Connecticut western news., 1897-12-09
STATE NEWS.

Attorney Warner of Woodbury says that The long talked of electric railway | between Watertown and Woodbury will be built next spring Woodbury raised BIO, 900 for the trolley.
 Miss Sarah Porter of Pennington has bought tue saloon property of Thomas Maxwell, near the center of the town, and has had 1t remodeied for a Boy's Club.
 Mrs Abigail Foote Loomis of East Hampton. who, if she lives, will be 100 years old next June, has been given one of the gold spoons which are pre- sented to all true daughters of the Revolution by the National Society, D. A. R. of Washington, D. O.
 An interesting and racy divorce suit is being tired before Judge Roraback in the Superior court in New Haven. It IS Danbury case--that of Josephine A. Hoyt against her husband, William o Hoyt, a Danbury music dealer. Hon J. l. Barbour of Hartford appears for the plaintiff, and Ely & Webb for the defendant. The plaintiff is pretty woman of about 35 years, brunette, with regular features, dark eyes and 8 clear complexion. The defendant is a white-haired spectacled man of appar- ently 50, with the air of successful business man. Mrs Hoyt was a shop girl in Danbury hat factory Tn 1878, and Hoyt was music teacher when they married, and boy named Rich mond, was born in 1882. It is the cus- tody of the child that the contest is over. Since then Hoyt has accumulst- ed property to the value of $75, ,0O0 She testifies to various instances of adultery, and named Minnie Meehan and Mrs John Handy, both of Danbury, as co respondents. She saye she upbraid- ed her husband for his conduct but he re- piled that he loved Minnie. and couldn't help it. Hoyt charges itimacy of his wife with other men.
 The first auxiliary of the Order of Railway Conductors, composed of the wives of the nductors, has been or. ganized in New Haven.
 The young people of the parish of St. Anthony of. Padua at Litchheld re- gently acted the play Rory C'Moore' in very creditable manner.
 A Japanese lady and her brother are studying at Yale.
 Scarlet fever has made it's appearance in Thomaston.
 A order for $27O.0 900 worth of war munitions has been placed with the Ordinance Company of Bridgeport, by the general government.
 The women suffragists will hold a convention at Hartford, Dec 15 and Is. The national president, Susan B. An thony, will address the meeting.
 Rev G. F. Goodenough, son of Rev Arthur Goodenough of Winchester, South End Church at Nepsug on Jan- uary lst and will except call In Els. worth. Mir Goodenough is rising young man and is especially liked in Nepaug where his departure will be regretted.
 A large deer with antlers was seen ir Thomaston on Monday.
 Yale won the debate with Harvard or Resolved, That the United States should annex the Hawaiian Islands" Yale had the negative. Ohauncy M | DcpcH pIcsluou.
 The graduating class of the state normal school at Willimantic propos. to leave portrait of Dr Henry Barn ard as tribute or memorial. Df James Olmstead. superintendent of the Connecticut Hospital for the In sane at Middletown, died at New Yorl on Saturday where he has gone tw, weeks before for treatment for exhaust ion and mal-assimilation of food. H, was As years of age anu was considered an expert on insanity.
 John J Main, son of John Main, dIet at Winsted Monday night, of the effec of excessive cigarette smoking. The schools in Watertown have beer closed because of an epidemic of scarle fever.
 Thomas Hollohan, of Morris. commit ted suicide Saturday by taking pari green He was 70 years of age and liv ed alone.
 A peddler is around selling worthles perfumery.
 Samuel Frisbie, who was chairman 0 the committee on appropriations of tn last General Assembly, died suddenly i the library of his home at Unionvill Monday morning. He was 62 years old
 J. D Plunkett, ex.state senator an, one of the leading pension lawyers c the state. died at his home at New Hav en Monday morning of appendicitis , aged 65 years. He had been ill les than ons week.
 3 The fifth annual oyster roast given b. , the Berlin Iron Bridge Co.,, to it's em ) ployees and their families will be bel at the works at East Berlin on Wednes t day, Dec. 15 commencing at 6 p. m