Connecticut western news., 1874-10-02

discharge. The wound is not regarded as dangerous, the ball having been extracted by physicians, who fortunately were read fly obtained.
 Thrown taom Race Horse.-Thomas Smith, of Cornwall Bridge, while riding one of the race horses at the Amenia Fair last Thursday, was thrown from the horse, the animal stepping on his arm, taking out large plece of flesh. The horse IS notor- ious for being fractious and extremely diff ficult to ride, invariably throwing from him all who are vcnturesome enough to attempt to mount him, but being fleet animal, the young nan was induced by an offer of $4O.OO If be should win the race, to take the risk. He had but just past the judges stand, when he was plunged headformost into the sand, the horse stepping on him as stated above.
 The Bell Ringers.-It is too late ln the week to write an extended notice of the bell ringers in Academy Hall in this village last evening. It must suffice to say that a large audience enjoyed an entertainment of the first order. We do not think better company of bell ringers has ever visited his section of the country. As mimic or carricaturist, we have never seen better than Harry Fades; hls wonderful power oyer his features, representing all phases of humanity was astonishing, and hIs numer- ous appearances on the stage in the charac- ters of " Widow Jones'" the "Dustman's wife," "Nobody's Child," &c., tSc., invar- iably brought down the house with rours of laughter; and as harpist, Mir. A. J. Whitcomb is unquestionably one of the most skilful players in the country. The singing of Miss Norma Whitcomb was par ticularlY fine, as was also that of Emma Fades. Should Lcavltt's bell ringers visit Salisbury again, they will be welcomed with thrice larger audience than can be accommodated in Academy Hall.
 The Home of Horse Thieves. - The sen sation last week in Western Connecticut was the discovery of resOrt of horse thieves in wild, unfrequented place called Bogus" near the boundry line between Bedding and Bethel. Three or four weeks ago farmer passed the place and noticed in thickct in which several horses had re gently been stabbed, that the ground had been trodden hard, saplings were dlves- ted of their bark, and oats and straw were scattered thickly about Two weeks after black mare and gray one, the latter fet- tered, were seen on the railroad track half
 
 a mile below Bethel station, and one, the black, after running short distance in front of locomotive, was caught and ad vertised by the station master at Bedding. She was soon identified as one of pair stolen in Kent few days before Last week the gray, the other one of the stolen pair, was found about mlle east of Bo- gus, tied to sapling and eating oats ic measure before her. A watch was set for the purpose of arresting anybody who should come to get the mare. A man came about one o'clock in the morning, walked up 10 the horse and patted her, but | suspecting something, turned and fled be- fore he could be arrested, The m:re was returned to the owner. No arrests have yet been made.
 Intoxicated Women" He daddy, ho ''daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy, Oh mother ''maY go out to swim? Yes my dearest daughter hang your clothes on hickory 'limb but don't go near the water! Here, ''come back here. Hurrah for the Ga "naan lock up!" and much else of char. acter in keeping with the above, accom- panied by disgusting effort to dance, Was heard and seen on our streets nearly all of last Saturday afternoon. Two women of foreign birth, in 8 state of beastly intoxi = cation strayed into our village at tue tine alluded to, and made the atmosphere nau- seous with their sickening caterwaulings and indecent exhibitions of themselves. With hair down over their shoulders and faces begrimed with dirt, wallowing in the roads and dtchcs, they made a spectacle that was terrible to contemplate. To See n men drunk; rolling in the filth of our gut ters is nothing uncommon here, but when Wonaen make themselves lower than the beasts of the field by rum; shaking their bottles at people, and, as it were, defying Salisbury authority to molest them and are not molested but allowed to remain in their filthy condition till they choose to go away, it makes manifest a lack of moral strength and pusillanimity truly .deplorable Sunday morning they were in Lakeville, as drunk as ever, and performing" a short time in front of the residence of the Rev. Mr. Ste vens, were locked up in horse barn, and | held till sober enough to promise to leave town.
 Litchfeld Northwest Conference. - Litchfeld Northwest Conference held it's annual meeting at South Canaan, Sept. 22d. Dea B. F. Gillette, of Sharon, Chair man; s. D. Dean, Scribe.
 Reports were received from the churches. l
 Address delivered by the Rev. w. E. Bassett, of Warren. Subject, The Church | of the Future, which was treated very ably l indeed. He was followed by the Rev. E. l Hall. dr., Rev. N. G. Bonney, and others. Subject, What Prayer Meeting should ] attempt followed by Rev. c. N. Fitch, in good extended remarks, on how it should | be conducted.
 Although the meeting was not as fully attended as at some previous meetings, still it was very interesting and profitable to those who attended. A marked feature of the occasion was that dinner and tea was served in the spacious Conference Room, which rendered it very social indeed, and ample justice was done the good things of :his life so literally furnished by the hospitable people of South Canaan.
 The following delegates were nominated to the State COnfernnce at Navy Haunn 1