Connecticut western news., 1892-09-29
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 OF THE NUTMEG STATE.

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 Rally at Bridgeport.
 BRIDGEPORT, Sept. e6.-General Hastings, of Pennsylvania, delivered one of the best political speeches ever heard in Bridgeport. in Bunnells opera house Friday evening. A large and enthusiastic audience was in attendance.
 An old Stage Driver Dead.
 HARTFORD, Sept. 2o.-Myron s. Lud- dington, who died Tuesday night, was one of West Hartford's best known oitizans and had always lived in that town. For many years he drove stage and carried the mails to and from the postoffice. He was seventy-on years old. He leaves widow and one brother, Dr, l.. s. Luddington, . physician, living near New Britain.
 A Failure i'm Hartford.
 HARTFORD, Sept. 26.--The firm of Will liam H. Post & Co. has made an assiep- ment to Judge Henry K Taintor tn the probate court. E s. White, the firms at torney, says that the amount of indebted ness Is about sl2S,0oO. The assets on the stock of goods are valued at from S95, 900 to sS5, 900, and book accounts of s20,ooo to $25, 900.
 A Syndicate to Buy an Electric Plant.
 NEW BRITAIN, Sept. 2o-The directors of the local electric light company are conr sidering proposition from syndicate of capitalists to buy their plant, It is under stood that the company which proposes to buy the plant Is the one which is interested in the trsmway company's change to eleo- tricity as a motive power. Attorney F. l.. s.N IA l. 4 representative of the company. It a thought that majority of the stockholders will favor the plan.
 Annual Report of the N. y., N. M. and M. NEw HAVEN, Sept. e6.-The annual re- port of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad contains a reference to the adaptability of the system to electric motive power, and recommends the leasing of the Housatonic, Danbury and Norwalk and the New Haven and Derby railroads. The report shows an income of s12, l02, ,QSQ.- 04; operating expenses, e, ,9S7, ,0i00o; net earnings, e, ,162, 2s0 se; paid dividends, s2, ios, ,75o; surplus, sss, ,Sso.se.
 A stor@ Struck by Lightning. NEW MILFORD. Sept 96.-H. s. Beers' general store in Brookfield was struck by lightning and destroyed.
 SIX Fires in Three Nights. BRIDGEPORT, Sept e8.-Excitement in | this city is increased by another incendiary fire. It is the sixth within the last three nights.
 Connecticut PopuIists' Nominationa. MERIpRN, Sept e8.-The Peoples party state ticket nominated is; For governor, | K. Nj. Ripley, Unionville; lieutenant gov ernor, Peter Lynch, New Haven; secretary | of state, C. F. Raymond, Danbury; comp I troller, Paul A. c. Schultz, Meriden; trea@- urer, George W. Saunders, New Haven; electors at large, Alexander Angus, Hart | ford F. B. Wallace, Meriden. The follow | ing are the congressional nominations the Third district nominee to be named \ by the state central committee; F1rst district, George A. Gowdy, of Bristol; Second, A. B. Houghton, of Seymour, Fourth, ]. B. Belden, of Bridgeport. The old state central committee was reelected. A Peculiar Railroad Accident NEw LONDON, Sept 96.--A very pecu- liar and fatal accident occurred on the Short Line railroad in this city. While a I switching engine was going from the sta- tion to the freight yards at Fort Neck the steam chest exploded. The cover of the chest was thrown high in the air, and the engine kept along for 100 feet or more be- fore stopping After the engine had gone about twenty-five feet the cover descended and struck in the head Charles s. Noland. a train hand, who was riding on the engine, killing him instantly.
 | Professor Capps to Go to Chicago. NEW HAVEN, Sept. 25.-Edward Capps, instructor of Latin and Greek at Yale, has been secured for the Greek chair at the new | Chicago university. Mir. Capps is a gradu- ate of the University of Illinois and Yale. | Black DiphthsriA- NEW HAVEN, Sept. 23.-There have been several cases of fatal diphtheria during the past few days, and black diphthsria, the most malignant form of that disease, has broken out.
 | His Body Recovered.
 NEW HAVEN, Sept 22.-The body of c. G. Strange, the captain of a coal barge. who was drowned in the harbor, has been recovered.
 Captain and Grow Fled. NEW HAVEN, Sept. 21.-The schooner | which has gained considerable notoricty in shipping circles on account of it's thievina operations in making away with a cargo of wheat valued at e 800 has been seized, and is now tied up at Long wharf in charge of a Federal officer. She proves to be the w. l.. Simpson, of Wilmington, Captain Brown When the vessel was boarded by United States Marshal Loveridge he found that Captain Brown, Mate Jones and a crew of thirteen men had fed, leaving the schooner in charge of small boy. All papers and