Connecticut western news., 1873-12-26

HUH INtSh1Id, concerning ponts Of lnte est in this vicinity is necessarily laid ov,
 till our next.
 l West Winsttd.-In West Winsted, M Kirk, the ieweler. has one of the large
 and finest collections of chromos in th
 state. His large stock of jewelry and s
 yerwsre is worthy of especial attentio
 during the Holidays.
 Be Ready ,for Htm.-We have engage,
 the services of gentleman to make Nc,
 Years calls on those in this region who ar
 in arrears in their subscriptions to TH
 NEWS. He will call OA all he can conven
 iently, during the entire week, and as he i
 a handsome fellow, it will be pleasure t
 all who are favored with his kindly visit t
 pay him, SC we say in advance; Look flo
 his cheerful countenancs and be ready fo
 him.
 7he Wetaug Cemetery Again.-A sec ond time an appeal from Berkshire county comes to us that the cemetery in Wetau. needs the attention of our selectmen. Tn,
 
 much improved, the bushes and shrubbsr, | being nicely cut and it has received proper attention at the hands of our seleclmsn but new trouble seems to have arisen Cattle and horses are shut in the yard and allowed to hook over the tomb stones and stamp about and upon the graves of the dead. May not the man, who is 50 lost to shame as to desecrate cemetery in this manner, be invited to keep bis stock out of there?
 Quich Work.-IA last weeks NEws we published the Articles of Association of the Washinee Woolen Company. so recent Iy formed in this village, as everybody knows, and strange as it may seem, an item concerning the formation of the new company WAS published from it into a Hartford paper, and Saturday it was cop jed from the Hartford paper into ths Spring. field Union, and Monday a letter was re- StiVed by the company in thisvillage, from a man in Worcester who had seen the item in the Springfield Union: asking their patronage for such goods ss he sold new machinery, &c. sc. Thus it is: Only three days after the date of THE NKws carrying it, it had been copied into Hart ford paper. and from thele into journal in Springfield, and read by a man in Wor- cestcr, and a letter received in this village by the company from that man soliciting their patronage.
 Go for Hm,-A writer in the Litchfirld Enquirer of last week, in alluding to the silver wedding of Mr. aud Mrs Martin Harris in this village, speaks of the beauti- ful solid silver gifts presented to the brids and groom on that occasion as, "Auy amount of mere dross in the way of sil- ver" What Say you, Mr. Martin Harris. to such talk as this? IL may be yet some little time before this egrsgious writer, who, after nosing about the committee on inyi- Lauons for the two weeks preceding the and getting no kind solicitation 10 be present on the occasion in question, will be entirely rid of this sourness on his produced by this stubbornly bind committee, who would not sss that he happiness of the whole party depended 'pon his being present, and we repeat > What will you say to him? In behalf of l he donors of the massive and solid tokens 'f esteem and friendship presented to you 'n the evening in question, we demand l hat you Ego for" this sacrllegioas wretch h. mean to him. He deserves it.
 Lyceum Course-,The next lecture of he Lyceum ICourse will be given by Dr.. Hoffman. the distinguished traveller, A, 'akeville Hall, next Monday evening. (Dtc 9th.) This, like those entertainments of ne course which have preceded it, is cx- ected will be first clAss in every respect, nd undoubtedly large audience will be resent. The jourAeyings of the next lec- lrer, Dr. Paul Hoffman, have embraced early every variety of country and cll- late on the globe. Spitzbergen, Green nd and BAffiu's Bay are familiar localities hlm, but of late he has spent most of
 
 ! new one which he has recently con- eted) is entitled Drifting About" and IS met with well deserved success. Cou ; 'rnlng him, the Brooklyn ChroAicls says: His happy knack of blending the in ! ruciive matter with the amusing, served : secure the undivided attention of his au ence, who manifested their enjoyment I frequent and hearty applause. Attempted Railroad Slaug6tsr. 's'ardly attempt to throw a passenger Y in from the track of the housatonc [ Ilro i'd Was made last Thursday As the d ening train from Bridgeport was pro Ss ed'ng at thsir ordinary pace between ewto"n and the tunnel, and rounding < rye, it rAa on long iron track Tail, which c d been placed on the track, and forth " teIy struck it in such way as to slide it ~ )Eg; its rapid journey over the rails caus h It to produce beautiful pyrotechnic Il 'play, throwing all ways copious show ot sparks. The train wAs stopped and V rail removed; the fendish design Of n perpetrasor being foiled, the protecting n nd of kind Providence willing it oth- a wise. A detective was put on the track 7; this would-be wholesale murderer, and h he left vaxy distinct imprint of his k "ts, showing just how many nails in the h tom of them and their precise location, w"ll as other remarkable evidence, it is q, ought he will be caught, and we sincere of hope, speedily caught. Our courts must hi Jw no mercy in their dealings with these n, ads, or our security in railway travel ar Il be materially lcssened. o, CoE. Phelps Shoemaker A Dutchman ac 'ke into the residence of Col Phelps at :" pake Iron Works one night last week. AL stole his hat and boots. Last Friday W