sunday. The penalty is forfeiture of license for whi, h he paid $7O0, forfeiture of bonds aggregating $100O, and inability to obtain any class of liquor license within the State for period of five years. Maroney'. ality of the law, which carries the case to the Supreme Court and ties it up for several months.
 Attemps were made to wreck two d fer mt trains near, Avon, Mass., Jan. 29. The Boston bound train, due there at 34 F. M., found across the tracks on the curves south of the station. The train leaving Boston at 2 :l5 P. M., also found sleepers on the track just around the curve north of the station. For tunAtely no damage was done to either train. This is the fourth attempt made to wreck trains here within short time. Several days ago Fall River train met with Instructions, and another train, sometime before, had similar experience.
 The selectmen of Hopkinton, N. H., have put the estate of the late Perley w. Beck un- der keeper until an administrator is appointed. It is reported that thorough investigation of the premises will be made in view of determining, as far as possible, the truth of the suspicious connected with the life of the deceased.
 By the will of the late Annie w. Chadwick of Exeter, N. H., private bequests amounting to 5000 are made, of which $500 will event ually revert to the Congregational Church at Tamworth, N. H. The residue, which will be about $5OO0, goes in equal shares to the Missionary Associ ,tion of New York, the American Home Mission Society and the Board of Commissioners of Foreign Missions.
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