Connecticut western news., 1896-08-06
STATE NEWS.


 road is on his way to Europe to spend his usual summer vacation. Chief En- gineer Curtiss is now in Europe inspect ing the principal railroad stations and President Clark will join his party.
 The Consolidated road has renewed the loan of &, ,000,000 from Boston banking firm made year ago. Vice. President Hall said that it would be i'm mediate applied to New England road improvements. The loan was at Al per cent. against 3i per cent last year.
 Going fishing affects some people very strangely, for instance:
 A Thomaston man affirms that while recently fishing in Lake Quassapaug he hooked up a big demiiohn, and inside was 3i pound black bass, which must have gone into the bottle when it was small, and grown there. Hartford Tribune.
 Miss Stella Forbes, daughter of Mrs Julia A. Forbes, of Winsted, died at Hartford last week Wednesday from the effect of drinking wood alcohol. It is said that she was betrayed about year ago by young man in whom she had confidence and then went to Hartford, where she led lawless life. She was in destitute circumstances. She was for merly handsome and well educated.
 The big engine at the American Ord- nance company's works, at Bridgeport, was started up for the first time last week Wednesday. A regulation mili- tary post flag flies from the staff every working day from a. m. to p. m.
 Bishop Tierney laid the corner stone of St. Bridget's church, at Manchester, on Sunday. James w Cheney, of Che- ney Bros, donated $200 and the firm presented two beautiful American flags, one of which was borne in the process sion and the other placed in the stone. The church will seat 600.
 The corner stone of German Luth- eran church was laid at New Britain on Sunday.
 Nicholas Ball, 6S, proprietor of the Ocean View hotel at Block Island, known as the King of Block Island, died Friday night of old age aided by apoplexy caused by eating huckleber- ries and milk. He had been representa-. tive and state senator. Hs secured the erection of the lighthouse and fog whis. tie on Mohegan Bluffs.
 The Connecticut Valley tobacco crop is exceptionally fine this season and the harvesting has begun in some places. A German created quite sensation on the streets of Hartford last Thursday He had live rattlesnake with ten rat ties, which he had captured in the mountains of Glastonbury, having beer bitten in making the capture, and wat intoxicated with the whiskey he had drunk as an sntidote. He was finally taken to the police station and witnessed the decapitation of his pet from the eel greatly to his distress.
 Captain J. M. Murphy. who invented the three-rail system, will petition tn. coming legislature for charter for al electric road through Harwinton, con meeting with the line now ending a Unionville. It is his intention to ex tend so as to connect Bantam lake, wes of Litchfeld, with Hartford. From Torrington to Hartford, and from Litch field to Hartford the fare is to be 3l cents. Finally the road will be extended to Winsted and ThomasLon, hs says Winsted Citizen.
 In cirsular to the press J. NJ. Hub bard, peach yellow commissioner, say in substance that other symptoms thar yellow foliage are depended on for tb, detection of the disease. The frui never assumes yellow tinge but some thing like crimson, in spots on tb surface and streaks through the flesh In flavor there will be slight insipid ity. There is penalty of from BIO t $l00 for the sale of diseased fruit, whicl penalty the commissioner will have in fiicted.
 George Healy, of Kent, was kille, by freight train on the Berkshire divi sion at 12:30 o'clock Thursday morning His body was taken to New Milford The accident occurred at Merwinsville
 Rev J. Spencer Voorhees,, who Ina been pastor of the Second Congrega tional church of Winsted for nearly fiv years and is deeply endeared to hi people, has rendered his resignation t take effect November l. It is under graduate course in theol ogical semi nary.
 A gasoline explosion took place i the cellar of Wheeler's pharmacy i Litchfield, Saturday, and as resul Clerk Wilson's hands were severel burned. The explosion was caused b a light which MT Wilson took with hir when he went down stairs to draw som gasoline. The explosion caused fir which did $100 damage.
 0 P. Huntington, the millionaire raj road magnate of California, visited Mor day with friends in Harwinton, hi birthplace.