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General State News. AN ENGINE WRECKED. MIDDLETOWN, Oct. 30.-The 6:80 p. m. mixed train from Berlin on the Branch road crashed into the turn table near the round house last night. The engine was wrecked. The accident was due to a misplaced switch. THE ABILENE BANK. A prominent banker of Hartford received a telegram from the Abilene (Kansas) bank, in which they say: "Our creditors are not pushing; think everything will come right soon. Have not assigned." Signed, Lebold, Fisher & Co. This seems to indicate that the embarrassment is only temporary. A COMING WEDDING. Cards are out for the wedding of Dr. Pratt of Winsted and Miss Mary Gay, daughter of Hon. Henry Gay, the banker. They are to be married November 7 and sail for Europe on the Etruria soon after. They will stay abroad for a year and Dr. Pratt will devote much of the time to the further study of his profession. SOUND STEAMERS. The steamer City of Boston has gone to New York, where she is to be hauled out en the dry dook and will be newly coppered and receive other repairs. When everything is completed she will take the place of the steamer City of New York, and the latter boat will be hauled off to receive repairs for her winter season. DEATH OF DR. J. V. WILSON. The death of J. V. Wilson, M. D., at Waverly, Mass., at the age of 80 years, is announced this morning. He has been siok for some time, and his Norwich friends and acquaintances will not be surprised to hear of his death. He was a physician of the eclectie school, and has twice resided in this city and practiced medicine. He was of the Universalist faith and frequently preached in the pulpits of that denomination, and was respected for his ability and worth.-Norwich Bulletin. MANY AGED PEOPLE. Mrs. George W. Selleck of Norwalk, in accordance with her usual custom, gave her annual reception and dinner to a number of her aged lady friends at her home on Merwin street on Wednesday evening. The occasion was, as it invariably is, a successful social affair and highly enjoyed. The following were present: Mrs. Sarah Canfield, aged 90 years; Mrs. Catherine McDonald 88, Mrs. Betsy Hubbell 88, Mrs. Lucy Selleck 84, Mrs. Laura Morehouse 81, Mrs. Amy Dana 74, Mrs. Elizabeth Lounsbury 73, Mrs. Margaret Bunting 72, Mrs. Sarah Weber 71, Mrs. Sarah Rockwell 67. Besides these, .Mrs. Dr. Van Alstyne and other invited guests, without regard to age, were present. LOVE. The recent marriage of a young lady of 50, near Norwalk, to an elderly gentleman of 21 summers-and winters-is criticised unfavorably by some thoughtless persons who forget that love is blind, and therefore is not supposed to see just where to place his dart most appropriately in all cases. However, a correspondent of the Gazette makes it all right. He deprecates criticism and claims it was a really sensible occurrence. "The bride," he says, "was sensible in taking to husband a boy young and fresh and tender, and the boy showed excellent judgment in placing himself under the protection of a woman qualified by age and experience with the world, to bring him up to be a good man." This ought to settle it.-Stamford Advocate.
