Connecticut western news., 1900-07-12
STATE NEWS.

by delegate or letter. The association l elected permanent officers as follows: President, E. R. Winnans of Winsted; Alexander Troup, Jr., of New Haven, secretary; Frank A. Southworth of New Haven treasurer. There are bout 12,- 900 Heptasophs in Connecticut
 Twenty-one prisoners will be released from the Wethersfeld prison during the month of July. Twenty of the criminals are men and there IS one woman. Two of the mon are insane
 A Sunday School Institute, under the joint auspices of the Connecticut Sun day School association and the Baptist Bible School Union, will be held In the Tabernacle, Crescent Beach, beginning Tuesday, July IT, and ending Friday, July 20.
 The last two years the town of Plain vile has refused to pay the sum de- manded by the water compsny for water from the hydrants on the ground that it was exhorbltant. An injunction has now been granted against the use of water from the hydrants by the fire company. It will probably be two months and more before the case can be tried in court. In the meantime the property and lives of the people have no protection against fire.
 Dr. Arthur L.. Robinson who was we'll known and popular veterinary sur geon, not only in Winsted. but in North western Connecticut, died at the resi- dence of his mother, Mrs B P. Robinson No. 84 Pratt street, Winsted last Thurs day night after an exceedingly painful | illness of nearly five months duration. His death resulted from kick in the wrist from horse last fall. The funer- al was attended at the Catholic church, Winsted, last Sunday morning. Wallace Bunnell, aged 25, 8 son of Homer Bunnell, proprietor of the South Farms Inn, Bantam, was drowned In lake Bantam last Friday afternoon and | the body was not recovered until three hours later The young man had been camping at the lake for about two | weeks. He started to swim out to par ! ty that was in boat and when near them he was suddenly seen to throw up his hands and disappear. Medical Exami- ner Dr Charles I. Page, who viewed the remains stated that death was not due to drowning, but probably from an epileptic fit.
 Henry Barnard, widely known | throughout this country and in Europe l cause of education and public schools. died at his home in Hartford Thursday afternoon, aged 89 years.
 A petition is to be presented to Gov. Lounsbury asking for the reprieve of Charles B. Cross, the murderer of M 2 King, who is under sentence of death. The petitioners ask for the interference of the governor in order to have the 1 case oome again before the board of pardons or the General Assembly, on the grounds that the boy was not legal ly responsible for the crime on account of his mental condition. D Miss Emeline A. Hall, we'll known seamstress of Bridgeport was struck and killed by an express train at the Bridge port station last Friday. She was deaf and stepped onto the track ahead of the train
 Abraham Hollander, a retired busi- ness man of Hartford, died Friday, aged 30. He leaves three sons and five daughters. Two of the sons conduct the business founded by their father. MT HollRnder was Q native of Waldorf, Saxony, Free Mason, and a member oi the Jewish church.
 John Wrenn of Waterbury, whose bride, Miss Hannah Lovett. was strick. en with appoplexy before the alter on
 May 24th and who died two weeks la. ter, was married last week Monday to
 Miss Nellie Lovett, sister of his former bride.
 A bold attempt to rob safe in Bat ter's saloon, Torrlngton, occurred last week Wednesday. A young man. giv' ing his name as Powell, walked into the saloon and, watching his opportunity,
 walked off with the money drawer oi the safe, the door of which was open
 The drawer contained $91 .30 The young man was arrested at the depot
 the money recovered and the young
 thief sent to Litchfeld iail to await hit
 trial before the Superior Court.
 Michael Bowe, aged 60, of Waterbury
 died at o'clock Saturday evening
 after an illness of 10 days. The cause
 of death was hiccoughs. He was seized
 10 days ago with violent hiccoughing
 and it was found impossible to stop it
 The United States internal revenue re
 ceibts for the fiscal year ending June 30
 1900, for the district of Connection
 which also includes the state of Rhod,
 Island. W. Frank Kinney, collector, ,shov
 that $3. .040, 794 04 was collected and ac
 counted for. The total receipts for thu year exceeded those of any year sine, 1871. The amount paid for beer stamp
 alone amounted to $1, 367. 153.3 Tn,
 amount of tax received from legacie and distributive shares of personal prop erty was $201, ,284 95. From bank cap ital and surplus there was received $125. 486 AS. The cigar stamps brough
 $186. .202 83.
 Mrs Caroline Redlig of South Nor walk, while sewing in her room las Monday, tainted. In falling her heat ! struck pair of disappointed scissor which she was using. the poInt penetra
 ting the skull and passing into th brain to the depth of two inches. Deatl was instantaneous.
 The city of Hartford has made larg increase in population the last decad . which causes the Hartford Times to re
 mark editorially: "Is there any cit, f east of the Alleghany Mountains excep Hartford, Connecticut, whose populs tion in 1900 is more than 50 DOT cent , greater than it was in 1890?"
 Thomas Sullivan, 13 years old. who's parents live in New Haven, was drown ed in the Mill river Monday afternoon
 While swimming with other boys h. had cramps. This is tue fifth drowning : accident in Mill river this season.
 Connecticut.is to have an automobil
 manufacturing concern and 1t will b
 located in Mlddletown. A number o
 New York capitalists are interested il the undertaking and are desirous o