Connecticut western news., 1894-04-19
STATE NE WS.

The freight depot at New Milford on the Housatonic road was badly damaged by fire Friday afternoon. Dr David Crary, aged SS years, the oldest physician in Hartford, and in his day one of the best in the state, died at 8.3O o'clock Monday evening.
 L. O. Colt, of winsted. received 5000 young trout from the west last week, to be placed in Highland lake. The steeple of St Mlchael's Epls- copal church at Litchfeld was blown of during the storm of last week We'd nesday.
 Memorial tablets in East Rock Park, New Haven, will be unvsiled with ap- propriate exercises on Memorial Day.
 Captain Braddock Chester, the oldest whaling captain in New England, died April at his home iu Groton, aged S4
 The Yale and Towne company has purchased the Branford Lock works for SS2, 900.
 a The magnificent new Masonic Temple recently dedicated at Norwich cost S4O, . 900 Except the one in Philadelphia, this is said to be the only one in the country where every degree in Masonry can be worked.
 Mrs Lydia A. wife of Arthur N Hall, associate editor of the Meriden Re- publican, died on the 1lth inst after a weeks illness of the grip.
 Edward Finn has been nominated for XUaak yUsnasal
 The dwelling of William Myers, in Collinsville. with contents, was de- stroved by fire the 11th inst. Loss Sl 200; Insurance small
 Benjamin F. Taylor, an eccentric Colebrook character, thought to be in- sa7e, has turned up in Avon Park, Fla, He has been missing the past several months, and 1t was though the had met foul play.
 The Connecticut Fish Commissioners will stock the streams of the etate with l 1,5O0. 900 trout fry.
 A 10-year-old son of Charles Tibbals of Milford had a needle taken out of the calf of his leg Monday, which had be- come lodged in his throat over year ago. -Exchange-Was it the needle or the calf of his leg which lodged in his throat?
 The famous Charter Oak stake. g1arau- teed to be not less than SI00O0 will be off-red this year for the twelfth time for 2:16 class trottipg race horses eligible May to be trotted at Charter Oak Park. Hartford, the week preceding the Grand Circuit meeting at Fleetwood.
 The New Milford post office was burglsrized on the night of the 9th inst The safe was blown open and $l04 52 worth of stamps taken therefrom. A horse and wagon were stolen in the village but were afterward found in the street at Danbury.
 Judge A. H. Fenn, of Winsted, will deliver the address at the dedidation of the monument to the memory of the soldier and sailor dead of Danbury, on May 3Oth, Memorial Day.
 The Rev Father Leo of Wlnsted has gone to Florida for the benefit of his health.
 Mrs Samuel F. Gold, former resi- dent of Cornwall, died on April 2nd, at Englewood. N. J. She was sister of John Habberton, the author.
 The report of Coroner Higgins for the six months ending March 31st, shows 8 record of thirtv-two suddeE deaths in the county requiring his attention.
 The Connecticut State building at Chicago is to be taken to pieces and transported to Connecticut It is pro. posed by the purchaser to reconstruct it in West Haven, for use as a museum of colonial and other historical relics. The Chicago man who bought the building during the Fair defanlted on his payment. and it was recently pur- chased hy J. D. Dewell and others of New Haven. -Winsted Citizen.