Connecticut western news., 1898-05-12
STATE NEWS.

Bethel, fell and striking John Beebe, aged 45, killed him.
 Seventeen wheelmen were arrested in Plainville Sunday afternoon for riding on the sidewalk. They were fined Sl.50 each.
 At Bethlehem, last Thursday, a hay stack near the barn of l.. P Judd, was set on fire by his 4-year-old child. The barn was saved.
 An East Hartford man, Matson Sta pleton, was the victim of vicious as- sauIt by three men last Friday night. IL is feared he may die.
 The s. N. E Telephone Co.,, have been awarded the contract to string telephone wires along Long Island Sound for war purposes.
 There is movement on foot among the people of Hartford to have the old | curfew law resnrrected and put in force There are over 400 cities now in which the law is enforced.
 James McCabe, aged 75, while tenn porarily insane, committed suicide at 1 Windsor Locks on the 4th inst, by cut ting his throat with razor. Hs was q farmer and is survived by family.
 Burglars broke into the freight depot at Bristol last Friday night A large quantity of canned goods were taken. also some small articles in the dry goods line. Chief Amos has a clew to the | thieves.
 John Leary. 13, of Middletown, was learning to ride s wheel on a bridge last Saturday afternoon when the wheel crashed into the side of the bridge. A compound fracture was the result, the bones protruding through the flesh on both sides of his leg.
 Tue weather bureau at New Haven has issued it's report for April. The rainfall was 43 inches Rain fell on | 14 days, snow and sleet on two. There were seven clear, II partly cloudy and l2 cloudy days. There was more wind during the month than any previous April on record.
 While playing in the street in Tor rington Monday evening, the five year old daughter of John Finn of that town was run over by bus and killed. The child's back was broken under the heavy wheels and the young girl died a half hour sfterwsrd. No blame is at- tached to the driver.
 A very sad accident occurred last | Friday afternoon which resulted in the drowning of 12 year-old boy, Frank Brackeu With his young"r brother, | George. aged and another 10 year-old boy, George Moisen, he went padiling in boat on the Park river. Hartford when the boat upset. throwing them all Tn the water. George Brscken and | George Moisen were saved, after copsid- erable effort, hv several people who saw the accident, but Frank was drowned.
 Private John s. Flynn. company B | 1st regiment, of Hartford died suddenly last Thursday afternoon at Mantle of heart failure, He was only 22 years old and was a new recruit. He was making ont company papers, when, without warning, he fell to the fIor. The hospital surgeon vas summoned and Flynn wa1 taken to the hospital, where he died in about forty-five min utss. He was pleasant young fellow and we'll liked by his comrades, and was buried with military honors.
 About 800 people gathered at the de- pot in Winsted to see the eleven re- cruits for the Conn. Heavy Artillery take tue train for Niantic last Saturday There was not very much of a demon stration at Winsted, but at Torrington, where nine more recruits joined them there were Uver 1900 people gathered to bid the young soldiers goodbye. They marched to the depot, preceded by a drum corps and followed by the G. A. R and Revs Cbauucey Linsley, John Rippere and P s Evans tog,ther with the large crowd. At the depot Rev John Rippere made patriotic speech. The rest of the volupteers joined them at New Haven. coming from New Hav- en. Meriden and Wnliingford.
 At Hartford Monday was held the an nual meeting of the Grand Council, Roya! and Select Masters at the Masonic Temple. In the evening the order of | bigh priesthood was conferred upon a large class. On Tuesday morning the Grand Chapter, R A. M., held its an- nual convocation and celebrated the | l00:h anniversary of its formation, After the annual address was delivered by the grand high priest. Rev l. F. Stidham. business meeting was held. At 2.30 the members repaired to the Park Congregational church where they listened to addresses by Rev Joseph Anderson, D. D., of Waterbury, and Past Grand High Priest Luke A. Lock- wood. The music was by the masonic | double quartette. In the evening the members and invited friends attended 0 bsnquet at Foot Guard armory. Many ! l T 1IOt, tu ,l 1a,a were present.
 The business quarter of the town of 1 Colchester WAS reduced to ashes by fire last Saturday night The loss Is esti- mated at $60. GOO; the insurance will amount to about S40,O00 This is the second time within twenty years that this has happened The fire started by the explosion of A lamp in Q dry goods store and burEed for over six hours. Before the fire had finished twelve business places were destroyed including the post office and the Col chester Savings Bank, together with one residence ard tenement house, four families being burned out. The only means of fighting the fire was by hand @ rgine and rue efforts of the people of the town. The bank safe remained in- tact and from the post office the fixtures and mails were saved. From several of the stores many of the goods were saved. Several of the owners of the property destroyed have expressed theIr intention of rebuilding but it is feared that all the buildings will not be replaced immediately. Most of the merchants burned out have found tenn porary plans for business.