Connecticut western news., 1906-02-01
STATE N EWS

Under chapter 115 of the public acts of 1905, children born outside the United States can be employed only with an age certificate issued by the state Board of Education No other certificate Is legal for such children.
 N. H. Allen will retire from the office of organiSt and choirmaster of the Gen. ter Church, Hartford on May 1, after service of twenty years, longer term than that of any other organist who has played i'll that church.
 The business center of Moodus was almost completely destroyed by fire Sun day morning. The total less IS estimated at over $50,000. The fire was started either accidentally or purposely by bur glars who had footed a StC re.
 Edward Kirby, about 60, while driving across the Naugatuck division tracks of the Consolidated railroad in Litchtield street, Torrington, late Tuesday after noon, was struck by 8 switcher and killed. The horse escaped, but the wagon was smashed to fragments.
 The Connecticut river is now free of ice from Hartford to the Sound, re- markable condition at this time of year. Amer Sperry of Hartford will be 94 years old on February 6, and as he stood in front of his house on Ann street i'll that city i'll shirtsleeves on a recent morning he said ill all the time that he has lived 1 he had never seen winter like this one
 Mrs. Sylvia Durham of Southington, who is 105 years and months old, is in very feeble condition and confined to her bed, and it is extremely doubtful if the old lady lives to celebrate her 106th anni- versary. Mrs. Durham is the second oldest person in the state, Mrs. Deborah Staples Stillman of Bridgeport, who will be 106 years old, Feb. 21st, being the oldest and she is in good health and mind and can still read.
 Reduced rates on the Consolidated and Central New England railroads will be given for the house warming at the Connecticut Woman's Relief Corps home today. The home is located at Cromwell, one-fourth of mile north of the railroad station. The home will be open all day. There will be a short dedicatory service at 2.30 p. m. Lunch will be served at noon and after the ex- ercises by the W. R. O.
 At New London the famous old town mill. which dates back to about 1850, has been fitted with new outer and in ner wheels and is again in use by the lessee for grinding grain. The new wheels have been constructed of selected timber. The butt of tree was secured for hub for the big wheel at a cost of $25 delivered, and the smaller parts of the wheel were brought from East Lyme, Norwich and local mills and only the best stock of each kind was put in the wheel.
 A number of prominent Westchester county (N. Y) capitalists are interested ill a project for the construction of a ship canal to connect the Hldson river at Tarrytown with Long Island Sound at Port Chester, a distance of 14 miles If the canal is constructed, is is proposed to incorporate that part of WestchesteI county bounded by the canal on the north and the New York city line on the south into the new city of West chester. The territory within these boundaries has population of 100000 and would make a city of the first class Despondent on being told by his doc tor that he could never recover from 6 cancer which had disfgured his face
 John Deming, aged B years, a Rivertor } farmer, committed suicide some time } Sunday morning by shooting himself below the heart with shotgun. He was found in his small repair shop at the
 rear of his home by ais wife, early il the morning. He remained in the kitch en of the house until his wife had retired
 and then at some unknown hour slipped
 out into the shop where he committed the deed d--- Coroner R. T. Higgins wa. called and gave the cad se of death as sui eide. Deming is survived bv his wifi
 and sister, Mrs. Riley Smith of Winsted Edward L. Dwyer, 2 former residen
 Of Torr;ngton and TColebrook, who i now TocatHd m New York, has instituted ! a suit for S5, 600 00c- which -aama hAfar TSupreme Court Justice Amend Jan 24 on a motion to continue a temporar, injunction during the pendency of tn
 action. The defendants are Edward A Seeley and Roswell A. Briggs, both O Mexico but now of the Hotel Imperial { New York. Dwyer alleges that the de , fendants employed him to promote tn building of a railway from Mexico Git, to Port Escondido on the Pacific coas through lands rich in valuable timbe
 and gold and silver. They agreed t. give him 40 per cent. of the property which is worth $l0,000, 0,000.-Winstet . Citizen.