Connecticut western news., 1874-03-06

errors in these accounts will hereafter be consd- cred, unless presented within thirty days after the payment is claimed to have been made, as the regular receipt of the paper with the date to which the subscription is paid plainly printed thereon is prima facie evidence of it's ac- ceptance as correct. J. l.. PEAsE.
 Rto1 Estate-R. H. Ball Esq. has bought for $5,6OO, the old Stiles home stead, and seventy five acres of nd, lying on the west side of the highway.
 Those SAeep.-Parties residing in South ern Sheffield inform us that the report in our Sheffield correspondence concerning the appropriation of sheep belonging to a drover, &c., &c., is incorrect; in fact en tireiy so. Wont our correspondent kindly send corroborating facts concerning the matter, or else admit it is mistake Let us know more about it. What we want is the truth, whatever it may be.
 Nun Kjyed-Last Monday afternoon, as Cornelius Quinn was shoveling dirt with others of the workmen in the Chatfeld ore bed, Ore Hill, large powder of ore be- came loosened from the embankment above and fell on him, striking him in the back and crushing him to the ground, falling on a huge sledge hammer, which so punctured his abdomen that he died in twenty minutes after the accident
 En1nrge6. The Thomaston Erpress is receiving the support it deserves of the good pec pie of Thomaston. It came out last week enlarged to seven column pa- per; it's typographical appearance being second to none in the state We rejoice with Brother Grilley at this evidence of prosperity, and adjure the citizens of Thomaston and vicinity to consult their own interests, by seeing to it that this journal suffers no lack of support.
 Cormaoa@ Schools. district schools of the town of Cornwall are invited to meet at the Congregational church in Corn wall on Tuesday, March 10th, at 2 o'clock P. M., to receive instructions in reading and elocution from the Rev. Dr. Bodwell. These instructions are exceedingly valua- ble and are grstuItous. The teachers and district committees are requested to attend, and to secure the attendance, SO far as is convenient, of all the sche ols.
 Board of School Visitors.
 JOHN T. ANDREW, Chairman.
 SouM Caro1S7a1 Peas-Mr. F. w. Smith has sent us two South Carolina papers. in one of which we find an item concerning peas being in blossom (Feb. 26th.) This is considerable for South Carolina to boast of. but with us, Pease are in full bloom the year round, and nobody would think of making an item of it. To be sure this va riety of Pease is quite green; indeed ex- ceedingly so, and that is equally true at all seasons of the year, but even this fact we scarcely regard as to our advantage to have extensively noticed.
 1Dson Meetsny.-A meeting of the legal voters ot the town is called by the select men. to be held Saturday of this present week in the town hall in this village at one o'clock in the afternoon, ''To instruct the selectmen not to recommend any person to be licensed to sell spurious liquors, and to appoint comm ittee of at least five to make it their business to prosecute or cause to be prosecuted any and all persons who shall deal in and sell spurious liquors con- trary to law, and to employ counsel to aid in such prosecutions and to provide means and monies to pay all legitimate expenses of said committee and suits D
 Ls Paying Up.-The boot dealer, Aus tin Pierson of Lakeville, to whose transac- tions with Southington merchant we al- luded 'ast week, IS sentenced to Litch- field jail for seventy-six days to work at htty cents day to pay the claim of his debtor and costs of prosecution, the amount of the bill being thirty eight dollars Not relishing the idea of working for fifty cents day, he contemplates strike, which he will make if he can obtain the necessary assistance in the form of loan, which he now seeks of friends in Lakeville, to ena- ble him to satisfy the demands, of the law and thus secure his liberty.
 1he Kel2oqg Opera.-The prospect is good for large turnout from this section. Thursday evening to the English opera at Winsted, Special trains will be run on the Conn. Western road, leaving Millerton at 5.So P. M, passing Ore Hill at 5.44; Lakcville, $50; Salisbury, 5.5s; Chapin- vile, COG; Canaan, 6.2l; East Canaan, 6.49; West Norfolk, FOG; Norfolk, TIA: arriving in Winsted at 7 40 in the evening. It is not often that an operatic troupe of such rare merit visits the larger country towns, and it is gratifying to know that they are so fully appreciated, as is eyinced by the the large attendance which bids fair to be present on this occasion.
 Lime ROck Blue Birds. TREND PEAsE. l read in your last weeks paper record of the early coming of our little songsters. the blue birds and robins, and as I too have watched and noted in the almanac for some years their coming, I send you my record, and as it says that none has been seen for the spring of 1874 will say that saw two blue birds on the fence stakes and trees near our house twittering and hopping about lively enough all last Monday after noon, Feb. 2Srd. 1874. My record for the years 1872, 1878 and 1874 is as follows: 1872 lst robin, Feb. 9 1st b. b'd, Feb. 29 !s7s Mar. Mar. r 1874 None vet Feh g
 would have sent you longer list but the books have been destroyed. You will see that the birds have appeared somewhat earlier in Lime Rock than at Ashley Falls. Yours truly,