Connecticut western news., 1874-01-16
h Trouble. It seems as though we had


 suppose is to pay for the publication. We cannot publish anonymous communica- tions, and what troubles us most is; we l don't know to whom to return the fifty cents. This is very bad case, and we feel owfugly about'it! Almost before we had finished penning the above item, Lyons stage mall brought us another of this same class of letters. No name whatever was there at- tached to the communication, but dollar, g full grown greenback dollar was kenclosed to pay us for shouldering the re- sponsibility of ''pitching into" somebody. What shall we do with this dollar and that fifty cents9 It seems as though we never did suffer so much agony of mind.
 iSeuere Practical Joke.-Not long since an acquaintance of ours had an Emerald Islander at work for him, and being in the woods one day with him, found wild tur nip and pulled it up. Pat asked what that was. Our acquaintance replied Ia sweet turnip," and commenced pairing as he would field turnip preparatory to eating. After pairing, he cut off slice and handed it in an indifferent way to Pat, who at once took generous mouthful. After chewing very short time he rushed to spring nesr by and commenced bathing his tongue, which only added to the excruciating fire. He then attempted to scrape his tongue with his knife, but for time found no re- lief, and finally in desperation he turned to our friend and piteously besought him to take him home that he might 'sdie on his bed like man." After the intense burn ing sensation had somewhat subsided, and he could begin to talk, our friend innocent lY asked him how it tasted, when Pat very soberly answered, "Be jabbers, was jist agoin to say how good he was when he at- | tackled me-" M
 Our Tesegraph Station.-ED1ToR CONN WESTERN NEWS We have Waited long and patiently for the telegraph station promised us that would be located at thls place in fact so long that our patience is we'll nigh exhausted, and yet no telegraph. It is true the wires run through our village, and on winday days we can hear their s'mournful cadence as they vibrate in the breeze, but that does not bring the cherished object. Cannot you, MT Editor, stir up the people to the subject? The Press is all powerful to direct the public mind. Let their attention be called to it. Let it be kept before them. Let them become united in their call f0r it and will warrant we will have it. The argument may be used that it will not pay. Who knows that it will not, until it is tried /? Let us have the ex- perimcnt. Ask the people of any little village who have it. They will tell you it pays. Ask any private business firm who have it in their offices even in our town, and they will tell you it pays. Go to our large cities that are covered with net work of wires, hundreds of which are prl- vate lines, simply running from the office to the factory or warehouses. Ask the owners of those lines. They will tell you pays. To be without the telegraph is to be behind the age. Stir up the people, Mr. Editor. CITIZEN.
 Salisbury, Jan. lltb, 1874.
 Exactly so, MT. Citizen, the business of gett ing for our people the benefits of a tel egraph,> ought not to have slumbered so long. To have the wires pass through our village, and not be able to make them available is most surely what ought not to be. The Hon. Wm. H. Barnum h as promised faithfully that telegraph sta tion should be located in this village. This promise was made in our presence, so we know whereof we speak; and is this not enough? Mr. Barnum's word is good enough for us, and his attention to the matter will secure it at once. He unques. tionably would have attended to it long ere this. had not a multiplicity of every thing else in the way of business driven it from his memory, and this allusion to 1t is now probably all that is necessary for the prompt establishment of an office here. Taat Myste,1ous Death. Below we give the verdict of the jury in the death of Andrew Neville, who was found dead in the small stream which passes through this village, last Thursday morning.
 L1ToHFIRLD COUNTY ss. Salisbury, January 9th, 1873.
 The undersigned jurors, being duly i'm | paneled and sworn, to inquire of inc cause | and manner of the death of Andrew Nev- l file of Salisbury. having viewed the body of said deceased and considered the evi- dence given us, do on our oaths say, that | said Andrew Neville came to his death while in state of intoxication, by receiv- 1 ing severe wounds upon the head, either by falling upon rocks and stones or by being beaten with some hard substance upon the head by some person or persons to us un- known.
 In their investigations the jury eliciteG the following facts: Andrew Neville left his home on Wednesday morning to work in the ore bed ss usual, but the superin- tendent theresdecided not to have the men work on account of the..water and mud :; Neville left there between ten and eleven o'clock and went to Lakeville, where he became intoxicated, and remained about there in that state until after four o'clock, when he started for..Salisbury and reached Patrick Lynch's, his brother-in- law, near the depot, about five o'clock, still very much intoxicated. He remained there about an hour and drank something while there, and started for his home as they sup posed, about six o'clock, and was not seen afterwards until found dead as described in THE NEWS of last week. His hat was found in the Hume of what is called the Forge Pond his overcoat.abcut 100 yards below, and his jacket in the meadow near the junction of the Pierce brook with the Riga stream. The jury were all satisfied that he came to his death by the injuries received on his head and not by drowning,