Connecticut western news., 1872-02-09
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 Annual Meeting. Housatonic R. R. Co. For Sale, A. 5. Austin. Auction, Sherwoods SOlumn. Pay Up, Gillette q Biasell. Fonnd C.J. Decker. For Sale, John R. Proctor A Card. Shepard & Cochrane.
 Litchfeld- City people are already en- gazing board for the coming summer in Litchfeld.
 House Sold. Hast Monday, Mir. P. E.. Herter sold his house and lot just south of MT. H. Bundy's in this village, to Michael Pendergest, for $7OO.
 Court PrOceedjngs.-Last Saturday after noon, Frank Wolfe was before Justice Tuppcr on the charge of selling intoxica- ting liquors, and after pleading guilty, the usual fine was imposed.
 Neqo Stage Route-We, learn that a naw stage route will soon be established between Mill River and Canaan Depot. The route will include the villages of New Marlboro. Southfield and East Sheffield. Distance eleven miles.
 Coa1-W. E. Hicks & Go. have their coal, al,houses well filled with the beet of coal, and are ready to supply all who need ton on two more of concentrated summer. They have three sizes, viz, Egg, Stove and Chestnut.
 Store Sold.-Messrs Gillette & Bissell, merchants in this village, have sold their store of goods to Mir. Moore c. Jewell, their former clerk. The goods will be inven. toried next week, after which MT. Jewell will come into immediate possession.
 Charcoas.-The Winsted Hera1d says Eldridge M. Curtis, in the southeast corner of New Hartford township, has engaged to furnish 5O,OOO bushels of charcoal to the Barnum Richardson O., at $l2,5O deliver ed in New Hartford, or $l6. .oO delivered al Canaan.
 AfslE Business. are favored with an excellent report of the tlfth annual meet ing of the Housatonic Valley Milk Associ- ation held at West Cornwall. Jan. 3Oth, also copy for publication, of the contract with Henry Schaffer for the sale of milk for the association. all of which will be published in the NEWS nert aoeek. ..s.-.--a.
 EHswortA. friends of Rev. H. Q. Judd, met at the house of D. P. Griswold in Ellsworth on Wednesday evening, Jan. 3lst, and after enjoying a pleasant social time and good oyster supper, presented bim with purse of .1Jfy sir dollars, and the best wishes of all, for his future hap piness and prosperity.
 Aurora Borea5is. Sabbath even ing there was beautiful auroral display in the southern heavens. A wide belt about 30 degrees above the horizon, and exten. ding longitudinally from 60 to 75 degrees, gave most beautiful crimson hue, resem bling the inside of.a luscious water melon. It maintained it's position almost entirely unchanged, for about two hours.
 iS,aoo.-Last Saturday night, snow fell to the depth of something like six or eight in ches, yet the wind heaped it up about as fast as it came, so that the exact depth was difficult to ascertain. It is sufficient 10 say it was the deepest snow of the season thus far and gave the owners of sleighs theil first opportunity to dust them off and gel them out for use.
 The Stage Route-Mr. A. s. Austin, who for the past twelve years has driven the stage between Millerton and Falls Will lage, drove his last trip last Saturday. The iron horse has taken from him his passen. gers, and the government released him from his contract of carrying the mails, and the old horses last Saturday after theil arrival in Milerton were bidden, rest. The faithful beasts no longer will trudge theil heavy loads between those villages through all kinds of weather. They have wei earned their liberty and ought to be eman cipated.
 W51d Cat Cought.-Last Wednesday morning, Mir George Sellick went into hi hen house to examine steel trap he ha6 set in there to catch an animal of some de scription, which was stealing his hens. Al he entered the door, a wild cat gazed at hin with anything but an amiable countenance The cat opened wide his mouth and uttered growl that was very efectual invitation | for MT. Sellick to stand back. A charge of shot in the face of his majesty cooled his ardor. He weighed thirty one pounds and measured three and one half feet iron the tip of his tail to his nose. -..- e,l as.a. l -Winsted-A few days since we strayee over east as far as Winsted, and spent couple of hours looking about that enter prising village. It IS something like fifteer years since we have been there, except tt pass hastily through on the cars while or the way to Hartford over the Connection Western road. We confess to being con siderably surprised at the extensive amour of manufacturing being carried on there The merchants seemed busy and everythiu, indicated business thrift and enterprise Stepping into the Heragd office we fount brother Vaill as busy as two tinkers ''slinging ink" with almost incredible rapid l ity, while his many compositor were stick ing type as though they found it necessary to attend strictly to business, to keep uI with the editors industrious quill. In tn, center of the large room, Was their minia ture engine tugging away under pressure 1 of p pounds of steam. running an eightl medium Gordon press. We immediatel, fell in love with that infantile ''bulgine, aud if Brother Vaill could have been in duced to part with it, should have probabl, brought it home in our overcoat pocket Small as it is, it will turn their largest pres