Connecticut western news., 1897-02-04
STATE NEWS.

A Litchfield man, Edward Fitzoerald, who went to South America for tho pur- pose of ascending Mount Aconcagua in the Andes. reached the summis of that mountain with his Swiss gnide on Jan 14th--a feat never before accomplished This is the highest mountain in the western hemisphere. 4.000 feet above sea level.
 The cost of electric railways in this state amounts to the sum of $11 800. GOO practically within five years, marvel. ous development.
 The New Haven Water Company will Their capital from S2 GOO, GOO to S5. .000.- . 900 This step is being taken in. order that the company can put in Altering system.
 There are now 465 boys in the State school at M-riden.
 For the first time in many years Bish- op Williams has issued pastoral letter t, the clergy and lai,y of the diocese. It is devoted to the subject of mission- ary work in the diocese. urging the more prosperous parishes to greater gal in aiding the weaker parishes and missions.
 While making repairs in the ro~ilanra of c NJ. Ganung in Litobfield the workmen recently found cent coined by the state of Connecticut in 1787.
 The last report of the Connecticut Humane Society shows that during the year 1896. 1 150 persons and 2,770 animals were relieved by the society.
 The report of the Connecticut Prison Association for the two years endiDg Sept 30, 1896. shows that of the BOT prisoners discharged from the state pris- on by expiration of sentence or pardon 302 placed themselves under the care of the association and were aided. Of the $6. 900 appropriated by the state S5 3l2.- IA has been expended in aiding prison. CTS, the balance for expenses. Warden Wood bridge turned over to the associs- ton his fee for hanging Kaspar Hartlein, $50.
 E D. Ives. proprietor of the Bradley House at Southington made an assign ment last Thursday to Deputy Sheriff Egan for the benefit of his creditors The only assets are the liquor license and the stock of liquors on hand, about S25, while claims aggregate $4 900. Mir Ives has operated the house about four months He will run the bosrdinR house for the present, the bar being | closed.
 The schools in Plymouth are closed on account of the prevalence of dyph- theria.
 Edward Beauchamp of Collinsville died Saturday morning, aged 49 years. His last moments were given to making a will by which hls wife was cut fl from his property. He leaves in addition tt a wife, four sons, Edward, Camille, Her bert, Ovelia, and two daughters, Ida and Rosy.
 Thomas Carroll, of Naugaiuck, says he is 110 years old. He was born 1T County Kerry. Ireland, and says i birthday is March IT. St Patrick Day Last summer the parish record, in Causenoy. County Kerry, were con suited and showed that Thomas wal christened there March IT. 1794, so tha his real age is 103. His father lived tt be 105.'
 The annual banquet of the alumni as sociatinn of the Episcopal Academy o Connecticut at Cheshire was held at th, Waldorf, New York city, Tuesda. night.
 Prof. WIG. Sumner, of Yale, has beer chosen as member of the etate board o education.
 Mrs Henry Ward Beecher has beer seriously i'll for two weeks at the hom' of her son-in-law, Rev Samuel Sec vile, in Stamford For several day there has been prstically no change i her condition and tbeve is no imm e6iat
 danger, but her extreme age Is not favor able to her recovery. D. NJ Hurd. of Waterbury, wa struck by double ripper Monday night and received broken leg.