Connecticut western news., 1900-07-05
STATE NEWS.

The Olu hall place III NOIth Soio- brook has been bought by Gustave Dorst and stocked with flock of ten Southdown sl eap, the largest flock of this breed in Colebrook.
 The Seth Thomas Clock and Watch Co.,, will shut down from July 27 to August l4 At this time the clock com pany will put in it's case shop new 220-horse power Harris x Corliss engine.
 Ia taking out the old fashioned chim- ney of the parsonage in Hsrwinton last week it was found that the parsonage had been on fire three times and the fires had probably gone out for lack of air.
 Deer have been seen occasionally in this vicinity for year or more, but Mrs Frazee, who lives with her brother Walter Griffin, near the Kingdom bridge, had quite a novel experience with half grown fawn the other day. Looking out of her window, Mrs Frazee saw the fawn approaching the house, and, softly opening the door, she placed a pan of milk in the yard. The pretty creature retreated, but soon came back and shyly and curIously sniffed at the milk, then began to drink, and when it had drained the pan, bounded away up the hill. New Hartford Tribune. The state board of equalization re. gently sent out published statement of increases in the grand lists of cer- tain towns for the purpose of equal!z- ing taxation in the state. While in every county, except Litchfeld, changes have been made, this year not single change was made in any town 'of Litchfeld county. Last year Thomas ton was the only town in Litchfield county to whose grand list additions were made.
 A beautiful memorial of the late Alfred E. Burr, founder of the Hartford Times, has just been issued. Within the white covers of the volume of hun dred pages are collected extracts from Mir Burr's contributions to"The Times" accounts of his career, his death and fu- neral, and tributes to his memory from friends and from the press. An excel lent portrait of NIT Burr forms the frontispiece to the book.
 While Michael Sweeny was engaged in cleaning out one of the stalls in the sta bles of the Coe Brass Company of Tor ington, recently, he was suddenly at tackled by a copperhead snake which measured three feet long. The reptiles fangs penetrated the trousers of the sta i bleman, who fought de perately for 8 time, without avail to release the hold of | the snake from the garment. James Drake came to the rescue. and the com- l bined efforts of the two men finally laid the snake dead at it's intended victims feet.
 A jury in the Superior court held at Winsted, June 18th, returned verdict for $949. 23 in the case of I. A. Rogowan vs. the Insurance Company of North America. ,Rogowan, who is 8 clothing dealer, occupied store Tn the Stone block, which was burned February 1t last. A considerable portion of his stock was destroyed at that time and ho de. manded that the North American In. suianc Company, which had issued 8 policy of $2, ,0O0 on his stock, re1mb burse him. which the company refused to do, claiming it was not liable for the amount of the loss, alleging that the fire was caused through the instrument ality of Rogowan. Rogowan brought suit.
 Man-Afraid-o Hawk, aged 21, full blood Sioux Indian attached to the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show, died al the Danbury hospital last Thursday night from inflammation of the stomach. A number of the attaches of the show are sick caused, it is believed, from eating canned corn.
 The New Hartford and Pine Meadow railroad stations were broken into las week Wednesday night. Little booty was secured. There are no clues to tn, burglars, who are believed to be mem
 bers of the gang that has operated st extensively along the line of the c. N B. road during the past six months. 1 George W. Smith, 63 years of age, on, of the most respected citizens of Nortl
 Haven, died June 29th from worry eve the peril of his daughter, Mrs c. B Ewing. who is now in Tien-Tsin. Mir
 Ewing is the wife of the Rev Charle
 Edward Ewing, Amherst go and Yal
 Divinity 'S3, missionary. Tue Re-
 George w. Ewing, 8 brother missionar,
 is also in Tien-Tsin. Mir Smith had al
 most lost his mind through anxiety ant
 died suddenly after weeks sleepless
 ness from exhaustion and mental de
 precision.
 |, Litchfield seems destined to be nor popular than ever as 8 summer resor
 this season. The guests are rapidl
 pouring in and the town is taking on it , regular summer attire. One train las
 week brought up twenty-si1 trunks fo one family. They were piled on wagol eleven feet high from the bottom boards
 Charles Koch. 35, of Hartford. an,
 May Duran, 22, of Windsor Locks committed suicide Friday morning 8 the Hotel VanTwiller in New York city They left note saying that as the could not live together, death was pref , erable. They shot themselves with revolver. Koch was the proprietor o
 Koch's cafe in Parsons theatre at Hart
 ford, but disappeared from there abou
 the middle of May. Koch leaves a wifi in Hartford who runs a theatrics
 boarding house. Miss Duran leaves
 mother and step father in Windso
 Locks and the girl had good reputa
 tion. The Opera House, an old woode structure on Main street in Torrington was burned Saturday morning. Los $4000; insurance $500.
 Giuseppe Cavillo who recently cam
 from Italy to East Hampton had som of the flesh nibbled off his thumbs b