Connecticut western news., 1893-03-16
CONNECTICUT NEWS.
ITEMS OF INTEREST TO INHABITANTS
 OF THE NUTMEG STATE.


 inss of the Week In This Vicinity and
 Elsewhere Briefly Told For tue Benefit of People Whose Time Is Valuable. DANBURY, Conn.,, March ls-Captain | Charles w. Lamb is dead. His death leaves | only one surviving male member of the historical religious sect known as the San- demanians, which was very powerful in the | United States years ago.
 Seeking Her Brother. | STAMFORD, March 13-A young lady | who gives her name as Miss Mallouk ar rived here looking for young man who, l she says, is her brother, who has been swim ding people in this city by pretending that he was collecting money for missionary | work. The young man, who gave his name l as $. N. Mallouk, appeared here about | three weeks ago. He represented that he was native of Syris and gained the con- | fdence of some of the most prominent church people in town. He did not ask for | contributions, but raised money by selling table covers and Turkish rugs. A week | ago he suddenly disappeared and left number of unpaid bills behind. Miss Nal | louk comes from well to do American | family.
 Went Violently Insane. NEW HAVEN, March 13.-Arthur c. Lyon, the well known bookkeeper for L. c. Bates, the wholesale butter and egg dealer, went violently insane at his house, 177 | Meadow street, and made several attempts | to kill his wife. He was sent to the Middle | town insane asylum.
 All the Books Stolen. NEW HAVEN, March 13.-The office of the | Enterprise Installment company, which went into insolvency week ago, was en- | tered, and all the books were stolen. The company failed for sS.00O New College Society. MIDDLETowN, March 13-A new society, to be known as the Phi Rho, has been or | ganized by Wesleyan college students. The | object of this society is chiefly literary and it is not rival of the Greek letter societies. | The society will meet every Friday night | at present in one of tue recitation rooms. Edgar s. Tweedy Dead. DANBURY, Conn, March 12.-Edgar s. Tweedy, who was in the state legislature in 1s45, is dead.
 Law Against Sunday Fishing. HARTFORD, March 1.-The senate passed a bill imposing fine of s10 and 30 days imprisonment for fishing on Sunday and the act requiring fire escapes to be placed | in hotels.
 Yale at the Worlds Fair. | NEW HAVEN, March 9.-The exhibit that Yale will make at the Columbian exposi- tion will consist of a general representation of the university plant by means of ground plans on large scale of the various build | ings in seven groups, together with com prehensive collection of enlarged photo | graphs
 Win Occupy the Chair of Social Science. 1 NEW HAVEN, March 9.-Rev. William F. Blackman has been appointed to the new | chair of social science in the Yale divinity | school
 l Miss Hall Commits Suicide. | MIDDLETowN, Conn, March 9.-Miss Ju- I lia Hall of New Canaan, daughter of Rus sell Hall, the banker of that town, com mitted suicide by throwing herself in front of a locomotive on the Connecticut Valley division of the New York, New Haven and | Hartford road. She was instantly killed and her body was frightfully mangled Miss Hall was recently sent to the insane asylum here from New Canaan, and was the young woman who created SO much ex. citement last November by wandering away from home. She disappeared twice, | and on both occasions hosts of men in the vicinity of her home turned out to search the woods for her. She was out walking in the grounds with an attendant. Sud denly she started for the railroad tracks, and before the attendant could stop her Miss Hall threw herself in front of a fast approaching train.
 Invited to Exhibit at Chicago.
 NEW HAVEN, March 8-Morris Steinert of this city has been invited by the World s | fair commissioners to exhibit his fine col lection of old musical instruments in Chi cago at the expense of the commission. The collection in question is one of the finest private collections in the world. | Ip{ hv
 NEW HAVEN, March s.-An explosion of gas in a sewer seriously injured John Law Tor, James Reilly, Patrick Monahan and | Patrick Sweeney. Five other workmen suffered slight injuries.
 The Connecticut Legislature.
 HARTFORD, March S-Both houses of the Connecticut legislature are in a snarl over political matters and no business has been transacted since last Friday.
 Asked to Rcsign. i NoRwALK, Conn.,, March 7-The Weston Congregational society have requested the resignation of their pastor, Rev. M. Proc tor Favor On Feb. 26 Pastor Favor, in a sermon, attacked the deacons of the church and other prominent members Yesterday he found the doors of the church locked against him. The parson claims pay to April l. and threatens suit to recover dam- ages for libel.
 A Row In a Church. | BRIDGEPORT, March 7.-The police were called upon to quell disturbance in the African Baptist church. Buck Taylor, a colored prizefighter and several friends sntered the church and tried to run it. They sang comic songs while the pastor was pray ing and danced while the choir sang. The deacons of the church went to police head quarters and returned with a squad of of fcers The disturbers had fled, but the rear pews were cleaned out Disturbances are frequent in this church, and hereafter of fcers will be stationed there during services.
 stri Discharging Men.
 BRANFoRD, March Notwithstanding assertions on the part of the managers of the Branford Lock works that they do not intend to stop their business here IA men were dischaI ged last night, while the wages | of all those retained were reduced 25 per cent. It is the belief of all the employees that the works will be shut down entirely within a very short time.
 The Missing Pedestrian.
 STAMFORD, March 7.-The friends of Do vale Fontaine of Norwnlk, who started sew eral months ago 10 walk to San Francisco on bet of sl000, believe that he is dead. Letters and telegrams to San Francisco and cities along the road have proved fruitless. Fontaine's mother has been making every effort to locate her son, but has become dis couiaged.
 Edward Peck Dead.
 STAMFORD, March 7.-Edward Peck, for merly prominent business man of Bridge port, died at his home here after & long i'll. ness. He was for many years associated with his son-in-law, John T. Sterling of Bridgeport, in the furniture and crockery business
 Narrowly Escaped Suffocation.