Connecticut western news., 1873-12-19
Connecticut Western News.

Lawrencs's Drug Store Canaan
 Shsrtest Day To-day (Thursday) is the
 shortest day in the year.
 Completed. telegraph line of the
 Western Union Co. is completed along the Shepaug railroad.
 Suicide ;n Pist.feld -George Kent of
 Pitts6eld committed suicide by dischargiug pistol in his mouth Monday morning Ill health was the cause.
 Leg Broke-Thursday of last week, as Michael Flanagan, an employee in the Chatficld ore bed in Ore Hill, was stepping
 from the cars on their arrival in that village
 from Millerson. he slipped and in some way fell from the platform and broke his leg.
 Canaan Singiag .ScAoos.-The singing school in Canaan is progressing fiuely under the tuition of Mir. Buckingham, who seems to he very busy in the various villages hereabout, filling the youthful mind with music.
 Suspendsd.-Pease & Foster have sus- pended, and their goods are being sold by u trustee. The trouble with Pease & Eos. ter was, they didn't advertise in THE NEWS.
 Weatherby, Knous 6 Prlton advertise in THE NEWS, and can't fasz, if they wanted 10 ever 30 much.
 Went Courting. was almost depopulated last week, by nearly the whole neighborhood being in Litchfirld on the case of Chaffee, Jewett, Everett & Co., This case occuples much of the attention of Sharon people. and is one which is regard
 ed as Father difficult one to decide.
 Long lsldnd.-A correspondent from Flushing, Long Island. says there has been no s!eighing there this winter, and only one slight snow squall. If such a month as the past November has been with us, Carries no snow to Long Island. i, must be fine place to live. Let's all go down there.
 Fire in Winstsd.-The shop of the Win sted Plating company was discovered on fire at about o'clock Sunday morning, and was entirely consumed. It was supposed to have been set on fire by the engine in the building. The loss is estimated to be about $l3,OOO, with an insurance of SC 900.
 Henuy Beef-The four quarters of the mammoth bull, "Thorndale," sold by M. B. Richardson Esq of Lime Rock, to Mrssrs. Eggl-ston < McCulwee. drovers, and butcher, in N W York, weighed thir- teen hundred and twenty pounds. Peopl. posted in the weight of beeves will recog- nize this as extra heavy.
 Returned MT Frank Holmes, who has been helping those other Litchfield county chaps in Negaunee during the past sum- mer, has now returned to Salisbury, az work at the ''Iron Cliffs" is closed for the season. He seems to like the West very well, but has not positively decided to re- turn when work is resumed.
 Humphrey's Drug .Store.-Everybody knows where Humphreys Drug Store is To- cated Tn Canaan. We'll, that's the place where old Santa Claus will celebrate Christ mas and New Years this year. He has filled Mir. Humphreys store to overflowing with Holiday goods, and grand good time is expected. Read MT. Ills advertise ment in another column.
 Persoaal.-We learn that Mr. George c. Crowell. formerly of Lime Rock who has been travelling for the Tanite Go. of Penn., for the past two years. having canvassed the United States and British Provinces on this side. sailed from New York Saturday. the 18th inst for Flu rope, on the steamer City of Brussels, to look after the company's interest there.
 The LSnse Kiln Railrvad. The railroad iron for the branch road from the Conn. Western 10 Pierce < Lawrence's lime kiln n Canaan, has arrived and as the grading is nearly completed. will probably be soon laid. and the road formally opened for business" If the reader is not stock holder in this road, he had better be, as i, will unquestionably be one of the best pay ing roads in the country, in proportion to it's length and cost of construction.
 He Dsserued A.-Didn't Gen. Joe Flaw ley wallop Sunset Cox in bit of speech 1 in the House of Representatives last Fri | day2 Just look up the Congressional pro- ceedings of last Friday and see how he d d l 1t. The whole state of Connecticut, irr.s- pective of party, has reason to be proud of 1 d.n. Hawley, as one of it's representatives and democrats and republicans alike re- joiced to see Cox handled by Hawley in precisely the manner he got it last Friday.
 HoaoeliLyegititin? ?-The Winsted Press says man on the Conn. Western milk train has been troubled with sore eye for some time past. One day last week he was met by friend who stopped and auxiously nquired: ''What's happened to your 'ye?" "Erysipi is in it." was the reply. His questioner looked Very wise for min. ute and then said, ''Howdidyegiti,iu ?" That Was an unanswcrable conuudrum, and went unanswered, but Cogswell can't get over it somehow.
 Narrying Under Dibfcuztses The young couple. who started from Canaan last Fri lay night at l-2 o'clock for Mlllerton, ar- lying there at II o'clock. and called up a minister to marry them, thought it was a poor return for their long ride through such ntense darkness and peI.ing Tain, to have he reverend gentleman step up to their triver and tue young lady who had accom- panied the party, with the following re- mark: ''Well, I suppose We might us we'll attend to business" The look of blank astoDishment, if indeed we may not ay, despair, that suddenly was visible on be countenance of the innocent pair. who. 'p to that time had been kept in ignorance 'f their errand to Millerton; the driver moving only his commands frnn, fh. hoaa