Connecticut western news., 1902-02-27
STATE NEWS.

The Congregational society of Sharon has purchased $200O pipe organ and will have it ready for use in June.
 There is quite a probability that John Wapamaker of Philadelphia will buy the Scovill House site in Waterbury and erect a large department store thereon.
 The Taft School of Watertown has been closed and the students sent home for three weeks vacation on account of the prevalence of humps at the in- stitution Hartford Courant. Rev Father Christopher Ryan died in Buffalo, N. Y. of consumption on on February "A. He was located in Winsted from 1898 to 1900 and while there organized the St. Anthony Cadets Mrs Mary Colby. the diamond thief for the theft of jeweIry from the store gave birth to an eight.p ound boy in the state prison Sunday.
 A certificate of increase of the capi- tai stock of the New Milford Power company, from $100. 900 to $1 900, 900, has been filed with the secretary of state. The fee paid into the state treasury was $900.
 The Hon. Orsamus R. FyIer, who has been suffering for the past few weeks from 8 severe attack of vertigo, is so far recovered ss to be able to drive out He expects to leave his home in Torrington for Florida the last of this week upon the advice of 8 physician.
 Simon Miller, the peddler who was murderously assaulted near Thomsston few weeks ago, regained his speech at the Waterbury hospital last Friday and said that Jacob Israelovitch of Nauga- 1 tuck was his assailant Israelovitch has not been seen since the time of the assault.
 Miss Bridget Mccarthy of Ansonia, who would have been 107 years old in May and who was the oldest woman in the state, died Feb. 21. She came to Ansonia with her husband about thirty years ago from Ireland. She leaves a son-in-lsw, seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. - Hartford Oourant.
 Roscoe Benjamin of Wlnsted secured another swell pair of carriage horses , (Richard Carvel and Allan Dale) last week. They are bays-15 8 hands ! 2200 lbs., exactly alike, cannot | tell them apart. absolutely perfect, city broke and the speediest highest acting team ever in Litchfield county. The street is full of horses when he cuts them loose. |
 Charles 0. York. farmer of Torring- ton, is dead from blood poison follow ! ing wounds made by an enraged boar Feb. l5. He was driving hogs from one pen to another when aE old boar attacked him h great fury. Mir York fought and finally subdued the boar, but not until he was nearly exhausted and the tusks of the crazed animal had been driven into one of his legs to the bone ls aving ugly wounds. It is be- lieved the boar has what is known as hog hy drophobia.
 walked two miles on the night of Feb. IT, to summon @ doctor to attend her 12 year old daughter who was terribly burned that night. By hard work a road was dug through Feb. Is, SO the doctor reached the child that afternoon. He found the child badly burned but but has hopes of her recovery. Mrs Meyers again walked three miles the next day through snow drifts to Naug- atuck for medical supplies and to get the doctor to see the child again. They took the child last Thursday to the Waterbury hospital for treatment. Although Mrs Meyers is a strong woman it was feared her exertions to save her child would cause her serious illness.