Connecticut western news., 1900-03-01
STATE NEWS

On Monday. February la. the steamer Hartford commenced making regular trips between New York and Hartford leaving New York Mondays, Wednes days, and Fridays; Hartford, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
 Charles Wheeler of Brooklyn, this state. shares with Matthew Higgins of Winsted the honor of having served in the Crimean War. Wheeler was at Balsklava and at the fall of Sebsstop-L He afterwards served with Farragut on the Hartford. It has bet claimed that Higgins was the sole resident of Connecticut who served in the Crmea. Are there otherse
 The Third Congregational church of Torrington is pregaring for s grand jubilee during the first week of March, when it will dedicate its fejuvenated church and install its new pastor, Rev James A. Chamberlain. Dr Lyman Abbott will preach the dedicatory ser mon Tuesday evening, March 6. and Rev J. H Twitchen of Hartford will preach the installation sermon the next evening, the council of installation meeting in the afternoon. The jubilee will begin. Sunday 4th, with reception of members and unveiling of memorial windows, followed, Monday evening. by a concert to be given by noted artists.
 A mail pouch made up on the Housa- tonic division of the Consolidated rail road between Pittsfeld, Mass, and Bridgeport, was stolen from the plat form of a car at New Haven station last Wednesday afternoon. The pouch was broken open and many letters stolen aud many others mutilsted. Later the New Haven police arres:ed a man. giv ing the name of Edward Morgan, who vas caught in the act of destroying some of the letters. The pouch WAS due to leave for Boston at l 10 p. m and arrive in that city at 5 30.
 Bernard Heinsn of Merryall brought some old-fsshioned almauscs to our office this week for us to see that in the olden days the diary-writers used to make notes on the margins of these books. The books were dated 1913, I8I4 and 1915, In 1874 there was a snow storm on March alst, and April 20th. the same year snow fell to the depth of ten inches. On May 14, 1915. the ground was frozen to the depth of half an inch.-New Milford Gazette.
 Alfred H. Bond, ex-president of the Connecticut Under writers Association. died at his home in Hartford Friday morning. He was general agent of the Massachusetts Life Insurance Co. He leaves a widow and one daughter. Pratt. Reed < Co. of Deep River have in their possession the two largest tusks of ivory ever taken from an elephant of which there is an suthen- tic record. These tusks are on exhi- bition at Tiffany t Co.'S, New York. | The existence of shis pair of tusks in the interior of Africa hss been known for some time to the Arabs, who sent caravans inland from Zanzibar after ivory, but until last year they could not be secured from the native chief As soon as they were brought to the coast. they were bought by Messrs. Arnold. Cheney X Co.,. who are Pratt, Read < Co., s representatives in pur- ohasi g ivory. The tusks measure two feet in circumference at the larg- CT end and nearly nine feet in length from hase to point in 2 straight line. One weighs PA pounds, and the other 23a.
 The grand jury at Bridgeport have returned 8 true bill for under in the first degree against Charles B. Cross, the Stamford boy accused of the murder of Mrs Sarah King Ian aged woman with whom he liyedl on November s.
 Governor Lonnsbury has authorized the admission to the schools for imbe. ciles at Lskeville of Thomas Pegnan oi Wsllingford. He also isigned an orde- for the transfer of Martalens Frederick. son from the Industrial school to the school for imbeciles and also admitted to the Lakeville institution Morris Mar kus of Hartford.
 Michael Hough aged 3l. an unmsr. ried son of the late Michael Hough who was 8 prominent citizen of Newtowp, was found dead Sunday morning near the residence of Mrs Patrick Scanlon, Walnut Tree Hill It is supposed he WITS returning home from a visit to Sandy Hook, missed his way and fell where he was found dead. The medi- cal examiner pronounced death due from exposure.
 | Captain Terrence Sheriden of New Haven, a veteran of the Civil war. was run over by a train at New Haven ou Saturday night and instantly killed He was sixty years old and enlisted in the Ninth 0. V.
 Joseph Morehouse, of Amenia, N r., Saturday filed petition in bankrup'cy in the United States district court with liabilities of S66, ,0S3. no assets. The largest creditor is the Salisbury Iron Co.,, of Connecticut SIS,