Connecticut western news., 1900-06-21
STATE NEWS.

Sted, who has been rosdmaster on the various rsilrosis in this vicinity for the past thirty years died at his home in Westfeld, Mass, on Wednesday, June lS. aged 59 years. Mir Greer was born in Vermont in la41 and in 1870 was em- ployed in the construction of the old Hartford t Connecticut Western. Up on its completion he was appointed roAdmaster. position which he be held until 1882 when he resign ed to accept s like position on the Housstonic division of the N. Y. N H. k H. R R and in 1SSS he was appoint ei rosdmsster of the Northampton di- vision. MT Greer WAS widely known throushout Massachusetts and Connec- ticut and WAS considered one of the most efficient of Sosdmsssers- He rep resented the town of Winchester in the Legislature in lSo6. being elected by the Democratic party. He leaves l widow, three sons and three daughters and brother John who Is in the 'em- ploy of the N. |, \. H. < H. R. R The funeral was largely attended at the residence in westtield, Mass, Sun. day afternoon at , o'clock.
 Thomas Burns of Waterbury, while in sn alcoholic 5elirum and trying to escape from the snakes" was drowned in Thomsston last week.
 John H. Perry of Connecticut has been appointed agent for the United States for the Chilean claims eommis- sion iu place of R. D. Kennedy of Ohio.
 Some of the New Britain census emu msrstors are in trouble. They com plctsd their work so hurriedly that their statements are incomplete and now they must rectify it The chief | fault Is the matter of the occupation of the people. It is evident that census snpmerstors cannot be too particular in their work.
 The T. c Richards Hardware Co. of Winsted is experiencing considerable | trouble of late, . dissension having oc- cured between the members of the Richards family who are all interested financially and occupy important official positions in the factory. Benispm Richards has resigned and is about to start factory of bis own in Woodbury. It Is said that some of the machinery and tools in his possession belong to the T. c Richards Co,
 Ivy mountain tower. in Goshen. on the highest point of land in the state, has been sold to c 0, Stewart of Phila- delphis and George R. Duncan. Mrs Stewart will reside there
 One of the very few persons draving pension from the United States gov ernment on account of the war of the Revolution lives in Bridgeport. She Is Mrs Augusta Way Fuller, nesrly 95 years old, and the youngest daughter of Isaac Way of Woodbury. a private in the Revolutionary war.
 The fair under the auspices of Am os Beecher Lodge E. and 4. NJ. of New Hartford came to & successful close last weel. The gross receipts were about 500. The treasury of the lodge was increased about $500 by the fair.
 The Army and Navy Club of Connec- ticut will hold its fifteenth annual banquet at the Fort Griswold House opposite New London Friday night the aad inst.
 Thievirg is quite common from Wesi Cornwall to Kent, several houses having been entered and estsbles taken and many milk houses entered and consid- ersble milk stolen also feed and othel things disappear.
 4 concelted young Milford girl says the men are s coyet-us lot,
 Congressman E. J. Hill, of this district has received notice that owing to bil passed by congress last week, he would ! have the appointment of s cadet to ths Naval Academy, this year, instead o next, and that the appointment must bt made by July 20.
 The Judges of the Supreme and the Superior courts have appointed F. w Etheredge. editor of the Thomsstor Express, county health officer fol Litcbield county for & term of foul years.
 Buffalo Bill will exhibit in Hartford or
 Monday. June 18th. The Central New
 England Railway sdyertises excursion
 tickets to Hartford on the above date
 at greatly reduced rates. including sd mission, good going and returning on al regular trsius-
 : While fishing in posted stream or
 land belonging to Osborn Murphy 1T Hsrtland last week James Wheeler ! William Risedorf and George Eaton oi
 Winsted were treed by & brindle bull
 kept there by Mir Murphy for that pur ? pose. For three hours the hungr.
 Fishermen were kept in the tree by th' : angry bull until Murphy appeared spt | took the bull away after eautioning th, r men not to appear on his land again f | The fishermen claim that it was th
 most exaspersting fishing experience l they ever had. Messrs Wheeler an,
 Risedorf are hotel keepers and Eaton
 lumber merchant
 Many changes in the salaries of post 2 masters in the stste.of Connecticut vii 5 occur on July l, the beginning of tn new fiscal year. h thirty-three town 2 the salaries are raised and in nine de creased. At Bridsewster there Is an ir
 crease of 400, from S1 400 to S1, 800; Cs
 naan from Sl 300 to s1 400; Lskeville
 from S1 400 to S1 500; New Hartfor
 from sl 300 to Sl, 400; Norfolk. Sl. 30 '- to sl. 5O0; Torrington. sa, 500 to s2 6a, + while Winsted is decreased from g., 50 ]. to S2. 100.
 An American eagle three feet i s height and nine feet by wing measure : meuk was shot in West Haven & fe' \ days ago. O. Hubbard Frye, proprie t tor of the Elm Tree poultry yards. shc . the bird He thought the eagle ws . after some of his chickens.
 Miss Johanna Losett. q years of az Y who sustained severe spoplectl
 shock while marching to the chsncel i D St. James Catholic church, South Maj e chester, where her marriage to Joh l. Wren of Waterbury wss 10 be solemn l. ized few weeks ago, died last Thur
 day evening. She never fnlly recovere 1T consciousness during her illness. k A curious freak of nature has bee
 discovered in the Connecticut river ol