Connecticut western news., 1895-05-23
STATE NEWS.


 The Thomaston Knife Go. has practi- cally closed its work owing to the lack of orders and no prospect of getting any soon.
 The Gilbert school will begin its school session in September with the other Winsted schools. There have been quite number of applications by pupils from other places for admission. Employees of the Berlin Bridge Com. pany, who have been for six months past employed on preparatory work for the bridge at East Hartford. recent ly left, and the machinery was removed to Asbury Park where the company have contract-New Hartford Tri- bune.
 The selectmen of Waterbury have taken steps to prosecute all owners and keepers of unregistered dogs and have appointed constable to push the mat ter.
 T. E. LaCount. of Mantle, has sued John Woodmansee, of Norwich, for failure to move a house. The house was moved half way across Gardner's Lake on the ice last winter. Then the ice broke and the house sank in the lake to the second story windows and could not be hauled out.
 Ernest A. Weichert, of Danbury, won the appointment to the U. s. Naval Academy which was recently offered by Congressman Hill to be won by com petitive examination. The judges were Prof. K H. Wilson, Dr J, c. Gregory, Norwalk; Judge G. NJ. Darlington, Colebrook,
 At the convention of tbe Republican League of Connecticut, held at Bridge port last week Tuesday, at which % clubs were represented, the following were chosen delegates from the 4th, Congressional district to the conven- tion of the National League to be held at Cleveland O., June 19: J, R Doug las, Bridgeport; l. O, Colt. Winsted H. B. Scott. Danbury; s. A. Eddy, North Canaan. .....
 Connecticut has the distinction of be- ing the only New England state in which newspapers have been started during the last year. Massachusetts has lost seven papers; Maine.. eight, and New Hampshire, three. But Connection, has seven more than year ago.
 The annual report of tue Congrega. tional churches of Connecticut shows that one out of every twelve of the en. tire population, men, women and child. ren is communicaut in that denomina. ton. They have SIS churches and raised last year for church and beney. olent purposes. including legacies, over thirteen hundred thousand dollars. Over third are conducted on the free pew system.
 The Berlin Iron Bridge Go. is nego tiating with the stock holders of the Middletown Ferry Go. to buy up all the stock of the ferry company, with the in. tention of building bridge across the | Connecticut river. There are 200 shares, claimed to be worth S200 a share, but the stockholders offer to take Sl50. Surveys have been made and plans fol the bridge are now being prepared al the bridge company's works.
 The Hon. James A. Bill, of Bill Hill recently purchased from Charles E. Ly man, of Middlefield, 4,500 feeoes oi wool, weighing 10000 pounds. Thi, quantity of wool was two-years' clip and is the largest of any one farmer 1T Connecticut.
 The c. A. R committee in Torring ton have invited sll wheelmsn in towr to join in the procession on Memofia Day.
 The contract for building the addition 10 the Litchfield jail has been awarded to Hotobkiss Bros, of Torrington. theil hid, which was the lowest, being Sl7, 5l3. This bid being SO reasonable, th, building committee have decided to ado two burglar proof cells and other i'm provements, which will bring the con tract price up to S20,000 The com mittee recommend mill tax for jai purposes and | mill tax for curren expenses and to pay up the present in deotedness. ..-f. a..@t.e
 The Fourth Church Society of Hart ford, Rev H. H. Kelsey, pastor, con templates the erection of large ant beautiful .edifce, which, besides al auditorium for meetings, will contain many other rooms which are necessar, to enable the church to carry on its ex tensive works of charity among tn pcor.
 Walter Holding. we'll known charac ter or Apsonis, fell between the cars a that place on Saturday and had his arm cut of at the shoulder.
 The J, Mallison Shear Company ha been organized at Kent with capital o Sl5, 5,000.-Hartford Times.