Connecticut western news., 1891-11-05
NEWS OF CONNECTICUT.
Items of Interest to Inhabitants
 of the Nutmeg State.
THE HISTORY OF SEVEN DAYS.

penings of the Week in This Vicinity
 and Elsewhere Briefly Told for the Ben
 eft of People Whose Time Is Valuable.
 WATERBURY, Oct. 27.-Mr. John Bri- ordy, an aged farmer, was found lying unconscious in the underbrush near the Naugatuck turnpike. His skull was crushed and he was in sadly demoralized condition. After recovering consciousness he said that while riding along the turn pike he was accosted by stranger, who got in his wagon to ride to Waterbury.
 The stranger induced Briordy to take 8 drink of whisky. Soon after drinking, Briordy says, he lost all consciousness and was knocked out of the wagon by the stranger who struck him with some blunt instrument. Briordy died in a short time
 Mrs. Chandler Dead.
 PUTNAM, Oct 2S-Mrs Lucius Chand- Ter, mother of Louise Chandler Moulton, died, aged seventy-eight.
 The Bridge Fell.
 MERIDEN, Oct. 23-The South Meriden iron bridge, which had been sold for old iron, fell just as workmen began the work of tearing it down. One Hungarian went down with the bridge and was consider ably bruised. Teams will now be com pelled to ford the river
 The Hebe Stops a DrawbridSe.
 NoRwALK, Oct. 29.-While the steam barge Hebe, with two hundred tons of coal, was passing through the draw bridge at Westport, she grounded and was left standing on a rock until the tide receded. Until the draw can be closed communica- tion between the two sides of the river must be made by rowboats.
 Reuuests to Norwich.
 NORWICH, Oct. SO-The will of the late Henry B. Norton was probated today. He appoints Timothy Blackstone, of Chicago, his executor. His public bequests are 800 900 for the Norton Public Library and Reading room in Norwich; $50, 900 for the Norwich Free academy, Norwich; $15, 900 for the Broadway Congregational church, Norwich; $5,OO for the United Workers, Norwich; two-sevenths of the residue for the Norwich Y. M. c. A.; 5000 to the Eliza Huntington Memorial home. Nor wich.
 The Quo Warranto Suit. # BRIDGEPORT, Oct. 31. = The quo war. ranto suit brought by Luzon B.. Nor ris against Morgan G. Bulkeley has been assigned by the supreme court for hear ing on Nov 23 ttzs tsE1 @
 Veteran Parsons Stabs Himself.
 MERIDEN, Nov. 1.-Veteran Warren N. Parsons, d member of Merriam Post, o. A. R., this city, committed suicide by stabbing himself to the heart with pocket knife. Insomnia, caused by heart trouble, is thought to have affected his mind. He was fifty years old.
 To Tax Property.
 ROCKVILLE, Nov. 9. - This city has voted to lay tax of six mills on ratable property in the city. Voters claim that a poll tax is not legal and will not pay it. The matter will probably be brought be- fore the courts to test it's legality. The action of the city is based on the opinion of ex-Judge Loomis that, according to the city, charter, no property tax can legally be collected without laying poll tax.
 Yale's Now School Building.
 NEW HAVEN, Nov. 2.-Of the $3OO, O,OOO left by the late D. B. Fayerweather, of New York, to Yale university last spring, SIPS, ,O0O is to be put into a new building for the Sheffield scientific school The faculty have awarded the contract for con- structng the building to Longstaff & Hurd, of Bridgeport
 Inspected by the State Armorer.
 ROCKVILLE, Nov. 2.-The quarters and state property of Company c, First regi- ment, C. N. G., were inspected by Captain George A. Cornell, state armorer. The result of the inspection was a very grati- flying one, Captain Cornell speaking in high praise of the condition of the state property. The only pieces missing were seventeen crossed rifle designs worn on the fatigue caps, which were introduced this year. The designs are of poor quality and are easily lost. and Captain Cornell said that the number missing was smaller than that in many other companies. He said, also, that one result of the inspection re- ports this year would doubtless be the doing away with these designs and substi- tuting something better.
 Dead in Her Chair.
 TWISTED, Nov. 2.-Nrs. Kellogg, the wife of Asahel Kellogg, died suddenly MT. Kellogg went up street for awhile and upon his return, about half an hour after, found his wife dead sitting in chair, with her glasses on and newspaper opened out upon the table just as she sat when he left her.
 A Surprise Silver Wedding.
 SUFFIELD, Nov. 2.-A surprise silver wedding was given to MT. and Mrs. Thomas Patterson of West Suffield on the evening of Oct. 30, and was very enjoy able affair. It was gotten up by the ladies connected with the Congregational and Methodist churches and others of West Suff1 Id as token of the high esteem in which lis worthy couple are held by their friends 6. d neighbors. There were pres ent on this occasion Mir. and Mrs. B. w. Frost and son and Miss Nenie Frost of Marion, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Drake and niece of Springfield, Thomas H. Patterson, wife and son of Bristol, and R. J. Rice and wife of Meriden. The company num- bered some seventy-fve guests, who left many evidences of their good will in the shape of presents, the children presenting easy chairs and other appropriate and use full articles. A supper was served and many pleasant "reminiscences of former years rehearsed. MT. and Mrs. Patterson were married in Suffield, Oct. 30, 1866, by the Rev. Dr. Ives, now deceased, but for many years pastor of the Second Baptist church. They have always lived here, Mrs. Patterson being born less than mile from their present. residence.
 Tn. Charges Against Cook.
 M1DDLETowN, Nov. 2.-Judge John M. Hall has appointed a committee of three to investigate the charges made against Attorney James Cook, who recently made reflections on Lynde Harrison and the judges of the superior court during the trial of the Guilford bridge case The com mittee appointed are Judge Fillmore, Judge Calef and Attorney Culver of this city. The charges are brought by Simeon E. Baldwin. Edmund Zacher and Lynde Harrison. The charges in the complaint are slandering the judges of the superior court and obtaining money under false pretenses.
 The Norwood Makes Fast Time. NEW YORK, Nov. 3.-Norman l.. Nun. ro's steam launch Norwood made re- markable time yesterday In the first trial with the tide, the mile was covered in