Connecticut western news., 1899-12-28
STATE NEWS.

hundred and thirty were natives of this state and one hundred came from for eigu countries. Thirty seven could not read nor write. Two hundred and four teen were moderate drinkers, sixty -four were habitually intemperate and seven- t. en strictly temperate. Eighty were married and one hundred and thirty nine had been in prison before. Fol lowing are the causes for which the various prisoners were committed : Adultery, fonr; assault, twenty five; assault with intent to kill, one; attempt at rape, two; bigamy, two; breach of the peace, twenty seven; burglary. five; common drunkards, eight; defrauding, seven; drunkenness, one hundred and sixty; horse stealing, two; injury to property, two; sleeping house of ill fame, two; larceny, twenty one; ; lewd conduct, two; murder, one; obtaining goods on false pretense, one; rape, one; resist ing officer, three; robbery, one; setting fires, one; trespassing on railroad property, five; vagrancy, seven; all other offenses, five.
 The Litchfeld Sons of Veterans, which was once a healthy organization of 45 members, is now reduced to 10, only just enough to hold the charter.
 Albert Stoddard of Ledyard has gone into the business of skunk-farm ing. He catches his bobcats at night in a device similar to a scoop net, and has already caught twenty-four He keeps them in an inclusure about 30 by 40 feet, surrounded by wire netting four feet high. This IS turned in two or three feet around the base of the inclosure, to prevent the skunks from digging out. Mir Stoddard has dug a number of burrows for the animals. and they appear to feel. perfectly at home, and are growing sleek and fat, and are quite tame.
 A Washing on dispatch says: Senator Platt has introduced bill granting a pension to the widow of Judge Tenn of Winsted.
 Weather Prognosiicator F G Gates of Winsted says there are thirty-four snow storms between ue and the time when the dandelions will begin to raise their heads again There were thirty-seven due in all this winter and MT Gates has tolled Ou buIc6 bu idEs IOE 6ONCh Chio hC has foretold within one of the number of snow storms due each year. Even the government officials recognize his abili- ties as weather prognosticator, for at their request he now submits two monthly weather reports to the weather bureau. Colonel Horne of Winsted expects in 8 month to take passage with his client, John Holton, for England, to settle the Holton estate near London.
 A somewhat unique ceremony took place in Calvary Baptist Church at New Haven last week when the Rev Marco Mazzuca, former Roman Catholic priest stationed at St Mi chael's Italian Catholic Church, was ordained into the Baptist ministry.
 Attorney Shelly will bring suit against the town of Winchester in behalf of Mrs Robinson and family who claim to have been deported without sufficient cause to Manchester, N H. The Man chester authorities say the family was never properly charge there.
 The result of the balloting for Re- publican postmaster of Danbury on Friday night was Augustus G. Ising 75O, O. B. Mason 270. D. E. Rogers 168.
 Miss Caroline Rspp, who has recent. ly died at the New Haven hospital, suffered for ten years from an ailment which puzzled the physicians. She be- came seasick on an ocean voyage and never recovered. The nausea contin- ued to the hour of her death. She was kept alive most of the time by stimu. lants and artificial foods.
 The IF months-old boy of Mir and Mrs William Hart of Pine Meadow was burned to death last Thursday. It's clothes caught fire while the mother was out in the yard.
 The 1897 Legislature Club will hold banquet at the Allyn House in Hart ford on Friday afternoon, February 2. Joseph l. Barber will be toastmaster.
 Patrick Clark, formerly of Bridge. port, was worth $100.000 in property before divorce was granted his wife, but the terms of settlement transferred the property to her. and Clark is now in Cuba living with Cuban maid and working at his old trade of shoeing horses.
 A collision between two teams be. tween Middletown and Cromwell on Christmas day resulted in killing 8 horse, and breaking the ribs of a boy named Becker and the stunning of g man, John Mattel. The drivers of the uninjured team did not stop, but drove on and their identity is not known.
 Editor and Ex mayor Vance of New Britain was iolted off the platform of g trolley car in New Britain n Christmas day and received severe bruises. The car jumped the track while Editor Vance was strndlng in the vestibule.
 Charles H. Hewins, 57, was found dead in bed at Winsted Sunday, He died from heart disease.
 January l, William A. Watts, who has conducted the large general store <. Washing Depot for fifteen years, will retire, and new firm, Watts X Coggs well, will take the business.
 John H. McMahon, a wealthy man ol Bridgeport, died yesterday by tn, DuTSIluR Ol DlOOu Fc5sol.
 The Central New England < Western Railroad reports gross earnings from July to November 80 of S923, ,559, ar increase of S47, POS over the same period of 1893 The operating expenses wer, $257. .056, an increase of SIP 993, making a decrease of $25, 700 in the net, whicl is $66,503.
 The jury in the court of commor pleas at New Haven on Tuesday render ed verdict of guilty against Rev O Raymond Ho @ of Westville, this yer dict decided that Howe is the father O Miss Sadie L,nsing's child and mus support it.
 Howard Wilcox, 13 years old, the on ly son of Albert E. Wilcox. a machinis in the employ of the Henley Machine company, was drowned in the Brass mil pond, Torrington, at 45 o'clock s ,tur dou oftnrpoop Wbila okafin0 ro,;dI,