Connecticut western news., 1900-05-31
STATE NEWS.

remarkable degree iEasmuch as 1t has recently been using its modest columns for the. benefit of the thieves of the country. It is remarkable that, know ing the people of Winsted as he does, Cephas Roberts need to advertise for thief.
 A Jack the Hugger has appeared in Winsted and it Is understood that he plies his occupation there every night. It is understood that the girls ara break ing their necks to get view of him even at the risk of being hugged
 Judge Elmer of the Superior court sentenced Joseph Szelvas, the Bridge port murderer to life imprisonment at Wethersfeld, Friday last, for murder in the second degree.
 On Friday afternoon of last week George W. Dingy, employed in build ing the Aspetuck bridge of New Milford was instantly killed by derrick while at work. He was about 35 years old.
 The horses suffering from the mango, owned by Darlington Phelps and Court land Bentley of Colebrook. have been killed by order of the state Humane Agent DWl8nb InraIl.
 According to the Winsted Citizen un- der date of May "A, Donald T. Warner has not withdrawn from the gubernator- ial contest and that he is in the race to the finish, despite the contrary reports published by many state papers. Mir Warmers aid de camp, Wellington B. Smith of Winsted, is doubtless respon- sible for the above statement.
 The Winstsd Edge Tool Works is setting 8 good example by giving its employees employment in tearing down the old structure and erecting the new one.
 Cicero Moor, @ Winchester school teacher, went fishing the other day in posted stream on the land of Nelson D. Ford of Hall Meadow. MT Ford order cd him off whereupon Moore took up a position on a bridge that crosses the stream and began to fish. He persisted in maintaining his position regardless of the objections of Mir Ford. Moore was afterwards arrested by County Game Warden Barnes and was tried be- fore the Town court of Winsted last Wednesday. He maintained that as the bridge was part of the highway there was no law to prevent his fishing from that point but Judge Seymour re veaIed to him the fact that the statutes of Connecticut say that highway bridge belongs to the public for travel only and that fishing from such g bridge is similar to fishing from the banks of the stream, and imposed g fine of $l0. which he reluctantly paid Miss Susan Fidelia Gates, daughter of MT and Mrs Henry M. Gates of New Hartford, and John Maher, Jr., oi Winsted will be married at the Nortt Congregational church, New Hartford | next Tuesday afternoon at o'clock.
 The kissing bug has began business unusually early this year. He began operations in Ansonia recently, his frs victim being J. H. Olin whom he smack | ed on the eye. In ten minutes after the eye was SO swollen as to completely close it.
 A monument in honor of the memory and heroic deeds of valor of CoDnecti cuts glorious young war general Grifir A. Stedman, Jr., who at the breaking out of the WAT of 1861-65 raised com pany in Litchfield county and who un der Burnside's expedition led the olt 11th regiment in it's famous charge up on the Stone Bridge, is to be erected soon and placed in Camp Field. Hart ford. The continued growth of the bushes of the s. N. E Telephone Oo., has re suited in it's issuing $i00,000 of its frs mortgage per cent. bonds. Bids fo the purchase of these bonds were closed Tuesday, May 29.
 According to the state papers the Con necticut peach crop received its annus death blow last week. We had beel patiently watching for the announce ment with the purpose of giving tn | peaches their regular spring obituary knowing that the time had arrived fo the annual death announcement. I There is trouble in Winsted over tn ball ground which belongs to Joh Burr of Burville. Mir Burr recent started to erect a new fence on tn ground near the highway and J. Dean, coal merchant. had an ipjunc ton placed upon the procedure claim ing that the fence was inside the roa line. It is possible that this will lea to unpleasant complications inasmuc as 1t is asserted that most of the proI erty owners in that locality have CT crosehed upon the highway.
 The Boston Transcript is authorit for the statement that the New Tor Gen tral Railroad is negotiating for tn purchase of the Central New Englan system and that purchasing price hs been stated. It is well known fat that the Vanderbilts have for some tim been trying to gain control of yariou railroads in New England.
 Through Congressman Henry an ol der has been received by the commar der of Fort Griswold, New London, { deliver to Trumbull Post, No. Is, G A R., of Southington, 24 inch howitze weig hing 476 pounds. The expense ( transportation will be prne by the go' ernment and .he gun will be mounte on the green.
 The Sepentine Paint Co.,, for th manufacture of an indistructable pain the "body" of which is soapstone ke from the recently discovered quarry { Pleasant Valley. vas organized at thi place last week. It is expected thi the paint will soon be placed on tt market.
 | A 400 pound sturgeon was caught the Pennington river at Windsor la Thursday. The big fish threw u whole town into 8 convulsion of excit ment.
 The finance committee for the Litcl field County Hospital which is to erected on Spencer street hill, Winstet is ID eeting with gratifying success in i
 solicitations for subscriptions, ov' $l5,0O0 having already been subscribet The site, which includes several acre of land, was contributed by Mrs Jul