Connecticut western news., 1897-10-14
STATE NEWS.

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 The nickle-in-t -the-slot machines have been all ordered out of Hartford by Chief-of-police Bill.
 The Hosmer Hall theological semi nary at Hartford opened last week with 53 resident students.
 Diphtheria is prevalent in Torrington. There have already been several deaths there of this disease.
 Burglars entered the post office at Bethel, Saturday morning and secured 5000 in postage stamps.
 A state bowling league has been founded. The places represented are Hartford. New Haven, Meriden and Wallingford
 John White, who fell off the railroad bridge at Winsted few weeks ago, was taken to the Hartford Hospital on Monday by O. O. Miidlebrooks.
 James Griswold and Ezra Andrews, of Hartford, were prosecuted on Satur- day for shooting eight grey svuirrels. The fine is $l0 for each squirrel. Conductor Gregory, of ths Nauga- tuck road, took up ticket, which was 35 years old, It was from Ansonia to Humphreysville (now Ssymour) and | return.
 In the town elections of last week l3 towns in favor of town instead of dis triot management of schools. Of the 168 towns of the state 66 now have town | management. Huburt Williams and A. o. Collins, fish and game commissioners of Con | necticut have appointed o. o. Middle brooks of Winsted, special fish and game protector for this county.
 Rev. William Dixon, who has been serving as pastor of the Ferry Street Congregational Church, New Haven, has begun suit for 3900 back salsry and placed an attachment on the church. Louie Shelton, daughter of Mir and | Mrs w. Stevenson, was married Tues | day night at her home in Bridgeport to | William B. Powell, manager of the R G. Dun agency. The Rev w. H. Lewis oficiated.
 Captain Murphy of Torrington, who invented third-rail system for electric street railroads, has secured a contract to equip fourteen miles of track of the Anaoostia and Potomac road at Wash in gton, D. 0.
 The Winchester Repeating Arms | Company of New Haven has paid S12, 800 in voluntary donations to the families of their employees who were killed by the recent explosion in the con pany's loadino room
 The spot where J. Willard Parsons, of New Britain, recently shot himself in the woods near Winsted has been marked by his G. A. R. friends with a G. A. R star inserted in an iron tube and inclosed in tin box, W. H. Taylor, who published the Souvenir of the Capitol" containing portraits and sketches of Connecticnt's State Officers and members of the last General Assembly, is now preparing, in similar style the, Rhode Island Assem- ply Book"
 A new hotel, the New Hartford House, was formally opened to the pub lie on Friday. Mir Harry Clark, the proprietor, and wife entertained hun dreds of people on the occasion. The new hotel is said to be model one in all respects.
 Miss Margaret Smith, aged 50, fell down stairs at her home on Town Hill avenue, Danbury, Sunday night and home at an early hour Monday morning stumbled over her dead body at the foot of stairway.
 Roadmaster Barry and forty three sec tion hands, in charge of section bosses James and John O'Brien laid 576 thirty foot steel rails Sunday, on the Bloom. field section of the P. R & N. E. rail. road. Since Thursday five miles of the thirteen miles of new rails have been laid.
 Frederick Ferguson of Waterbury night for felonious assault committed tuck dnring the afternoon. Mrs Math- CT was gathering chesnuts in the woods about mile from Naugatuck, when she was assaulted by Ferguson.
 Before Judge Frost. Thursday, al Norwalk, William K. Naples, city edit. or of the Hour, pleaded guilty to as saulting Eugene R Benedict. printer, by kicking him out of the office on election day, and was fined S5, which he paid. MT Benedict talks strongly of bringing a civil suit against MT Naples claiming $500 damages to his anatomy. l-Hartford Times.
 Thomas J. Bradstreet, of Thomaston, died at his home there on Tuesday oi last week at the age of 90 years and six months. He was a direct descendant of Governor Bradstreet, of Massacbu' setts, and was graduate of Yale in the class of 1884 He studied theology un- der the famous Dr. Taylor and was Ii censed to preach, but gave up the pro fession on account of throat trouble. In 1840 he married Amanda Thomas the daughter of Seth Thomas, founder of the we'll known Seth Thomas Clock Co., of Thomaston, and engaged in busi I,ness with his father-in-law. His five children survive him, among whom is Albert F., the judge of the Waterbury district court.