Connecticut western news., 1890-07-09
STATE ITEMS.

There are five widow Smiths in Plymouth.
 Edwin R.. Lee Woman's Relief Corps was instituted at New Hartford, July ?, with 27 charter members.
 Dr William O. Welch, formerly of Wlnsted, but late of Ansonia, has located at New Haven.
 The postoffices fourth class) at Mantle and Norfolk, have been raised to the presidential class.
 The Railroad Commissioners have decided to allow running of Sunday trains between New Britain and Hart ford.
 A new tower clock has been put into the Congi church at Thomaston, to replace the old one that has done service for so many years.
 A Danbury man named McGinty has challenged Thomas Cook, of this place, to fight. If they do fight, down goes McGinty, "Cooked'' as it were.-I Nor walk Record.
 Dr George Everett Markham, of East Hartford, died on Friday. He was at one time chairman of the republican town committee, and had been sent to the Legislature in 1889.
 Michael Terry, aged 22, resident of Trumbull, either jumped or fell from a Housatonic train at Trumbull last Sat urday night and was killed, his neck being broken by the fall. The summer school for teachers, usually held at Mantle, opened Tuesday l with change of scene at Sufield. Secretary Hine of the state board of education, will conduct it. MT Archibald McKellar, the sculptor Bridgeport, Conn.,, is modelling life cast in white bronze. The work is for ner, Maine.
 Grace Northrop, of Danbury, having been voted the most popular school teacher in Connecticut, Thursday sailed for Europe in company with five teach CTS from other states likewise fortunate, the expenses of all being paid by the New York World and St Louis Post Dispatch.
 Dr Charles Taylor, 58, one of the wealthiest and most prominent citizens of New Milford, died on Friday, the 4th, after an illness of two weeks. He was native of New Milford, and one ot the effective workers in the democratic 1 party. He has been several times sent to the Legislature.
 P. T. Barnum of Bridgeport, the snowman, celebrated his S0th birthday Saturday, by giving his employees, to the number of 125, dinner at the Sea side Pavilion. Congratulatory telegrams and letters were received by MT Barnum from across the oceans and across the continent, as we'll as from neighbors and friends nearer home.
 Last Monday. two funeral processions composed of Germans and Italians res pectively, started for the Ansonia ceme tery. The Italians arrived first, ano buried their man in the grave intended for the German, and the Germans were obliged to wait until the grave whicl was intended for the dead Italian was finished before they could bury theil man. The Italians remained in the cemetery until every German ha6 departed.
 Four merry makers started out in { boat on the Housatonic river at New Milford on July 1st and one of the party, Gustave Kumrow, was drowned by the persistent rocking of the boa of Sanford Tallman (colored). Corone Hardenburgh decided to hold Tallmal for criminal carelessness and he wa tried and bound over under $500 bond to the October term of the Superio Court. The bonds were furnished b, Tallman's mother.
 The census figures. already mad public, indicate that there is proba bility that the population of Connecti will not be shown sufficient to retail the present representation of four in tn National House of Representatives. I is expected that the manufacturin! towns, Waterbury, Bridgeport, Meriden Danbury and Ansonia, will show gail of perhaps 5000, but the losses in tn farming districts make it dou btfu whether Connecticut's total population will exceed 725,000, against 622, ,683 il 188O- Republican Farmer.