Connecticut western news., 1873-01-31


 rooms in the best location in this village for business. These rooms are particular ly suitable for the millinery or dress making business. Possession can be had at once if desired. Apply at this office.
 Snotced U1aGsr.-Photographer Capron, of Millerton says he isn't showed under. Don't know as anybody has said he was, but great many have said he can make as good photographs or tlntypes as ''any other live man," and in this matter they know they are correct.
 "Of Tocatsng Editor Benton, of the Amenia 1Smes is off enjoying short va cation. and during his absence the Tunes is edited by the publisher, Mir. Charles H. Scott. Jr., who seems to succeed quite as well as editor as he has as foreman of his own office, the Tunes this week being very full of newsy paragraphs. We congratu- late Brother Scott on his success.
 Acc5dent. Last Saturday night as the evening train north on the Housatonic road was about mile below Cornwall Bridge it ran into yoke of cattle, which it tumbled up against the embankment In their | floundering they rolled back on the track, and just in front of the forward trucks of passenger car, which were torn out and the end of the car let down. The train was soon stopped, when it was found that nobody was injured, and no harm done, except to the car mentioned and the poor cattle who were so unceremoniously tum- bled about.
 . Another SnaasA up.-It is reported that our friend l.. D., the East Canaan mer- chant, was thrown partly through the win dow in his store door the other day by by -- ------ who intended, as he said, Ito throw him clean through, and that his intention would have been carried out if MT. D. had not been too large for the win dow. This item will be more readily com prehended when it is stated that the win dow in question was an unusually large one How much do we owe you now ?] Cold WcatAer-Yesterd (Thursday) morning, the mercury in thermometer at Mr. Martin Harris house stood at 32c be- low zero, which is the lowest point it has reached for many years past. We were up early in the morning, as all hGrd ao0rkifog men are, and saw the mercury at 3l below zero. The mercury in a thermometer at Postmaster Richardson's ran down as far as it could, got outside and ran around the concern two or three times, but was com pelled to give up the contest with disgust, not being able to keep up with the weather
 Primary Meeting. .-The republican cleo tors of Salisbury held primary meeting on Saturday, the 25th instant, and appoint 1 ed as delegates to the State Convention Gov. A. H. Holley, Robert Little, James w! Parks, and John A. Dresser; Delegates to Congressional Convention, M. L. Ora ham, Thos. NJ. Wells, Wm. A. Miles, Lou is P. Ashman; Delegates to Senatorial Convention, M H. Robbins, Wm. H. Raynsford, W. D. Reid, Charles Day: for Town Committee, Henry Hubbard, Adma- | V.
 | The Lost PocAet-6ook. Last Saturday af- ternoon while going from Millerton to Canaan on Conductor Elmore's train, Mr. John Beckley of Canaan lost his pocket book, which, as the sequel showed, he had lost from his s'pocket in some way or other, and it had dropped in his seat by his side. Fortunately for MT. Beckley an honest man came in the car and occupied his seat after he left it, and discovering the book, hunted up the conductor and left it ln his l charge to be given to the owner when found. This honest mans name is Geo. W. Kinne, and his address is Monterey, Berkshire Co.,, Massachusetts. "An hon est man is the noblest work of God" Let's publish his name every chance we get There were between seventy and eighty EdOilars in the book.
 SAepard's Tannery Burn ed Last Mon day forenoon at about 10 o'clock, Mir John K. Shepard's tannery, located in the rear of his store in.the village of West Nor folk, was discovered to be on fire in ths wheel house. Alarm was instantly giYer and every possible effort in the power o1
 man was made, but the flames so quickly
 enveloped everything that before as mucl
 as one pail of water could be thrown ol
 them all hope of saving the building wa gone, and the attention of the people wa turned to saving, if possible, the store an( house, also the huge stacks of bark nea the burning tannery. By their almost su perhuman efforts the store and house wer saved, although they were Subjected to more severe housewarming than is usuall, regarded as advisable for wooden structures Although about hundred tons of bari
 were burned and destroyed in their endeav was near Twas saved, but the tannery an bark buildings, and everything that was il them, was totally destroyed and leYeled t the ground, as it were, in an hours time The good old man, the father of MT. Joh 5 K. Shepard, who so many longs.years az built this tannery, and whose years of Tiff 4 spent there in the tanning business had ere 7 ated within him a strong affection for tn - old building, could not suppress the copiou } tears which would chase each other in ral i'd succession down his furrowed cheeks as he fingered with tottering steps abou the place where the rapid destruction wa g going on. The origin of this fire is nc + positively known, but it is supposed | , have caught from overloaded bearings o 2 some of the machinery, or from the stov in the wheel room. Mir. Shepard's loss 9 estimated at $6.O0O, which is insured fo $3, 800. Besides this w. M. Jacobs { 7 Son, of Peabody, Mass, lose about s ,OO on leather; also Geo. Dudley, of Wes ]. Winsted, loses on leather about $500. Mi 5 Shepard designs to rebuild immediately ol
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