Connecticut western news., 1874-01-16
WasAinee DjUidends. probate cour

WashsRee DjUidends.-The probate court has declared dividend of seventeen cents and two mills on the dollar, on the assigned estate of the Washinee Go. of this village
 Kent.-At meeting of the civil author ity held at Comstock Hall, Jan. 5th, the following persons were elected jurors for the year ensuing: Henry Streight, Chas W. Roraback. John s. Chamberlain, Geo. l.. Seger, David P. Comstock, Abijah H. Beach. Fred'k A. Mallory, Gilbert A. Yin cent, Albert C. Roberts. Freak B. Gibbs and John Warehouse. At the January meeting, George B. Roraback, Abijah H. Beach and Sherman S. Green were elected Road Commissioners.
 The New 1Nilk Man.-Mr, A. Goodsell of Norton Hill has commenced running 8 milk wagon through this village and Lake vile, supplying all wh desire to give hin patronage. He commenced last Monday, and we understand is meeting with very good success, finding patronage enough to guarantee permanent business. We hopa this will prove so, as the milk sold by Mir. G oodsell is very nice, and his price (six cents per quart quite reasonable and satisfactory to his patrons.
 The Bi6Ie Soeiety.-The regular annual meeting of the Salisbury Bible Society consisting of the Congregational and Methodist people in union, was held in the Congregational church in this village las, Sabbath. After reading the reports by the various officers, remarks were made by the Rev. MT. Bouton of Lakeville. ::Dr. Thomp son of this village, and others. The church was full and the best of feeling was mari- fest. The remarks were very interesting, and particularly fine were those of Dr. Thompson of this village. The union of evangelical bodies for any purpose is all ways pleasant.
 1he Freshet.-The recent heavy rains have done much damage to the railroads, tearing down the embankments, washing away bridges and causing considerable dis turbance in the running of the trains. The Naugatuek road seems to have been pretty severely dealt with. TheN papers report much damage in various parts of the state. The Conn. Western road was washed away for long distance at. Satan's Kingdom, and the damage was not repaired so trains could run regularly till Monday of this week. The Housatonic railroad was washed somewhat, near Bridgeport but the damage was So quickly repaired that only one or two trains were at all behind time.
 The I a6Ieaar. tabl eaux and panto mime entertainment in Lakeville last Tues day evening was very largely attended, the house being very full. The entertainment, composed entirely of home talent, was well appreciated, as was evinced by the frequent applause. The scenery, costumes, and in fact the entire paraphernalia were elegant, and beautifully arranged, and the living pictures, c la ta5zeaur, rendered doubly beautiful by the colored lights thrown upon them, were finely executed. We should be glad to make our account more in detail of this entertainment, but space and time will not admit at this late writing.
 "City of Hartford" locomotive ''City of Hartford" of the Conn. Western road, which was repainted by MT. J. B. . Eggleston of Winsted short time since. is now one of the finest in appearance of any on this or any other road. Mr. Eggleston Gle is the man who played the flute at one of our Lakeville concerts recently is an artist of no mean ability, as this last work bears ample testimony, and if ME. ''Kib" Coggswell, the engineer, is n't pretty we'll pleased with his charge as it now appears, we shall have to see him, and have the matter talked up. But somebody says he is pleased with it. They say he is so de- lighted with it, he gets up two or three times every night to go out and see it, but we don't believe that: Do your
 An Aged Ae,-While taking down the stone work of an oven in cellar, in Ash Icy Falls. last Saturday, from which the building had been removed, an ax was found, which must have been lost in tbe stone while the work of constructing tne oven was going on, and as the oven is known to have been built as early as 1759, the ax is indeed one of the s'oldest ilhab. itants." It measures eight inches long, by 1-2 across the bit; two inches vide al the head and two inches at the middle. I, is straight on the outside edge and has ears on each side of the'eye on the inside. I, is covered with rust to the depth of s.s of an inch. Calculating from the time the oven was constructed, it must be at least IA or ll5 years old.
 Our Street LGnsps. street lamps have recently been provided with new kind of burner, which appears to be, by far, the finest of anything that has previ ously been tried here. It gives very large, brilliant light, composed of severa small jets; is easily managed and appears to be thoroughly practical. Our streets arr now lighted very nicely, and with ''Jeems' to boss the job, as lamplighter, we have ar assurance of much light in the future.
 Mir. Hill seems to be just the man te have charge of these lamps taking mucf interest in seeing to it that the glass ir them is kept clean, and the burners in goot condition. It would seem as though the north and south divisions, now that these are proving such an admirable success would adopt the new plan.