Connecticut western news., 1892-01-28
NEWS OF CONNECTICUT.
ITEMS OF INTEREST TO INHABITANTS
 OF THE NUTMEG STATE.

FAIRFIELD, Jan. 20.-St. Thomas Roman Catholic church, together with the parochial school and convent attached, has been. burned. Several nuns narrowly escaped. Connecticut Men for War.
 NEW BRITAIN, Jan. 20.-Captain Mclean, of Company E, First regiment, has placed on file in the adjutant generals office in Hartford papers expressing his willingness, in case of war with Chili, to raise com pany in this city. He has already twenty five names pledged, and is confident that he can raise a company if a call is made for troops. The Next Yale-Harvnrd Debate.
 NEW HAVEN, Jan. 2O.-The next Yale | Harvard debate will be at New Haven, March 25. It is expected that Chauncey M. Depew will preside. Yale will sustain the negative of the question, Resolved, That college education units a man for busi- ness" Rumor of a Dedication Denied. HARTFORD, Jan. 2O.-The Courant says: ''The story ran about the streets of Hart ford that there was dedication of $lOO,- 600 in the Travellers Insurance company. The story was pronounced without any foundation"
 Newspaper Burned Out
 BRIDGEPORT, Jan. 21.-A fire started in the press room O The Daily Union and the whole structure was burned. The Daily Union will lose 1000; insured. Connecticut and the Fair. WATERBURY, Jan. 21.-The state board of trade adopted 8 resolution asking the legislature to make an appropriation for the Worlds fair.
 Mrs. Daly Found Guilty. Wrvr ' Ta- orso A Daly was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment for life for the murder of James Corcoran. She heard the verdict with coolness
 Arnold's Engagements Cancelled. MIDpLErowN, Jan. 22.-The reading which was to have been given in this city next Monday by Sir Edwin Arnold has been cancelled owing to his present state of health. No further engagements will be fulfilled. AS soon as his health will permit Sir Edwin will return to England. Death of Linguist Simonson. HARTFORD, Jan. 22.-Rev. Leopold Simon son, the celebrated hnguist, died here, aged sixty. He was an earnest advocate of Vola- puk and instructor of French and German , at Trinity college.
 Bishop Kean Is Ill.
 NEW HAVEN, Jan 23-Owing to a severe attack of the grip, Bishop Kean has been obliged to cancel his engagement to lecture , before the Kent club at Yale. Two Coal Barges Sunk. NEW HAVEN, Jan. 23-The barges Item and Flash, loaded with coal, parted their hawsers of Norwalk, and sa-H. Dishonest Posta Clerk.
 NEW HAVEN, Jan. 23.-George E. Alvord, . postal clerk of Morris, Conn, was arrested to-day for the theft of draft for $l70 last October.
 Attacked by Masked Men, i'Ew HAVEN, Jan. 23.-A murderous at- tack was made by two masked men upon Elmer Clar. at Danbury. Attempts were made on Monday and Wednesday nights to steal horses from Charles J. Rockwells barn in that city. Since then Mir. Rockwell and Clark, his brother-iu-law, have been watching for the thieves. Clark was in the barnyard, and a man with black mask struck him on the head with 8 crowbar, felling him to the ground. Clark attempted to rise, when a second masked man plunged knife into him. His shouts for help alarmed his assailants and they fled. MT. Clark was found later, lying unconscious, with dirk sticking in his body. The knife penetrated through a heavy pocketbook and lead pencil, and the wound was not serious
 A Masonic Lodge Censured. NEW HAVEN, Jan. 23.-St. Johns Ma sonic lodge of this city has been censured by the grand lodge for refusing to pay the | bin of another lodge for care of one of their | members.
 She Left Ninety Thousand Dollars. LYME, Jan. A.-About a mile due east l from here on the Blackhall road there stands I @ big, rambling house surrounded by many acres of grounds overlooking the sound. Here for many years lived Mrs Jane Kings bury. She died a week ago, having been cut down by gr1p at the age of eighty-two. She was buried from the house two days later. She had lived a rather solitary life. She was supposed to be moderately well of and to be living upon an annuity left her by her husband, tho late Major Julius Kings bury, of the regular army. This quiet little village was astonished by the announcement that $6O, 900 in cash and securities to the amount of $3O 900 more had been found hid | den in the house which Mrs. Kingsbury oc- | cnpied.
 In Training for the Yale Crew. | NEW HAVEN, Jan. 25-The following men are at present in training for the Yale crew: Chatfeld, Ives, Gallaudet, | H. B. Perkins, SheL.ey, Dunkerson, Bron- son, Van Huyck, s. D. Rogers, Folger, San | ford, Surfen, Ballet, Bothney, Longacre, Meesler and Jenkins The crew will com mence strict training immediately, which will include rowing in the tank, outdoor running and little gymnasium work.
 A Murderer Dies In Jail.
 NEW HAVEN, Jan. 25.-Patrick Flanna- gan, who was to have been hanged in May
 on May 9, 1890, has died at the jail of con-
 sumption.
 l A Sensational Suit Settled.
 NEW HAVEN, Jan. 25.-The suit of Mrs
 Sarah M Camp, of Waterbury, for $2O, 900
 damages against Laura E. Pearsall also of
 Waterbury, for alternating the affections of
 the formers husband, has been satisfactori-
 ly settled out of court. Mrs. Camp brought
 two suits in October, 1890, one against her
 husband for divorce and one against Mrs.
 Pearsan for alienation of affections. The
 divorce suit was tried last June, Mrs Pear
 sal being named as correspondent. The di-
 vorce was granted Mrs. Camp, together
 with s7, 900 allmony. The suit for aliena-
 ton of affections was to have been tried
 next Tuesday.
 | Husband and Wife Killed.
 PUTNAM, Jan. 25.-A fast train on the
 New York and New England railroad ran
 into a wagon containing William Cranska
 and wife at the crossing at Thompson sta
 tion. The wagon was demolished and both
 of its occupants instantly killed.
 Run Over and Killed.
 NoRwALK, Jan. 25.-William O. Nal
 lory, a brakeman, was run over and ln-
 stantly killed by his train at South Nor
 walk Mallory lived in Binghamton, N. Y. Schacfer Defeats Slosson.
 NEW YORK, Jan. 23.-The match game of
 billiards between the champion, Jacob
 Schaefer, and George Slosson for the cham,
 pionship cup stake of sl,0O0 side and
 the net receipts of the house, was played at
 the Lennox Lyceum before brilliant audi