Connecticut western news., 1896-09-24
STATE NEWS.

The Eagle Bicycle Co.,. of Torrineton. has issued statement recently which shows it to be in excellent financial con- dition. A 10 per cent dividend has just been paid.
 The Excelsior Needle Co.,, of Torring- ton, will run eight hours a day for the present. The works have been running but four days a week for some time past.
 The quadruples of Orlando H. Stick les were christened last week at the hospital at Bridgeport in the presence of only the immediate family of MT Stickles, Rev H D. Cone, rector of Christ church, officisted. The names given the little ones are Amelia, Eliza beth, Wilhemia, and Orlando H. LATER. Amelia died Sept. 21. The others are doing well.
 A call was sent out last week for 8 convention of wheelmen to be held October 8. next, for the purpose of or ganizing Connecticut cyclists fedora tion. The purpose of the new organi- zstion is to secure legislation beneficial to wheelmen.
 Mme Demetrius Callias, formerly Mrs P. T. Barnum, has arrived in New York. She denies that she is unhappy | with her present husband, as has been reported. LATER Demetrius Callias Bey died at Constantinople on Monday.
 Addison Palmer was 94 years old last Friday and celebrated the fact with a family gathering. He is as hale and hearty as he was ten years ago and | ~Ia la. ha fa~p ua f,o WoodburY.
 The Berlin Iron Bridge Go. has secured the contract to build the new center bridge at Torrington, for $6, ,895. that being the lowest hid.
 John F. Jones, formerly sup't. of the Connecticut Western railroad, has been nominated for congress by the Republicans of the Fifth district of South Carolina.
 The beautiful Caldwell Hart Colt memorial parish bHilding was recently dedicated at Hartford in the presence of large gathering of Episcopal clergy men and 400 invited spectators. The memorial house was erected by Mrs Samuel Colt at cost of S200. 900 as a memorial to her son, the late Commo- dore Colt. who died suddenly at Punta Gorda. Fla, January 2l, 1894.
 The general statement of the affairs oi the N. Y, N. H. X H. R. R. Go. for the year ending June 30. 1896, shows gross earnings $30, 345, 630 10; operating ex. penses $2l, 137 ,226 51. The total in. come (including $855, ,695 98 from mis cellaneous sources.) is given as Sl0.' 064 099.4 .49: deduction for taxes, inter est, and rentals, S6,397. .197.40; divi dends -four of 2 per cent each) paid during the year, S3. eos. 542; surplus fol the 12 months, $58, ,350.09. The fig
 ures given show an increase of S2, AS, S89 over the earnings of the year end
 ing June 30, 1895. The company,
 capital stock is now $47, ,745, 700. Ex
 periments with electricity as a motive
 power have been very encouraging anC will probably be brought into use a various points on the company's prop erty. Reduced dividends are not ex
 pected.
 The Standard Oil Go. has bought } lot of the Turner & Seymour Mfg. Go just outside of the limits of Torringtol , borough and will establish "bulk oi plant" building barn and sheds ant
 putting in tank, from which oil will b,
 furnished to wholesale dealers in bulk
 thus doing away with handling oil il
 barrels.
 ,, Mrs Swain, wife of Dr Henry L E Swain. of New Haven, and Miss Ev Seward, of the same city, were throwl
 from their carriage in runaway acci
 dent at Litchfield last Thursday Thei injuries were not dangerous. | Benjamin Maynard, A, of Hawley 8 vile, car inspector on the Consolidate, l road, was killed at Danbury Monda - morning. He went between the engin l and car and brakeman, not knowin t he was there, gave the signal to bac l, and Maynard was crushed. He leave
 . wife and three children.