Connecticut western news., 1874-02-06

Old Hill ore bed in Salisbury have recent ly divided upward of $3o,OOO, dividend of ll5 per cent.
 Pittsfeld Concert Thomas grand concert of sixty distinguished artists will be given at the Academy of Music in Pittsfield next Monday evening. Feb. 9th). This is said to be one of the grand est concerts that eyer visited Western Mas sachusetts. We learn, though not official ly, that an extra train will run on the Housatonic road from Falls Village, taking passengers at greatly reduced prices, and returning after the concert.
 Cold Weother.-The coldest weather of the present winter froze everybody and everything last Monday morning. The mercury in thermometers in this village was variously reported at from 20 to 6o below zero. At Canaan it was said to be from 9o to 15 Q below. Below we give telegraphic reports from various parts of the country. In Richmond, snow fell dur ing Sunday night and hailed in the morn ing. In Washington, heavy snow storm began at daylight. Five inches had fallen up to noon,
 Philadelphia-A driving snow storm be- gan here at 10 o'clock Monday morning.
 Halifax-The thermometer was lOe be- low zero.
 Albany-The thermometer marked Is Q below zero, and ranged near zero all day.
 Portland, Me-The thermometer was 26o below zero at Island Pond thls morn ing, and 40 below at Fryeburg, which is as low as it ever runs there. It was 8 Q below zero in Portland.
 Augusta, Me.-Was the coldest Of the season. the mercury ranging from 24e to 33 below zero in various parts of the city. The thermometer at Wiscasset was l9o below zero in the morning, and 3 9 below zero at noon.
 Ottawa, Ont, 22o below zero; at the Victoria Farm, on the Upper Gatineau, 34 c below; on Deseret River, ss Q below; at Brockvile, 25 Q below; at Quebec, 20 e below; at Montreal, 40 below, and at
 
 Boston-At o'clock, morning, the ther. mometer ranged from zero to 3e above. Concord, N. H.-This has been by fal the coldest morning of the season. Al Lancaster the thermometer indicated 46 Q below zero: at Canaan 36 Q, at Claremont 22e Q, at Franklin 30 0, at Meredith Village s2 Q, at Lake Village 32 Q, at BradforG 30 Q and in this city 24 below zero.
 Put Of' the Cars. s.-Walter Mahoney, ar employee of the Barnum Richardson Co. oi East Canaan, got on Conductor Eggleston'l train at Canaan one day last week, and re- fusing to pay his fare, and making an assault on the conductor, was put off the train be tween that station and East Canaan, anC afterward slipping on some ice, broke his leg. Desiring to get the facts in the case a, given by others than those connected witt the railroad company. we went to Eas Canaan last Saturday. and "intcrviewed' all we met at the various stores there, get ting, with no deviation whatever in the va rious reports, the following account :- "When asked by Conductor Eggleston fol his ticket. he was very much intoxicated and Said he had no ticket, and no money to pay his fare; said he had paid his fare once. On being told by Mr. Egglestou he thought he was mistaken. he, with the req son of man who Las submerged every rational idea he ever did possess in beastly intoxication, suddenly exclaimed: You're d-n liar, and " pay your and at the same time plunged toward him and struck him on the shoulder. Conductor E. reached for the bell rope above, and stopping the train put him out of the car and left hin standing on his feet, after which Mahoney walked few steps, and going on piece of ice, slipped and fell, breaking his leg. , The above account, given by those who are in no way connected with the railroad company, and who obtained their informs ton from others who were on the trair and saw all that transpired, and who were also in no way interested in the railroad, ii probably correct in every particular. We know but very little about the law for put ting people off of railway trains, and don' know as it is necessary in this case te know much about it. This man, Mahoney we were informed the ether day, ''is crazy ugly" when intoxicated, and is now under $500. bonds to keep the peace, for an as sault on lad by the name of Lawrence some months since, and men are scarce assaulted in such brutal manner as wa. Conductor Eggleston on this occaeion, who would be as gentle in ejccting an assailan as he was with this man, leaving hin standing on his feet and all right, till h, went on the ice and broke his leg Most any body would say: "Yes, of course chuck him out the first opening you com, to, and it matters not whether he goes ou right side up, or any other side up."
 Fire tn SAe6feld.-Last Friday night, a about o'clock in the evening, fire was dis covered in the wood shed attached to th new house of Mir. Charles Sage in Sheffield and so rapid was the progress of the flames that ill less time than two hours, the larg house and all connected with it was ii ashes. Much of the furniture, and all o the bedding, clothing, china and silyerwar were lost. The cause of the fire is un known, as there had been no lights, no anything that could ignite the most inflam able material, in the shed where the fir was first discovered. There are some however, who think it is the work of al incendiary for the purpose of theft. Tn house and buildings were new and yer, fine, the family having resided in them bu four months, and tue venerable father, wh is bending under the snows of seventy four winters, takes this heavy blow yer, hard. To be sure the house was insure