Connecticut western news., 1895-12-19
STATE NEWS

The new residence of Lieut. Gov. Cooke in Winsted will be completed about New Years.
 Christmas day will be the l05th ami versary of the birth of Mrs Emily Tsl- colt, of West Hartford. She was mar ried Christmas day, 1910, when 20 years old, two years before the war of 1872. She was 4 years old when Wash ington died. Her mind is still clear and her general bodily health is good
 The Catholic Total Abstinence Union of this state will hold series of tenn perance rallies in the principal Connec. ticut cities during the winter.
 New London will observe it's 250th anniversary next May and already steps are being taken with that end in view by the citizens and city government
 Col. Albert A. Pope, of Columbis bicycle fame, has adied several more acres to his gift to Hartford for park.
 The Cornwall Water company have come to a standstill-26 of the 40 shares have been subscribed. but 1t seems hard to raise the rest.
 Major Kingman. of Washington Depot. has built an engine house and given Gould patent fire engine to the town. A fire company will soon be or. gsnized.
 The engagement of John E. Calhoun, of Cornwall, to Miss Msige Ellinwood, of New York, is announced. Miss Ellinwood Is daughter of Rev Dr Ellinwood, one of the secretaries of the Presby terian board of foreign missions.
 A women's branch of the Catholic To tai Abstinence union is being formed at Bridgeport There are already seven women's branches in the state.
 Seventeen divorce cases. and IA of them new ones, were on the superior cou,t docket at it's recent session in Bridgeport Fsirfeld county is keep ing up it's reputation.
 Senator Platt has introduced bill in the Seuase appropriating Sl0O 0O0 each for public buildings in Waterbury and ford port of entry.
 After spending large sum and reach ing a depth of 5000 feet. the Winches- ter Arms Co of New Haven, have aban- doned the artisiaD we'll, which workmen have been sinking for several m onths.
 Mrs Lydia Clsflin. -73. was found dead in bed at the residence of her daughter. Mrs Robert Moore, in Sandy Brook Rrbertsville. Thursday morning. Medical Examiner W s. Hubert, of Winsted, was summoned aud pronounce ed the cause of her death heart disease.
 The report of the State Treasurer for the year ending November 1, shows re- ceipts of S6S, ,S05.97 from the collsriral inheritance tax of per cent on all amounts over Sl 900 received frum estates by persous not within certain liues of relationship.
 John B Hull. musician. was knock. ed down by two men at 1.30 a. m Sat urday morning at Waterbury and rob bed of S8.
 Hamilton & Strong have just estab- lished factory at Windsor to manufac- ture new bicycle hub.
 Mrs Patrick Lundrigan, 3S, of Thom- aston. blind woman, accidentally set Are to her clothing on Saturday night and was burned to death.
 Attorney John B Douglass of the law firm of Lynch & Douglass, of Bridge port. died suddenly of heart failure on Saturday. This is the firm which has just begun suit against Rev Dr Pullman for slsn1ering tue actress Mile May.
 The Berlin Iron Bridge Go. have filed a certificate of sn increase of their capi- tai stock from $500. 900 to $500. 900.
 An enterprising Danbury butcher is sending pig-tails through the mall to his customers as holiday souvenirs.
 New Haven is just now experiencing 2 carnival of crime, and assaults, robber. les aud confidence games are getting slsrmingly abundant. Foot-pSds and bnnco men are working the city, and the police exerting themselves to apprehepd them.
 Munsey's magazine plant will move from New York to New London. The Morris W. Bacon property in the lattel city has been bought for $40 OOC.
 In the list of chairmen of committees at Washington, D. O, Mr Hawlev o Connecticut Is given military aff.ir and Mir Plstt, of Oonnecucut parents
 The Connecticut State grange vii hold it's eleventh annual mee,ing il Foot Guard hall, Hartford, Jan. IA, l5 l6 and IT.