Connecticut western news., 1899-04-20
STATE NEWS.

| Up in Old Connecticut, Is the title of new state song, and it Is all right.
 Since Nov. l, 1898, about 400 tramps have been taken care of by the select men at the New Milford lookup at an expense of about S75. If even one in ten had been sent to Litchfield under the tramp law, the cost to the town would have been about $500. Norwalk is making strenuous efforts to have the Legislature locate a new insane hospital there.
 Rutherford B. Trowbridge, a membe { of one of the most respected of New Haven families, Is reported to have made S1 ,0O0, 900 cash by a transaction | in Parrot mining stock, in which large deal was consummated few weeks ago. Of this $I 900, 900 over S700, 900 was pure and simple profit. Mir Trow bridge controlled about 20, 900 shares of Parrot some of which he bought at Sl0 or whereabouts several years ago, and the larger portion of which came to his wife as a gift from her father, Franklin Farrel, the largest owner of the stock.
 Nancy Guilford was placed in the state prison at Wethersfeld last Friday.
 The postoffice of Judd's Bridge. has been discontinued. The patrons of the office will obtain their mail at Roxbury station. 0. H. Hartwell hes been post master at Judd's Bridge, and his com- pensation for the last fiscal year was $l9.S7.
 The liabilities of Litci field borough are $5. 228 0and the assets S90O. s6.
 The oldest house in Connecticut stands in Guilford and there is danger that it may be bought by private par ties and torn down for them to take ad. vantage of its site SO we'll selected about 1640. A bill is pending for the purchase of the house by the state
 John Mason Pickett died at his home Tn Sherman Thursday afternoon, aged Fl. He was a member of the present legislature, but owing to e complication of diseases had not been able to attend it's sessions
 Over 400 members of Sphynx Tenn pie, Mystic Shriners, witnessed num- Der of candidates ride the camel across the burning sands at Hartford last Thursday night.
 Winsted is having the measles. Ov- CT 200 cases were reported there last week.
 Irving J. Reyes, formerly editor of the Lakeville Journal has resigned from the Milford Citizen and is now the staff of the Waterbury Republican. A new Haven dancing class will, at it's meeting on May ', dance to the music of one of Edison's big concert photographs said to be equal in sound power to seven piece orchestra
 Winsted and Torrington members of the Third Connecticut Volunteers were given 8 grand reception at Torrington last Thursday evening.
 George Langdon of Plymouth, who for thirty years has been officially con- nected with the Connecticut Sunday School Association has resigned his DO. sition as life member of the executive committee. He has declined to comply with the request of the committee to withdraw his resignation.
 The entire city Democratic ticket was elected in New Haven Tuesday by from 1900 to l5OO majority. 0. T. Driscoll defeating his Republican opponent, Present Mayor Farnsworth. by a major ity of 1525 votes Collector Anthony, dem had majority of 45OO The So- ciallsts boiled 1000 votes
 William Krause, 25, of Winsted, com mitted suicide in Bridgeport April IS by taking morphine. He has been suffer. ing from melancholis.
 The trial of Margaret Anderson (ool- ored) of Ansonis for poisoning and caus- ing the death of her husband, is in pro- gress at New Haven.
 The Connecticut river was 2l feet above low water mark at Hartford Mon- day and the streets near the river were overfowed.
 About sixty of the operatives in Shoverling's tobacco factory at New Milford quit work last Saturday on ac count Of a cut in wages of cent per pound on piece work at blocking" tobacco. The cut practically brought the wages down to S6 per week.
 Frank W Seymour of Winsted has been nominated by the Republican Representatives of Litchfield county to Oo JuuSO oh shO hoW 2ONu SOuTt Oi Winchester.
 The first divorce that has ever been granted to Chinaman in the United States was granted in the Superior court of Hartford county Friday when William Sing, alias Willie Wey, Bris- tol laundryman, secured divorce from his wife on the ground of desertion. The wife was German girl and was married to Sing in 1888.
 Owing to i'll health John Addison Por- ter will resign as private secretary to President Mckinley and will be given a place on the diplomatic corps. It is said that Mir Cortelyou, assistant secre- tary, will succeed Mir Porter.
 Charles Dudley Warner is nearly re- covered from the. pneumonia at New Orleans,
 U. s. Senator O. H Platt is sick with pneumonia at the home of his son in Meriden, but is not in danger.
 The Bridgeport Copper Go. has been purchased by the Standard Oil Con- pany.
 Fire burned out the interior of Schu- peck's clothing store at New Britain early Sunday morning. Loss on goods S6000. insurance S3000. Damage to building $500, covered by insurance. | Fire thought to have been incendisry.