Connecticut western news., 1872-01-26

l oo ensllS S0a @l,oo loE the Tlp; rom Inter vening stations half the usu,l rates.
 T. s. GOLD, Sec. 1 StiI -4aother Eacursion-Thc atmos phere is fnll of excursions over the new Conn. western railroad. Yesterday (Thurs day) afternoon, large company filling four cars, from Scotland, passed over the road to Milerton.
 Court Proceedjngs.-La Saturday Mich ael Boyle of this village, was brought be- fore the justice on three indictments, and to all he plead guilty and was fined. Tbr most amusing case of the kind came before Justice Pratt las: Wednesday afternoon, in the person of Mrs. Thos. Phean, charged with rum selling. Sue plead guilty to the two indictments and the fine was imposed In manner characteristic of herself. she spent considerable time in urging the judge to ''throw off little" She finally pad the amount, but not till she had brought down the house several times by her quaint re marks, which We must say were very cx oressive if not so dignfed.
 BuiId5ng LOts-G. w. Pee1 Esq. of Falls Village says he is constantly receiving letters in regard to the sale of building lois in Salisbury, and wishes us to say to all that he intends to put all the lots he owns m this village in the market, just as soon IS he can arrange with the railroad com pany. He wants to get all the lines of the 1 land settled and certain before he has a 1 plan of th5 lots prepared for the town rec ords. He expects soon to be able to have the surveyor finish up his part of the work, when not only the village building lots, but 1 all,the real estate he owns Tn Salisbury. will be in the market, the whole or any part on fair terms, both in price and payments. When all IS ready. Messrs D. J. Warner and son, attornies in this village, will act as his agents.
 Black Made White.-The debate at the
 yceum last Monday evening was yer interesting one Mir. D. T. Warner in his remarks, paid a very flattering compliment to his opponent T. L. Norton, when he said to the audience that ''so skillfully did he (Norton) argue any question, that if it should be resolved that the devil was black. and Norton WAS on the negative, side, he would make out his. satanic majesty to be as white as an angel" Friend Warner is quite right, and for the benfit O his pro fession, we advise him to manage tc g't the executive committee to announce as a question: Resolved; that lawyers are moi in league with the devil; and appoint Mir. Norton as leading disputant on the negative. side, and he will bring them all out as white as-the devil.
 Satan's Kingd0m.-It may be of interest to some of our readers who have SO re gently passed through Satan's Kingdom on the Conn. Western road, to know the origin of such name for a particular local ity. It appears from 'tradtion," that in ancient times it was to certain extent customary to make use of nicknames, and these names would originate from various causes. The Satan's Kingdom above silu ded to, is an illustration of this practice. We are told that in the days of aulG lang syne, certain deacon residing in the town of Bethany, who, on account of the sick ness of the clergyman. was called npon to oficlate in his stead Entering the pulpit and reading an approved sermon, he made a prayer. Being disturbed in thought, owing doubtless to the place and occasion he prayed that Satans kingdom migAt De established, wien he intended to have asked, l that if IO,rhf hts GnSirnynI ,,,;ct t,l-, <,F | his kind on such an occasion could or aoould not be forgotten, and hence origina ted the name by which it has ever since been known.
 Anaother Nun KiUcd.-Last Wednesday forenoon, at about half past eleven o'clock. Wm. Lyons, brakeman on the ore and coal train, drawn by the State Line while reaching over to uncouple the train from the locomotive as it was passing the freight depot of this village, fell in front of the forward trucks of the hea,l car. and six cars heavily loaded with coal, and the forward truck of the seventh, passed oyer him. When found, he was laying directly across the rail, the wheels having passed over his abdomen. and almost, if not unte. severed the upper from the lower part of his body. The forward trucks of the head car which were the first to pass over him. were thrown from the track. and the train ran about seven car lengths with thrs.. trucks off. hefore if could he stopped, the trucks running to one side of the track as much as three and one half feet in some places. and finally coming back close up to the rails before it stopped There appears to be various theories as to the cause Of the wheels leaving the track. he indnnta lions i" the ties indicating the place it frs, jumped off as about 10 feet behind the spot where the hody was forud. and not the slightest indication of ifs being ther.. could be found. If the body lifted those trucks sufficiently to carry thl lm from the track, and was pushed by Them 10 feet further before it was stopped at the place it was found, it would seem almost i'm possible that some indications of blood 1 would not he left to mark the spot. Tho l conductor of the train said he never heard l of the body of mau throwing an ordinary car from the track and yet this car wa- heavily loaded with coal and going at a speed of about or miles an hour. Noth- ing about the place was discovered, ina, 1 could have caused it and what it was is 1 indeed mystery. It seems as thought re markahle fatality existed on the section oi the road passing through this village, as we learn that all but one, who have been k He'd OF the road, throughout it's entire length have been killed here, this of "Wednesday being the third within distance of half,a mile from the depot. The causes of these. deaths have not been the same, to lead on.