Connecticut western news., 1890-08-27
State News.

Fair Haven oystermen predict that oysters will be plenty the coming sea- son.
 The boy(?) preacher, Harrison, held forth at the Willimantic camp meeting last week.
 Naugatuck is the only town in the state to gain representative under the recent census
 Robert l.. Zink of Bridgeport, grad uate of Wesleyan University. is to suc- ceed Mir Blaisdell as principal of the Litchfeld schools.
 Rev Hugh Treanor, of Waterbury, is mentioned as the probable successor of the late lamented Rev Father McGiv- ney, as Supreme Chaplain of the Knights of Columbus.
 Senator Hawley is the possessor of handsome tree-calf volume which was George Washington's owp copy of the statutes of the first congress which met in New York in 1789.
 William R. Storrs, of Scranton, Pa., grandson of the Rev William Storrs, who was pastor of the church in Westford from 179O to 1924, has given $1, ,OOO to the Congl church in Westford.
 All of the pipes of the Litchfield Water Go. will be laid this week and the main will be finished. The company intend to have the supply of water ready by the last week in September.
 Henry Dennhartt, German, found a package of 108 letters and postal cards near Quinnipiac station Friday which had been lost from mail car. Most of the letters were addressed to Washing ton and were forwarded.
 The Congregational church at New Hartford is trying to raise funds to pur- chase new pipe organ. Many have subscribed literally. Hon Wm Mark ham, of Atlanta, Ga, native of New Hartford. has given S1OO.
 The Winsted Gun Club and the Col linsville Gun Club shot match Tn Winsted Wednesday. the Winsted club winning by 8 score of 105 to 1O1. In the sweepstakes shooting the Winsted club also won. The shooting was not first class by either club.
 Lucius Clark, soldier, was paid a back bounty of $1OO by the town of Tor rington last week which had been due since 1862. It is one of the town boun- ties promised recruits at that time. This precedent may open the door for many other claimants, involving thous- ands of dollars. f te
 The Rev Father McGivney, pastor of St Thomas Roman Catholic church, in Thomaston, died August IA, after an ill., ness dating back to an attack of the grippe in January. He was the founder of the order of Knights of Columbus. He was born in Waterbury in 1852, and has been in Thomaston for six years
 The report of the State Board of Health for July shows that during the month there were in Connecticut l, BOO deaths. This number is 392 more than the mortality of the previous month, and 29 less than in July of last year. The deaths from zymotic diseases were 495, being 38 per cent of the total mortality against IT, 6 per cent in.June. The in- creased percentage is due to the excess sive mortality from diarahma.
 Edwin Camp, aged 81, died at his home in Winsted, Thursday night, after an illness of six months duration. He has been prominent inmercantile life.in western Connecticut for many years and retired from agricultural and mercantile pursuits some years ago. He has dealt largely in real estate of late. Mr. Camp was director of the Hurlbut National Bank of Winsted, trustee of the Crock CT charitable fund. and he had also held many positions of private trust He rep resented Barkhamsted in the Legisla- ture in 1848, had been selectman of Barkhamsted and also of Winchester, besides member of the Winsted board of warden and burgesses.