Connecticut western news., 1892-07-21
CONNECTICUT NEWS.
ITEMS OF INTEREST TO INHABITANTS
 OF THE NUTMEG STATE.

NEW LONDON, July 18.-Fletcher Winters,
 a well known barber of this city, took a
 dose of poison by mistake for cough med
 icine at o'clock and died in less than two hours
 Theaters Change Hands BRIDGEPoRT, July 1S.-BunnelPs and the Grand opera house have been leased to E. s. Gibbons, MT. Bunnell retiring from the field for good.
 Heverin Made Captain. wILLIMANTIC July 1S-Company E, Third regiment, elected a captain to fill the vacancy caused by the promotion of Cap tain J. H. Morrison to the rank of major. First Lieutenant Martin Heverin was chosen.
 Catholics to Meet at Meriden. MERIDEN, July 1s.-The twenty y-third an nual convention of the Catholic State Total Abstinence union will be held Aug. 30 at Meriden.
 That Missing Pouch. NEW HAVEN, July 1S.-The local officers of Adams Express company still refuse to say anything regarding the missing pouch which is said to have contained S6O,OOO. Four Fatally Injured. NoRwALK, July 16.-Some Italian labor CTS employed in digging sewer in West
  tank of naphtha and four were fatally in- jured.
 Crosby Mysteriously Shot. DANBURY, July 16.-Mr. Charles Crosby, one of the wealthiest and best known residents of North Salem, Westchester county, N. Y, is dying as the result of a mysterious shooting, in which his handsome
 French wife is said to be implicated. Colonel Stevenson Sued. BRIDGEPORT, July 16.-Colonel w. H. Stevenson, formerly vice president and general manager of the Housatonic rail road, has been sued for S20, GOO by the com- pany for money due. All of lone. Steven sons property in this city a-d his summer residence in Fairfield have been levied upon. Judge Deming Must Show Cause. NEW HAVEN, July 16.-State Attorney Doolittle has brought suit against Judge Lucius P. Deming to make him show cause why he holds the position of judge of the criminal common pleas court. Judge Dem ing has been holding the office since the expiration of his term, owing to the leglsla- tive muddle.
 Railroad Mismanagement Alleged. BRIDGEPORT, July 15.-In the superior court Judge F. B. Hall appointed L. S. Catlin, of this city, receiver of the New England Terminal company, only two stock holders opposing the petition. It W as stated that the company had suffered loss of $324, ,0O0 during the last three years. wiokham and Hubbard Resign. | HARTFORD July 15.-Captain c. H. Wick ham, of the Hartford City guard, has re- signed, and the resignation of Lieutenant Hubbard, of the same company, has been forwarded, having been demanded by Colonel Burdett.
 Caught in the Act. NEW HAVEN, July 15.-Ralph A. Ford, twenty-one years of age, was caught in the act of passing forged check on the Yale | National bank.
 Want Receiver Appointed. BRIDGEPORT, July 15.-The New York and New England, the Housatonic and the Danbury and Norwalk Railroad com panies have asked for the appointment of receiver for the New England Termi- nal company, alleging mismanagement. A Joke Drove Carroll Insane. NEW HAVEN, July 15-Dwight E. Car roll, an instructor in the Lehigh uni versity, at Bethlehem, Pa., made a des- perate attempt at suicide at his home in Valesville by swallowing large dose of paris green. Professor Carroll, while de- livering an address recently, was, as joke, guyed unmercifully by the collegians. Being of sensitive nature he became in- sane and took the poison while delirious. warships at New London. NEW LONDON, July 15. - The Concord and the flagship Philadelphia, of the | North Atlantic squadron, joined the Milan | tonomoh in New London harbor, making | five naval vessels now at this station, the | laip fl,a oh Top town and Constellation.
 Connecticut and the Fair. HARTFORD, July 14.-Executive Commis- | sioner Woods made report to the Worlds | fair managers showing that 125 Connecticut concerns have already applied directly for | space, tweuty-seven others have applied | from other states and 1O5 others have ap- | plications on the way. Major Woods is con- | fident that the state will make a very cred | itable exhibit.
 | Lieutenant Governor Loomis Dead. HARTFORD, July 14-Ex-Lieutenant Gov. | ernor Francis B. Loomis, of New London, ! aged seventy -four, died here at the resi-. | dence of his daughter, Mrs. Havemeycr. | He was born in Lyme. He was elected lieu | tenant governor of Connecticut by the Dem | ocratic party in 1876. He has since been a | presidential elector and has received other | political honors.
 l The New Cable Laid. | NEW LONDON, July 14.-Fisher's island is once more in cable communication with | the rest of the world. Employees of the
 Southern New England company completed | the laying of a new cable, three miles long, between the mainland and the island. New Haven Weather Bureau. NEW HAVEN, July 14.-Observer Cox, ot the local weather bureau, received official orders notifying him that the station had
 been made one of the first order He Founded Backus Hospital. | NORWICH, July 14.-William w. Backus, | the founder of the Backus hospital in this
 city, died, aged eighty-nine years. Fessenden Cannot Accept. | BRIDGEPORT, July 13.-In regard to the
 report that he had been offered the chair
 manship of the Republican national com | mittee, Samuel Fessenden, who is a mem Der of that committee, said: "I have not
 been offered the chairmanship, but some of | my friends on the committee and others
 have been good enough to suggest my name | in that connection. Really I suppose it is | for the executive committee to select their | chairman, and l take 1t that they will | choose some gentleman who will have the
 confidence of the nominees as well as of the ! party. It is well known that I am so situ-
 ated that I could not under any circum-
 stances accept such position, and had no
 idea that my friends and others considered
 the matter seriously enough to bring it to
 the consideration of the executive commit | tee"
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