Connecticut western news., 1890-02-19
VERMONT.

Thirty@three new buildings were erected in Enosburgh, the past season.
 Deacon Nathan Batchelder of Barnet, has reached his 92d birthday, and is in most vigorous health.
 o. F. Wiley of San Francisco, a former resident of Danville, has presented the Dan- vile Library with the set of 39 volumes of Bancrofts History of the P.cifc States.
 There were 79 deaths and 132 births in the town of St. Johnsbury, Vt, in 1889. Curi- ously enough the death rate for the village and town was the same, 13 to 1000, remark ably low rate.
 Charles Whitaker of Rochester. vt.. a fire- man on the Centra! Vermont Railroad, killed at Royalton by falling from an engine through the bridge at that point. The body was recovered.
 The Vermont Merino Sheep Shearing Asso- ciatiOn has chosen these officers: President. E.sN. Bissell of East Shoreham; vice presi- dents, e. H. Smithof Addison, Byron Smith of Addison; secretary and treasurer, Frank Morrison of Addison, J. c. A. Hamilton of Bridport, Cyrus H. Smith of Town Line, L.i E. Moore of Shoreham, Ira L. Hamlln of Cornwall, H. c. Burwel. of Bridport, H. E. Sanford of West Cornwall.
 Thomas Champln was killed by the cars between Natick and Pontiac.
 The Germantown society of Providence dedicates $12, 900 building. which was built for them on Atlantic and Niagara streets.
 Mary Shaw, of Pawtucket. was killed while walking on the railroad track between Natick and Westcott, being struck by a train. She was 39 years old and the mother of four children, one of them babe.
 The cases brought by the Providence Board of License commissioners against James Hanley, president of the Rhode Island Brew cry company, based upon his alleged sale of beer to unlicensed saloon keepers, and which if sustained. would forfeit his license and shut up the big brewery, was decided in Hanley's favor.
 Otis E. Fisher, the Collector of Putnam, who has been accused of defaulting with $2000 to $3000 of the towns money was ar rested on a criminal charge and committed to the County Jail.
 'Torrington will get a new $22,O0O free library by the will of lbe late Lauren Wet m"re, who died recently. The American Missionary society will receive the rest of the estate.
 Fishers Island is to be made into game preserve after the most approved English methods. A house will be erected at the east end of tue isl"nd and wall seven feet high will be built from shore to shore, With gates in charge of game keeper.
 The sixth meeting of the Housatonic Chris tian Endeavor Union was held in the First Congregational Church at Milford with 250 de egates and members present and 800 dined at the town hall. These officers were elected for the year; President, Howard P. Wood man of Bethel; vice president, J. L. Darcey of Danbury; secretary, Mary A. Hopson of Kent. An interesting case came up in the Grim inal Court of Common Pleas at Bridgeport, in which Ebert l.. Woodward, formerly known as "Woody' of 'Boss" Tweed ring fame, wealthy citizen of South Norwalk and treasurer of the Social Club of that place, was on trial for selling liquors without a l license. Several witnesses testified for the State, and the evidence showed that liquors were kept and sold in the club-room to mem- bers and their. guests. The members depos- for for the % amount m being sent them at i stated uei times. Woodward, being treasurer of the | club, received the money and the liquors. A number of prominent citizens of Norwalk at- | tended the trial. The jury returned verdict of not guilty.