Connecticut western news., 1891-03-04
STATE WE WS.

There is scarlet fever in Thomaston.
 F. H. Turkington, of Morris, is now managing six farms.
 The Litch6eld Enquirer says: Mil ton H Robbins of Lakeville takes an appointment in the Sheffield school at the next commencement.
 The Rev. MT. Rippere. pastor of the Methodist church at Winsted leaves at the end of the present conference year.
 James Scott. of Litchfeld, has sold his farm of S4 acres in the towns of Goshen and Litchfeld to Almon J. Beach.
 The American Mechanics at Litch- field. have A members with fifteen ap- plicants under consideration.
 Walter l.. Mitchell, of South Britain, lost nine horses in the recent railroad wreck at Clyde N. Y. His man who was with the horses. had his leg broken.
 A Danbury man has daughter five months old and great-granddaughter nearly two years old.
 Milo Bidwell, of Collinsville, who was tilted by Miss Susie Adams. has made public many of Susie's letters to him.
 The Knights of Columbus since their organization in this state have paid 193 death benefits.
 The Mason's Fraternal Accident Asso- citation has paid $50. LA O3 in benefits | to the insured and their families. The majority of the engineers on the Consolidated road are members of the | Nooouio ,r1 or on1 fhov bovo f>c,,ol n | Masonic brotherhood. In the United States Court at Hart ford, Feb. 2l, Paliser & Paliser of New York, who got the Connecticut post masters to send out circulars before stamps for them had been paid for, were fined $500 and sentenced to one day in jail.
 Mrs. Sophia P. Camp, Newington, re- gently celebrated her nInety-fourth birth day. at the house of her step-son, Joseph Camp. Friends were invited to tea be- tween the hours of 3 and '.
 Mrs Carlton How'd at West Hartlaud has an orange tree which is in full bloom, having nearly 75 buds and blos- soms.
 The Naugatuck road has about 2,OOO tons of ice stored in it's houses at Tor rington and Waterbury
 Elam Slater who has sawed out over 200 GOO feet of lumber since the middle of December for c. w. Beldin of Har- winton, has removed his mill into woods north of TorrIngton village. The father of William Kinney. boy recently employed by the New England Knitting company of Winsted, has brought suit for $5, ,0O0 against the cor. poration for damages resultant to his son, who had an arm so badly injured in the machinery as to necessitate amputa. tion.
 Since Bishop McMahon took control of the Catholic diocese in Connecticut on August 10, 1879. it has grown in the eleven years from 93 churches, 100 priests. 7O50 pupils at parochial schools and l50 OO0-to 14S churches, 1S4 priests, 16, 200 pupils, 253,OOO popula
 tion.
 "The Winchester Farmers League was organized at Wiusted last Thursday George Burnham was elected president T. Goodenough. vice-president, anl Francis Sage, secretary and treasurer. The Theron Rockwell house, in tn, southeast part of Colebrook, WIS entire ly destroyed by fire last Thursday night The barns, outbuildings, cattle, and al the other stock, besides some farmin, i, utensils were burned. The premise were occupied by man named Stanto who was formerly draughtsman ant t artist in Philadelphla. Stanton has live , the life of a hermit iu Colebrook. The Farmers Alliance in Kansas ha