Connecticut western news., 1892-05-05
CONNECTICUT NEWS.
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 OF THE NtITMEG STATE

ITEMS OF INTEREST TO INHABITANTS
 OF THE NUTMEG STATE. Facts Concerning the Important Happen ings of the Week In Thi. Vicinity ans Elsewhere Briefly Told for the Benefa or People Whose Time Is Valuable.
 HARTFORD, May S-A change is about ts take place in the management of the Unitec States hotel. Colonel Rood has leased tn. premises for five years to ]. B Ryan, form erly proprietor of the Rockville at Rock vile; George Clark, formerly clerk at the Rockville, and George Daniels, for yean steward of the Mansion House at Greenfield
 Hebrews Want Judge Coe Removed. NEW HAVEN, May S.-Three hundred Hebrew citizens of Meriden will ask the general assembly to impeach Judge Lew Coe, of the city court of Meriden, for ar alleged exercise of the duties of his office te the prejudice of the Jewish citizens oi Meriden.
 Professor Dana Made President.
 HARTFORD, May S-The Connecticut So ciety for Universal Extension in utilization with the American University Extension society was formed here with Professor k s. Dana, of Yale, as President
 Rug Factory for New Haven.
 NEW HAVEN, April S0.-Mr. Charle. Marshall, the head of an English rug and mat factory, is here to select site for an American branch factory, the erection of which is necessitated by tariff legislation The factory will employ 500 hands.
 pr. stermberg wiu Speak.
 NEW HAVEN, April 30.-Dr George Nj ha Era ulfa af i'm bacteriology, has been secured by the Yale medical school to deliver the commence ment address in June.
 Sued for Libel.
 NKw HAVEN, April So-Anthony Carroll, a contractor of this city, has begun suit against Thomas Brady for 5000 damages for & hbelous newspaper article, of which Brady was the author. The suit follows one for S1, 800 between the same parties, Carroll claiming to have lost that amount in Brady's poolroom. Brady had stated that Carroll's first suit was simply a blackmail ing scheme.
 A Hotel Royal Fire Suit.
 NEW HAVEN, April 30.-G NJ. Baldwin, administrator of the estate of the late A. A. Townsend. who lost his life in the Hotel Royal fire in New York, has instituted a suit against Hyman Israel and Richard Meares, owner and lessee of the hotel, to recover 5000 damages.
 Burglars Make IA Haul.
 PENNINGTON, April 30.-Some burglars broke into D. A. Clarkson's coal office here and stole $500 in cash and $500 in checks-
 The Strike at Bridgeport
 BRIDGEPORT, April 30. The recent con ference held by the officials of the English plush factory with the strikers has failed to bear fruit, and the situation remains un- changed.
 Alfred l.. Clark Caned.
 BRIDGEPORT, April 30.-Alfred L. Clark, retiring proprietor of the American House in this city, was presented with gold headed the house.
 A Brutal Outrage.
 ROCKVILLE, April 30.-A most brutal and cowardly attack was made upon an aged woman yesterday morning by man as yet unknown. The victim was a widow, Mrs. Margaret Feeney, aged seyenty-three, who lives i'll the house of Frank s. Hall in a lane or Hrove street on Fox hill. It was at 5 o'clock this morning that Mrs Feeney was awakened by a man choking her. She fought for life and screamed loudly, but at last fell back on the bed in a swoon. The man fled before the neighbors, who had been aroused by the screaming, had reached the scene. Dr. Walsh was summoned and found Mrs. Feeney in a high state of nerv- ous excitement. Her neck is lacerated and discolored and her tonsils are torn, several blood vessels having been ruptured by the villain, who jammed his thumbs down her throat. Dr. Walsh thinks that the injured woman's condition is not a dangerous one, unless she succumbs to nervous prostration. The assailant evidently gained admittance to Mrs. Feeney's room by opening a win dow. A table stood near the window, and a few things that were on it had been re- moved to the ground without. Speculation is rife as to the identity of the assailant and his motive. Mrs. Feeney herself suspects Frank Hall, who lives over heI Hall bought the house of the old lady some time ago, giving her & life lease of the lower tenement. Mrs. Feeney says that the man who attacked her was in his shirt sleeves and that in her struggles she tore his shirt badly. Hall bears an excellent reputation, and his friends are slow to believe that he would commit so cowardly an action. One theory is that the assailant was burglar looking for valuables, and that, the old lady awakening, he choked her into silence and fled
 Henry Answers Sanger.
 NEW HAVEN, April 29.-The defendants reply in the quo warranto case of Marvin H. Sanger versus State Treasurer Henry was received by mail today after the case had been assigned to follow the Phelan- Walsh case, which is set for May To- The answer says that the defendant has no knowledge that the relator received ma jor1ty of the votes or that he is duly quail fed and that he cannot turn over all the funds in his possession except to a legally elected and qualified successor without ia- bility to himself and his bondsmen.
 Can't Open the Safe.
 NEW HAVEN, April 29.-Sylvester J. Tor mey, young man of twenty three, conh- dential clerk for Edward Malley, of Will liam Nicely & Co.,, dry goods has left town under circumstances which ought to be ex- plained. He has been absent since Monday, and MT. Malley cannot open the safe. An expert has been set at work on the books which Tormey kept.
 They Are for Cleveland.
 NEW HAVEN, April 2S.-Ninety-n of the Democratic delegates from New Haven county to the Connecticut state convention, or nearly one-fifth of the whole convention, are said to be for Cleveland.
 Colby Academy Burned.
 NEW LONDON, April 2s.-The Colby academy, an old educational institution, is in ashes. Considerable of the contents were saved by the townspeople, who also had to work hard to save adjoining prop erty, the town having no fire service. The academy is endowed by Mrs. James B. Col gate, of New York. Loss, sT5,oo0.