Connecticut western news., 1900-08-30
STATE NEWS,

The council of Baptist clergymen held at Winsted last Friday to investi- gate the charges against Rev M. V. Ja- cobs, who was scct sed of improper con- duct, and the ugly rumors concerning him and Mrs Grace Barnard, after 8 long and patient hearing of fourteen witnesses fully exonerated him from all guilt or misconduct not befitting a min ister of the gospel.
 A monster snspping turtle, weighing at least one hundred pounds, and bear ing upon its back the initials of P. T. Barnum, cut there by the hand of the | illustrious snowman himself seventy | years ago has been sent to New York city. The turtle which is tie largest ever seen in this section of Connecticut, was caught yesterday by Nathan I. Ben- nett, New York diamond merchant, | who has a summer home near Bethel, the great showman's boyhood home. The turtle itself is estimated to be 125 years old.
 Burglars tried a new scheme ln Bloomfield Thursday night and it was successful. They burned chunk of lard, placed on piece of p per, against window of the general store of W. O. Dean & Go. The burning lard broke the window and deadened the sound of the breaking glass.
 Clarence D. Holt of New Haven, who is spending the summer at the residence of Jared H. Stearns tp Chett Hill, Mansfield, gave au exhibition of fire works on the hill near Mir Stesrn's resi-. dence, Tuesday evening. Mir Holt gave similar display year ago, which it is said to be the finest ever seen here abouts, and it is said that the one Tues day evening was superior to it. One feature of the display was the burn- ing of string of firecrsckers number ing 10000.
 The Misses Thompson of Litchfeld living at the foot of South street. have brought suit against the town, claiming 5000 damages to their place by the building of the telford road year or moro ago. In order to have the grade right 1t necessitsted cut in front oi their place some or feet deep, which is the cause of their complaint. The town will contest the suit The writ ii rsturnable to the September term oi court.
 Edward H. Preston of New Britain
 has brought suit against the city oi
 New Britain claiming S3, 900 damage be
 cause of change of grade in front o
 his property on Chestnut street. Tn,
 grade was changed during the months of August and September. 1896, being
 lowered to a depth of of two and one half feet. The plaintiff sustained special damages to bis property, it il
 claimed, and the defendant has no l paid said damage or any part thereof
 The writ was made out by Nobl
 E.. Pierce, and the case is returnabl
 to the superior court the first Tuesds,
 in September.
 Sir Benjamin Vests famous picture
 "The Raising of Lazaus," which dis
 appeared mysteriously last January iron
 It's ancient home on the walls of th
 Cathedral of Winchester, to the indig
 nation of all England, is now in Hart
 ford. It has been presented to tn
 Wsdsworth Athenseum by J. Pierpon . Morgan of New York.
 R s. Frsry, for twenty years or nor organist and chorIster at the Secon Congregational Church, Winsted, ha
 resigned his position to take effec . Sept. 1st. Mir. Frary is widely know
 as musician and choir leader of gres ability and has an enviable reputatio ' among musicians throughout the county 0 Through his efforts the Second churc l. choir was brought up to high star u dard, position it has maintained fo a many years. It is also understood tbs nearly all the members of the choir, 1T | cluding Mrs Harry Howe, the soprau l. soloist and E. NJ. Culver, bass solois a have declared their intention of leavin
 the choir, an action which is deplore
 by nearly the entire church member g ship. It IS to be hoped that Mir. Frar
 can be induced to reconsider his resis O nation. Mir Frsry will preside at th organ at the Congregational Church , Norfolk. during the vacation of Mi. 't Fales.
 70 Harry F. Burgess, aged Is, son of N and Mrs Harry Burgess of Winsted, wi u drowned in Still river Sunday, as wi @ also Dominick Nsvarill, 2S years old, O the Naugatuck river at Ansonia an If August Janowski at Vernon.
 n A free for all 135 yard foot handles a will be run at the Athletic Fiel, :, Waterbury, Tuesday evening. Sept. 2 '' The field will be lighted by elsctrieit 'e The first heat will begin at 8 o'cloC o sharp. A purse of sl25 will be divide if as follows: first prize, S7O; second, S3 :, third. S15; fourth, $l0. Entrance fe y Sl; acceptance, 50 cents. Entri
 made to G. E. Harrington, Wsterbur n Ccnn,