Connecticut western news., 1904-11-03
STATE NEWS

 bourn of Bantam recently. One dog has been shot.
 About p men are at work on the new section of state road between Colebrook and Winsted.
 About 5000 gallons of opened oysters are shipped daily from New Haven, mainly to Chicago, Omaha and Kansas City.
 The probation system has been found so satisfactory in Torrington courts that it is to be introduced into the Winsted borough court.
 The Southern New England Telephone company is to begin at once the con- struction of 30, 0,000 feet of underground conduits i'll Waterbury.
 Milford has $1S,O0O tied up in unpaid taxes long overdue. The town needs the money and harsh methods may be the only ones by which 1t can be secured.
 Mrs. Clara s. Spokes of Wallingford has received word that she is one of the heirs of the late George Shaw of Birm- ingham, England. Her share is said to be over $100,000.
 Senator Joseph R. Hawley, who has been ill at his Washington home, is re- ported to be nearly recovered. He had an attack of indigestion, which was fol lowed by kidney trouble.
 The next annual dinner of the Con- necticut Society, Sons of the American Revolution, will be held on Washing tons birthday at Bridgeport by invita- tion of the members of that city.
 The Republican representative caucus was held i'll New Milford Monday after noon and resulted i'll the nomination of Andrew G. Barnes and Henry H. Pom eroy. There were no other candidates.
 Several cases of membraneous diph- theria have been reported i'll Torrington. All cases have been rigidly quarantined and the health officer has taken all pre- cautions to prevent the spread of the dis ease.
 Governor Chamberlain has received from the United States government $11 ,575 as aid to the Soldiers Home, and the amount has been deposited with the state treasurer.
 Notice of an appeal in the case of Ger shon Marx, convicted last week at New London of the murder of Pavol Rodecki, has been filed by his attorney, Clayton B. Smith. Marx was sentenced to be hung on January 26.
 A Connecticut weather prophet who has been watching the hornets nests during the summer says we are to have all unusually cold winter. He comes to this conclusion because the nests are all built we'll up ill the air.
 The Hartford Courant published Sat urday an anniversary number, celebrat- ing it's 10th birthday anniversary. The number contained 42 pages, giving be- sides the regular news articles by many leading writers of the country.
 The trotter "Homeward, 2.134, which Roscoe Benjamin of Winsted now owns, beat "King Chimes" at New York speedway last week, stepping a half mile ill l.04 to speeding wagon.
 It is reported that the investigation of the Litchtield peat beds is progressing to the satisfaction of all concerned and substantial deposits have recently been discovered at what is known as Cran- berry swamps, south of that borough.
 William Rice and Foster Bailey, both colored, who were taken into custody by the state police at Norfolk recently, charged with burglary, were sentenced to one year in jail by Judge Elmer in the Superior court at Winsted last Friday.
 In the superior court of Holland county Friday afternoon Judge Case appointed former Attorney General Charles Phelps as state attorney for that county, to suc- ceed Attorney Joel H. Reed of Stafford Springs, who succeeds Judge Elmer on the superior court bench.
 Congressman Nehemiah D. Sperry of the Second district of Connecticut, who is also the Republican nominee in the coming election, is i'll with pneumonia at his home in New Haven. MT. Sperry is reported to be getting better at the precent writing.
 The general store, postoffice, two tene- ment houses and a barn owned by James Catlin of Northfield were entirely destroyed by fire at that place Monday night shortly after 12 o'clock. The origin of the fire is unknown. The loss is estimated at $l0,000 only small part of which is covered by insurance.
 
 road are being equipped with a device which will enable the men to apply the air brakes from the car platforms. This emergency scheme is not new one, but the location of the brakes is new, as they have been inside the cars, where they were not always easily reached by the trainmen.
 The Autumn meeting of the Connec Uicut Library Association will be held in the parish house of the First Congrega- tional Church at New London on We'd nesday, Nov. 9. Miss c. Belle Maltbie, librarian of the David M. Hunt Library at Falls Village, will deliver an address on q The Distinction Between Reference Books and Loanable Books"
 Mrs. Nancy Cornwall celebrated her l01st birthday anniversary Friday at the home of her granddaughter, Mrs. E. s. Davis, i'll Middletown. She received visits and messages of congratulation from many friends in different parts of the state. Mrs. Cornwall was born in what is known as Beckley Quarter, in Berlin, and has spent her entire long life in that vicinity.
 The magnificent elm tree in front of S. ;. Laws Elmslde farm on Torringford street, which has withstood the storms of more than 200 years, was felled by the gale of Friday, October 21. The tree was probably one of the largest in the state, it's circumference one foot from the ground being 28 feet, at the parting of the branches 21 feet and the largest branch 83 feet. Lying on the ground the tree covers 300 feet.-Winsted Citi- zen.
 Judge William T. Elmer of the Super for court at Winsted has denied the mo tion of counsel for Sherman Beeman, the wife murderer, to have his case contin- ued uutil the February term, on the ground that the defense was unable to secure an expert on insanity, and has decreed that Beeman shall be tried at a special term of the Superior court, to be held in Litchfield beginning the 29th. Judge Joel H, Reed of Stafford, who suc- ceeds Judge Elmer on the bench, will preside. Beeman has gained about 30