Connecticut western news., 1890-06-18
STATE NEWS.
East Hartford green peas were in the Hartford market, June 5.

East Hartford green peas were in the Hartford market, June 5.
 There is movement to organize a Woman's Relief Corps in New Milford. The twentieth reunion of the Veteran Masons of Connecticut will be held at Waterbury, Thursday, June 26th.
 At the quarterly meeting of Mountain Pomona grange at Litchfield, June 4th, sixty-five new members were received. On petition of citizens the selectmen have ordered the town clock stopped nights Its striking annoys people near it.-[ [Litchfeld Enquirer.
 The celebration of the 10th anniver- sary of the pastorate of Rev Frederick D. Avery over the Cong1 church in Columbia, took place on Wednesday, June 11th
 The fine farm on Riggs Hill, Derby, lately sold by Linson De Forest to Franklin Finney, has been in posses sion of MT De Forests wife's family 225 years.
 The Connecticut Temperance Union Of Litchfeld county will hold a conven- tion on Wednesday, June Is, beginning at 9 a. m., in the Congregational church at New Milford.
 Annie Miller, aged years, was taken 1 with fit while in school at New Britian last Wednesday,, and died the same night after suffering great agony. The cause is mystery. The medical examiner finds no imme- diate relation between the whipping of Paul Gebhard by Principal Lewis of the New Haven high school May 22d. and his death from convulsions May 29.
 B. A. Pierpont, of Litchfeld, has in his garden two rows of currant bushes that are said to have been in bearing nearly 100 years which Is something remarkable for currant bushes.- Tor rington News.
 The prosecuting attorney at Bridge port has been asked to close the fruit stores in the city on Sundays, but he | thinks that the Italians have as much right to sell fruit on Sundays as have l Americans to sell confectionery and l The Monumental Bronze Co.,, of Bridgeport, havS just erected two more fine pieces of work in Greenwood ceme- tery, Brooklyn. Many fine specimens ot White Bronze work are to be seen in that cemetery, which is the largest cemetery 1n the United States.
 Parties who launched steamer on Highland lake, Winsted, last week, 1 forgot to put in the plug which had 1 1. eIoo beached, in order to let no water accu. mulate in the hold. Accordingly the 1 craft immediately sank, but 1t has been raised again and is ready for business.
 The Hartford Courant states that g company composed of Hartford and Boston capitalists, with a capital of $1, OOO,0 has been formed to develop and bring into use method of contro verting heat directly into electricity discovered by H. B. Cox, young man, twenty y-eight ycars of age, formerly o1 this city. a4
 Miss Minnie Cook, daughter of Rollir H. Cook of Pittsfeld, and we'll known ill Winsted, which, during her earlier years, was at home, is to be married al the home of her grandfather, Charles Cook. in Rochester, on the 14th of July The happy young man is Jas Braisie now of Washington, in this county, who until within few years past resided ir the East village. - Winsted Herald. l Some time ago, Kellogg Post, G. A R., of Birmingham voted to present al American flag to the Sixth Distric School. The school authorities refused to accept the flag, however, and now the veterans have voted to present the flag to the parochial school. The Re, Father Kennedy, who is in charge O. the school, has notified the post that h. will be pleased to accept it, and it vii be raised with appropriate ceremonies