Connecticut western news., 1874-05-15

Evening Papers.-An arrangement is
 made with Col. Hubbard, the express mes
 senger on Conductor Eggleston's train, to
 bring the Hartford evening papers to sub
 scribers along the line of the Conn. Vest
 ern road. These papers; The Post and
 1he lSnses, give the latest news by tele-
 graph up to three o'clock in the afternoon,
 being news twelve hours later than that
 given by the morning papers. We bespeak
 for this new arrangement, proper apprc-
 ciation by the people and respectable in-
 crease of their patronage. For country
 people to read in the evening, the latest
 news up to three o'clock the same after
 noon, will be treat many of them will not
 fail to relish.
 Mysterious Disappearance. - Two
 weeks ago to-day (Thursday) Charles At | wood, the well-known stone mason, board
 ed the Conn. Western noon passenger train
 west at this village (Winsted) and went to Norfolk, where he was to commence job ot work for Ralph Crissy the next day.
 Friday he left Norfolk on the milk train
 for Millerton, as he said, and from that
 time nothing has been heard from him.
 His wife and family are anxious about him
 and would be happy to receive some infor-
 nation as to his whereabouts. He left the
 train at East Canaan, but was at Riker's
 Hotel that night and sat in the bar-room
 till the up Housatonic train came along.
 Hearing the whistle he started up and said,
 There comes the train-Pm going home," and left the hotel for the depot. It was supposed that he got on board under the impression that the train would take him to Millerton or Winsted, and went with it to Pittsfeld, which is as far as that train goes. but l. B. Futile telegraphed Tuesday to the authorities there, who replied that no such man had been seen. Samuel A. Newton started after him Wednesday, WSnsted Press.
 We are informed that man, sup posed to be MT. Atwood who has so mysteriously disappeared, left the Housatonic train on the evening in question at Ashley Falls, and after the train had left and he had ascertained where he was, said he had made mistake; that he wanted to go to Sheffield, and started at once up the railroad toward that village. Agent New noticed nothing strange about the man, only thought him consid- SAoOAJ NAAAOA bAO AuAuCACC O4 thought nothing further of the matter till | the next morning, when the trackman, who | walks from Sheffield to Ashley Falls every morning before the early train passes over the road. had arrived. This railroad walk CT told Mir. New that he saw the footprints | of man in the snow on the center plank of the railroad bridge that crosses the Housatonic river. about mile above Ash ley Falls, which came on the bridge from south, and after going about twenty feet, stopped, and right there it appeared as though man had slipped and fell into the nver. There were no indications of re- turning tracks, and it is regarded as almost certain that somebody fell from that bridge into the river that night. This statement taken in connection with the fact of man leaving the train to go on foot to Sheffield, makes it appear that MT. Atwood must have fallen there and drowned. We do not learn that thorough and well directed search has as yet been instituted. A team passed through Ashley Falls the other day (Some- body says it was from Winsted), which carried a boat with two men and left them at the river for the purpose of searching for the body, but as the two men who were to be left with the boat. were SO intoxicat- ed when they passed through the village hey could hardly keep in the boat, in which they were seated, it is to be pre- 'umed that the search made by them was 'nything but thorough. More or less search las been made by the Ashley Falls people, put is not followed up and preseyered in as t probably would be if they had posStioe knowledge of anybody being drowned
 MT. D. w. c. Russell of Norwalk, to MT. Atwood, offers re- yard of one hundred dollars for informa- ion that will lead to his whereabouts. MT Russell felt exceedingly annoyed to learn hat the men whe were employed and sent trough Ashley Falls with boat, should s 'ecome intoxicated when entrusted with 8 uch an errand, and at once obtained an a 'ther boat and superintended in person an g ther and thorough search in the same b 'lace, but met with no trace of the missing b nan. It