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General State News.
HIS EIGHTY-SECOND.
Henry Warren, the Ansonia newsdealer, will soon celebrate his eighty-second birthday. He is very spry and active yet.
GETS TWO AND A HALF YEARS.
William McNamee of Bridgeport, found guilty of setting fire to Dorman's livery stable here several weeks ago, was sentenced to two and a half years in state prison.
GETS FIFTEEN YEARS IN STATE PRISON.
BRIDGEPORT, Conn., Feb. 25.—Charles Green, the young colored man found guilty of committing rape on Rachel Wilson, eighty years of age, residing near Stamford, was to-day sentenced by Judge Sanford, of the superior court, to fifteen years in state prison.
JUDGE STORR'S FUNERAL.
The bearers at the funeral of Judge Storrs in Hartford yesterday were Messrs. Roland Mather, H. K. Morgan, John C. Parsons, Leverett Brainard, Rodney Dennis, Ward W. Jacobs, Ambrose Spencer, A. E. Hart, C. T. Millard, F. I. Prentice, G. W. Chapin and Charles D. Allen. These gentlemen have been connected with Judge Storrs in business at the Pratt Street Savings bank.
FIFTEENTH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.
Charles L. Case and wife of Ansonia, who are fifteen years wedded, were visited by a large party of friends Monday night. All the visitors came laden with baskets of choice eatables and gifts for the occasion. Two of the party brought in a rocker for Charlie. This was the last straw. It was presented by J. E. Bristol in a very comical speech, which excited roars of laughter.
THE DEPOSITORS NOT UNEASY.
The injunction placed on the Willimantic Savings institute, in February, 1889, forbidding the withdrawal of deposits for one year, is now removed. Yet the depositors do not seem disposed to withdraw their funds, except in cases of actual necessity, which shows plainly that the full confidence is restored in the old institution, which is now in a sound financial condition, owing to its judicial management.
MR. TUCKER MISSING.
Mr. Talcott M. Tucker of Hartford, aged forty, has not been seen by his relatives since February 10. He is a machinist and works at the Pratt & Whitney company. The contractor has not been able to trace him and told his friends that he would have to employ a new man if Tucker did not put in an appearance. Tuckers relatives think that he may be sick and with friends out of town. When last seen by them he complained of being sick.
A PLAN OF ACTION.
At the meeting of the creditors of W. R. Hurd, of Bristol, Monday afternoon, a plan was agreed to for the formation of a joint stock corporation with a capital stock of $5,000, in which all the creditors of the estate might enter, at 25 per cent. on the value of their claims. An assessment of 20 per cent. is proposed to be made on this stock, to cover immediate expenses, and it is hoped that a favorite sale can be made of the property by keeping the business running and preserving the good will.
WASHINGTON, CONN., ETC.
Be careful how you address your letters to Washington. Washington is a state. Washington is a town in this Nutmeg state. Washington is a city in the District of Columbia. Washington is the name of nearly forty towns in different states, and besides all these there are a Washington Bar, a Washington Borough, a Washington Court House, a Washington Center, a Washington College, a Washington Depot, a Washington Gulch, a Washington Harbor, a Washington Heights, a Washington Hollow, a Washington Mills, a Washington Prairie, and a Washingtonville—all postoffices.
IN WALLINGFORD.
WALLINGFORD, Feb. 25.—There were four funerals in town to-day, Miss Hennessey, who died at the house of Henry Jones, and a sister of Mrs. Patrick McKenna, funeral from the Holy Trinity church at 9 o'clock this morning; Mrs. John Hodgett's from her late home at 2 o'clock this afternoon, also at the same hour the funeral of Hubbard Barnes from his late home in Quinnipiac, buried in the Center street cemetery, and Dennis Hollern from the Holy Trinity church at 3 o'clock this afternoon.
The wedding of Willis A. Trask and Miss Mary Thomson is announced for two weeks from to-day at 5 p.m.
Mrs. Skinner, mother of Mrs. W. Burr Hall is very low with pneumonia. Dr. McGaughey attends and Dr. Sanford of New Haven has been called in consultation in the case.
The Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co. Aid society have elected John Norton president, H. E. Owens vice president, B. F. Williams and Thomas Kennedy trustees, Henry Forster and Charles McLean auditing committee.
A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.
Nellie Drea, who was killed by switch engine 10 of the N. Y. B. and P. railroad at New London Saturday evening, was walking on the track and was with a friend, Mary Connors, who was walking just outside the rails. They had plenty of room to stand clear of the approaching engine, and Miss Connor called to lookout but the unfortunate girl became confused and stepped directly into danger. A stretcher was brought from the station and the mangled body of the young girl taken to Jerome Keeney's residence, corner of Douglas street. Drs. Nelson and Braman came to the aid of the poor girl but she was beyond help as she had sustained a compound fracture of the right leg below the knee, her left arm was crushed to the shoulder and her left leg, from the knee to the hip, was mangled into a shapeless mass. Rev. Father McGowan administered the last right of the church to the dying girl and at about 10 o'clock she passed away. The remains were consigned to the charge of Pendleton & Parlow, the undertakers, and on Sunday were carried to the home of the mother of the deceased in Groton.
