Connecticut western news., 1895-07-11
STATE NEWS.

Charles D. Sherwood, ex-lieutenant governor of Minnesota, committed sui eide at Chicago, H., July 4. by drown ing himself in the lake. Twenty years ago, Mir Sherwood was one of the most prominent politicians in Minnesota. He went west from New Milford, Conn.,, his birthplace. in 1856, and settled at Rushford, Mirp. He was & doctor bv profession but he abandoned that call ing few years later and took mp tho practice of law. His suicide was un doubtedly caused by despondeucy due to i'll health, as he had recently under gone surgical operation.
 A double drowning accident occurred at Taunton Lake, about a nile from Newtown. July 3, the victims being Louise Gslpin, the ten-y -years-old dough ter of Samuel A. Gslpin, president of the New Haven Clock company of New Haven, and a nurse named Ella John son, a Swede, aged sixteen. The two were in bathing and the child being seized with cramps in deep water the nurse swam to her assistance. She was too late to save the little one, however, and overcome by exhaustion was unable | to reach tue shore herself, The bodies were recovered two hours later.
 Ex-Judge Dwight Loomis, Hor. Henry c. Robinson and ex Chief Justice John D, Park, the commissioners ap- | pointed to-decide the claim of Yale Uu iversity to the share If the state of Con- necticut in the agricultural fund sppro. priated by Congress for the maintenance of agricultural ,llages and which WIS given to Storrs Agricultural College by the Legislature of 1893. had hearing at Hartford on Monday and adjourned to to-day. The principal of the fund k Sl35, 000 the interest to be devoted to agricultural instruction.
 The oldest house iu Litchfeld is the old Oliver Wolcott house. now owned by Miss Alice Wolcott of New York, and rented by Dr E K. Dunham. In this house were entertained General Wash ;ngton aud Gen. La Fsyette, aud in the orchard back of the house the leaden statue of George the Third torn down in New York, was melted into bullets for Continental troops.-New Hartford Tri- bune.
 The Law and Order League in New
 Haven has been making a crusade | bRaluSt ODsCtu6 dt OUS ucWS- dealers they seized l25 publications. | Unionville is to have a new Masonic
 temple. to cost 5000. The building will be wood, three stories in height
 The Masonic hall and ante-rooms will be on the third floor. Waterbury dedicated it new and ele gsnt Second Congregational church
 June 26 It is one of the finest religi
 ous edifices in the state.
 Rev P. F. Jernegan, pastor of tho : Baptist church of Middletown, is re
 pork to have startled his congregation last week Sunday by introducing reso
 lutions that those guilty of infidelit,
 and gross immoralities shall be expelled 1, from the church. The resolutions wer, referred to a church meeting. Tn,
 pastor avows bis intention to sift out th, , tares from the wheat.
 s soldiers monument was unveiled a : Weatogue in the town of Simsbury ol
 the Fourth with impressive ceremonies W. B Pierce, who was recently re 5 leased by pardon from the state prisol
 has been arrested on charge of burg lsry, committed in August, 1893, 8 Goshen Point, in Waterford The com
 plaint was made by State Attorney Lu ;. cas, of Norwich, who opposed the pal
 don of Pierce.
 Dr George ". Birch, a prominer
 Stamford physician, has been summon . ed before the city court for insisting o Q calling typhoid fever under his care 1T U termittent or malsrial fever, and not r, porting 1t as contagious.
 n Lightning bored holes through th |. residence of George R Cholwell d Norwalk Friday by following the tell e phone lines.
 Speaker Fessenden seems to hay r. created quite sensation last week D e appearing iu the House gorgeously a tired in a suit of immaculate whit flannel.
 Fenwick Hall at Saybrook Point hs B. been opened for the season. It h, !, been closed for five years, owing to di te putes and heavy expenses connects d with it The hotel is one of the bigge If on the Sound. It is owned hy Stoke 8. of the Hoffman House. New York. g. The July meeting of the Connectic, hSSbSihtlpu VIII Do hcii lH U
 Connecticut Building, Colonial Par
 West Haven. on Monday. July 22d.
 twelve o'clock. Among other impo
 taut business to be transacted is electir er two delegates to the National Editori
 convention to be held in Florida in Ja I'd uary.
 '' The employees of the Peck, Stow of Wilcox Co, of Southington have struc ;s for a restoration Of the 15 per cent cl ,o in their wages. Most of the men T ,n ceive from S2 to S4 day.
 t. The Richile family, of Collinsville, h,
 a free fight one day last week. One le the boys slashed the father with knii st Ed, the oldest. took the part of his fat
 CT, when his brothers directed their flu st toward him, one of them biting him K the arm. Ed then procured a pist m and drove out the fighters, who had I i'd ceived many bad cuts.
 The trustees of the Gilbert School al "a the Gilbert Home met at Town IL 'o building at Winsted on Saturday.
 M. Blake was chosen a trustee to fill u
 vacancy caused by the death of The
 philus Bniid, and Dr W. Hulbe was chosen to fill the vacancy caused ID the death of Dr Steele.
  ra Among the numerous persons vi n have been cured of rheumatism