Connecticut western news., 1874-04-24
1 The News in Lakevile.-Extra copies of TEE NEWS can be obtained at the store of William Jones in Lakeville.

of TER NEWS can be obtained at the stOr
 of William Jones in Lakeville.
 So Niee.-We have lots of second han,
 newspapers, which are just the fit for pan
 try shelves these house cleaning times. Ont
 cent each is the price.
 "sounds Beautiful."- you hear Lid.
 dy's tin horn the other dsy2 He took th,
 old tongue at the mouthpiece out and pu
 in new one, and it sounds beautiful
 Sudden Death.-Mr. Stillman Tibbals O
 Norfolk fell dead instantly on the green II
 that village on Thursday last His fathe
 died quite as suddenly near the same plac, seventeen years ago. The death of botl
 father and son was, it is supposed, the re- suit of heart disease. Mr. Tibbals was 5I
 years old.
 Beautiful Ldnes.-Isn't the poetry in an other column, The Lords Prayer by Lu ther c. Riggs, beautiful9 Mir. Riggs i. about 10 publish volume of his poems, tn. result of his labors for the past twent, years. This work will unquestionably b, one of rare merit. and will undoubtedl, meet with large sale.
 Telegraph Messages mes sages sent to Lakeville this week, and for ty three more that wanted to be transmit ted from this office but couldn't wait to ge to LakeVille with them. Oh, the conven- fence of having telegraph office: Web ster's unabridged dictionary cannot supply words to express it.
 Shipping Stone south.-I. N. Bartram Esq. of Sharon is shipping stone from his quarries on Sharon Mountain, to West Vir ginis, to be used for hearth stones in fur naces there. This. Sharon granite must possess rare properties for furnace purposes to pay the expense of transportation to such distance as West Virginia.
 Masonic Installation.-The newly elect ed officers of Montgomery Lodge, F. 6 A.. M., Lime Rock, will be publicly installed at Citizens Hall, Falls Village. on Friday evening, May 1st, 1874, on which occasion 0. M. Hatch Esq, will deliver his lecture on Masonic Symbolism The public gen orally are invited to attend.
 Application For Release.-A notice is published in the Litchfield Sentinel, dated April 9th, signed by John H. Bostwick anG Fl. B. Graves Esq, stating that an ap- plication will be made to the General As. sembly of this state, for the release of John Bostwick of this town, now a convict in the Connecticut State prison.
 Shipping Ice to New York.-The Lee >Mass) ice companies have sold their stock of ice to the Knickerbocker Ice company of New York, who will commence at once to ship it to that city via Housatonic R. R., leading special freight train of twenty cars every day. It is thought the work, at twenty cars day, will take two weeks to do it.
 That Big Days work.-Two weeks ago we published note from Mary A. Bragg She says her name is not Brasy,) saying she had done washing, ironing and had knit one stocking complete and part of an other in one day: She writes again and says she ''certainly did do that much work from three o'clock in the morning till few minutes before twelve at night"
 Returned from Europe.-Mr. Geo. G. Crowell returned from hls European tour last on the steamship City of Montreal They experienced very rough weather, which prolonged the ocean voy. age to sixteen days. MT. c. has travelled through England, Scotland, Belgium, Prus- 'ia, Austria and France, and his success in those countries will nscessitate his making yearly trips to the other side. He will 'pend few weeks at his home in Plttsdeld before resuming his duties again: B.
 Not Large Enough.-Jewells store doesn't appear to be large enough for him. Carpenter Niver is raising the rear part an other story, making all two stories high. This new addition will not enly enlarge his grocery rooms beneath, but the second story will he arranged as carpet and furni ture rooms, giving him altogether increased room for doing business. He is in New York buying goods, and expects on his re. turn to show stock of goods that for quality and prices will astonish-well. most anybody for instance.
 Only aah Man.-Somebody says that certain editor rt siding in~Western Massa chusetts, since his return from Europe ism, more than about three fourths of a man in some things, and in one respect he'll swear. he isn't as much as three fourths; in fact only just and eractly one halr This frac- ton of man. Che is not complex. but indeed very sinepze fraction, ) is constant y disturbed about "patent outsides." He isn't to be blamed for being excited abou, them: His own "patent outside" will kill him one of these days.
 He Feels slandered.-A New York iaily paper of last Monday says, John Madigan, one of the convicts who escaped from the guard boat at Blackwelrs Island 'n Friday, was arrested last evening by Of. icer Pagan, and locked up in the Delaney 'treet police station.
 No such thlng: John Nadigan is a on Conductor Eggeston's train 'n the Conn. Western road, and is no such nan: He never saw Blackwell's Island md knows nothing about Officer Pagan. John thinks it strange these New York ps- 'en cant get things right once jn while.