Connecticut western news., 1899-05-04
STATE NEWS.

William Pratt, 40, was drowned Sat urdsy night while fishing in pond at Plymouth. He leaves 8 family.
 Joseph Zippi. an Italian, was fatally cut with razor at Westport Saturday night by Rs'sel Mossa in quarrel over Zippi's mistress. Mosss escaped and is believed to be in New York.
 New Britain police are beginning to arrest bicycle soorchers.
 A trolley combine is being formed in the state.
 Senator Callahan of New Haven is under charges of improper use of money as e1ecutor of the estate of Mrs Lottie Willman.
 A strip of beach at Milford Point, in the past supposed to be public property, is claimed by Charles D. Merwiu of Brooklyn, and he proposed to collect land rent from several cettagers who have built on the. strip.
 The state convention of Forresters will be held at Meriden, May 10 and II.
 Wages have been increased 10 per cent by the Franklin Moore Bolt Go. at Winsted.
 The state convention of the Episcopal Daughters of the King will be held in St. Paul's church, Willimantic, Thurs day, May 4th. Bishop Brewster will preside.
 The famous "golf case" in which three prominent members of the Wee Burn Golf Club were arrested and fined for playing golf on Sunday. last Decem- Der. is now practically settled, and the town of Dsrien will have to pay the cost of Grand Juror Dauch'y sortie, some $40, and the subsequent trial in the Darien town hall before Justice Schild- knecht. The case has been nolled.
 Four large supplements are building at Fishers Island for the same number of 10 inch guns. No stones of less than 1000 pounds weight are being used in the construction. A 15-inch pneumatic gun Is to be placed at Race Point, made by private firm, and to be accepted by the government if satisfactory. A canal and railroad have been built on the is. land. and nearly 300 men are employed on the Notifications, which, when com pleted, are to be general headquarters of all the eastern sound defenses.
 Attorney Case, on Tuesday filed paper in appeal In case of Minnie Anderson, who has just been convicted of killing her husband of Ansonia by poisoning. Oolored persons in New Haven have in- terested themselves in behalf of Mrs Anderson, and, it is said, will contribute the necessary funds for the appeal. Mrs Anderson is under sentence of ten years for manslaughter.
 Several hundred acres of chestnut sprouts on the mountain near Collins vile were destroyed by fire last week.
 There is no foundation for the report that Hon. John Addison Porter has re- signed his position as secretary to the President. The subject has never been mentioned or considered. Secretary Porter's health is improving slowly and he will resume his duties when he has fully recovered.
 The Connecticut Music Teachers fes. tival will be held in New Haven, May Is.
 The first number of the Stamford Daily Republican will appear about May 2. It will be published by Brad Icy 4 Cunningham. with Irving J. Reyes as managing editor.
 It is the intention of the Columbia Automobile company, which was incor- porated recently under the laws of New Jersey with 8 capital of $3,000, 900, to make Hartford the headquarters of the manufacture of motor vehicles in this country and that thousands of working men will be employed as soon as the necessary shops can be constructed. By this new arrangement the motor carriage works cease to have direct connection with the Pope Manufacturing company but become an entirely separate estab- lishment. which will eventually J. no doubt, surpsss the Pope Manufacturing com pany in the extent of its operations.
 A new concern to be known as the Universal Manufacturing Go. is contem- plating locating in Winsted for the manufacture of a new chainless gear for bicycles.
 The Anderson murder trial closed last Thursday at New Haven. Mrs Margaret Anderson of Ansonia was on trial for murdering her husband with poison. The jury brought in a compro- mise verdict of msnslaughter and Judge Elmer sentenced the colored woman to ten years in state prison.
 Mir Gelston of East Haddsm, who was shot by the Italian Ulisciani, con- times in a serious condition.
 Winsted went Republican at the bor- ough election on Monday, William l.. Camp being elected warden. The Dem- ocrats elected the tax collector. O. O. Middlebrooks. At Bristol's borough election the Republicans had majority.
 Sybil, wife of T. E. Bradshaw in- spector of telephone switch boards for the Southern New England at New Ha- ven, killed herself Sunday night by taking laudanum. Her husband, who was in Hartford on business, was sum- moned. Mrs Bradshaw had been de- spondent because of consumption. Be. sides her husband she leaves 3-years- old child.