Connecticut western news., 1890-01-29
STATE ITEMS.
The Catholics of Torrington are about to erect an $8OOO parochial school.

The Catholics of IOrrlngtOn are aDOut to erect an $sOOO parochial school.
 The third annual banquet of the Winsted Board of Trade will be held on Wednesday, Feb 5.
 The state treasurer announces that about thirty millions of securities have been registered under the new invest ment law.
 The Knights of Labor of Winsted have begun operations looking to the establishment of cooperative store in Winsted.
 Connecticut IS one of the nine states where the postal service is on a self-sus- taining basis, the net revenue returned to the department last year having been $113,9lO 92 The total receipts for the year reached the sum of $9S9. 335 29 There are now in operation in the state ,937 43 miles of mail service. The star routes are 82O, ,97 miles in length. On Tuesday of last week Frank w. Roberts, of Thomaston, was arrested iii Waterbury, charged with forgery. His arrest was made at the instance of his step-father, J. S. Wetmore, of Thomas ton, whose name he used in forging cheeks upon the Thomaston National Bank. At hearing before Judge Cowles on Wednesday he was bound over to tho Superior Court under $l 1000 bonds
 MT William l.. Gilbert has offered to do another handsome thing for Winsted The manufacturing interests of the borough demand more water power and Mir Gilbert has offered to bear the entire expense of tunneling the mountain from Little Pond to Rugg brook, mak- ing the latter storage reservoir against dry time. The estimated expense Is $50, ,OOO, and Mir Gilberts offer is made on condition that other manufacturers agree to assume the success of the minor features of the prolect.
 The property of John W. Powell, a grand juror of Norwalk, and Matthew Corbett of the firm of c. Swartz X Co.,, has been attached by Deputy Sheriff Toner in a suit for $5. 900 damages, brought by Christian Locke, on account of the arrest of his x-year-old son, Charley, for whipping Corbett's five year-old son, Matthew. The child was sentenced last September by Justice Knapp to the reform school until he was of age. This was equivalent to l5 years imprisonment, and public feeling was aroused aud several indignation meetings were held The case was appealed, but when called in the court of common pleas, it was found that no record had beon sent there and none has since appeared. Locke's complaint alleges false imprisonment.
 W. V. Morgan, of Hartford, local manager of the United Lines Telegraph Co.,, was fatally injured at the Union depot in Hartford, Saturday afternoon. No one seems to have seen him until he was falling under the cars, and there are many conflicting reports as to whether he was getting on or getting off the train or was crowded under by the jam of people on the platform. The rear car passed over him, injuring him so that he died at s:30 p. m. Saturday. He was nearly 3S years old, and leaves wife and three children.
 Robert White, aged about 50 years, cut his throat in New Hartford Sunday night at s: 30 o'clock, leaving two small children and divorced wife. The woman lives in Pine Meadow. Whites son, 8 young man. was cut in two by the cars several months ago, and since that time White has been very despon- dent. He took to drink after the boy s death, and lost his situation in the mill since which time he has been dissipa- ted man. Previous to his boys death White bore good reputation, and was steady, industrious man. His first wife died, and his second wife, as stated above, was divorced.