Connecticut western news., 1874-11-27
Rum's Work The POughkeepsie News

Rum's Work.-The Poughkeepsie News gives vivid Illustration of the terrible eff
 fleets of rum in an item as follows:
 A hard Case of the waste by rum has oc- cured in the town of Marlborough. A dutchman sold out his business some time ago, year or more since we believe and retired with Il competence. After while he took to drink, and he has now drank up all he had. and it is supposed he has thus wasted $S,O0O in one year. and is now so lenuctu that It Is expected his family will have |" come upon the town for support.
 Seven Hundred Oar Loads a Day. Our readers will remember the plan of Mayor Eastman of Poughkeepsic, for the establishment of middle route to the west from Boston, as published bv us A few weeks since. It appears that Eastman IS still pushing the prnject with character lstlc zeal. An exchange of last Saturday alludrs to his efforts in Boston as follows: The project of a new and direct railro ad from Boston to the West Is receiving the general attention of business men at Bos- ton at the present time. Mayor Eastman "t l"ughkcepsic and others are now at Boston agltnting the question. The route proposed by Eastman and favored by ma ny Boston merchants includes the New York and New England road from Boston to WlI'imantic, the Hartford, Providence and Flshki'l road to Hartford, the Connec C. 'lcut Western and Pnughkeepsie and F lst rrn lines to Poughkeepsic, and crossing Ihe Hudson, llue of eighteen miles to Pine Bush yet nnbuilt. At this point di- rect connections are made not only with the Pennsylvania and Erie roads west, but with the entire system of roads to the coal and iron fields, and line to Wash ington and the south some twenty miles shorter than any now existing. The Penn, 1yIvAniA road agrees to bridge the Hudson River if eighteen miles west shall be com pleted at outside expense. and, according to MT. Eastman, guarantees that TOO freight Car loads shall be sent daily over the line to Boston as soon as the road is built. IL | Is proposed to cross Hudson River on floats | carrying an entire train until the bridge is completed. Friends of the scheme prom lse that in six months limt, and for half a million, the dir"ct route can be established. The commercial club will to- day meet Mir
 Eastman and discuss the matter
 Quickly Caught--A large barn filled with the crops of his farm, belonging to MT. Frederick w. Tanner, a conductor on ] the West StuckbridSe branch of the Hous- atomic r"ilioad, Was discovered on fire ut about 10 o'cltk Friday evening of las, week, and was entirely consumed, the luss "eins about $l, 300. It appears that Mir
 Tanner has had trouble with man by the name of Edward Crocker, who formerly owned the place now occupied by Mir. Tanner, and we understand threats had been made by Crocker against Tanner, and as soon as Tanner, who is confined to h,s bed with a fever, was informed that hls barn Was on fire, he asked if any of the three horses i'll the barn had been saved, snd the reply being thut one was brought out safely, but the other two burned, he told his man ut once to mount the saved horse and run at the top of It's speed to the mousse of Crocker, which was located about six miles to the south, and nearly on the
 own line of Afford, and ascertain if Crock. CT was at home. The man hasteued as di- rccted, and arriving at the house. found all dark within, but Il vigorous dumping on the door brought response from his wife, who said her husband was not at home, but had gone 10 West Stockbridge that day and had not yet arrived home The man said, 'Very well, I'll go on toward West Stock bridge and may meet him on the road" but instead of doing which, he went a Ii L. tie distance away and concealed himself and horse, but in such manner as to con- mand clear view of the house and the road leading to it. After some time pa- lientlY waiting, Crocker came along and entered the house, followed soon after by the man. In course of conversation with this man Crocker said he had 6een home aU Me ecentng all of which information SO pleased the man, Il sheriff was obtained ar- ter some little effort, to help them enjoy the fun, and before morning Crocker WAS ln his company and both were on their way to Ptt>ticId jail, determined to have a good time regardless of expense.