Connecticut western news., 1898-09-08

William H. Lynch. tax collector of Danbury dropped dead with rheumatism of the heart at his home iu Danbury on Friday. He was at one time city sheriff. He was 45 years old.
 Milford Woodruff died at San Fran cisco, Cal, last Friday of kidney com plaint. He was born in Avon. Conn.,, in 1907 was educated in Pennington, joined the Mormon Church, and was president of that institution at the time of his death. He had been resident of Utah over 50 years.
 The First Connecticut Regiment h,.ve been ordered to Mantle and the men and officers will be given a thirty days'leave, and soon mustered out of service. The Third Connecticut will shortly be mustered out at Middletowp, Penn. Battery will be mustered out with the First Regiment.
 Coroner Richard T. Higgins of Win sted was last Thursday united in mar ria1e with Miss Marguerite Bryan, who was up to short time ago an assistant in the West Winsted post office.
 Under the auspices of the Order of the Eastern Star of Connecticut, there was dedicated Thursday at Pines Bridge cemetery, six miles from Naugatuck, a monument to the memory of Chsuncey M. Hatch, the first grand patron of the order.
 l.. Eugene Seymour, for fourteen years letter carrier in Hartford. has been removed on account of his habits and general inc ffieiepcy. He was the first colored letter carrier appointed in Hartford,
 Joseph l.. Barbour of Hartford re- turned last week from his tour of Eng land and Scotland.
 The New Milford Hat Go. fac tory and H. B. Ives box shop adjoining at New Milford were destroyed by fire Monday morn- ing. Losses over S40.0 Fire was due to spontaneous combustion.
 There will be grand Sunday school rally at Burr's Grove, Burrville, today. under tue auspices of the Connecticut Sunday School Association, George s. Deming. field secretary. presiding.
 The annual reunion of the Sixteenth Connecticut Volunteers will be held at Compounce Lake on Saturday. Septem- Der IT, when @ sheep bake will be en- ioyed.
 The twenty-fifth anniversary of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, A. F. and A. M of Connecticut, will be cele- brated in New Haven, September 13 and IA 4l oll I1 State will be in attendance On the 18th the various lodges will parade and in the evening a grand ball will be given. On the day following there will be, sitting of the grand lodge, when the business meeting will take place.
 The Excelsior Needle Company of Torrington has been reorganized as' The Torrington Company" by Kidder Peabody < Go. of Boston who some time ago secured an ontion on the com- pany, and will increase it's capital from S1, GOO. 900 to 63,000. 900 The company has been exceedingly prosperous and has factories in Torrington, New Ha- ven and Springfield, one in Canada two in England and one in Germany. It manufactures needles by its own special processes and also makes bicy- ole spokes and other articles of that sort.
 The body of a man registered in the Railroad Hotel Bridgeport, last right as night as "H. Durham, New Haven, " was found dead in bed Sunday. A bot tie of laudanum was at his side. It is supposed that he committed suicide.
 Danbury's new court house, which is to be built by tbe County of Fairfield. will be of buff brick with Bedford sand stone trimmings, and will be erected this winter.
 Litchfield fat men beat the Winsted fat men a game of base ball in Winsted Friday, Score 19-5.
 Henry N. Fanton. who was stricken with apoplexy while attending Repub- lican caucus in Ddnbnry, Aug. 3l. died Saturday night at his home in DaDburv. He was department commander of Connecticut G. A. R. in 1891, and was president at the dedication of the Sol diers' monument in Salisbury.
 Miss Hattie B radley of Deep River is now at Camp Wikoff, Montauk Point, caring for the sick soldiers. Miss Brad ley recently offered her services as a nurse to the government and few days later received message from General Wheeler to come at once to Camp Wik- of. She left for that place last Friday. She expects soon to be transferred to Porto Rico.
 The fourteenth annual reunion of the Stevens family will be held at Clark { Hall, East Berlin, on Thursday, Sept 15, to which all who are in any way con. nected with that family are invited.
 Senator Orville H. Platt of this state will build handsome residence al Washington, Conn. the coming season,