Connecticut western news., 1900-03-08
STATE NEWS

David E. Strong, & we'll known shoe merchant of Hartford. died yesterday of pneumonia, aged 50 years. A fire in the main storehouse of the Gilbert Clock Co, at Winsted early Tuesday evening destroyed SIS GOO worth of finished clocks. They were insured.
 the clothing store of Mayor E. G. hu- Otber tenants in the same building were somewhat damaged by smoke and water.
 Peter Kelley. a sidower. was burned to death ID a tenement fire at Southing- ton on Monday evening. It is suppos- ed his stove exploded while he was cooking supper.
 The hearing iu the case of J. r Shel. ' ley of Winsted, who is charged with contracting to procure a pension for more than the legal fee of Sl0 iu con- nection with the Owen pension fraud case, will be held before Commissioner Marvin in Hartford Friday, March 9, at Y II o'clock a m.
 Governor Launsbury has named Mrs Sara T Kinney. State regent of the D. A. R. to represent Connecticut at the unveiling of the Washington and Lsfay- cite memorial at the Paris Exposition. Mrs Kinney will also represent the Con. necticut s ciety of the D. A. R She will leave for Paris about June l, and remain until the close of the exhibition. William Msher. S6, was swept out of his wagon and drowned while trying to cross N flooded portion of the road in Grsuby last Thursday night Msher drove into six feet of water. James Mooney of Waterbury escaped from the sane asylum at Midiletown Friday and was recsptured at Deep | River.
 Governor Lounsbury Friday appoint ed Erskine Hart Geer of Lyme a fish commissioner for the unexpired portion of the term of the late James A. Bill of Lyme. which will expire on July 1. 1901.
 Sergeant of Police Lyman Smith. who has been on the Hartford force since 1862, resigned last week. Only one man Capt. Rysn) has been on the force longer than Mr Smith.
 F. F. Weston. sn esteemed citizen of Torrington died suddenly of sppoplexy an Sunday night aged 67. He was buried with Masonic honors yesterday
 c W. Perkins, of Grand Rapids, Mich a student in the freshman class of the Sheffield Scientific School at Yale University. is i'll with small pox at his room, 409 Temple street. l. is thought visit to New York. last month, The case has been rigidly qusrantined. The question of the right of the Gen. trsl New England railroad company to rnn it's Tsriffville branch across the dis. plted farm at Grsnby Notch will be ar gued before the Connecticut supreme court this month and decision will probably be handed down in May.
 Charles Holmes died at his home in Wilton on Monday aged 92. He was the oldest Odd Fellow in the state.
 Mrs Mary Elizabeth Harrison, wife of ex-Governor Henry B. Harrison. died Saturday at her residence in New Hsv- en after a very short illness. Mrs Har- rison was the daughter of the late Hon. Thomas B. Osborne.
 Judge Ralph H. Moore. a prominent citizen of Winsted died Monday after noon aged - years. He was born in Goshen and in 1861 moved to Winsted whsre he amassed fortune in different businesses. He served in the General Assembly in 1870.
 A check foreer giving the name of J. R. Grace of Monmouth, N. J. suin. He'd RI E Norton and J F Lsrkin ot Winsted out of S29 90 las. Friday. He worked the old game of buying goods and rendering large and worthless checks and receiving good money in change. He never called for his goods.