Connecticut western news., 1875-02-12

dave after the payment is claimed tO have been made, the regular receipt oi the paper with the date to which the subscription ie paid plain! | printed thereon is prima facie evidence of it's ac ceptance as correct. J. k. TEASE. ,s Catholic.-The Rev. H. A. Lynch, ss- sistant priest of St. Augustine parish. l Bridgeport, has been appointed to the par ish in Falls Village.
 Gold waves.-The scientific people d. l Jude to cold weather coming in waves. IL that be proper expression We have had ; nigh season for several weeks past. Getting ReadY.-The Holley Msnufac turing Company of Lakeville gre now fit- ting out their travelling agents fer.~th. spening Of spring business, if indeed busi- ness opens at all next spring.
 With Open N6ouths.-Merchant Jones .of LskeviIle wan,s folks to "open their mouths wide when they come to See hlm!" any way, have you seen that new sign ? A wicked and adulterous generation may seek after signs, but they won't touch tbs, one.
 Fire in shakerdom.-A large portion of the Shaker village of New Lebanon. N. Y. was destroyed by fire last Saturday after noon. A terrific gale was blowing al the time, and it was only by almost superhu- man efforts that anything was saved. The total loss will probably reach $7O,Oo Improved -Rsggs' Daily and Weekly Recorder. which have recently been treated to dress of new type, appear very much improved. and are now among the bes, printed papers in the state. This enter prise betokens degree of prosperity richly ,nerited by Brother Riggs, and we rej~ice with him in his success.
 Let Somebody Answer.-Inquiry is made if the Chatfeld Mining CompanY,i is doing quite the square thing in pumping water from it's mines and pouring it down across the road, allowing It to freeze and rendering it almost impossible to- travel along that road. We do not know whether it is or not, but perhaps somebody else can answer the question.
 Tell Us Why 7-It is rumored that the Rev. Father Sheffrey. the shepherd of the Catholic people of this region is about to leave us, and will go to New Haven. This sounds indeed strange! Father Shcffrey has wrought a great work amongst ns. +s- pecially in the cause of temperance. and now why must he leave in the midst of s0 much usefulness He canno: do nor. good elsewhere, and-well, why is this thus, anyway
 l A Sad Case.-Blacksmith Yerrick came into the office the other day, crying as though his little heart would break tears as big az pink-eye potatoes tumbling down over his palpitating bosom, and said it Was too bad for those other fellows 10 shoe horses all around for $l.2O. He says h. sh,d horses all last summer in lavender
 kids, and was consequently able to main
 tain his true position in aristocratic circles
 but this new price of $l 20 won't pay fol
 the wear and tear of his new bellows
 Boo-hoo-o-o!
 l Newspaper Postage.-The postal return!
 during the month of January show that ,h'
 substitution of prepayment of newspape postage is very far from increasing the rev
 nue from that source, as has been sup
 posed. The receipts during the month Q
 January for stamps used in ,he large north
 ..rn cities are far below the estimates Q - office revenue would have been mucl greater had the postage on newspapers beet raid by the subscribers wh:. received them ! instead of the publishers who sent them.
 House Burned.-Last Monday after
 noon, between three and four o'clock, lh
 tenement house on Town Hill, known a
 :he old Wells place, and 'ch was own.
 hy MT. Silas Wells, was discovered on fire The building was occupied by two or ,hre
 families, every member, it is said, bein
 absent frum the house at the time. Tn ( fire appeared to have originated in the mort - chamber, or at least was first seen there . The furniture was nearly all got safely ou1 | but the building was entirely destroyed ] which we understand was insured fu + $l,o00.
 Sale of Railroad Poughkeepsi and Eastern Railroad. 1t is advertised. is | be sold at auction at l2 o'clock. noon, Q the 24th of March next. in front of t!,
 Court House in PougLkeepsie. The Sale
 the result of a. judgment of foreclosure
 affirmed by the Supreme Court of Ne, , York. The hondholders are requested [ meet in -Poughkeepsie on the Sd of March , 10 consider their interests. This road cn :, nccts with the Connecticut Western at Mi lrrton. and terminates at the North rivel 1 in the city of Poughkrepsie. IL will prot ably 20 into the hands of bondhOld-rs an 7 those in the interest of the great Pough :. keepeie bridge prospect.
 A Brother Editor Dead.-We wer y shocked last Monday afternoon to learn c '' the sudden death of Theodore F. Vail. th
 editor of the Winsted Herald. MT. Va E died of typhoid pneumonia, at his lesidenc ; in Winsted, Monday morning last. in ,tl U forty-third year of his age. Mir. Vail Wa
 formerly adjutant of the Second Connes ticut heavy artillery. and had an honorabl 5 war record. He bad been editor of til
 Herdld since 1865. and was successful
 His brothers in jourualism will grieve sh
 sad loss Of one of their number, and wi
 lose no opportunity in after life to allud
 to him as a gentleman of talent. a geni
 and true friend. and au hOnored member (