Connecticut western news., 1871-11-24
Connecticut Western News.

Connecticut Western News.
 Extra Copies of the NEws can bs obtained at Post Office In this Village. Grant E Sweets Lakeville. F. c. French's Lime Rock. Humphrey SDrug Store Canaan Post Office Norfolk.
 New HAdvertlseMezatss
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 Nab Hins.-Who stole Seron Decker's sausage meat ?
 Col. J. RusseU.-Of >Wetaug, has just finished laying lead pipe from his house and barn, to spring in his orchard, about a thousand feet distant.
 Crowded Out. The correspondence from Lime Rock and from Tibi of Huntsville, is unavoadably crowded out this week. It is good enough to keep and will appear next week.
 -Neao Telegraph. The Conn Western Go are distributing poles for new telegraph, which We understand will immediately be put up on the line of their Nad ' Thanksgiving. g.-The NEws for next week will be printed and mailed Wednesday night, in order that we may be very tha ful the following Thursday. Will our cor respondents help us out, by sending in their communications as early as Monday?
 Rather Better.-Drawing coal on the cars, is different thing from hauling it through the mud from Millerton or Falls Village on wagons. A gentleman of our acquaintance says that he saves eighty dollars on his coal bill this year in the item of transportation.
 Complimentary. the paying off in Canaan of the workmen on the Conn. Western, who have been under the super intendence of H. F. Harris of this village, on Saturday last, they presented him with box of choice Havana cigars, as token of their esteem tor him as their foreman.
 Naugatuck TaHey Se1stiney.-Is new paper just started in Ansonia, and is pub lished by Messrs. Jerome & Carpenter. The second number comes to US this week, and has decidedly fine appearance. The print is clear and the matter well and tastily arranged, and altogether Ii is worthy the extended patronage of that section. Congregational Society eting.-The an- nual meeting of the Congregational society of Salisbury. will be held Friday Dec. lst at l2 o'clock noon at the church, for the choice of officers for the ensuing year, and for the sale of slips. and any other business which may properly come before the meet ing. Per order of committee. Nun KjNed. d.-John Stevens of Sheffield, an Irishman employed on the Conn. Wes tern road, while on train distributing 1 telegraph poles, at this station yesterday forenoon, fell between the cars as the train suddenly started backward, and was in. stantly killed. He has family living in Sheffield.
 Busy.-The busiest man in Lakeville just now is Col. Tupper. who is engag ed in distributing the coal as fast as it arrives 1 to those who have purchased of Mir. Hall. The Colonel has been button holed at every corner by the victims of the coal famine, but has now succeeded in supplying the more pressing demands made upon him.
 SnoD.-Last Tuesday night. snow fell to the depth of about two inches, and be- iun od1 f<,o T, on which it lighted. Every limb and twig of the trees were loaded heavily with it, and Wednesday morning the landscape hereabouts' presented picture which was beautiful beyond description.
 Conn. Western.-A freight train has run from Canaan to Millerton and returned every day this week, taking nothing how ever but fully loaded cars. We under stand they are to continue running this train for the present. This is valuable con- venience, as it has brought and is bringing large quantities of coal to supply the will lages on the route.
 Plucky.-A boy named John Killmer, 10 years old, while playing in and around the Car wheel foundry at Lime Rock, had his hand caught in some gearing, tearing the flesh and the nails from the fingers Withdrawing his hand as soon as pdssible, he gazed at the wounds with perfect in- difference, not uttering groan or even making whimper. The hand was dressed by MT. Daley, surgeon and oculist of the establishment.
 House for Iscura6les.-We have just l been favored with the fifth annual report of the managers of the House for Incur ables, situated at West Farms, Westches- ter Co.,, New York. The institution cares for those who are afflicted with chronic | diseases, for which no cure can be found, and who are unable to provide for them selves. The institution appears to be ac- complishing much good.
 A~ Old Settler.-A few days since, while the men under H. P. Harris, were at work digging cinders near the site of the old blast furnace ID Lakeville, which they were using for ballasting the track, 8 four pound cannon ball was found, which was cast at that furnace while the works were in the possession of the government, at the time of the Revolution. This is @ prized relict of those ancient times.
 Accident.-Last Monday as John Rourke, one of the laborers at the Davis ore bed, was assisting in the unloading of one of the heavy balance wheels to the new ore crusher, which was being got ready to be placed in position, he in some way got his finger caught under the wheel, and the end of it up to the first joint, was cut en. tirely off and dropped on the ground. John was one of the most faithfu, and 1 hnak r,,o,, in tlo oro l,oa o.al L. L.. .l>-