Connecticut western news., 1874-03-06


 Housatonic railroad last Friday afternoon, !, the following board of directors was elect ed: William H. Barnum, Lime Rock {; Henry s. Leavitt, New York; Samuel Willlts, New York George w. Peet, Falls Village; Andrew B Mygatt, New Milford; Horace Nichols, Bridgeport; David s. Draper, Ct. Darlington Charles P. Peck, New York. At subsequent meeting of the board the following officers were elect ed: William H. Barnum, president; Da- vid s. Draper, vice-president; Charles c. Averil, secretary and treasurer; H. W. Franklin, superintendent. It is proposed to establish railway station at Hayden's crossing.
 ChurcAilps Alligator. Have you seen Churchil's alligator? MT. H. H. Church i'll, at his variety store in West Winsted sells the best of Florida oranges, also lem ons and all manner of foreign and domes- tic fruits at wholesale and retail, at ex- trelnely low prices. but that has nothing whatever to do with his alligator. This gator was brought from Florida with his oranges, and is a marvel to behold. He is only four months old and about foot in length, with head resembling closely in size and shape, the cork to junk bottle, He is handsome animal and when he laughs, all in the immediate vicinity are in- stantly seized with an irresistible desire to say their prayers, and to lose no time gen. erally in making peace with thelr God.
 7He Topn's Book Case.-D. A. Ayers is making an elegant book case to be placed in the probate office in this town for the accommodation of the records of the town. It is very desirable that this case shall be very elegant one, so that if the old hen coop of a building in which it is to be placed should take fire, these old rec ords of the transactions of the town for a hundred years past will make a more beau tlful flame. It is shame to the town this matter has been neglected so long. All the old inhabitants, who are now in all parts of the world would have felt sad enough to have heard these records h d burned in the old dry goods boxes, in which they have for so many years been slowed away, but that they are now to be placed in an elaborate book case of nicely seasoned wood they will go down to their graves in peace.
 Alter 1Aetr Sunper.-Two worthies from Lakevile started out the other day rabbit hunting. The weather being cold. they took little something to warm the inner man, and as the warming process is supposed to have interested them most, they wandered about in bewilderment for some time when they started for home. Arriving at the town house, they called on MT. Bundy and asked for some supper. Thinking they were not fit subjects to be entertained by the town, MT. B. politely informed them he could not give them any supper, whereupon the worthies became very abusive. They shewered maledic tions on MT. B. head, when the uproar brought out assistant Bird Brown and Creep Hawley. The two seeing the for midable figure of Brown and the furious attack of Creep, thought it best to make 8 nasty retreat. especially as Bird threatened to put them into the cells if they did not git, feat he thinks he is able to perform.
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 Mental IA6erration.--M Martin Decker of this villageWas taken to the insaneretrea in Middletown last Tuesday by Sheriff Perry, 10 De placed under treatment at that institu- tion. Mir. Decker had been canvassing and collecting for the Boston CalEtioato1, a bus mess in which he had been engaged but few days of last week, his field of operations being down the Housatonic railroad in the region Of Bridgeport, and it is thought he fell in with some Second Adventists and became considerably exercised in mind on the subject of religion as taught by that denomination, from the fact of his dwelling on that subject, the world coming to an end &c, on his arrival home. He contin ued to become more and mere deranged from last Friday (the time of his arrival home,) up to Tuesday morning, when he was taken away. Sunday he came down street to warn MT. Martin Harris and MT. David Boomer, that the world was coming to an end the next day (Monday) at l o'clock in the afternoon, and to be in rsadi- ness, as those two gentleman with himself were all that were to be Saved. MT. Decker has twice before been to the retreat for the insane once at Hartford and once at Mid dletown; and seemed quite willing and even anxious to go to Middletown last Tuesday. It is thought few days rest and treatment at the retreat will fully restore him. MT. Decker is good citizen and this, his occa- sional mental alteration, is his great mis. fortune
 District Court.-The District Court Jan uary term was in session all of last week and disposed of the remainder of the cases to be tried at that term. The March term came in at Falls Village on Monday of this week with docket of fifty-seven old and twenty one new cases So many of the old cases which were to be tried had been settled and withdrawn that there was no business ready for the court, therefore, after making tue assignments for next week and hearing the arguments in the case of Parents vs. Chaquot it adjourned to Monday, the 9th of March, at ? o'clock PM.
 The assignments for Monday, March 9th,
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 Tuesday, March l0th-Elmore T. Jenks vs. Henrietta Packard; Albert c. Silver nail vs. Henrietta Packard; Howard ys. Witherel.
 Wednesday, March llth-McClean ys. Morgan, Landon vs. Briggs. cases, Pct ter vs. Bosworth, Taft vs. Nelson.
 Thursday, March 12th-Butterly vs But