Connecticut western news., 1904-10-20
STATE " EWS

At present there are thirtysix persons confined in the Litchfield county jail, which is ten below the average at this season of the year.
 Alexander Garnsey, a retired hotel man of Danbury, 73 years old. dropped dead as he was taking his place at the dinner table Oct. 13. Apoplexy was the cause of death. MT. Garnsey was en- gagged in the hotel business in Pottsville, Pa., many years and afterwards con- ducted hotel in Danbury. He leaves widow.
 Connecticut has larger per cent. of Foresters in proportion to population than any other state i'll the Union. Ac- cording to the recent report of the grand secretary the state has 9,247 Foresters, about 2 per cent. of the 908, 420 popula- tion of the entire state.
 A stranger has been soliciting funds i'll Seymour under the guise of a Catholic said he is fraud.
 Connecticut has 200O automobiles, or one for ever 454 inhabitants.
 The semi-annual meeting of the bishops of the Methodist Church of the world will be held in Grace M. E. church, New Haven, the week of October 26. It is expected there will be 26 bishops present who will rep resent nearly all the quarters of the world.
 George G. Terrill has been appointed fourth class postmaster at North Wood bury.
 The New Milford Cannery put up 130,00 pounds of pumpkins last week,
 George Hoyt, wanted in Granby for theft, was arrested in Winsted, Oct. 12 by Chief Wheeler. When searched mask and some tools were found osi him, but no stolen property. He said he was from Holland, Mass.
 Newman Silvernale of Salisbury, who was recently badly injured at Lakevilh by a threshing machine, is reported to be improving. and there is every prospect of his recovery. MT. Silvernale is at the Winsted hospital.
 The New Haven retail coal dealers have advanced the price of stove and nut coal from $6.40 to $6.50 per ton, and there is prospect that it may go still higher, 1t is said. In Boston the coal
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 J. M Wentworth of Colebrook, who bought the Arthur Cobb place last spring, thinks he holds the banner record for potatoes. From four bushels of seed he has dug seventy-six bushels of extra fine potatoes. The seed came from Wisconsin and is called Mckinley. One hill contained eight potatoes, weigh ing nine pounds, and another six weighing six pounds and one ounce. He also raised pumpkin weighing seventy two pounds.
 At the meeting of the Litchfield County Bar association held in Litch- field, Oct. 14, committee consisting of R. T. Higgins of Winsted, chairman; D. T. Warner of Salisbury, l.. J. Kicker son of West Cornwall, G. H. Welch of Torrington and D. o. Kilbourn of Litch- field, was appointed to suggest plans for the new addition to be built to the court house III Litchfield.
 By invitation of the clubs of Danbury and Bethel, the eighth annual meeting of Connecticut State Federation of Women's clubs, will be held at Danbury on Wednesday and Thursday, Noyem- Der 9 and 10, in the Second Baptist church on West street.
 The 58th annual meeting of the State Teachers Association will be held at New Haven tomorrow, Oct. 21.
 The counsel for Sherman Beeman, the alleged wife-murderer, asked Friday for continuance of his case until next Feb ruary on the ground that they had been unable to secure an insanity expert to examine him. States Attorney Warner opposed the motion and argued for set ting it aside, saying that he desired the trial to come before a special session of the court in November or December. The court will render decision on the motion tomorrow.
 M. H. Tanner of Winsted was re- elected president of the National Car riage Dealers association at New York last week.
 Charles Fitzgerald, aged 63, for the past twenty-five years treasurer of the Connecticut Total Abstinence Union, died in Middletown, Oct. IA, as result of paralytic shock.
 Orrin J. Stockford, the Central New England fireman, now serving term of | three months on sentence for conspir- acy in connection with the teamsters' strike, has been assigned to duty as a fireman of the boilers in the New Haven jail. ..
 The United States authorities are in- vestigating the loss in Winsted of two letters from the U. s. mails. The letters were addressed to the First National bank, and contained 300 checks, valued at about $5000. The letters were mailed at Station A in Winsted, and were to go to the regular Winsted postoffice about mile away. They were mailed by the Hurlburt National bank, whose endorse ment was on all of the checks. It is said this is not the first loss of valuable letters and packages that has occurred in Winsted, complaints having been re- ceived by the postoffice authorities several times to the effect that letters addressed to persons there have never reached their destination.
 George Jester, 50 years old, of New Hartford, was fatally injured Thursday in an accident caused by his horse becoming frightened at an auto mobile. MT. Jester is farmer and was on his way home from Winsted, where he had been with load of produce. He met the automobile on the road and the horse was so badly frightened at the machine as to become unmanageable. MT. Jester was thrown from the wagon, striking on his head, fracturing the skull. He was removed to his home and physicians summoned, but little could be done. It is said the automo- bile party did not stop to learn the re suit of the accident, and the names of the parties in the machine have not as yet been learned. MT. Jester died ot his injuries Monday morning. He is survived by his wife, three sons and one daughter. l Xn....n.