Connecticut western news., 1896-02-20
STATE NEWS

Sl0. 900 worth of damage in the town of Woodbury.
 Joseph R Hickox. of Watertown. cele. brsted his 90th birthday recently. He IS still in possession of all of his mental faculties He slaves himself with a razor he has used xty-three years. We mnst admit that he is remarkable old shaver.
 It is announced as probable that the University of Wisconsin will send its Varsity crew East to meet the Yale fresh- men at New Haven in June. The con- test will be a two-mile race.
 There are 6eO societies of Christian Endesyor in Connecticut
 The Connecticut Humane Society ss- sisted ITS persons and relieved 4,l38 animals last year.
 Measles have broken out to an alarm ing extent in the Bantam school district. Litchtield, and the school will be closed.
 The annual convention of the Con. necticnt Department Womau's Relief Corps will he held at Meriden, Feb 26, h and 27th.
 The Sawyer cotton mills at Colebrook River, after being idle nearly two years, recently resumed operations employing sixty hands.
 Christopher Morgan of Mystic owns the largest dog in the state, a thorough bred St Beruard, Sir Donald, who is 6 feet 10 inches in length. 29 inches around the neck, stands 33 inches high and weighs ITO pounds.
 The Union Prisoners of War in this stste will hold their nupual reunion al Hartford on the 22i inst. The total number of Connecticut soldiers cap- | tured during the war was 4.075; 6S9 lied in Southern prisons, besides those who dIed during or soon after leaving the prisons.
 Bv the recent death of Judge Miles T. Granger, of North Canaan. William | Cothren. the historian of ancient Wood. | bnry, becomes the senior lawyer in ac. tive practice, now residing in Litchf.ld 1 county, both in age and date of aduis. ion to the har He was horn iu Nh | vember. 1919. and was admitted to the bar in October. 1S45. The business of the Calling Cur | Company will be removed to Briige port, where it will heoome a part of the American Ordnance Company. A celebration of the 10th birthday of the Republican party will be held al | Washington, D. O., on the 22 | iu.t Senator Joseph R. Hawley will be one of the speakers,
 Winst-d contributed S4O0 for the Armenian sufferers. Two and one-balf feet of snow fell ou Mt Riga in Salisbury two weeks ago to. day.
 Work was begun last week in the new factory of the Hotchkiss Bro. & Co, al l rorrington. Their plant now covers five acres. The new factory is 95 by 200. The engiEe is 100 horse power corliss with cspabilty of 200 horse power.
 Tho Folder" bicycle manufactory is to be located in Dsnbury. The people "f that city are naturally very much pleased.
 Plainville has voted not to allow 6 home for jncurables to be located in thai | town.
 The latest scheme is an electric road between Woodbury, Watertown, Litch 6ld and Torringtou. | Charles A. Warren, 6l, who has beer | ,lepnty internal revenue collector since | 1889. died at his home in Watertown on | Friday of heart disease. He was | prominent Republican and was mem Der of the legislature in 1878. | W. Cbsuncey Weed, of New Canaan died recently leaving an estate of S2, 100 900, which will be divided among his seven children. A will had beer drafted, but not executed.
 Postmaster Beach, of New Haven estimates the population of that city a l0l. 900.
 The bill appropriating Sl00, 900 for public building at Meriden has been re ported fsvorably by the Senate com mittee on public buildings.
 Counterfeit dimes are in circulation iu Middletown. ..
 Contracts have been made for church for the new parish of St Franci Xavier at Waterbury.
 The fifth annual meeting of the Con
 necticut Pomological Society will be a
 Jewell hall in Hartford on the 25th an, 26th inst. Sessions each day at 10 a m and 30 p. m. A list of 69 ques tlons will be submitted to the meeting