Connecticut western news., 1892-08-25
CONNECTICUT NEWS.
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 OF THE NUTMEG STATE.

Facts Concerning the Important Hsppss- ings of ths Week In This Vicinity aad EIs.where Briefly Told for inc Benefit of People Whose Time is Valuable NIANrIo, Aug 22-The militia have left Camp White for the year. The great event of the encampment, and indeed of the year, in the national guard-the governors re- \ view-took place Saturday afternopa in tho | presence of several thousand spsctatorx, | probably the largest crowd ever seen on tho | grounds The brigade was formed promptly at o'clock by Assistant Adjutant General George M Cole and turned over to General Haven in good shape. Soon after Governor Bulseley and staff, mounted, rode out onse the parade. The governor was attended by his entire staff, exoeN Lieutenant Bowen and Commissary General E. s. Boss. whose horse was ridden by Executive Secretary | Austin Brainard. The usual drill by the infantry battalions and the battery of light artillery followed. The machine gun bat tory gave very handsome exhibition of skill in handling their weapons Especially attractive was the degree of skill exhibited in dismantling and assembling the guns Much powder was burned, the siege guns and mortars fired some plaster shells with time primers set to burst well in the air and the crowd enjoyed the exhibition very | much.
 The Peach Crop.
 HARTFORD, Aug a 22-Beginning probably about the middle of next week peaches will be picked daily at the two orchards in Der lin and Deep River owned by the Oonnecti- cut Valley Orchard company. Many plums and grapes will also be ready for picking soon. Orchard plains, Berlin, is especially heavy with fruit The crop exceeds in value as well quality the famous one of 1889, and Is . At reward for the courage and intelligence that have revived peach culture in the state.
 odd Fellows to Wait Springfield.
 HARTFORD, Aug. 22-Oonneoticut and Charter Oak lodges of Odd Fellows have accepted the invitation of Hampden lodge to visit Springfield as their guests, and have fixed the date for Sept 12 They will 70 up by special train, leaving about o'clock in the afternoon. The entertainment will include a short street parade, 6 banquet and secret exercises in the lodgeroom.
 Gardner Got No switohmsn.
 HARTFORD, Aug e2.-The awitchmen said to have been secured in Hartford by H. F. Gardner, agent for the railroads in trouble in Buffalo, failed to put in an appearance the appointed train, nor was anything seen of MT. Gardner.
 Lake MAhop~o Dsvastatsd.
 DANBuRY, Aug. 22.-LAke Mahopac, NY, a well known summer resort on the lake of the same name a few miles west of this city, was visited by fire The flames started In the stables adjoining the big Schinnneller hotel and destroyed them, together with the town hall and welch's wheelright factory and the Yelling House. There ia no Are dc- partment there, and the hotel narrowly escaped. Loss, s10,ooo; partly insured.
 Found Her Levers Body.
 MrRIpKN, Aug. 29.-Mr. John D. Sack ett of Springfield, Mass., a conductor on the New York, New Haven and Hart. ford railroad, died suddenly at the house of O. Sherman Kelsey, to whose daughter, Belle, Sackett was engaged. Miss Kelsey was the first one to discover the body and the shock has driven her insane. Rockers and stones to Meet
 NKw HAVEN, Aug. 22-There will be a | reunion of the members of the Hooker and Stone families at Savin Rock, near this | city, on Aug. S1. Charles F. Stone s score | tary of the Stone Family association, and Mrs Cornelia Hooker of the Hooker Family
 society.
 Manager Deacon Dead.
 WATERBURY, Aug 2o.-John Deacon, | aged thirty-six years, business manager of the Waterbury American, died from ty- phoid fever at his cottage in Branneld. A Boy Kills a Boy. DANBuRY, Aug 1a.-Hugh Durkin ao- cidentally shot and killed Thomas Mo Nulty while the two were blAckberrying ] Both were fourteen years old.
 Johnson Croquet Champion. NORWICH, Aug 19.-The tenth annual tournament of the National croquet Associ- ation was finished here. George w. John son, of Philadelphia, and George O. Strong, | Is1f ad fnru md rslm
 Johnson won the championship and first | prize. Strong then played on tie with Professor Jacobus for second place and won second prize. In the second division VII ] Knecht, of Matawan, N. J., took first, and Win Andrew, of Norwich, second prise. In
 the third division D. D. Butler, of Middle town, took first prize, and H. T. Crawford, | of Asbury Grove, second. In the fourth di- ,, | vision G. w. Mansfield, of Boston, won hrst
 prize, and Joseph Adamson. of Philadelphia,
 second. The association has voted Co build | a clubhouRe to cost not more than $500 be- ! fore the next annual tournament and a [ committed of five, with power, is to be ap- pointed by the president to do the work this year.
 Death at His wifs's Hands. WATERBURY, Aug. 1s-John Egan, aged , forty-six years, is dying at the hospital as
 the result of a quarrel with his wife Mary. | mrS. hKAn pNHueu ueI nuhuAuu AtbhA A w
 randa, fracturing his spine. The woman Is a locked up.
 The New Postal Cards.
 BIRxINoHAM, Aug. ls-Mr. Al Dsggett has received the contract for printing the 3 new folding postal card. The card is de ; signed to be used by one party, folded and , returned by the receiving party, makii,s: 3 one card do the work of two. The card,
 are sold for one and two cents. the latter } being for foreign use. The first order is for 5 100000.
 . Dropped Dead. 8 STAMFORD, Aug. 1S.-Edgar A. Brown, , thirty-one years of age, formerly an as- l sistant apprai@er in the New York custom l house, dropped dead of heart failure. I Sick with Typhoid. HARTFORD, Aug, I7.-Private Charles Barrett was brought to his home here from - Camp White, Mantle, sick with typhoid 7 fever.
 PresIreat IaKraham Dead. 3 BRISTOL, Aug 17. MT. Edward Ingrs-
 ham, president of the Ingraham Clock com
 pany, is dead. He was the hon of Elias In-
 graham, the pioneer in clock manufacturs in Bristol.
 ! Elopsd with His Clerks Wife, : STAMFORD, Aug. l7.-Mr. C. M. Travis, agent of the Metropolitan Insurance com. pany, is said to have eloped with ths wife
 of his clerk, Mrs. Talmadge.
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