Connecticut western news., 1896-12-10
STATE NEWS.

Two children of John Bourke, of Thomaston, William, aged '. and Josie, aged II, also Daniel aged 6, son of John Ryan, broke through the ice on the Nsugatuck river on Monday and were drowned The same day John Burns, | aged 10, and his cousin were drowned in the Middle pond at Litchfeld.
 George H. Spencer of the Beardsley Honse, Winsted, has been appointed member of the Honorary Fair com init tee fer the forthcoming grand fair to be held in Madison Square Garden, New York city, Dec. l5 28 next. in aid of the Home now in course of erection at Binghamton, N. r., for the aged and widows and orphans of the commercial travellers of America. Hon. Chauncay NJ. Depew is president of the commit tee.
 Two memorial tablets were unveiled in tbe Center church, Hartford, on Thanksgiving day. One is to tho memory of Rev Joel Hawes. D. D pas tor of the church from 1918 to 1867, and the other is in memory of Thomas Scott Williams. deacon of the church from 1880 to 1861, and chief justice of Con- | necticut.
 The oyster growers of the state are suffering from the most destructive star fish scourge that bus visited the oyster beds since 1856, and. fn some places, the entire crop is in danger of being de- stroyed.
 Two hundred men are employed packing tobacco in New Milford. Colonel Frederick D. Grant visited | Mir and Mrs Roswell Grant at South | Windsor last week and was shown over l their residence, the old Grant place An ancestor of Col Grant once occupied the house. which is believed to be the oldest house in South Windsor. John Geirsch, of Hartford, and Belle Candy, daughter of John Candy, of Collinsvile, eloped last week and were married io Torringion. Grace Geirsh also went to Torrington at the same time and was married to 0 man who Is her first cousin. Her parents took Grace home and now her husband refuses to live with her.
 The body of Harvey Weir, ,S4, of Glas- tonbury, was found in the woods of that town on Saturday. He was frozen | to death.
 | It was voted at the special town meet ing held at Winsted on Saturday to pay Samuel B Horne, Edward Skinner and David Finn each $l00 for their services in the rebellion. Bishop Williams is suffering with sciatica He is able to hear his clasSe and give his lectures at the Berkeley | Divinity School, but his engagements for visItations have all been cauceled.
 George Catlin, son of Henry H. Cat | lin of Harwinton, now of Torrington, who had his skull split open with a rusty hatchet in the hands of his insane brother three or four years ago, has been discharged from the New Haven hospital, and is now at home.
 Capt. Murphy, of Torrington, the in ventor of the three raIl electric system, goes to San Francisco next month with a model of his invention. The 13S miles of street railway in that city are to be changed from the cable to the electric system.
 The enumeration list of the ennmer- ators of the different school districts of Winsted this year show 1462 children between the ages of 4 and Is against l465 last year.
 The residence of James E. Bishop in Thomaston WAS broken into by burglars last week Wednesday night They were frightened away before securing any booty.