Connecticut western news., 1871-10-13
SALISBURY, CONN. Friday Morning, Oct. 18th, 1871.
STATE NEWS.

Somers had quarter of an inch of ice Friday evening.
 P. T. Barnum's show will break up in Yonkers, about the goth of next month. The stock will be wintered in New Milford. The fat men of Milford have been play ing the lean men game of base ball, the victory resting with the heavy weights.
 The president and directors of the New York and New Haven railroad will soon have splendid private car on the road
 Edward Ladd, saloon keeper a: Baltic. committed suicide Thursday, the 2lst, by taking laudanum.
 A complete copy of the New Testament, printed in the Chinese language, on bamboo paper, is exciting the curious in Bridge port.
 A raspberry bush in New Haven is grow ing a second crop of berries. A pear tree is also exhibited on Elm street, the lower limbs of which are filled with mature fruit, while the upper branches were few days ago in futf! bloom.
 Mir. Treadwell. of New Fairfield, bor- rowrd an eagle to exhibit at the Danbury fair, Thursday. and i.a la: Was iaki,.g it out of box the nobe bird flew aw ", leaving Mir. Treadwell in frame of mind more easily imagined than described.
 Nathan Champlin, the oldest inhabitant of Norwalk, died Wednesday, aged 9l. He had family of twelve children. only three of whom survive him. He was carpenter and builder, and had amassed competency in his trade. ..
 Charles E. Palmer, of the firm of Pal mer $ Williams, at Norwich town, went to Providence two weeks ago for the purpose of trade and has not since been heard from. As he had money with him foul play is feared.
 A burglar, last Saturday, broke into Il house in West Haven, and stole about one hundred dollars from trunk belonging to money through the medium of a clairvoy- ant.
 The champion fool Taradiates from Bridgewater. He threw an empty glycer- inc can into a fire to ''sec the darned thing sizzle." He subsequently, remarked that the loss of four teeth was no fun of a thing just as winter is coming on.
 The. News says: "A Danbury boy dls- lurbed the symmetry of a family heirloom by saving off the tops of his great-grand- mothers bedposts for set of croquet balls. The lovers of relics will be gratified to learn that this Darwinian was properly attended to.
 Three of the prisoners confined at Litch field broke jail last Sunday afternoon, about six o'clock, and made good their escape They effected this by saving off one ot the bars in the south window. The sheriff and his deputies were soon in pursuit, bu as yet they have not been recaptured.
 Rev. G. L, Hovey, till recently New England District Secretary of the Foreigr and Christian Union, advertises his Hart ford residence for sale, being about to re move to Bricksburg, N. J., where he ha. purchased house, with view to make that place his home.
 The depot and other buildings necessary for the business of the Shepaug Valley rail road ct Litchfield are nearly completed Five miles of the track is laid :; th, bridge over the Housatonic river completed and five miles of track this side of tn bridge is ready for the rails. The enginee says the cars will be running about the frs of November.
 In the construction of the new iron bridg which is being built by the New York rail road over the Housatonic, at the junction over POO, 900 tons of iron have already beel used, and large amount will yet be re quired before the completion of the bridge It is now ready for the laying of rails iron the eastern shore as far as the draw. Whe finished it bids fair to be one of the bes built bridges in the United States.
 The Norwich Bulletin says :-'Ther was recently exhumed from the garret o an uptown mansion, curiosity of no littl local as we'll as general antiquarian interest namely, the veritable music book whic Benedict Arnold used and sung from whe he was young man and resident of thi town. The book, now in the possession of Guardon Ford of Brooklyn, throug presentation of Daniel Colt, has Arnold name written in a bold, clear hand acros the title-page, while the music (also manu script is written in part in Arnold's ham and part, doubtless, by his mother. Tn latter was good woman, and letters iron her to her son are extant, in which she ez horts him to flee temptation and live godly and upright life."