Connecticut western news., 1894-03-08
STATE NE WS.

There will be no races at Charter Oak Park this summer.
 A branch of the Keeley Cure has been opened in Winsted.
 Warren has so much sickness that there is trouble to find those well enough to care for the invalids.
 A S25, QUO library building is to be added to the Berkeley Divinity school at Middletown this year.
 A final inventory of the P T. Bar mum estate shows that the great show man was worth S4, 900. 900.
 The estate of the late Gen. Noble of Bridgeport was supposed to be worth S100, 900 but only inyentoried S645. 51.
 The State Board of Health has order ed an analysis of the samples of the wa ters of the public water supplies of the State.
 The two large paper mills at Burn side, East Hartford, are now running on full time with full complement of hands.
 The old elm in front of the United States hotel at Hartford has been cut down. It was for half a century a familiar landmark.
 The second time in 30 years New Hay en harbor was frozen over to the light house, but the channel was broken open by the big sound steamers.
 The late Judge Valentine B. Cbam- berlain, of New Britain. left an estate inventoried at $65, 800 besides life in- surance amounting to about S20, 900 more.
 The firm of W. B. Hall & O., of Bridgeport, has been placed in the hands of receiver. pending the hear ing of the injunction against MT Logic, who has been at the head of the busi- ness since the death of Mir Hall.
 Seventy-six (76) pairs of cattle were exhibited at the seventh annual cattle show and sale on the green at New Mil ford on Wednesday of last week. Sev- eral sales were made. and there are more to follow as result of the exhibition.
 One of Collector Bvxbee's deputies seized 8. nickei-in-t -the-slot machine in the Middletown Wheel Club, claiming that it's use was violation of the inter- nal revenue law. which provides that cigars must be sold from the original packages.
 Scott l. Atwood. of Thomaston. a farm hand, blew his brains out last Fri- day. He was infatuated with Mrs Rob- Inson, the daughter of MT Charles Birch. at whose honse Atwood boarded |. Mrs Robinson is married but does not live with her husband.
 The Rev H. James, secretary of the Connecticut Temperance union. propos- es to organize in every town in the State civic federation, including all temperance societies of the town, for more united work in suppressing the saloon and the promotion of good gov ernment The organization is similar to the Law and Order league, but with wider scope.
 Shelton. which has long been wanting post office. has at last had its petition | granted and the department will estab- fish one in that thriving borough. Its nearness to Birmingham has kept 1t from having an office of it's own, although so large place, and located in another county. It was tried in both Cleveland's s | first and Harrisou's administrations, without success It was Shelton mer- chant who after giving his instructions to a wholesale dealer in New York for an order was asked the following ques- tion ''You say you live in Huntington. your place of business in Shelton, your post office in Birmingham and your rail road station Tn Derby Where in = are you? -Torrington Register.