Connecticut western news., 1896-01-02
STATE NEWS

| S1AIh ND Among the taxpayers of. Litchfield whose lists exceed BIO 900 are Cbiei Justice Andrews, Sl3, 670; ;Railroad Com missioner George Woodruff S54 706; ex Senator J DemIng Perkins S70, 365; ps tale of H. w Buell, $50. 525; Frederick Deming, S54 b90.
 Mrs Ann Downey. of Waterbury mother of Editor O. F. Downey of the Waterbury Sunday Globe, died last Thursday.
 The Congregational Church of Cole brook celebrated its centennial on Tues day, the 3lst. ult. James H. Meachem, of Stratford, ar employee on the Consolidated road was run over and killed by the cars al Bridgeport on Saturday. He was 2s years old and leaves a wife and fonl children.
 Charles D Snllivan dropped dead or P. srl street, at Hartford, last Frida, night.
 Arthur o Dallwig and Miss Louiss | Averill, well known Bridgeport peoole | have inst announced their marriag, which took place in New York last September.
 The Consolidated road is paying $ quarterly dividend to the amount ol S950 GOO the largest ever declared.
 Chief of Police Wheeler, of winsted was presented with a handsome meer. schaum by the members of the fore. Saturday night.
 Lieut. Glv Lorrin A Cooke, who has been very ill, Is reported as improving slowly. .s .. An Italian family at Windsor Lock- were made very sick with trichinosis last week by eating bologna sausage
 R. P,tten. the abscondiug post master of Holland, has been arrested in Pittsbury, Pa.
 Gov Cuffin has refused to extradite William j. Ennison, the Illinois lawy er. who Is wauted for emb. zZlement, on the ground that Ennison is not a fugi- tive from justice.
 Ira NJ. Standish, &C.,. drowned him seli ln we'll at his home in Wethers- field Monday morning while temporarily insane.
 Passengers and teams are being srried across the Connecticut river be- we-n Hartford and East liar tford in team launches and ferry boat.
 George Swain. the New Engladn road engineer. who bad been on trial for manslaughter in the Superior couit at Hartford for shooting William Boyle, was acquitted. The evidence showed that Swain was knorked down and kicked and believed that his life was in danger
 Mrs John Kendrick. 66, widow of ex- Mayor K-ndrick, of Waterbury, died at that city Dec. 26.
 The boys and girls who sell the Hart ford Times were given free admission to the matinee performance of "Old Glory" at Proctor's Opera House at Hartford on New Years day. State Treasurer Hodge has paid to the Conn River Bridge and Highway Dis trict Commissioners BIO 649 35. which iS 30 per cent of the taxes paid to the state by the street railway companies ~no use tno DIiuSo. Litchfeld's grand list aggregates S2 | 923 O55. by the recent valuation,
 Thomaston's grand list just couple ted shows 8 valuation of little over S1 500 900.
 | Twenty towns in the state have un. | finished road sections on which work has been ordered suspended by the cold weather.
 The old Congregational church al Centerbrook that celebrated it's 2OOtt anniversary few years ago, has probs hly more panes of glass in its windows than any other church in the state. The New Hartford Tribune says: The Driggs brothers. who live short dis tance over the line in Rarkhamsted made maple syrup Dec 2l from sap taken from the trees that day Thus i is that winter is creeping into the lap o spring.
 Some scamps visited the center ceme tery at Torrington last Thursday nigh aud overturned and broke several of tn, stones and monuments. smnng then one erected by the town to the memor' nf John Nelson Smith a soldier, wh, died of his wounds duiing the war.
 The hennery of Mrs Foley, of Nurfolk was robbed of l3 or IA fine bullets an, two roostars last Thursday night.
 Fifteen convicts will he discharge, from the state prison this month.
 The Supreme court has recently de cided that city ordinances requirlpI peddlers to take out licenses to sel goods are unconstitutional The cas- came up from New London where tn ordinance provides that the mayor shal issue a license for $50, and that fine c S30 may be imposed for failure to talk out license.
 Mir Russell of Connecticut has intro duced in the House bill appropriatin $50. 900 for erection of statue in th city of Washington to Gen John SedQ wick ',Ths most gallant of the sons c Connecticut killed in battle
 The barn of Jerry Kane, a farme living near Hawleyville, was burue last Friday night. The cows and horse were gotten out of the building bu hay, corn and other crops were destroy ed The fire was incendiary. Los Si 500.