Connecticut western news., 1892-12-01
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 OF THE NUTMEG STATE.


 OF THE NUTMEG STATE. Facts Concerping the Import@nt Hsppens ings of the Week In This vIssnisy s@A Elsewhere Briefly Told for che a@nsas of People Whose Time Is yaiuAsis- THonPsoNvILLR, Novs 2S-The Berlin Bridge company has sent A force uf nen here, and the work of piaring the spans of the new Suffield bridget In position win bs begun at once The maaonry work on sths piers is nearly done. '.s f,f 7.- q Scarlet Fever InersH3inx. WINDSOR LOCKS, Nov. os.--Soariet fever cases are ipcreaaing. Sixty-six cases have been reported since it first made its appear ance A number have not been reported and sorne cases are due to csrcirasnesx. There have been some eases where no phy-
 sician has been summoned to attend tha patients during the fever. H.l"'fs 8.'a' Its semtcentenaisl. NKw BRITAIN, Nov. 2S.-Tbe South Con gregational church In this city, which was organized in ls42, celebrated it's nemicen- tennial in an appropriate nnauncr s$@nday 1 and Monday. The South church is one of the largest and mestinfi uential in New Eng land It was organized with 100 ffieftbepa; thirteen of these are living and nine sre still connected with the church. The pres ent membership in sa5. The pastoz of this church have been as follows: The Rev. Samuel Rockwell, ls<8-bss the Rev Oonl stans L. Goodell, is5e-z0; the Rev. Hanr1 L. Griffin, is7s-7; the Rev, James W. Coop CT, 1878.
 Died ef snalipex. BIRMINeBAM, Nov. 2S -- Michael Hnr- | ley, aged sixteen, died of smallpox at the hospital. Bridget Crowley, of AnsonlA, is very sick. Five moro cases arch the hca- pital, two of which arc children under i've years of age.
 Kosiick's Murderer win Esosps. HARTFORD, Nov. 2s-Matthew KoaIick, who was murderously Assaulted two oweeks ago in West Hartford, died of hts tn5aries without telling his story. and iA is now doubtful if his murderer is ever caught Damawes for ~ Rams work.
 GREENFIELD HILL, Nov. as. Mss Adelia W. Hubbell, who was nearly butseA to death by a ram belonging to eoosntsis | Miss Agnes Murray in May, 1887, haa se-
 cured judgment in the courts for q ,7Do damages. l'" Miss Park's Fatal Fau.
 NORWICH, Nov. es - Miss Mary, R. | Park, aged sixty six, sister of Stare Referee \ John D. Park, accidently fell from the loft | of barn on the old Park honre@tead. ! Preston, and was killed. stin Looking for Litsls H.tii@- BRIDGEPORT, Nov. 2s n No light has been thrown upon the mystery surround \ ing the disappearance of little Hcttfs pep- | pier. MT. Peppler sayn tNtcttis ia an adopted daughter of mine. She ts of Cath | olic parentssge, and I believe her grand mother, Mrs. Russell knows her Where
 abouts, They don't want hsr brought up
 a Protestant"
 Where I. Juii. HAiif NEW CANAAN, Nov, eS-7MiAa Julia
 Hall, aged thirty, left home Thanksgiy- | ing evening and has not been seen since. | She was traced far as New Roohelle. She
 is the daughter of R. c. Hall. president of | the First National bank, of New Canaan.
 and was highly respected young fady. 10
 is feared illness caused her to leavA hems
 and perhaps to commit suicide.
 Captain Peck ssea for Damages. | NEw HAVEN, Nov. 26-Bernard Drsniep, | a fish peddler, has sued the New Haven I Steamboat company and Captain Frederick | J. Peck, of the steamer Richard Peck. for | tS.000 for assault. Drazien had first class | ticket and wanted to sit on the upper deck, but Peck forcibly removed him. aa' Smallpox Near D@nbury. DAsBuRY, Nov. e.--Smsllpox has ap- peared in Bethel, three miles below this | city. John Buckley had the disease in | New York, and his wife and child oafne to his fathers place in Bethel. The uhild soon got down with the disease. and its
 mother deserted it. It Is feared she will
 spread the ooutagion. The Buckley house is quarantined. 'a General Crawford Dyiaa. NoRwALK, Nov. %. 4-aeneral Robert s. | Crawford, a prominent man and at one | time commander of the Connecticut nA-
 tional guard, is dying of pcritunitla Is Joe Lung a HiThbindsrY
 HARTFORD, Nov eo.-Joe Lung, China. man, was arrested hare. charged with as-
 saulting another Chinaman. Won Lnn | Sing. Lung was released on s15o bonds and left town Hartford Chinamcn ray
 that he is the head of HighbiDder society
 in New York.
 LunAtie Pntren Arrested. HARTFORD, Nov 20.-John D, Petroff, who wanted to be authorized to kin T. Y. Hammond, of Branford or fine him $500. 000, is under arrest. He is a dangerous
 lunatic and had revolver with him Fatal Anray Over a Farm. BRIDGEPORT, Nov. %. =, John Minock
 stabbed his brother Michael, perhaps fatal ly. They quarrcled over a small farm Left
 by their father, who died month ago. A k1ini.tsr.s Son. bns a narmiar.
 NKw HAVEN, Nov. 24-Edward, Morri-
 son, who was taken from the county jail ip this city to Herkimer county, N. Y., whorv he Is wanted for burglary, is a notorious crook. His real name ia William Mcrwin. and he was born and reared in Merwina-
 vile, Conn, where his fatber Is well to do minister. The Long I-sase R@siaed. MERIpEN, Nov A.-The Htockholders of the Meriden, Waterbury and Conneo-
 ticut River railroad ratified the lease of the road to the New York and New England system for ninety nine years. The vote was unanimous. Vice President Prince says that the road will now be In
 the alliance with the Philadelphia and
 Reading and the Baltimore aud Ohio The Brainard Quarriss Idle. HARTFoRD, Nov. 22.-None of the ,em-
 ployees of the Brainard quArries at Port land is at work. They were notified that unless they accepted reduction in wagcs
 the works would have to be shut down.
 The reduction was declined.
 Crack shot rraaKar Dead.
 NEw HAVEN. Nov. 20.-The parents of
 Augustus l.. Traegar received cablegram