Connecticut western news., 1874-11-13

printed thereon is prima facie evidence of it's ac ;eptance as correct. J. L, PEAsE.
 Directors Meeting.-See advertisement of meeting of directors of Conn. Western in another column.
 Accident in shefield.-Last Monday, while large stone was being raised with a derrick at Briggs marble quarry in Sht field, 8 chain broke, striking Patrick Csne on the head. causing severe scalp wound.
 One Dollar Reward.-The town of Col chester offers one dollar reward for each and every republican, dead or alive, found in that town since the last election and de- livered at the democratic headquarter.
 Convalesoing. = Everybody hereabout will rejoice to learn that Dr. H. M. Knight of Lskeville. who has been suffering a long and painful llIness, is convalescing; slowly, but evidently surely. Few men would be missed from our community these many weeks past, more than has been oul esteemed townsman, Dr. Knight.
 Auotion.--R Remember Dr. Griswold's auc. tion of his house, lot and barn. also two two horses, one COW, lot of wagons, farm ing utensils, hay, household furniture, honey bees, &c., at his residence on Cream Hill Cornwall next Tuesday, Nov. l7th. The Doc4or proposes to sell out clean and begin again, and perhaps in some other locality.
 That Large Block.-The large stope qnarried at the Norfolk granite quarries 1T this State. for the western portal of Hoosa( tunnel, was placed in it's position in tht arch at tue western end of the tunnel, or the 2nd inst. This stone is of granite, ant before being cut weighed twelve tons. The inscription is three feet in length, and car be read long distance.
 Bad Aooident--Last Tuesday forenoon while four men were at work turning tho screws on the presses at Chapin's cider mil in Ashley Falls, one of the screws broke, { portion of which struck one of the men Kirkland Parsons, oyer the right eye hAOChAAk AbL4 5NA6C4Co6 M buO SIOuu0s GAN skull Is badly fractured, hole being cut il his eyebrow, al the back part of his heae seriously bruised.
 Cider.-Chapin's cider mill in Ashlel Falls. just now, is one of the busiest insti- tutions in this section. Vast quantities o cider have been made there this season There were on hand, last Saturday, sixteel hundred bushels of apples, and more wer coming ina hundred bushels having beel received on that day. Cider is sold ther now at $s. .0O per barrel, and ready mal ket awaits ali that the mill can turn out.
 Insurance Warning. g.-The insurance com mission give warning that if the peopl accept policies in any of the following con panies, they can have no protection in tn State courts: Brewers and Matters, of Nc, York City; Providence Fire, of Providence R. l.; Capital City, of Albany, N. Y.; Ger man, of Erie, Pa.; National Fire and Ma rine, of Philadelphia, Pa Penn Fire. 0 Philadelphia, Pa.; St. Nicholas, of Ne1 York; Atlantic and Pacific, of Chicago.
 The Convention.-In response to an in vitation from the proprietors of the Time Courant and Post, of Hartford, goo number of the newspaper publishers of tn State met at the Senate chamber in liar ford, Wednesday, to consult with regard t the new postage law, and the interest of tn newspaper publishers of Connecticut. Tn nearness to press hour as we write forbid giving the result of their deliberations thi week. It must suffice to say the meetin was very pleasant one, after which a were invited to the United States Hote where an entertainment was provided b the Hartford publishers.
 The New Fcot Bridge.-A number ( our citizens "met in convention" at the si
 of the once beautiful and convenient fo,
 bridge over the Wachicastinook in this vi
 lage, last Saturday morning, and voted
 rebuild the walks on either side, and get g in readiness for the new bridge, which Il
 town voted at a recent meeting to constru
 there. Mir. Henry Hubbard was chose
 superintendent of the work, and instructs
 to employ men and push the work with {
 possible speed to a completion, which he
 doing, having commenced Monday morni1
 with full compliment of men. This is
 work which ought not to have been delay
 SO long, but "better late than never''; al :. ' rfS r11y cinNo vxyn hlncoo1
 such favorable weather for outdoor labo } Roraback's Pet.-The cactus is beau
 full posy. Lawyer Roraback has one stan ing by the side of his door in his law off
 in Canaan. It is five or six feet high. al
 it's modest CD exterior, body, limbs, leav (more properly claws), and every inch it's surface is bristling with thorns, lol
 enough and sharp enough to make pore
 pine blush; and-yet Roraback loves u , tender flower! He says sit is the emblem law-yes, gentlemen, law" We conclu
 SO, and fit emblem, too; you can't tou
 it, but that it will stab you. We walk around the animal at safe distance ava and, although it reached for us sever l times, we evaded it while we listened atte lively to friend R's remarks, descanting it's merits, it's transcendent beauty, &c., &' . and we actually tried to admire the mo ," strosity, but twas no use; the thing stu
 us every time we looked at it. We c , conceive of no earthly good it can be , Lawyer Roreback, standing, as it does, Ii a sentinel near his door, unless it be , strike tenor to the soul of every inebriat female, who ay hereafter enter the sacr l precincts of Canaan and enquire for
 famous "lock up."