Connecticut western news., 1906-11-22
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 zen of New Milford died Monday of a complication of diseases. He was born in 1891. He represented the town in Legislature of 1867, 1868. 1869 and in 1881.
 At the meeting of the Yale Corpora tion at New Haven Monday a gift of $50, 900 was announced from an anony- nous giver, to be used ill founding the John Slade Ely professorship ill the Medical College in memory of Professor Ely.
 New Hartford, Nov. 16.-Firc de- stroyed the residence of Solon Rust at New Hartford Friday, together with most of its contents, entailing an estimated loss of $2000, which is partly covered by insurance. No one was in the house when the fire broke out. A defective fue is supposed to have caused the fire.
 J. E. Keller of Litchfeld has been granted a patent on an imitation valve
 The report for October of Dr. Jo- seph H. Townsend, secretary of the state board of health, shows 1,273 deaths during the month, being 143 more than the average of October for five years. The death rate was 15.2 for the large towns and 15.3 for the small, and 15.2 for the whole state. The principal causes of death were as follows: Nervous system, 156; consumption, 133; heart, 124; pneu- monia, 85; diarrhoea, 71; diphtheria and croup, 30; bronchitis, 30; typhoid fever, 25; whooping cough, g. Cases of contagious diseases were reported as follows: Measles, 41; scarlet fever, "A; cerebro-spinal fever, 1; diphtheria, and croup, 235; whooping cough, GA; typhoid fever, 135; consumption, 37.
 The star mail route between Col linsville and Torrington, Conn, will be discontinued November 24.
 J. H, Higgins of the J. H. Higgins Co. of Providence, R. l., has several men at work in the Greenwoods Company's plant at New Hartford breaking up and loading into freight cars old machinery for junk.
 The Southington selectmen think they have solved the tramp question. Tramps will be forced to travel to Mountain View Farm, distance of about one mile from the town, for a nights lodging. A large wood pile will be provided for the tramps to work upon. The lookup at the rear of the town hall will be closed to them in the future
 According to the Connecticut Citizen there are So no license towns in the state and 79 where license prevails.
 Postmaster A. w. Converse of Windsor Locks has been a collector all his life and has acquired 300 diff ferent engravings of Washington, no two of them being alike He became interested some years ago in secur- ing Americana. His collection con-
 
 ton by as many authors. He found many volumes, curious and interest ing, concerning Connecticut His col lection at the time numbered 600 volumes. In some ways the most in- teresting was the one of Indian relics secured within a mile of the present post office block. The Indians had regular workshops on the west bank of the Connecticut by ''the rapids" at Windsor Locks. Wagon loads of the "quartz chips" have been found, where the primitive work shops were located. Postmaster Converse had 125 Indian pipes in his collection
 The Standard Brush Company of New Hartford is operating it's shops over time to keep up with orders and is running until 9 o'clock Monday, "Wednesday and Friday evenings.
 John Mack, 22 years old, was the victim of peculiar accident while at work in South Coventry. He was at work on a roof and fell about twen- ty-fve feet. He struck on his feet, felt no pain and climbed up the lad der to the roof and went to work again, not giving second thought to the matter. until several hours later when his right leg began to pain him. He was taken to the office of a doctor who found that the right leg was broken in two places.
 Mrs. Backus, living near Middle town, attempted to take two dead pigs from SOW, which attacked and badly chewed her arms. One arm had to be amputated in the hospital
 Frank Bartlett's blacksmith shop in New Britain was found Saturday