Connecticut western news., 1903-09-17
STATE N EWS

Bronson B. Futile, aged nearly 6s years, one of Naugatuck's most promi- nent citizens, died last Saturday morn ing at his summer home in Middlebury as a result of stroke of apoplexy which befell him a few days previous.
 William Wallace Lee, a prominent resident of Meriden, died there Monday afternoon of heart trouble. He was born in Barkhamsted, July 20, 1928. He was one of the most widely known secret society men in the state, and had been grand master of the Grand Lodge of Masons of Connecticut, and also had been grand master of the Connecticut Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows.
 Nathan Washburn, the we'll known car wheel manufacturer of Hartford and Worcester, died at Stafford Springs last Sunday at the age of S5 years He had been a partner at Worcester in the car wheel business with the late William H. Barnum of Lime Rock.
 J. H. Hale, the well known peach grower of Glastonbury, was elected president of the American Pomological Society at its convention in Boston last week.
 DeForest H. Peck, 76 years old, member of St. Johns Lodge, No. 4, of Hartford, died suddenly of heart failure at 7.45 Friday evening at the Masonic Home at Wallingford.
 Steps are being taken toward the for nation of a state health officers associa- ton, to be composed of the members of the state board of health, the county health officers and the members of the a~f1 of S.a hn asf nd boroughs in the state.
 Hon. Colin McCrae Ingersoll, S5. died at his home in New Haven on Sunday after a prolonged illness although the cause of death was pneumonia. He was an older brother of the late ex-Governor 1ngerson and was congressman in 1851 to 1855. He was prominent lawyer of New Haven.
 Dr. Edward North, professor of Greek for nearly sixty years in Hamilton Col lege, died in Clinton, N. '. on Sunday. Professor North was born in Berlin, Ct, on March 9, 1920.
 Roscoe Benjamin of Winsted, has sold his race horse Scott" 2.l9L, to parties in northwestern Massachusetts.
 The thirty fourth annual reunion of SOInpduleS l, 10 anu - l ne Banu of the First Connecticut Heavy Artillery Bridgeport on Wednesday, October :, 1903. Business meeting at l2 o'clock noon, in the hotel. Dinner after busi- ness meeting.
 Five years ago Willie Osmun was a newsboy selling papers on the streets of Danbury. On recent Sunday the Rev. George Wilbur Osmun, the ex- newsboy, occupied the pulpit of the Methodist Episcopal church in Danbury, preaching two eloquent sermons to con gregations in which were many who formerly purchased their morning and evening papers from him.
 The Barnum & Bailey circus will close its season at Richmond, Va, Oct ober 21, and will return to winter quarters at Bridgeport.
 Frederick Lilley, son of Congressman George L. Lilley has been appointed to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md, and is now studying at that institution. He received the ap- pointment early in May and has since passed his examination successfully.
 The annual rife match for the mih-
 
 held i'll New Haven October s. Three suitable trophies will be offered by the state for competition by the teams of each organization.
 Middlesex county farmers report that their lima beans are a failure, that potatoes are rotting in the ground and that the tomato crop will be very small. Farm produce of all kinds this year has been very scarce.
 H. H. Rnmer, who retires from the l editorship of the Torrington Register 1 to take the city editorship of the Wa | terbury Republican, has done excellent work i'll Torrington, besides taking an abiding interest in music and in fancy poultry. He will prove desirable &C., | luisition to Waterbury newspaperdom. At Torrington George V. Bell of Salem, Mass, has stepped in where Mir. Ro- mer has stepped out.-Hartford Post.
 James Lewis, years old, fell into the raceway near the Clifton mill bridge ill Winsted last Thursday night and was drowned. Arthur Brimble of Torring- ton who was driving by tried to save him but could not reach him in time, but he had the water drawn off and re- covered the body.