Connecticut western news., 1898-12-29
STATE NEWS.

The New Milford Paper Go. which represents a new industry in Welles- 7ille will start business January l.
 New Britain printing company has notified it's employees that on Nov. 2l, 1899 they will be conceded the 9-hour day and 9 hours pay.
 s. Q Porter of Pennington will con- test the election of Andrew Slater as representative from that town on the grounds that some ballots counted for Slater were mutilated and that the cer- tificates were irregular. Ralph l.. Par ker, rep of Gullford will contest the election as representative of Oliver N. Brooks, dem. on the ground that 24 marked ballots were cast for Brooks, and that the whole election was illegal as there were not enough booths pro- vided.
 Judge Roraback last week admitted to the New Haven county bar Rev Junius c. Ayler. pastor of the colored peoples Methodist Church in Bethel. He was admitted without examination as he had been admitted to practice in New Jersey.
 Truman Goodwin, who was born in New Hartford, Dec. g, l798 died Tn Terryville last Saturday. He moved with scythe the past summer just to show what g centensrian could do.
 The Tommy Ryan--Dick O'Brien fight in Hartford last Friday night was stopped in the 14th round by the police. thus saving O'Brien from being knock ed out. The decision was given to Ryan.
 Paul Thomas, furrier of South Nor walk, hung himself in New York last Friday. He had been in Bellevue Hospital suffering from cancer.
 At Bridgeport last Friday Willie Full bert, 14, caught bis left leg in grind ing machine at the Nonpareil Cork Go. factory and had it so badly mangled that amputation was necessary.
 Walter McNally, a brother of Jimmy McNally the green goods king, was ar- rested in Bridgeport on Friday for as- saulting a woman with whom he was living. She was only slightly injured. Mrs Peter Fay of New Britain acci. dentally gave her little girl baby car. bollc acid in place of castor oil on Sat urday and the little one died after hours of suffering A ten-year-old son of the Fay's made 8 mistake in getting the bottle from 8 shelf The medical examiner gave verdict of accidental poisoning.
 Benjamin R. Willis, the murderer of David s. R. Lambert of Wilton last winter, will be hanged at the state pris- on tomorrow.
 It seems that the road vote taken at New Milford's special town meeting was illegal, and all that remains for the se- lectmen is to go ahead under the vote passed June 25th. 97 At the meeting last week & vote to rescind was unani- mously passed.
 It is reported that ex-Warden Chase, who committed suicide in Winsted last week by inhaling gas. is short in his &C., counts as administrator of the estate of Frank E. Andrews. The exact amount is not known, but it is thought that it will run into the thousands. At the annual meeting of the stock holders of the Hartford & Connecticut
 
 ing directors were elected: A. A. Mo- Leod, Arthur Brock. John w. Brock, W. W. Gibbs. Henry l.. Davis. H. O. Selxss, James Armstrong, J. H. Apple ton, J. O. Phelps. Henry Gay. Q w. Spur, D. l.. Freeman and R M. Jenny. Arthur Brock, the president of the Philadelphia & New England road, re- places Charles E. Gross of Hartford.
 A United States revenue decision re- ceived in this state last week is to the effect that quit claim deeds releasing mortgages are not liable to war taxa. tion.
 Miss Harriet A. B. Punderson, late of New Haven, whose will was probated Dec. 15, left Sl, ,000 to the Connecticut Humane Society.
 Work will begin at once by govern ment engineers under Major Leach of New London on the Notifications for the new fort on Fishers Island that is 10 be built on land recently bought by the fort will be equipped with three 15- inch disappearing guns.
 It is said that the directors of the Electrolytic Marine Salts Company have received proposition from Rev Pres- colt F. Jarnegan, offering to refund S75, ,000 provided that matters can be arrans ed so that he may return to America without prosecution.
 Waterbury people are very much in. terested in the fate of Edward Dwyer. wbo went to Ireland from Waterbury al ha ha rested and tried for manslaughter in killing game warden named Wilton, who tried to climb into his wagon to drive. After three trials he was sen- tenced to prison for six months.
 When the portrait of Governor. elect Lounsbury Is painted and hung in the state library at the Capitol it will be marked with his full name, G. E Louns- bury. It will be the only portrait of a governor of Connecticut to be marked with the full name of the governor Thus Governor Cooke's portrait is mark ed Cooke" Governor Coffin's 'Cofin." and so on The departure from the custom in the case of the governor elects portrait is owing to the necessity of distinguishing it from that of his brother, Phlneas O. Lounsbury, who was governor from 1887 to 1889. The latter's portrait is marked just the same as the others, with his surname, Louns- bury. It is not intended to add his initials P. 0. to it.
 The governors inaugural ball will be given by the First Company, Governors Foot Guard, at tteir armory in Hart ford on Jan. 4, Inaugural Day.
 An Italian, Frederico Astro, 35, a night watchman in New London was murdered and robbed of Sl00 on Sun LII L