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

The population of the state of Conn ecticut was PAT. .496 in 1790. In 1890 it was TAG. 25a In 1900 the population was 251 ,000.
 Rapid progress is being made with the foundation walls of Trinity church, Torrington, the corner stone of which was recently laid.
 Captain Joseph Handy King, the we'll known steamboat man and hotel keep CT, died at his home iu Essex on Satur- day at the age of 46.
 Walter Warren Weeden, q, proprie- tor of the New Dom hotel. Hartford, died at that city on Sunday from the ef- feets of an operation for appendicitis.
 One of the large wheel mills of the Hazard Powder Company blew mp with tremendous explosion at 10 30 Tues day evening. There was no one at the mill, the night shift having just started to go to it. No one was injured. William Warner. whose wife is editor and proprietor of the Willimantic Sun day Herald, after selling his papers in Putnam on Saturday afternoon and evening was attacked by two young men, knocked down and severely pounded.
 Fourteen men were badly burned last week by the upsetting of large vessel of molten metal in the foundry of the Farrel Foundry and Machine company at Ansonia. The accident was caused by the breaking of one of the chains snspending the vessel.
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 Superintendent Davidson has had signs painted on the third rail between Hartford and New Britain. The words Dangerous. Keep off the rail' have been stenciled in white letters on a black ground on each rail, on alternate sides to that he who walks the track may read.
 Captain William Laird, ex-chief of the Waterbury polIce force. died at the Re treat for the Insane at Hartford on Sun- day at the age of TT. He had been a prominent figure in Waterbury fUr many years. Two months ago he was taken to the retreat. having shown symptoms of melaucholis.
 Sylvester Jones, of Quaker Hill, New London county. while recently attempt. ing to lead call cut of field was at. tackled by the whole herd, among which were two bulls, one six years old. Jones had let go of the calf and was running for his life when his colt came to the rescue and by vigorous use of heels and teeth routed the bulls and enabled Jones to take out the calf.
 The Connecticut peach crop will be very large this year. Throughout the state it is estimated there will be up. ward of 100, 900 baskets gathered. Com. paratively few baskets of Connecticut peaches reach tue New York market most of the fruit being sold to retailer: in the state at good prices. the average being S1 basket. A small quantity it shipped to the Boston market.
 A phenomenal female mule is owned by Hunt X Miller. the bottling firm o New Milford. The animal is sever years old and has never had ap off spring, indeed, it IS impossible for ( mule to breed, and yet last summer and this summer this mule has had to bt mixed. In the winter she gives nc milk, Veterinary Todd and other local scientists know not how to account fol the remarkable phenomenon.
 The electrical power plant owned by the Pennington River Power and tho Hartford Electric Light companies al Poquonock was destroyed by fire at 3( Monday morning. For the past si1 months this plant had supplied all the power used in lighting the streets O Hartford. In fifteen minutes after tn, fire began lights in all parts of the city went out Light is now furnished b, other plants. Loss about S70, 900.