Connecticut western news., 1873-09-05

Horse Stealing. John LiddY tells us that
 last Tuesday night three men entered his
 stables in Lincoln city Q4akeville,) and
 stole his horse. He procured another
 horse and followed them to two miles be-
 yond Chapinville on the road to Ashley
 Falls, where he overlook them riding the
 horse. He fired four shots of his revolver
 at one of them and three at the other, when
 he succeeded in getting bis horse and bring
 ing him home.
 | Crystal Weddinq.-Abeut hundred of
 the friends of MT. and Mrs. Wm. l.. Ab-
 bolt of Ashley Falls, met at their residence
 in that village last Monday evening, and
 helped them celebrate the fifteenth ami
 versary of their wedding. Generous dele gations from Sheffield, New Marlboro, Ga
 naan and Salisbury were present, each and
 all bringing with them appropriate, and
 many of them elegant and expensive to-
 kens of friendship and esteem. The large
 grounds about the house were illuminated
 and quite spirited game of croquet be-
 tween Ashley Falls and Canaan was played
 just before midnight, which resulted in
 victory for Ashley Falls. After grand
 good time the party broke up about one
 o'clock. Among the presents were large
 fernery, casters, gold lined spoon holders,
 silver and glass butter dishes, sugar bowls,
 plendid globe and gold fish and large de-
 canter. (The donor of tbis doeslnotbing
 on the half way plan, and the decanter was
 tiled, as it is right and proper it should be. )
 Few wedding anniversaries are 30 success
 fully celebrated, as was this, the fifteenth
 of these highly esteemed citizens of Ashley
 Falls, Mir. and Mrs. Wm. L. Abbott.
 1Ae Fesninger Concert The musical
 concert at Lakeville last Friday was one of
 the finest ever given in that place. The vi-
 olin playing of MT. Feininger was pro-
 nounced the best the country can produce.
 This is g pretty strong assertion, but those who heard it are ready to testify to it's cor rectness. If there is 8 better. violinist in . the United States than Mir. Feininger, he is respectfully invited to make it manifest. The violin playing of Miss Lili Eiche, a young lady sixteen years old, was also most excellent. She bids fair to become one of
 the best players in the country. Mrs. Fein- finger possesses a very smooth, sweet voice
 of large compass, and her rendering of the various pieces she sang during the evening was beyond the expectations of those who, although they had heard much of her, had never before heard her sing. Finlay Fin. layson is very powerful and correct sing
 er Altogether the concert was grand
 success in every respect, and if those who attended the last Kellogg concert in Win sted said frankly this Feininger concert was hundred per cent. better; that the singing of Mrs. Feininger was in many respects ) equal to that of Miss Kellogg, we think we shall be excused if we say they told the - truth.
 q 4 Famasly Afair.-A little episode ln req s life occurred during the sermon while we 5 were on the grounds last Friday, which will not do to remain unrecorded. In front oi f us sat the intensely interesting family oi e the Honorable MT. Harris, whose residence t is very near the camp depot at the railroad e and whose ''folks'' are noted for being very e successful with the fortunes of those who
 go there to be told they are doomed to be
 come Every rich and influential and vii :, travel much.'' Immediately behind tho three year old sat the handsome daughter + of six summers. and failing to get interest ed in the sermon, the SIX summers sough amusement by seeing how near she coult Il jab pin at the bare foot of the three-yea ; old ahead of her, and was succeeding ad '- mirably; punching the pin splendidly near : when an unlucky twist of the elbow sent '' It an inch and seven-eighths plump int, . the south east end of the foot, which result U ed in there going up shout from the opel - countenance of the owner that entirel, y eclipsed anything we ever before heard a a representation of ''true pathos." Quick t CT than streak O lightning flew into tn y air the generous arm of the queenly matrol It who sat by the side of the pin jabber, an, u down it came like sledge hammer on tn
 back of the 'innocent" pin operator, pro duciAg sound like cufing an empty bar :, rel with cooper's mallet and which echoe o and re-echoed among the pines with al . the interesting variations. It is quite saf to say that within a radius of hundre, feet from the scene, there was not straigh :. countenance, and there was lively deman , for handkerchiefs, or wad of any des cription, with which to choke back the hi ., larity that asserted It's right to come out an, '. join with the exercises. Strange as it ma
 seem; not as much as an expression o ,, surprise was discovered on the face of tn ,a girl who was the recipient of this motherly To attention, which tells plainly enough, sh 70 was used to it. That blow would hay 70 killed the toughest white man in the cour Q. try.
 A' Ihe FSnneyan Slaaghter.-T Winste g. sted Herald splutters about whs h. we said concerning the slaughtering of th y young man Finnegan at the Charinville d. Vo pot short time since, and says somethin y about ''the other side of the story, whic
 can be duly authenticated if need be. Won't the Herald please ''tell that otht ." side to the story" and ''authenticate" ;, proposed. In conversation with one of il , jurymen last Saturday. who heard all th g /, testimony, he said five out of the six wit ~ neeses swore positively to the man Finn '' gan stumbling over can, which, with otl .s CTS was being unloaded on the passeng' W platform near to the door entering tt , room designed for passengers waitin - room. What we claimed two weeks sine e and what we now claim is, that the censul on FoN o 'o "ns'so