Connecticut western news., 1898-02-17
STATE NEWS.

Mrs Andrew Boro, of Middletown, was bitten recently by her husband. Blood poisoning set in and 1t made 1t necessary to amputate the thumb and 8 section of the bone of the wrist.
 Commodore Francis M. Bunoe, U. s. N, has been promoted to be rear ad- mirsl and will go onto the retired list next Christmas. He belongs to the Hartford family of that name.
 The supreme court has reversed the decision of Judge Elmer who ordered the appeal of Wheeler & Howes of Bridgeport, from commissioners award of value of land taken by the Consolida- ted R. R. 0. to be stricken from the docket of the superior court. The su- .preme court holds that the case must be tried on it's merits. The firm wanted $100. 900 for theland; the R. R. com pauy offered $80, 900 and the commis- sioners decided in favor of the company. -JE Dauchy, of Torrington, former ly of Winsted, has returned from Alas ks where he went last fall and claims to have brought back 80 pounds of gold with him.
 T0rrington people are expressing themselves in favor of a trolley line from that borough to Hartford.
 Coroner R T. Higgins on Tuesday announced his decision in the case of William Sherman Pond, aged 36 years. who was found unconscious in high way in Washington, in this county, Jan %, and whose death resulted five days later. The coroner says that Pond s death was due to fractured skull re- ceived by falling out of a wagon.
 Hugh Finnagan's grocery and meat market at New Haven was burned down Friday night. Loss B, 800.
 The chief of police of Elmira, N. r., thinks he has captured tue burglar who was shot while engaged in the robbery of the West Goshen post office some weeks ago.
 It does not imply that Henry Candee of Plymouth "has an axe to grind" just because he was treated to surprise on his birthday, the 4th, by his neighbors and presented with grindstone.
 Stamford on Saturday voted to erect . soldiers and sailors monument and appropriated $1.OOO. The accepted plan is that of J, Scott Hartley, the New York sculptor. It represents 8 cannon manned by g soldier and sailor and :. alongside is granite shaft with bron ze statue of Victory on top.
 The safe in the post office at Kensing- ton was blown open early Sunday morn ing by burglars Four dollars in stamps and SI.75 in change were talk 0n.
 Litchfield has genuine Daughter of the Revolution" in tue person of Miss Rebecca Osborn. She was born in 1901 and her father entered the service of the Continental army when he was sixteen. and was also pensioner.
 The paper mill of the Roaring Brook Paper Company was burned to the ground early Sunday morning. Insur. snce $6. GOO The mill will probably be rebuilt at Glastonbury.
 yoke of oxen were taken from the barn of Clifford o. Newbury. living be tween Torrington and Litchfeld, Mon. day night. O. M. Hailock, of South Norfolk, had agreed with Ben Richard. son, of Torrington, to sell him the oxen, Richardson to pay by installments Richardson, without having made any payments, afterwards sold the oxen to Newbury. who refused to give them up to Hallock.
 The Bristol Bell Company hes been organized with capital of S50,0 to make bicycle bells at Bristol. The employees are working night and day
 A fire was recently started in house in Hartford by celluloid bath tub be ing set on fire by having hot poultice laid dowr in it to cool.