Connecticut western news., 1899-03-02
STATE NEWS.

David Rrainard Smith died at New Hartford Friday, aged 8S. He was the | oldest cotton manufacturer in the state. He leaves wife and three sens, George | W Smith of New Hartford, Wellington B. Smith of Winsted, and D. B. Smith, Jr , at home.
 Dr I. DeVer Warner of Bridgeport was elected president of the state Y. M. | O. A. at the convention in Norwich last week. A. H Wilcox. Torrington; F. 8. Smith, Middletown; w. A. Sage, Dan- bury; were elected secretaries.
 Frank Squires of South Coventry has been arrested on the charge of murder in the second degree. 1t Is alleged that Squires struck Daniel D. Minor with a club during fight over a game of cards on the night of Feb. IS Minor died the next Wednesday. Both are young men. The Thomaston public library has been inaugurated and is in complete working order. There are about 2,7OO volumes in the library at the present time.
 The next examination for admittance to the Connecticut bar will be held in the Yale law school. June g.
 State Comptroller T. S. Grant of En- field has been seriously ill with grip and other ailments for some time. He is improving.
 A novel; organization styled "The Four Leaf Clover Club" has been UT gsDized recently in Winsted. The club. whose membership is limited to females, started off with four charter members, who hold the offices of president, vice president. secretary and treasurer, re- spectively. New members will be ad- mitted only by fours. as the club pro- poses to keep the clover leaves com plete The club will take up many lines of work; physical culture. educa- tionsl and social advancement being in- cluded. Already five high class maga- zines have been subscribed for. Cur rent events will be discussed, popular subjects debated and refreshments serv- ed at every meeting. The club is an- ticipating the time when it can engage h outdoor sports.
 Alfred F. Vaillancourt, . Waterbury druggist. las been arrested for setting fire to his place of business last Friday night.
 The trial of William Y. Beach for en ticeinl, inveighling. receiving and pro. curing females for immoral purposes will be tried in West Haven on Monday. John Krause was arrested at South ington on Saturday night for stealing e four } ear-old,, stallion belonging to Sven Swanson of New Britain. Krause ad- mitted the crime.
 A report in Bristol says that Ida Brig Rhtman, Is, of that place and Q young man from Plainville eloped the the other day and were married in Brewster, N. Y.
 Charles F. O'Donnell of Meriden, one of the U. S. regulars in Havana. was murdered on February IT by . Cuban who was made jealous by seeing O'Don- nell walking with the Cuban's sweet heart.
 Ex-governor Bulkeley and family of Hartford are in California. MT and Mrs Charles Dudley Warner of Hart ford are in the South.
 The trial of Frederick Brockhaus for complicity in the murder of D. $. R. Lambert at Wilton in December 1897 Is being conducted before the Superior court at Bridgeport Benjamin Willis was recently hanged for his complicity in the same crime.
 Albert Garvin, the newly electe dwar. den of the Connecticut state prison, took charge of the prison at Wethers- field yesterday noon.
 The Dunham boat club of Yale and the Newell boat club of Harvard will row mile and . half rase on the Charles river near Cambridge the first week in June.
 Mir A. J. Earling of Chicago is on visit to Greater New York, and 1t is reported in railroad circles that hc is comforting with tho officials of the New York. New Haven and Hartford Railroad concerning the presidency of the road The position has been ten- dered him. MT Esrling is at present connected with the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad, and is second vice. president of that company.
 John Kostos, a Greek, is in Bridge. port jail awaiting trial for the murder of Theodorus Manox at Stamford last week
 The old Dayton organ factory at Day tonville near Torrington was burned Monday morning. The building had been idle 15 years.
 Ex-governor Cooke and Miss Cooke of Winsted are spending week in Washington, D. O.
 Work on the trolley extension from Shelton to Bridgeport began Monday. Michael Dubrey. aged 40, was grosnd to pieces in pair of gears at the shop of the United States Reclaiming Com psny in Shelton, just before midnight Saturday right. How the accident oc- cured is . mystery. Some of the other workmen were first attracted by something whirling in the air. and when they went to investigate, all thst remained of Dubrey was his legs. Du- brey was Pole and had been in this country but short time. The Law and Order League have been doing business in Hartford. On Sunday they made successful raids on the Brewer House and on Dan Wads- worth's place for Sunday liquor selling, and on Monday the detectives of the League raided policy shop at 104 Asylum street.
 Luoius Bennett. S1, the wealthy Der. eccentric who has been living in squalol for ten years with his daughter, died Monday of old age and exhaustion During the Civil war he was first select man of New Milford.
 Edward R. Thornton of New Yori has purchased and taken possession oi the Hotel Winchester in Winsted. H s Chase, the former proprietor, will remain m Winsted short time. | Frederick Norton of Harwinton sho,