Connecticut western news., 1905-02-02
STATE EWS

Eustace Sherman Kimberly, 73, at one time master of the state Grange. died at his home in Goshen on Monday.
 The New York, New Haven and Hart ford railroad has placed within the past week orders for steel rails to an amount of 10000 tons.
 An increase of 10000 i'll the several libraries of Yale University is announ- ced for the past year, the total being 300, GOO volumes.
 The property of the Bristol Trunk Hardware company has been appraised at $25, ,076.S2 by Edwin J. Blake and Charles H. Cooley.
 The American Tobacco Company ship ped four carloads of tobacco from New Milford recently. The quantity repre- Sented forty-seven loads brought by teams of the farmers to that village.
 Charles s. Treadway, the most promi- nent man i'll Bristol, died last Friday from a general breaking down of health as a result of overwork. He was 57 years of age and had been ill but few weeks.
 Judges Robinson and Thayer were re- appointed judges of the Superior ecu t last Thursday. The appointment of o. k. Fyler of Torrington for railroad commissioner for four years was con tirmed by the senate.
 The comptroller of the currency has made statement that no bank with the title Manufacturers and Merchants National Bank of Bridgeport, Conn.,, has been authorized and the use of the title is deceptive and i'll violation of the law.
 The building of the American Shear company at Bantam was burned last Thursday. As there is no fire ap- paratus in the village there was no way of saving the property. The value of the building and contents is placed at S5, ,000.
 The adjutant generals department has figured up for the return to the war department the organized militia force i'll the state. That, on December 31, numbered 3022 officers and men, while the naval militia force, officers and men, numbered 221.
 The scheme for making the Connecti- cut River navigable above Hartford Is not approved by the U. S. Board of engineers, and they have reported against a government investment of S3 ,000,00 on the job. Chief Engineer Mckenzie has concurred in the report. Haven, died Monday of periencephalo meningitis. He was 72 years old. For many years he was professor in Yale University, recently teaching Roman law in the law department, but formerly German ill the Sheffield Scientific School.
 First Selectmen Cook has arranged a plan for providing work for all trampS who stop at Torrington for a nights lodging. Before being released in the morning they will be taken by detail of officers to a stone quarry where hard work for an hour and half will be re- quired to pay for their accommodation.
 Howard Burwell Burlington of New Hartford, aged 2l, junior of the Shef- field Scientific school at Yale, died in New Haven last Friday morning of dia- betes, after an illness of but few hours. He was the son of John l.. Burlington, a prominent retired merchant, and a brother of Dr. Charles o. Burlington, both of New Hartford.
 EAll6E IeSlSlluS lOT 10 0lttyS Iue WOTh Ol experts, the safe in the office of the 1Etna Life Insurance Co. was opened last week Monday. It took the experts 2l2 hours of continuous work to drill a hole in the safe, four men working in relays on the job. The breaking of d minute part of the mechanism of the lock was the cause of the trouble.
 It is reported that Hon. Nichnlns Staub of New Milford, formerly state comptroller, has purchased the Villa Luzerne, a hotel located on the shores of Lake Waramaug. Mir Staub is one of the incorporators of the New Milford aud Lake Waramaug street railway company, and it is understood the prop erty, which includes large plot of land, is designed as terminal for the trolley | road.
 Extensive arrangements are under way for the celebration of the centen- | nial of Meriden, Conn.,, from June 10 to | l6, 1906. Committees of nearly 400 of the prominent citizens have already been appointed and are at work on the gen. eral plans. Although more than year away, the time is looked upon as none too long for the event which it is in- | tended shall be the most extensive ever held i'll this state.
 Mrs. John W. Brooks, a well known | Torrington woman, died last Friday afternoon at the age of 75 years. She had been ill poor health for several years. She was the daughter of Deacon L. M. | Norton of Goshen. Her husband, who was connected with the Brooks Banking O., died three years ago. She leaves a . >n, John N. Brooks, and a daughter, Miss Mary E. Brooks, both of Torring- ton. The funeral was Monday, with burial at Goshen.