Connecticut western news., 1893-10-19
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 E. F. Judson, one of the leading citizens of Waterbury, was found hanging in his dry and fancy goods store on South Main street last Thursday morning at o'clock, having been dead about three hours. His suicide is thought to have been caused by financial troubles.
 It is stated that New Britain saloon keep CTS are to test the validity of the vote on the license question in that town. They claim an open ballot is unconstitutional
 Nine of Torrington's young men have en- tered Yale this year. This speaks we'll for Torrington schools, as all but one of these nine young men prepared for Yale at these schools.
 While MT and Mrs Henry Eggleston, of Bridgewater, were driving home from the Danbury fair Oct, 6, Mrs Eggleston gave birth to son. They were so near home that with the aid of a neighboring family Mrs Eggles- ton was carried to her own house and made comfortable.-New Milford Gazette.
 . Monday, MT and Mrs George Beardsley start ed for their home in Daytona, Fla. They were accompanied by MT and Mrs LA. Bolles and daughter, Gertrude, who will be absent about month, and by Mrs T. A. J. Bolles, who purposes to spend the winter with her sister at Starke, Fla.
 The Harwinton fair had beautiful weather, and the largest attendance on record, there being over 5000 people and over 1000 teams present. The parade of OK teams embraced over 40yokes of fine oxen, led by brass band.
 Fowls in the western part of the state are afflicted with a mysterious disease.
 Work has commenced on the new Episco- pal church at Norfolk.
 Henry Smith, of Portland, is walking to Chicago He is afraid to ride on the cars.
 The Gilbert Clock Co.,, of Winsted, has re- ceived an order for 5O,OOo clocks and will soon start on full time
 The number of chartered cities in Connecti- cut at present is IT, as follows: Ansonia, Bridgeport, Danbury, Derby, Hartford, Meri- den, Middletown, New Britain, New Haven, New London, Norwich, Rockville, Stamford, Waterbury. Willimantio, Norwslk and South Norwalk. It is rather out of the usual order of things to find two cities in the same town, as Norwalk and South Norwalk.- k.-Thomaston Express.
 George W. Hubbard, assistant secretary of the Etna Life Insurance company of Hart- ford, died at his residence in West Hartford Friday morning. MT Hubbard was born in Bloomfield, March 24. 1841. He has been connected with the Etna company for 29 years. Capt. Andrew o. Bayne, vice-presi- dent of the Etna Fire Insurance company of Hartford, died near Newport. N. Y., Oct. 12.
 James Lynch, the well-known restaurant keeper of Danbury, has disappeared, leaving a number of anxious creditors and wife and one child. -r
 John Griffin, formerly baggageman on the Berkshire express, has been prom oted and is a conductor on the Danbury division. Mir Griffin is pleasant and accommodating and should make an excellent official. James Newton succeeds him on the express.
 While hunting for rabbits recently man in Washington found in stone wall badly decayed wooden box containing three silver plated teapots, on the bottom of one of which was the date 1785. The wall was laid before 1900. The teapots were marked with the initials 70. B. O."
 Harvey Durosse, passenger brakeman on the Reading road, tapped the cash drawer of the Flat station in Winsted Saturday morn ing before daylight while the night operator was in the other end of the depot. He was arrested and the money, amounting to S7.2O, recovered. Durosse was given hearing and bound over to the superior court.
 On Wednesday evening about fifteen Nor walk wheelmen rode to South Norwalk and made life miserable for the residents in the business portion of the city. A new law which recently went into effect in the sister city requires the cyclists to carry bells and lanterns on their wheels and to ring before passing over every cross-walk. The wheel men, who evidently hoped to fully comply with the.wishes of the board of councilmen, adorned their machines with COW bells and those of the junk dealer designs, and for headlights used barn lanterns of various descriptions and sizes. The riders rode single file and when the leader rang out his warn ing at the crossings his followers responded in a manner that was hideous to all their hearers. .-Norwalk Hour.
 The Superior court will sit in Winsted for civil jury business on Nov. ', Judge Ralph Wheeler presiding.
 The 47th annual meeting of the Connecticut state teachers association will be held at New Britain, Friday, Oct 20.
 Cook, the inhuman Cornwall man, who pleaded guilty to a most shocking crime, was sentenced to two years in prison, in the Su- perior court at Litchfield, on the recom- mendation of the state attorney, who stated that all Cooks children were now being cared for in state institutions.
 At the annual meeting of the Litchf1el d County Bar Association James Huntington, of Woodbury, was elected chairman; Donald T, Warner, of Salisbury, vice-chairman; D. O. Kilbourn, of Litchfield, secretary and treas urer. Library, grievance and other usual committees were appointed.
 Moses Osborn and Cad Norton, who have cranberry marshes near Compounce, have picked about 600 bushels of the berries this season.
 MoReAN-At Amenia, N. Y., Oct. g, George
 Morgan, aged 70 years.
 Superior Court.