Connecticut western news., 1873-10-10
Connecticut Western News.

Maltbie & Egleston, Falls Village Post Office In this Village Post Office. Lakeville F. c. Frsnch's Lime Rock Humphreys Drug Store Canaan Post Office Norfolk Post Office, Ashley Falls Post Office, West Cornwall s. 0. Conn's store. Kent Gager Brothers. Sharon II. H. Churchill. West Winsted F. L. Pond 6 Co.,. Wineted Lawrencs's Drug Store Canaan
 AmeniG Balloon.-Let's all go and sec the great balloon go up in Amenia to nor row, Fnday.)
 LeT TOver.-Considerabl correspondence is driven out of our columns thls week, by the account of the arrival here of the Graphic Balloon.
 Settled.-The majority in favor of tht Capital Amendment, is between COCO and 1000. That settles the question. Here after our state is to have but one capital and that is at Hartford.
 Burns Burned Peter Liners barn il Sharon was burned Oct. lst, with all hi hay, grain and tobacco. Supposed to hav' been set on fire Insured for $500. .... Oct 9th, Charles Reeds barn, on Sharon Noun tain, was struck by lightning, killing hi horse and burning his barn and all it's con tenfs No insurance
 Mite g Ahead. A correspondent writin, from Lime Rock says "Mike Malone i ahead on the potato question. He recent. dug from one potato hill, en old rat ant her family of twelve young ones, beside forty-fve good sized potatoes" The po tatoes he sells for fifty cents bushel ant the rats sivinty foive, be gorry!
 Sud Acctdent.-Last Monday, while MT Wm. Conklin's horse and wagon stood a the barn where he "butchers," the anma became frightened at something and turnet suddenly about and ran out into the read throwing out his eleven year old daughter Carrie, and breaking her left leg badly be tween the knee and hip.
 MdI. madest man in town is Judg A M, who says he missed his ol cat few weeks ago, and-''to-day4 dre, the old b-h up out of my well!" "Here, says he, "Tve been wondering where sh was, and all the time drinking water tine tured with cat out of that we'll where sht lay soaking, and am sissing hot mad abou it, and have right to bel"
 LakeUjgle Sagings Bank.-The followin figures, showing in brief, the condition o the Savings Bank, at Lakevlle at the clos of business Sept. Soth, have been gwen u by T. s. Norton, Esq
 Total Assets. s.........................$7 9,O3l 8 Total Liabilities. 683, ,l74 |. OuipluS S........................... Sf.SO0 (
 Six months interest at the rate of six pc cent. per annum was credited to depositol the 1st inst.
 Sickness at Daois Bed.--Considerabl sickness prevails among the workmen i the Davis ore bed, and quite a scare is ere ated in consequence. The regular prose cution of work is considerably disturbed the number being sick, and required to talk care of them, being so great as to serious ly cripple the operating force. The mala dy is called by some aship fever, resem bling typhus form of the disease, which said to have been brought by those who re gently crossed the ocean.
 Eyre Sn tShGr0n.-A barn belonging { Mir. Jacob Liner of Sharon, and situate about forty rods from his house, contain ing this years crop of tobacco, some twer ty tons of hay, crop of oats, fannin mill, sleigh, etc., was destroyed by fire o Tuesday afternoon last, with all it's con tents. The fire was discovered near tn top of the hay mow, but too late for it's e1 tinguishment. It is not known how tn fire originated, but the fact that a pistt shot was heard near by short time before suggefts that it may have been caused b the discharge of that weapon, The loss estimated at about $l7OO, on which ther was an insurance of $7OO in Hartfor company.-IGmes.
 Shoot Elm ct SSght.--Our Chicago COT respondent, who writes in another colum of this weeks NEWS, adds Tn private note incidentally, that recent law of the wes ern assembly of railroad men, instructs tn directors of any railroad 10 shoot at sigl all conductors who pay $500. for their of flee. Owing to tho unusual demand, Colt revolvers are raised $500 in price. It said there is but one passenger conductor the New England States, that is positivel known to have purchased his position ft $500, and he, by common consent is to | preserved for grand shooing match on Il day before Thanksgiving, open to all dire tors whs have never shot closer than tt "bulrs eye', at a distance of eighty rods
 Ore Bed DSScooered 6y c Dredm.-A ore bed was discovered on the farm of M Julius $. MorehOusc in Amenia on the 27, ult., by one of his sons, through the inf ence of dream. On the night previol he dreamed that there was ore in one of b
 fathers lots and in the road near by, al
 not far from the east turnpike bridge; al rising early he went to the spot befo
 breakfast and struck traces of it in sufi
 cient quantities to lead to further diggin
 Several pits have now been opened in u
 lot where it was thought to be, and ore
 apparently rich quality and considerab quantity was thrown out within distan of about ten feet of the surface. Wheth further operations will lead to an abunda