Connecticut western news., 1873-11-21
Connecticut western News.

uU&npuEVy OkuN OVOG0 ~~A@~A Post Onace Norfolk. Post Oface, Ashley Falls. Post Ofnee. West Cornwall. s. c. Conn's store, Kent. @sver BrotherV. Sharon H. H. Churchill. West Winsted. F. L. Pond & G.. Winsted Lawrencss Drug Store Canaan.
 Persona1-0ur West Cornwall cores pondent says Mrs Henry Ward Beecher spent last week in Cornwall.
 IHe Neso Y-The new track, connect ing the Housatonic railroad with the Conn. Western on the south at Canaan, making Y, is now very nearly completed.
 Hoosac Tunnel.-The headings" at the Hoosac tunnel in Massachusetts arc now quite near together. and it is expected the mountain will be pierced some time durin g next week.
 1hGnksgiving Day.-Next week being Thanksgiving week, we shall publish THE NEWS ono day earlier. Will our cores pondents and advertisers please govern themselves accordingly. sending in their communications one day earlier7
 Emery Grinding-George G. Crovell, Esq. formerly of this region is now trav- cling agent for tho Tanite company of Stroudsburg. Penn. He has sent US 8 large pamphlet. which is the most complete man. ual of emery grinding we ever saw. This company manufacture very extensively, solid emery wheels, and as we said above, MT. Crowell is travellng agent for the sale of the same.
 The Clarke House. Now that the Clarke House in Winsted has been to some extent remodeled, and is put in the very best pos sible repair. it is one of the most desirable stopping places for strangers in this section of the country. This house is extensively patronized, and the guests are made to know that Landlord Forester appreciates this generous patronage, by the amount of real home like comfort he has constantly in store for them.
 Sad Aecidsnt.-Last Monday evening. as sn employee of the Harlem railroad com- rany at Millerton depot. MT. Robert Van Deusen, stepped from the Harlem Express. which was just leaving that station. across to another track, he was struck by the milk train of the Conn. Western road. which was backing into the station, and so badly crushed he dled the following morning. Mir. Van Deusen was married only last Sat urday. and his sudden and terrible death falls with 8 crushing weight upon his wife.
 Ihe Singing ScAooIs.-The first session of the singing school in Canaan under the tuition of Mir. Buckingham was held in the basement of the M E. Church last Mon. day evening. We are informed that much larger number of pupils were present at this opening school than was expected. and all are encouraged to think that 1t will be a very successful season. The first school in Lakeville was held last Tuesday evening, and although goodly number were pres ent, the ihclemency of the weather un- doubtedly prevented many from attending.
 RaszroGd Meeting. g.-The regular annual meeting of the stockholders of the Conn. Western R. R. was held at the office of the company in Hartford last Tuesday. An extra train for their accommodation was run from Millerton, and notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather large attend ance was present, and out of le, ,9O1 shares, Is, no were represented. There were elect ed, as follows for Directors: William Fl. Barnum. George M. Bartholomew, A. H. Holley. Alfred E. Burr, Nathaniel B. Ste vens, Charles R. Chapman, Jonathan B. Bunce, Byron Loomis, William L. Gilbert, George Dudley, Egbert T. Butler, Frede- rick Watson, George H. Brown.
 1be Storm Snow commenced falling last Monday night, and continued all day Tuesday, accompanied with considerable wind, and did not cease till well into Tues day night, and not until nine or ten inches of snow had fallen. It was only last week we made mention of the fact of the first appearance of snow, when two or three inches covered the ground, and now so soon we have one of tue heaviest of winter storms, and the rattle of the merry sleigh bells carries US at ono into the ''dead of winter" Little did people think few days since, when enjoying the balmy at mosphere of one of the pleasantest of Oc- tober months, that SO soon we should be plunged into the midst of such a winter.
 NaugGtuck and HousGtonic.-We pub fish this week in the Railroad column, an abridged time table of the Naugatuck rail road. It will be seen that the connections of this road with the Conn. Western from this way are most excellent. A slight change in the time table of the Housatonic railroad occurred last Monday. One of the regular local freight trains has been discon- tinued for the present the other running north Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and south Tuesdays, Thursdays and Satur- days. The running time of the evening passenger train from Bridgeport is made N little faster from New Milford to PiltsAeld. These, with slight change in one or two of the Danbury Branch trains constitute the change.
 Neptune Yacbt Czu6.-One of the very best yacht clubs in the country is known as tbe Neptune Club, and is composed of members from Norwalk and West Winsted, Conn.,, and Rochester. N. Y. We have re- ceived a copy of thelr published ''Log" of their Seventh Annual Excursion, and find it very interesting piece of literature with which to while away a dull hour. Among the names from West Winsted we recognize those of $. R. Hinsdale and Paul J. NcLochlin. Presuming it granted that the other members of the party are of the same class of the genuine ''true blue" as