Connecticut western news., 1900-12-13
STATE NEWS,


 Meriden, consul general for Germany. Mir Howes is at presen U. s. Consul at Coburg.
 Samuel O. Trubee. Bridgeport's old est merchant and we'll known to busi- ness men throughout the state, died Dec. 3 in his 9Ist year. Two days be- fore his death he made his will. His estate is valued at $l0O, 900.
 The s. N. E. T. Go was ordered Monday, by Judge Prentiss of the Su- perior court, to pay $5. 900 damages to the estate of George Davis, lineman who was killed by live wires. The case was appealed to the Supreme court.
 The Rev Asher Anderson, pastor of the First Congregational church at MerideH, has been appointed to a salaried office in the most important body of American Congregationalists, that of secretary of the national council, vice Dr H. A. Hazen, deceased.
 Miss Esther North of Colebrook died Dec. from 8 complication of Bright's disease and dropsy. Miss North was "A years old the day of her death, and had lived in Colebrook all her life. She leaves one brother in Minnesota. The funeral was held at l p. m. Sunday.
 "Uncle" Luther Morse of Cheshire died last week Wednesday night at the age of 90 years He was the oldest liv- eryman in the state and had been con- tinuously in the business for a longer period than anyone now living probab- ly. MT Morse was born April f, 1910, in Canterbury.
 At a business meeting of the borough of Stafford Springs held Monday the borough officers were instructed to petition the General Assembly for power to purchase and obtain control of the charter of the Stafford Springs Aque- duct Go. Apparently Stafford Springs wants to own and control it's own water.
 There are other places in tie state with just as many deer to boast of as New Hartford. Fifteen of the beauties are said to have taken up their abode near New Preston and Winsted comes forward with the modest assertion that Friday afternoon 8 deer swam across Highland lake in order to evade a num- Der of dogs tkas were chasing it.
 Our Senator Platt has introduced in the Senate petition from Hartford druggists urging reduction of the war tax on proprietary articles. Also 8 petition from the State Board of Trade for the passage of the Loud postage bill and from the Wm. T. Minor and Elias Howe Posts. G. A. R., favoring the passage of the veterans preference measure.
 Application has been filed for the granting of . charter by the next Gen. eral Assembly for g trolley line from Unionville to Burrville. The incorpor- ators consist of four influential and lates a connection with the Torrington- Winsted trolley line at Burrville. thence through Maple Hollow, Nepaug, to Collinsville, Canton, Cherry Park, to Unionville, about sixteen or seventeen miles,
 An effort is to be made to have Miss Clara Clemens, daughter of "Mark Twain." sing in Hartford. The Teach. ers' Annuity Guild voted at a meeting last week to bring the Boston Sym. phony Orchestra there again. and in connection with that concert to arrange that Miss Clemens be the vocal soloist on that occasion. The date of the con cert will be February 6, and it will probably be held at the Coliseum. Tho prisoners at the LitchfieId jai had their annual feast on Thanksgiving day and there certainly was profusiol of good things. Fifty-two disposed o the following menu: Turkey witl cranberry sauce, roast pork, celery mashed potatoes, turnips, rice pudding mince pie, bread and butter, cafe al lsit, apples. Isn't that enough to mak o man banker to disobey the laws os tn land and thus become eligible to ente our county jail?
 Sixty lace finishers, all women, em ployed by Newman < Sons, corset mak CTS. of New Haven, went out on strik,
 last week as they were dissatisfied wit
 their wages. Sixty women on strik
 are mighty perple1ing proposition t
 encounter and we suggest that in tn
 event of a settlement by arbitration tn
 firm secure the services of Editor Nobl
 of the Winsted Herald who, above al
 men would be able to soothe the ruffie,
 spirits of the ladies with an eas
 and grace wholly original yet effective
 The village of Taftville, near Nol
 wich. was swept by disastrous copfls
 grafton early Monday morning. Min
 buildings were destroyed including tw
 business blocks and twelve familie
 were rendered homeless. losing in mos
 cases all their household effects an
 even clothing. Mrs Ernestine Dupre
 received probably fatal burns. Tn Norwich fire department was called br
 could do little execution on account ( low water pressure. The total loss estimated at $20. 900 partially insured. A large wild boar, weighing 6s , pounds, escaped from it's cage in an e: press Car at Danbury last Thursday The occupants of the car escaped tt ferocious onset of the beast by takin } refuge behind boxes and trunks. [ finally leaped from the ear. chargir f towards the crowd of astonished passe
 gers on the platform, causing pan and stampede and all traffic in that l 3 cality was suspended for half an hou ] The boar was finally lassoed and drsgge back to it's cage and taken to it's dest nation in Waterbury.
 , According to the election return
 from East Granby last month Benjam !. P. Clark, the Democratic nominee f. l judge of probate, was declared electe 8 by the moderator of the election vi r declared 90 votes for Clark against
 for Frank H. Dibble, Republican cand date. The registry list showed that o ' ly 176 voters were checked while a @ cording to the above count ITS we .- counted. Only 176 envelopes we : found in the box. two containing I
 ballots, one ballot was mutilated an another envelope contained two ballot | all of which were thrown out, leavir s but 172 ballots actually counted. \ II Dibble's friends were sure that he VI elected and demanded recount whit . took place before Judge Prentiss Ia n week Wednesday when it was four o that Mir Dibble was elected, he recei If ing 88 and MT Clark 79 votes, elev,
 less than had been declared for him
 the moderator.