Connecticut western news., 1893-06-01
CONNECTICUT NEWS.
ITEMS OF INTEREST TO INHABITANTS
 OF THE NUTMEG STATE.

Facts Concerning the Important Happen ings of the Week In This Vicinity and Elsewhere Briefly Told For the Benefit of People Whose Time Is Valuable.
 NEW LONDON, May 29-A new steamboat company is being formed in this city. The boat purchased in New York the City of Richmond, will be used by the company in establishing a new line of excursion steamers to run between the nearby shore resorts The line will have no special desti- nation, but will ply about the sound, run ming as far as Coney Island.
 J. P. Futile Dead.
 NEW HAVEN, May 29.-J. P. Futile, sec retary and treasurer of the New Haven Savings bank and prominent in financial circles, died in this city. He had been sick for some time.
 Black Diphtheria.
 FALLS VILLAGE, May 29.-A case of black diphtheria has appeared here. Many per sons were exposed before it was fully known what the trouble was, and as con- sequence there is much anxiety.
 Died From His Injuries.
 BRIDGEPORT. May 29.-Jesse H. Ather- ton, aged 31, whose left arm was cut to pieces in the knives of a machine at the w died in the hospital from the effects of his injuries.
 Rev. MT. Warner Goes South.
 BRIDGEPORT, May 29.-The Rev. Beverly E. Warner, rector of Christ church, has decided to accept the call of Trinity church of New Orleans and will probably go south in October. He is president of the Bridgeport Scientific society and was for merly chaplain of the Fourth regiment
 wnl Sue Russia For s1o, 900.
 BRIDGEPORT, Conn.,, May 2s.-Hermann Kempinski of this city, who was seized and confined in Russian prison while on visit to that country two years ago, will shortly institute proceedings against the Russian government for $10,O00 damages. MT. Kempinski's sight is impaired as a re- suit of his treatment while in prison there, and his physician fears that in a few years he will be blind.
 Buried In the Mud.
 BRIDGEPORT, May 26.-The body of Cap tain John Jones of the oyster sloop Lottie of New Haven, who has been missing since the middle of April, was found buried in the mud in the harbor at the foot of Keefe street.
 Race on the Sound.
 NEW HAVEN, May 27.-The steamer Pur- itan of the Fall River line had lively test of speed with the Richard Peck of the New Haven line. Captain Simmons of the PUr- itan won the race by long odds.
 Morgan Appoints Watson.
 BRIDGEPORT, Conn.,, May 27.-Charles G. Watson, for several years on the reporto- rial staff of the Bridgeport Farmer, has been appointed by United States Treasurer D. N. Morgan as his private secretary and will accompany the new treasurer to Wash ington next Tuesday. MT. Watson is 21 years of age and a son of ex-Town Clerk George Watson.
 Mrs. Barber Broke the Will.
 HARTFORD, May 27.-The jury in the con- tested will Of James s. Barber of Broad Brook brought in verdict for the appel lants. The sum of S1O0,0O0 was involved. MT. Barber left only one-third to his wife and 5000 each to various societies and corporations
 Ministers Made of Foreign Stock.
 HARTFORD, May 26.-There will be 12 graduates from the Hartford Theological seminary this year. One of the graduates is from Turkey; another from Persia. Dogs and Cholera Tabooed. HARTFORD, May 26.-In the senate the bill to prevent the introduction of cholera into the state was passed. In the house a bill preventing dogs roaming at will in the highway was passed
 Homes For Bicycle Makers. HARTFORD, May 94.-The Pope Manufac- a 100-acre farm in Parkville, opposite it's employees.