Connecticut western news., 1910-02-03
NEWS ABOUT THE STATE

Personals and Other Items ot Interest
 Clipped from Exchanges.
 Plans for the coming corn show to be 1 held Ill Worcester in November under the auspices of the New England Corn Exposition were discussed at the regular monthly meeting of the state boardaof agriculture held last Thursday. Definite action was deferred until the next meet ing of the board, bnt it is proposed to make COnnacticut's contribution in pre- miums $500 and of this amount the State Grange stands ready'to furnish $2OO.
 A new camp of Sons of Veterans was organized in Bristol Thursday night aud will take the place of the one disbanded several years ago. Its name will be i Gilbert w. Thompson Camp, No. 13, aud starts with a charter list of twenty six members.
 The Bristol SS Plainville Tramway ! Go, on February 1 reduced the price for electricity to users of its meter service from TIE cents to l5 cents kilowatt hour. The reduction was voluntary on the part of the company, there having been no agitation or application made for lower rate
 The Meriden Woolen Company's large plant was sold at auction last Thursday to Ernest Kruse of New York, for $74 800. Itw learned later that Kruse was acting for the Guthman, Solomon Company of New York.
 Prof. William B. Bailey of Yale, State Supervisor of the Census, in speaking of the coming enumeration, said he thought it would show the population of the state to be approximately 1,O5O,O GOO as against 900, 900 in 1900. The cities, he, thought would show large increase, especiallyin the foreign population, but that the country towns would show a decrease.
 The American Shear and Knife O., of Hotchkissville, is to give up the man ufacture of shears as soon as their pres ent stock is worked up, and will devote their plant exclusively to the making Of
 
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 Fire last Thursday destroyed a i've story brick building at Chapel and Hamilton street, New Haven, occupied by Snow 6 Petrelli Manufacturing Company. The fire started in the boiler room and when the firemen arrived had spread over tho entire building. The loss is estimated at about $35, ,O00.
 Mrs. Joseph Trent offered ill probate court in New Haven last Friday the nickel name plate from her husbands coffin as proof of his death. The court accepted it as evidence of the fact and placed her application on file.
 John Nocerini. a grocer of Berlin, filed a petition in bankruptcy last Friday, with liabilities of $957.7O and assets of $975 53, of which $385 53 are debts due on open account.
 There will be public hearing on the proposed transformation of the Board man Manual Training School ill New Haven into trade school, on Friday, February 4, ill tho school building
 Elliot Summers, aged 77 years, was found dead ill his room at 9 Windsor | street. Waterbury, Friday morning, he having taken his life during the night by cutting his throat. MT. Summers was recognized locally as a good sportsman, and was especially fond of fishing and hunting. He has been Respondent for some time.
 7 Charles Gadboise, farmer, 61 years old, was found dead ill brook under the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad bridge near Plainfield Friday night He strayed from his home Thurs D day night and search was made for him. He was subject to fits and it is thought 3 he had one while crossing the bridge and fell into the brook, distance of about twenty feet. He is survived by his wife and four children.
 The DAnbury &5 Bethel Electric Light e Company has filed a certificate increasing its capital stock to $3OO,OO0.
 t Edward Wells of Danbury and Albert D 0. Ryckman of Bridgeport, trustles at @ the Bridgeport jail, escaped Friday : night by prying off a cover of a coal hole . i'll the boiler room.
 t Louis Brown, g years old, of Williman- s tic, was seriously burned by all explosion f of gasoline at the new State School for t the Feeble Minded at Exeter and is now f at the Rhode Island Hospital ill Provi. e dence. He has been employed ut the n school for some time as general assistant Franklin T. Ives, at one time a member ;, of the State Board of Arbitration, retired D merchant man and author, died at his ; home in Meriden Sunday night of heart o trouble, aged 82 years.
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