Connecticut western news., 1905-02-09
STATE N EWS
Norfolk has, by estimation, fifty O more cases of grip.


 census with population of over 89,OOO.
 Practically every shop in the city of Hartford is working full blast and many are running several hours overtime every night.
 January's mean temperature was about degrees higher than that of the corresponding month year ago, and 4 degrees below the normal
 Litchfield, one of whose good citizens has just been appointed county com missioner, was last represented on the board ill '62-3, when William R. Bald win held the office.
 Governor Roberts has appointed At torney Richard T. Higgins of Winsted | prosecuting attorney of the Connect- cut Humane society for term of two years from Jan. II, 1905.
 The Connecticut Pomological society at it's closing session in Hartford last Thursday elected J. O.. Eddy of Sims bury president and Charles l.. Gold of | West Cornwall a county vice-presldent. Senator Platt (Conn.) last Thursday introduced bill in the National Senate authorizing the retirement of General Joseph R. Hawley, the retiring senator |
 One man who keeps a diary notes that not a drop of rain fell on the 3lst day of any of the months last year. On every other day of the month some time during the year there was preclpitatlon-
 The town clerk of Barkhamsted has | deposited at the state library in Hart ford for safe keeping, the original chart showing the layout of the place. A copy, made about 1900, is retained by the town.
 It is reported that the owners of the Hartford Street Railway have asked | the Consolidated Railway Company the prohibitive price of $500 per share for it. The ordinary quotation for the stock is around $200.
 Fire in Milford, Wednesday night, Feb. 1, did damage amounting to $700in the barn owned by Orland V. Smith. It was caused by an explosion of a lan- tern. Livestock was rescued with no | time to spare.
 | The New England Pin Go. is having plans drawn for a large brick and steel building to be erected on its tract of land at the west end of Willow street opposite the Naugatuck division rail road station in Winsted.
 Mrs. Catherine Shanley, mother of Rev. Walter J. Shanley rector of St. Jo- seph's cathedral, Hartford, died in Bridgeport Saturday night. Funeral services were held at St. Johns church, New Haven, Tuesday, at 10.30 a. m.
 Word was received in New Haven last Friday that pension had been granted on January 26 to Major B. E. Brown, a former city comptroller. Major Brown died at his home in New Haven twenty nine days before the pension was grant | ed.
 ] The Rev. Joseph Anderson, D. D.. bade formal farewell last Sunday morn ing to the congregation of the First Church in Waterbury, which he has served for 40 years, and an unusually large congregation turned out to hear his final sermon and press the hands of both MT. and Mrs. Anderson.
 Newell S. Woodward of Hartford, was on last Friday morning reprimanded and allowed to go in Hartford police court on charge of theft of a newspaper from 8 Main street building. Wood ward admitted the theft, and said. he did not know why he took the paper, as he could afford to buy one any time
 Mrs. George Pulver of New Milford had piece of glass three-fourths of au inch long removed from her left wrist a few days ago. The glass entered her wrist eight years ago, when an apple crashing through a window caused the glass to be scattered about, some of which went into Mrs. Pulver's arm. q,
 By the terms of the will of the late Professor Albert s. Wheeler of the Yale Law School the university will receive his valuable library on Roman law, and will become residuary legatee of the es- tate, which amounts to $45, 900. Profes- sor Wheeler was anxious to establish a chair of Roman law, and later this may be provided for out of his estate.
 P. Harvard Reilley, formerly we'll known dancing master of Hartford and vicinity, died Tuesday of last week at Lexington, Ky, where he had been in the hotel business, as far as his health would permit, for two years. A part of thetime he was an inmate of sanitarium. He gave up the teaching of dancing four or five years ago on account of ill health. He leaves his wife and one daughter.
 The report of the Southern New Eng land Telephone Company, which was presented at the stockholders meeting ing in New Haven showed the total number of stations in the state to be B, POS, an increase during the year past of 6,589. New central offices have been established at Cheshire, Fairfield, Glastonbury, Newtown, Stafford, Water town and Woodbury. Plans are being made for large extension of the ser vice in 1905.
 The plant of the Bristol Trunk Hard ware Co.,, at Bristol, was sold Friday afternoon for $38, ,150, although the re- cent inventory of the property was only $1S,000. The minority stockholders of the company are jubilant over the re- suit of the sale, as they will now re- celve about 35 per cent. on the par value of the shares, as against 515 per cent, which was proposed under the former plan. R. F. Griggs of Water bury was the purchaser and it is re- ported he bought for John H. Sessions & Son.
 The reception rendered to the Winsted Business Mems Association last Friday night in Odd Fellows hall, Winsted, by it's president, J. H. Alvord, proved to be one of the best enjoyed social events of the season. Over 200 guests were pres ent, a number being from surrounding towns. The guests were entertained for a short time with legerdemain and music, after which they were given banquet, during which there was a concert pro- gram by Austin's orchestra. A general social time, with dancing, followed the banquet