Connecticut western news., 1872-05-03

Post Office Norfolk. Post Office, Ashley Falls. Post Office, West Cornwall Fuller & Co.'S store, Kent. | Gager Brothers. Sharon H. H. Churchill. West Winsted. Post Office, East Canaan. W. W. Merrifeld, Millerton. N. Y. F. L. Pond St Co.,, Winsted. New Advertisements.
 Grand Central Depot. Mrs. M. Richardson. Kent Cottage Seminary, W. G. Crosby. For Sale at Bargain, Edward Barton. Dress Making, Misses Spurr & Roraback. Bee Hives, H.. E. Wetherell. Probate Notice, Est. of Chas. Dean.) F. c. Dean. Coal and Lumber, Hicks Wilbur Co. Coal-Hicks Wilbur Co. have received | few more car loads of coal.
 M. E Csurch. the sale of slips in the M, E. Church in Lakeville, to- morrow, Saturday afternoon at ? o'clock. Inaugur1ted.- .-Gov. Jewell was insugu- rated in New Haven last Wednesday, with the usual parade and ceremonies. In anoth CT column we publish extracts from his ad- dress on that occasion.
 Neao Houses.-The new houses on Rail road street, which are being erected by Mir. Curtis and MT. Vosburgh, are rapidly ap- preaching completion, and when done will make their owners very neat and comfort able homes.
 ScaIded.-A little twoyear-o girl of
 MT. Halahan's, who lives near the Chattield
 ore-bed, while walking backward last week
 Thursday, fell into a pail of hot water
 which was standing on the floor, and was
 so badly scalded that it died the same night. | Dolly Vardens.-At Jewells store in
 this village, that gay and sparkling maiden.
 Dolly Warden, with whom everybody is
 "dead in love-" is to be found every day,
 We have seen that damsel and instantane
 ously pronounced her ''stunner."
 Dress Makjng.-We feel quite assured that the two ladies, Misses Spur and Rora back who have located in this village fol
 the purpose of carrying on dress making
 will fully satisfy all who choose to give
 them work, both in their work and theil
 prices. Read their advertisement.
 Hond Up.-Why don't the finder of the
 large mink fur cape, which was lost some
 where on or near Town Hill, the 29th oi
 March, carry it to the office of Barnun
 Richardson Co.,, in Lime Rock, or to tho
 Millerton Iron Co.,, and get well paid fol
 their trouble !? It al'oays pays to be honest Deczined.-We have received from cor
 respondent from Kent, communication
 in relation to an article in their village pa
 per concerning various church matters il } that village, which savors so strongly of { local or neighborhood scandal, and being couched in pretty strong language, we fee : compelled to decline.
 That Book.-The "Great Industries O. the United States" the title of the work tt which we alluded last week, is being can
 vassed for in this town this week, and st far as we have learned the agent, MT. Mead
 is meeting with good success. Give twt and one-half minutes, Gf you can spare nt more,) of your valuable time to an examin
 ation of the work. It will pay to do it.
 Thot Te1egrapA. long, Oh! how , long must we wait for those telegraph pole r to be erected, and the wires lifted upol
 them The poles are conveniently distribu 3 ted along the road of the Conn. Western Co and it is hoped the work will soon be com pleted. We have special dispatch fo l Sitka, which we very much wish to sent 3 via Chapinville and Foley's Crossing. Got Tvred.- Conductor Hinsdale, afte , running over the road from Winsted t. Millerton twice day during the week, snt once each Sunday for some weeks, beside making sundry midnight excursions ove various parts of the road, ''kinder run out,
 and for few days was obliged to suspen'
 operations on his part, very justly corclu ding that his constitution would need fev amendments. before it could endure such constant and unremitting toll. We ar glad to see him back on the road again.
 Correctsom.-In ''Lakeville Jottings" las d week, ouNtype made the item concernin |, the amount of business done at that statio t during last month to read $2l. It shoul n have read $2lOO. It is but justice to Col d Tupper that this correction in the figure
 should be made, as it is generally know
 that he is one of the best managers of , depot on the line of the road, and for US , publish that his entire months bushes # amounted to only $2I, was "going back
 on the Colonel in a manner that is anythin
 but gratifying to us.
 is Forest Fires.--Last Saturday weel ]; sparks from locomotive ignited the dl ts leaves on "Bear Hill in East Canaan, an IT before the fire was subdued, about % ( Il 30 acres of timber was badly injured al Last Saturday, the same locomotive, s'Sta 'r Line," again showered cinders in anon
 the leaves of another portion of the hil IT and caused 8 much more destructive fiji Il than the one the week previous. We al informed that from 100 to 15O acres of tin ss Der land was swept over by the deyourir 3, element in this instance.
 1 s> Pope BusAmes's Letter.-We publish
 another column letter from Pope Bus IF nell, Esq, of Bethany, Wayne Co.,, Pen Q sylvania. MT. Bushnell is well-known a all the older inhabitants of this town, ar te his pen-picture of the early times. cann V, fail to interest all who are interested in tl ,I, history of this town, also it will be res o o with much pleasure by others who are n T particularly interested in Salisbury, as i
 apt illustration of the early life of the il ,. habitants of the town in it's primitive day ,t will apply with truthfulness to that ( if any New England town. Our thanks a te due Mir. Bushnell for this really spicy ar