Connecticut western news., 1899-03-16

receives bequest of S20.000.
 L. V. Pinney, formerly editor of the Winsted Press, is erecting large stone building in Winsted to be known as the Elizabeth Home, an institution to be used as 8 home for indigent elderly women. The home is built in further ance of the wishes of Mrs Elizabeth Phelps Pinney of Colebrook.
 Mrs Mary Esther Hawley, an aunt of Senator Hawley, died at Farmipgton on Friday night. aged IS.
 George Dunn, a jealous colored man, threw 8 lighted lamp at Victoria Martin, young coored woman, at Hartford Saturday night and made his escape. Victoria is in serious condition at the Hartford hospital.
 A semi professional base ball league has been formed among the following teams: New Britain, Bristol, Rockville, Willimantic, Wallingford and Thomp- sonville. The season will open about May 20 and two games week will be played by each club; one at home and one abroad. Winsted, Torrington and South Manchester have applied for ad- mission to the league.
 Robert N. Benedict of Wilton, aged l7 years, who graduated with first hon. ors at the high school last year, died last Thursday from blood poisoning, which the doctors say was caused by the habit of putting lead pencil in hls mouth.
 Miss Maria Hall, 67. fell into cana, at Unionville on Sunday morning and was drowned. She was walking along the bank on her way to visit friends.
 Henry s. Gates, 59, died at Chatham on Saturday. He represented that town in the Legislature of 1884.
 Captain James E. Merriman, 6s. died al Bristol Saturday after long illness with neuralgia. He was in the secret service during the war.
 William Steadman, trolley conduct or in Bridgeport, was so badly frighten- ed by a blinding fash of lightning on Sunday night that he drop ped dead from heart disease on the platform of his car. He was 30 years old; unmarried.
 Henry Gunther. IS, was killed by a freight train at Bridgeport on Sunday afternoon while trying to steal ride.
 A head-on collision between two freight trains took place at Bradley's s tuck on the N. T., N. H. & H. railroad on Sunday morning Engineer George Dean, 59. of East Hartford and Fire man Daniel Kennedy of East Hartford were killed. Three other trainmen were injured. The cause of the acci- dent seems to have been a misunder- standing of orders by Engineer Hickey who was unharmed in the collision Dean leaves a widow.
 It is reported that move is on foot to establish line of steamers from Derby on the Housstonic river to New York. It is possible for boat drawing five feet of water to go into Derby at low tide.
 On Monday Prot James Hoppins an- nounced his resignation of the profess. or ship of the history of art in the Yale School ot Fine Arts. He has been 38 years in continuous service of Yale University.
 Mrs Hilton Griffin of Tariffville at. tempted suicide by cutting her throat Monday while suffering from tem porary insanity.
 Joseph Miner. horse thief, has es- caped from the jail at Brooklyn, Conn.
 William T. Beach of West Haven has been found guilty of receiving girls for improper purposes, and fined S200 and sentenced to jail for six month. He has appealed and has been released on $500 bail.
 A case of persecution omes from Hamden. Miss Maud Hauf of New Haven is a school teacher at Hamden and after refusing the attentions of one of the selectmen she has been persecu- ted by him with charges of i'm morality brought before the school committee, and have used such an inquisition that the young lady has lost her reason and is dangerously ill.
 Morgan J. Sherman, proprietor of the Brewer House in Hartford has dis appeared, pending his trial for violat- ing the license law.
 The trial of Dr Nancy A. Guilford at Bridgeport has been postponed until to- day on account of her illness.
 An unknown man about 2S was found horribly mutilated on the tracks ut Can ton Tuesday morning. It is supposed he was run over by a freight train about 4 o'clock in the morning. The coroner Is Investigating. LATER The remains have been identified as those of Godfrey August of Bushy Hill. aged 22.
 At special town meeting in Winsted on Monday the citizens of Winchestt r voted to urge the passage of bill be- fore the Legislature to establish a town court for Winchester.
 H. B. Clafn < Go. NJ. Martin & Co.,, and A Freislsnder & Go. of New York have filed petition asking that George O. Sawyer. the Hartford department store man, show cause why he should not be adiudged & bankrupt, bearing to be at New Haven on March 20 The claims presented to the court amount to S7600. The biz store will be kept open.
 A syndicate has been formed for rais- ing tobacco and has bought 130 acres of land in Sufield.
 Mrs Charles A. Mallory, wife of 8 prominent Danbury hat manufacturer, died suddenly of cerebro-spinal menin- gitis at hospital in Chicago Monday She and her daughter were returning