Connecticut western news., 1891-11-12
NEWS OF CONNECTICUT.
Items of Interest to Inhabitants
 of the Nutmeg State.
THE HISTORY OF SEVEN DAYS

THE HISTORY OF SEVEN DAYS. Facts Concerning the Important Hap
 penings of the Week in This Vicinity
 and Elsewhere Briefly Told for the Ben-
 BIRMINGHAM, Nov. 6.-Samuel French while out hunting discovered a COW stuck in the mud. She had been in that position three weeks, and had lived on weeds that flowed down the stream. It required two yokes of oxen to drag her out.
 A Sensation at the Hearing.
 MIDDLEToWN, Nov. 7.-The case of Grif- fin versus Davis, for recount of ballots cast for registrar at the last election, was heard yesterday morning in the superior court. The. testimony of Assistant Town Clerk R. S. Hayes caused sensation. The witness testified that ballot boxes containing the ballots were locked in the vault of the town hall after election. On being closely questioned he admitted that the sealing might possibly have been done week or more after election, and on further consid- eration disclosed the fact that a meeting was held after election, when were pres ent Judge Northrop, l. H. Winterich, M. w. Lawton, l. H. Griffin and others, and that it was then decided that the seals had better be placed on the door of the closet containing the ballot boxes. Selectman Ba- con has a key to the vault and the seal was placed on the door to discover if Ba- con entered the vault to tamper with the ballots. Bacon is a prominent Democrat, and his friends are indignant at the asper-, ai0Y oocf oh ootn ho N11vrf adjourned to meet next Tuesday at 10 a. m.
 Fourteen Bicyclists Fined.
 NEW HAVEN, Nov. 9-Fourteen bicylists of the Rover club were fined at Orange Sunday for riding on a sidewalk Among them was Captain George Smith. The fines ranged between $5 52 and $7.01.
 She Burned Up Chickens.
 NoRWALK, Nov. lO-Amelia Beers, widow of Norwalk, will be taken to Middletown today, as she is hopelessly in- sane. She has been laboring under the delusion that the Lord had called upon her to sacrifice all the children and chick ems in the neighborhood. She has brick altar in her back yard where many inno- cent chickens have been cremated.
 Suffering from Drought.
 MIDDLEToWN, Nov. 1O.-The town of Moodus is suffering from a water famine. Three large reservoirs of the Moodus Water Power company are con- pletely exhausted and the factories which are supplied with motive power by the company are shut down. Fears are enter tained that the drought may last all winter
 Forest Fires Near Waterbury.
 WATERBURY, Nov. 10. Very fierce forest fires have been raging for the past two days on the mountains near Beacon Falls, killing quite number of horses. Several farmhouses and buildings at High Rock Grove are threatened. A special train of thirty men was sent from Water bury to fight the flames. The situation is alarming.
 Husband and a Fortune for Her.
 BRIDGEPORT, Nov. 1O.-Some seven years ago Peter Gibbons, who had married Ma mic Donnelly, deserted her. Stories came back to her that he had gone to Ireland and died. Mrs. Gibbons has just received a letter from her recreant husband. It said that he was living in San Francisco and was rich and wanted her to come to him. She has decided to do so.
 A Man Drowns a Woman.
 BRIDGEPORT, Nov 1O.-As the oyster sloop Minnie was entering this port the crew saw a man and woman strug- gling in the water. A boat was put out, but did not reach the pair in time to save them. They picked up two hats. mans and a woman's. The theory is that the man attempted to drown the woman and where the drowning occurred was off Point No Point. /
 He Yawned His Jaw Out of Joint.
  New Haven. brakeman, aged twenty-five, has dislocated his jaw by yawning.
 Quong Wants to Be Yankee.
 BRIDGEPORT, Nov. 1O.-Quong Lee, who is we'll known Chinese laundryman of Bridgeport, is about to make a fight for citizenship. He secured his first papers easily enough, but there is some doubt as to his ability to get his second papers. He has been in business at Bridgeport for ten years and pays taxes on considerable prop erty.
 The City Will Not Suffer.
 NEW BRITAIN, Nov. 1O.-The P. & F. Corbin company have furnished the re- quired bond of ,O0O, which is guaran- tee to protect the city from any damage or. loss occasioned by the use of certain streets through which the company petitioned for permission to lay water pipes from Rhodes pond to the factory, large supply for the factory being required by the insurance companies.
 Settled by Arbitration.
 BRISTOL, Nov. 1O.-The case of Charles Latorneau against T. J. J.Beegan and E. H. Whalen, which was left out to Lewis Sperry, Robert Barrett of Hartford and Lyman Burr of New Britain as commit tee of arbitration, has just been decided in favor of Latorneau, awarding him $2,62S, each party to pay half the costs. This is case in which Latorneau, as builder, claimed pay for houses built by him for Began and Whalen.
 Died of Pneumonia.
 HARTFORD, Nov. 10.-Patrick H. Berry, 2 molder at Colts and an estimable man, died at his home on South Prospect street of pneumonia, at the age of thirty-two. He was a prominent member of the An cient Order of Hibernians, second divis- ion, was formerly connected with the Hil- yer Guard, and belonged to St. Patricks society and the Emerald society. His fu- neral was, from St. Patrick's church yes- terday morning.
 Fair Officers Elected.
 BROOKLYN, Nov. 10.-At the annual meeting of the Windham County Agricul- tural society the following officers were elected: President, A. J. Bowen; first vice president, c. J. Bush; second vice presi- dent, A. A. Stanton; third vice president, M. H. Sanger; treasurer, P. B. Sibley; re- cording secretary, w. B. James; corre- spending secretary, H. P. Robinson; au- ditors, B. l.. Palmer, c. s. Burlingan and George M. Holt. The indebtedness of the society was reduced $1, 100 by the annual