Connecticut western news., 1893-08-10
STA TIE WE WS.

Aaron S.Hill died in New Haven last Thurs day at the age of 9S. He was the last of the Methodist circuit riders.
 The Rev Anthony Mccarthy, o. s. F.. Of Winsted has been transferred to the church of St. Anthony of Padua in New York city.
 A barn and tenement house belonging to John Stone and barn belonging to MT Glee- son in Torrington were destroyed by fire Monday morning.
 The main building of the Empire Knife company, with the tools and machinery, at Winsted was destroyed by fire Friday even ing. The building was 125x50 feet and three stories high. The total loss is abont S25, ,000 and the amount of the insurance is SIS, 900.
 The tunnel borers of Winsted have reached and 560 feet in the Crystal lake end of the tunnel. A total distance of 1440 feet.
 The Plainville camp meeting will begin on Aug. 21.
 A lady in New Preston recently opened the front door of her house in order to let in a pug dog, which had been scratching and whining for admission, exclaiming as she did
 
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 A pair of oxen belonging to David Strong, of Winsted, will be among those exhibited at the Worlds Fair in October.
 Women now have the right in this state to vote at any meeting held for the purpose of choosing any officer of schools or for any ed- ucational purpose.
 The New Milford and Lake waramaug Railway Company has been organized. Nich- olas Staub is president and David E. Soule is general manager.
 The Hartford Courant claims that over 1000 citizens of this state have registered at the Connecticut building at the Worlds Fair, of which 1161 were from Hartford.
 The work of pitching the tents. for the state encampment at Mantle commenced on Mon day of last week. The camp will be occupied by the troops Monday, 21st inst.
 A company to carry on the silver plating business is to be organized in Saybrook by the former superintendent of the Meriden Silver Plate Go.
 Two prize Devon oxen were stolen recently from the stock farm of 0. M. Platt at Zoar Bridge. They were the fastest walking team in the state.
 Five oleomargarine dealers. they say, have taken out licenses in this state under the new law, as against 69 last year, and as against over 200 in Rhode Island this year.
 The Winsted tanreries consume an im- mense amount of hemlock bark, and yet the supply on the mountains in the vicinity seems | limitless. Tan bark which used to be sold by | the cord is now sold by the ton, and whereas | it formerly was worth $12 a ton it is now de- | livered at the tanneries for about S7 ton.- | New Hartford Tribune.
 The Rev MT Kinney of the First church Winsted, has accepted call to a Congrega- tional church in Syracuse, N. Y., and vii preach his farewell sermon August 20. Mi Kinney's pastorate has extended over nine years, and has been very successful.
 E. A. Pixley. a South Norfolk farmer. has 2 heifer in his pasture which has mane like horses and hoofs solid, not split. Besides this it's legs have no joints below the knee joints, that is, no fetlock joints. When th' animal walks it goes on its toes, and has | motion like man with wooden legs.-Nev | Hartford Tribune.