Connecticut western news., 1872-12-13
Connecticut Western Nsvvs.

Vinegar. VI. Dexter | Probate Notice, Assignment Washinee Co. Probate Notice Estate of Walter Warner. l Probate Notice, Estate of Wm. c. Lawrence.
 Closed.-The spoon shop at WolcOttvlle has closed, thus throwing forty hands out of employment.
 Loal,-Coal has almost entirely super ceedrd wood as fuel in Norfolk since the completion of the Connecticut Western.
 New Cars-The Connecticut Western railroad has just received two new cars from the Wason works, Springfield.
 Yoked.-An officer from Litchneld called at Judge A. Moore's residence last Sunday. yoked by irons to a horse theft, to get a grand jurors complaint signed. The Judge says they were happy looking pair.
 Rensooa! !-Lamonte 6 Adams, paper makers, i. is reported. are to remove their works from Stockbridge, Mass, to their new mill at Bridgeport, next April.
 AnotAer Veteran Gons.-Mr. Benjamin Bissell, one of our veterans of the war of 1872, died last week at the residence of his nephew, Chas. H. Bissell, aged s2 years.
 The NeW StOre.-Someb0dy says Egg gleston Bros. in their new store in Mil lerton are working up pretty heavy trade. Will have to go over and see about it one of these days.
 Found.-somebody has lost dog. Will the owner of this homesick purp call at this office and pay for thls advertisement and be informed where he can fnd his property7
 Large 7urkeys-F. G. rean of Falls Village nas pair of large turkeys weigh ing thirty seven pounds the day they were SIX months old. The gobler weighing 2l pounds and the hen l6 pounds. Who can beat it.
 4 Fn.-A daughter of MT. O'Brine of Lakeville, young girl twelve or thirteen years tell in At last Monday morning about seven o clock, and remained uncon- scious till past noon.. She is rapidly recov- ering from its effects.
 Large Cyoek-The Thomaston clock company have recently sent 8 $2,5O0 tow CT clock to Ohio. The pendulum is l4 feet long. Is this the size of the clock for the Con gregatiOnal church tower in this village, of which something was said some months since?
 Grantoi1e-The c. w. R. R Go. are building depot at Granville, in size 20 by 32. They have also put in side track. | and have put their water tank in good working order this fall. A new post-Ofice is established in Granville with Mir. M. F. Grant as postmaster.
 District Court.-The District Court is working satisfactorily. and already the great saving to parties by having . court at their doors is very apparent. The four days it has been in session In New Mil ford has saYed the parties half the yearly expense of the court. Six cases occupied l the attention of the court at this session.
 The Jubilee Singtsts.-The Jubilee sing CTS are coming! They will sing at the Congregational church on the evening of the 20th inst We shall have further par tlculars Tn our next. All seats reserved. Tickets for sale at M. c. Jewev's in this village, and T. L. Norton's, L;.keville. Sule commencing next Wednesday morning.
 Chess by TegegrapA. - Hartford and Springfield are engaged in game of chess, the moves of the parties who, being sta tic ned in their respective cities, were di- rected by telegraph. At the 6lst move Springfield collapsed and Hartford was pronounced tue winner of the game, Springfield being very badly beaten.
 Assignment.-Las Saturday the Wash inee Company in this village went into in- solvency, and Henry Hubbard was named in the assignment as trustee. The Hon. J. B. Hardenburgh of Canaan oficiates ss judge in the m alter; Judge Moore of this village being disqualified to act on account of being st0ckholder in the concern. It IS sad misfortune to tho town to have such a corporation go down, and it cannot but effect business here. We are in hopes an arrangement can be cOnSummated, whereby these works may be kept in mo- tion.
 Town HiH EpiAoodoo. of our fel- low citizens who have lately moved and had being upon Town Hill, have come to grief on account of the solicitude they have manifested for sundry horses afflict- ed with the Epi-hoo-doo. At least it IS supposed that this solicitude alone prompted them to establish hospital at Town Hill aforesaid, where horses belonging to other people could receive grstuitous care; but the law has interfered with this humane project, unfortunately construing this be- nevOlent intention into an attempted in Engagement of the eighth commandment and the statute laws of Connecticut. Though the parties concerned were Win ter-y; the action of the law was very summary. For further particulars see the records of Tupper's police court.
 Ineorrect.-The late George Cofing of Salisbury had $l0.UO0 worth of wines ln tis cellar at the time of his death. Hart ford CourGnt.
 We were very sorry to read the above in the columns of the Courant That jour nal seldom makes mistakes, and when it does will readily and cheerfuly correct them. We are authorized to say that the above assertion is entirely without founda- tion Mir. C0fing having no large quantity of wines or other liquors in his cellar; nor has he ever had any considerable quantity, more than few bottles of brandy eighty years old, which was presented to him by his father. and which is never used except for medicinal purposes. MT, c. was man