Connecticut western news., 1893-02-16
CONNECTICUT NEWS.
ITEMS oFINTEREsT 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.

ings of the Week In This Vicinity and Elsewhere Briefly Told For the Benefit of People Whose Time Is Valuable.
 BRIDGEPORT, Conn, Feb. 13-James R. Capron, the jeweler, whose failure last week caused so much surprise, has Jeff town.
 Colonel Morgan Dead.
 NEW HAVEN, Feb. 1a.-Colonel Lewis L. Morgan, who has been business manager of the New Haven Register for the past lt years and for year or more secretary and manager of the American Newspaper Pub fishers association. died at his home in this city. The colonel had been i'll for B week or more with complication of nal. adies. ......
 Charged With Arson.
 Sourn NoRwALK, Conn. Feb. i9.-Mi chael B. Sullivan and his wife of New York, who are under indictment for arson, were arrested here. Mrs Sullivan claims that she is a sister of Captain Price of the Twentieth precinct, New York.
 Privation and Suffering.
 LYME, Conn, Feb Histories of most terrible privation and suffering, due to the recent cold weather, come in from the col. ony of Russians at Chesterfield, who are
 
 Terrible Atrocities Alleged.
 NEW HAVEN, Feb. 12.-An investigation will be made by the police into complaints regarding alleged terrible atrocities at Stony Creek, where 400 Italians are at work constructing the Shore Line r. lad's new route. About a month agoa ms body was discovered in a swamp near the shan ties with many stab wounds in it. The au. hnr t.ta fpy ht.t af with the densest ignorance on the part of the Italians, and the matter was dropped. Last week the body of man with his throat cut was found, and there is said to be evidence that half dozen murders have been committed in the Italian colony.
 Trouble Over the Barnum VIII.
 BRIDGEPoRT, Conn.,, Feb. II. Judge Thayer oyerruled the demurrer in the case of c. Barnum Seeley against Benjamin Fish and William B. Hinoks, executors of F. T. Barnum's estate. This means that the suit of Mir. Seeley for $5, 900 for services rendered the Burnum show will be tried upon it's merits. In the demurrer just de cided Attorney Thompson for the estate claimed that the court had no jurisdiction, and also that the tender Mir. Seeley made to the managers of the show did not entitle him to the per cent of the net profits, as provided in the will, because he did no ac tual work. He also claimed that the will did not make it compulsory upon the man. agers to employ Mir. Seeley. It is a victory on side issue for c. Barnum Seeley, the late showman's grandson.
 The Mad River overfiows.
 TWISTED. Feb. 1.-The Mad river over. flowed opposite J. O. Skinner's on Main street so that the water was about three | feet deep in the roadway. All of Foskett's meadow land was overtiowed. The pin. shop dam at Bridge street was in such great danger that Hubby was sent for. He tried to blow up the ice with dynamite but could not, SO men wero set to work chopping it out. At one time the ice was piled up 30 feet higher than the dam Then all at once the ice gave way and rushed down stream at a fearful rate Four men came near being carried away with it. Painted While coastIng. TARIFFvILLE, Feb. 10. = While Archie Ketchin, second son of Mir and Mrs Andrew J. Ketchin, was coasting down the steep hill on the Mountain road on double ripper he tainted and lost control of the sled It dashed into fence, and he was badly hurt, one tooth being knocked out and bad gash being cut in his head He was removed unconscious to the Iroquois clubrooms and subsequently, to his home Dr. Wooster, the local practitioner, and Dr. Cook of Hartford were summoned. Ii was found in addition to the injuries men. tioned that his spine was dislocated and both his legs were paralyzed. The others on the ripper were uninjured.
 A New Editor of The Methodist Review.
 NEW HAVEN, Feb. 10-Rev. William V. Kelley, D. D., of the Fourth Methodist church has been elected editor of The Meth odist Review, the organ of that denomina. tion, published in New York city.
 Hon. c. K. Ingerson For Attorney General.
 NEW HAVEN, Feb 9.-The Evening Reg ister, which has been strong and unyield ing Cleveland paper since 1882, is out in double leads, calling the president-elect's s attention to the fact of the states loyalty to him and his political views, alone of the New England states, and urging him to look the field over more carefully before passing it by One who is close to it's editor is authority for the statement that the dark horse is none other than the Hon. Charles R. Ingersoll and the place that of attorney general.
 Bridgeport Deserter Arrested.
 BRIDGEPORT, Conn, Feb. B. Jacob 
 here for desertion. Schwaer enlisted in the United States marine corps about three years ago after being on a spree for nearly a week. He served 10 months and then deserted and has since been at work here.
 . Granite Manufacturers Meet.
 NEW HAVEN, Feb. s.-The third annual meeting of the Connecticut Granite Man ufacturers' association was held in this city The secretary reported that all the man ufacturers except those at Stony creek and Roxbury station had settled the difficulty with their workmen, and that in both places named the quarries are being worked with their full quota of men.
 Connecticut Judges Elected.
 HARTFORD, Feb. S.--The house has elected judges as follows: John J. Ross, judge, and Patrick Kane, deputy judge, of the city court of Bridgeport; R. J. Walsh and How ard J. Curtis, judges of the court of com mon pleas for Fairfield county; Hobart l.. Hotchkiss and John B. Studley, judges of the court of common pleas for New Haven county. Bills were introduced in favor of increasing the pay of letter carriers to s1, 200 per year after three years service and limiting the business of any life in- surance company to Sl ,000, ,000, ,0o0 in force on lives
 Hon. s. l.. Warner Dead.
 MIDDLETowN, Conn, Feb. 7.-Hon. Sam uel L. Warner died, aged 65. In 1858 he rep resented Portland in the state legislature. He was mayor of the city four years from 1862. In 1882 he was nominated for con gress, but was defeated by Governor Eng- fish. The following term he was nominat-