Connecticut western news., 1875-02-12
Western Freights.-Represeuta,iye. of

met in Hartford last Saturday, I nd discussed propositions for througi. relght tariffs between Chicago and Bos- on. but no decision was reached. There Vill De another conference In New York Icxt week. A division of rates pro rata 'oes not, in the opinion of the roads eas, 'f the Hudson, leave them sufficient mar .'n for paying profits. The propositions discussed include a plan for ferry trsnspor- ation at Newburgh. but calls for guarsn- ees from the eastern roads which they art lot likely to accede to. It is possible ths. ~me notifications of the propositions may 'e made so aS to meet the views of tn. eastern roads. It is decided to make clos. connections for day passenger trains be- ween B. ston, Providence and PoughkeeIs- tie and other points on the Hudson earl, n the spring.
 Arrest of Horse Thief.-David Hicks 't North Gs'shs n, young man about twenty years old, obtained horse of Nr. and with It called on Mr. Smith Cleveland of Lakeville, about thre, weeks ago, and said that Mir. Humphreys told him to call there and get Mir. Clevt- 'And's cutter, harness ard robes, and go ,o Sharon and see about or get some cattle oi '. Mr. Stdgwick. Mir. Cleveland was lit- lie suspicious of the chap. but was finally persuaded to let him go on. As. Hicks failed to return in reasonable time, Mir. Cleveland instituted search for the fugitive md hls property, and succeeded in finding lhe cutter, &c..in Wolcottville, where si.t scamp had sold it. Deputy Sheriff Slocum of Winsted was put on track of the thie (. nd found him in South Norfolk, at hous. ear the Goshen line. He was brought to L4keville Monday and examined before Judgr Tupper. He plead guilty and was nouud over to the Superior Court Tn th, sum of $500, in default of which he WAS Judged ln jail at Litclfeld.> :. :.-.
 Senator Buckingham Dead.-SenatoI Buckingham died at his late residence in Norwich, Thursday night of last week. Tue Norwich Bulletin gives the following account of the last illness of Governor Buckingham
 Mir. Buckingham had been in i'll healtl fer several months, and grave apprehension Of its results had been entertained. Or Saturday last he drove out, and that even ing appeared as bright and cheerful N. usual. On Sunday, however, he See mec very much prostrated and suiIs quenily Wa, seizrd with intense pain, for the alevlaiiol of which Opiatrs were administered. | 1 tO this time, although feared, no symptoln of positive disease had shown nseIves- his failing health hring attribut. d to grn -ral Causes. Dr. Smith, of Sprinfild ant Yale College. was summoned on Monday reaching his bedside at five P. M. On tx animation it seemed that the obscure dis ease. which he had feared ut former visit had developed into active inflammation Q the bowels, aud from this time lis hop Was entertained of his recovery. But litA could be done to mitigate his suff-rings | Gu Thursday he became ins-nsible, an though he appeared tO rally there was nt,il 1 ing more than circulation and respiration l. show that he still lived. He died calml
 nd peacefully without pain. his breath an
 pulse growing fainter aud slower until the ceased All that could be done by his d, voted friends was done. until be quietly e1 pi,ed at twenty minutes past IF o'clock.
 Severe Weather.-The weather of th past few weeks has been unusually severe Blu: one day in something. like six week has it been warm enough to thaw, and tn, WAS w. dnesday of last week, when
 rnined nearly all day: The mercury in the. rnometers has lowered closely around ztr nearly. .alllhe time, and to keep colnfs.r able has required no small amount of ff.n1 Severe colds, diphtheria and other disease akin to such weather, seem to prevail AS a ,.pidemlc. After the storm Tuesday of ls.
 week, when snow fell to The depth of I CT l4 inches. il rained and filled our streei
 with water. which the ditches and drain
 were utterly innd. qnate to carry away. an in a few hours the sudden change to il
 tense cold frCzc into solid foundation. (
 ice, rendering locomotion on foo, almo
 impossible. How long, oh! how long nlu
 these things ''continner'2
 Tuesday of this present week was sai (by the oldest inhatitant, of course ) ,o !
 lhe coldest day on record, the mercury ge
 ting in the morning below Zero. and grad
 ally creeping toward the bulb, and n,arkiu
 nearly all day from Eve, SIX and eight
 ten and twelve below Zero, according
 location, and the wind blowing Its frig
 bretzes clear through everything that vtr
 tured out of doors.
 Hussey's Cottage Architecture.-O,
 of ihe most valuable publications of Il age is Husspy's National Cottage Archiir
 sure. No man who contrmpl"tps the rTt1 ,ion of residence can afford t0 not po
 stss copy of this most valuable auxilix
 to such work. It may be true he expec to leave much of the detail of his plan , his Al chitect. but in Yetting at a plan lh IS exactly what he wunts, this book will:
 In assistance which be cannot obtain fra
 other sources. There are undoubtedly
 large number of works on architecture, u
 we feel sure none are better adapted to \ slst in the construction of country h08a
 than the one we alluded to. Most o,h
 works embrace plans for edifices few, ve few, of which are ever seen in the eou try. on account of heinz far more elabors , than required. Hussey's Archit, cture
 exclusively devoted to buildings for {,
 suburbs of large places, the smaller tow
 and the country in general. Among first pages are hints and general inform
 ton concerning the most approved plan
 admitting sunlight into residence; of | r hrst method of heating and ventilAting i , facts of the greatest importance, and whi ! cannot be omitted with impunity. To man about tn construct residence, this formation alone is worth many times [ |. price of the book The work contai IT