Connecticut western news., 1874-08-14
The Rhlnebeck and COnnecticu,
 Railroad.

Concerning the new road which is to con-
 meet with our Connecticut Western road at
 Millerton and strike the Hudson river at
 Rhinebeck, opposite Rondout, which is the
 most extensive coal depot on the river, the
 Hudson StGr says; So
 The road is now completed to point about two and half miles beyond Ancram. and is being pushed forward at the rate of 8 quarter of mile day. Twenty-seyen miles of track have already been laid, and on Monday last large additional force was put on with orders to urge the work to completion as rapidly as possible. The freight dock is to be located midway be- tween the state dock and the Rhinebeck landing Although there is but very Him. tied amount of rolling stock at the disposal of the superintendent at present, there has already been considerable freight brought over the road. Three thousand bales of hay alone have thus far been transported this season, together with considerable quantities of other. produce. From Gallatin- vile sixty barrels of flour are shipped every week by H. Van Valkenburg while from Ancram the product of Peaseley's paper mills forms no inconsiderable item. The stations will be located at the following places: Rhinebeck village, Red Hook, Spring Lake, Elizaville, Jackson Corners, Mount Ross, Gallatinville, Ancram, Co., pake and Boston Corners, where connec ton is made with the Poughkeepsie and Eastern road, passing down which the Con necticut Western is struck at Millerton. forming an uninterrupted chain to the east.
 dIHoUsANDrR ANNIVERSARY. The people of Iceland are now celebrating the thous- andth anniversary of their ancestors estab- lishment there. Ingolf was the name of the first settler. He landed in August, S74, with his family and servants, from his own ship at Rejakianes near ReykiaYik, the present capital of the island He was ac- companied by his brother-in-law, who also brought his family and servants with him. During this thousand years the Icelanders have maintained civilization and culture, and have added something to the literature of the world. At first the island was de- pendency of Norway, but from the ninth century to the middle of the thirteenth it was republic. Then it came again under the Norwegian kings, from whom on the annexation of Norway to Denmark it pass ed under the Danish crown, to which it has since been attached, with the exception of the brief period of two months in 1909 when it was conquered by Danish adventurer named Jorgen Jorgenson. In 1927 the pop ulation had been reduced by famine and epidemics to 4o,00O. In 1909, according to the Danish census, it had increased to 6e,- 763 souls. The millenial celebration, which is now to take place will be attended by few strangers from other countries and by the King of Denmark, who is expected to confer upon the Icelanders new constitu- ton They are an industrious, hardy peo- pie, living by fishing and agriculture, Their mode of life is exceedingly simple, salt fish being an important article of diet; and as there is no coal and very little wood upon
 the island, COW dung is used as almost the
 only fuel. In winter they keep themselves comfortable by crowding in small, close rooms and making animal heat serve in lieu
 of fire. .77-t