Connecticut western news., 1875-02-19

Frigid.-Did you eeer see such colo weather and SO much of it?
 Train Delayed.-The special train soutt
 on the Housatonic Railroad, Monday even ing, broke spring-hanger on the engine (No. lO), and was delayed in Sheffield abou three hours.
 Fire in Van Deusenville.-The resi-
 dence of John Munson, in Van Deusen , vile. Mass, was totally destroyed by fire on Monday evening last. All the house hold furniture was saved.
 Heavy Lime shipment.-Durlng tho full year of 1874, 5s, 76s barrels of lime were shipped from the Canaan station ovel the Connecticut Western road. It is though
 of this amount Messrs. Pierce & Lawrence shipped about half.
 Fire in Hartford.-A disastrous fire oc
 cured on Main street, in Hartford, early Friday morning of last week, when abou $225,O worth of property was destroyed which was insured for $l54, ,OOO. The large
 dry goods establishment known as the "Be.
 Hive" and several other large stores and
 business houses were totally destroyed.
 Fired by Lime.-A few days since
 when our streets were inundated, water
 poured in the cellar of Wm. Parsons
 house in this village, where were stored
 four barrels of lime, and which slaked the
 lime and igniteG the barrels. A citizen
 passing at the time discovered the light and gave prompt warning. or probably the house would have been fired by it.
 "Nice and Warm."-It is said Mrs, Bra zie, the good housewife of one of the fam lies who occupied the Wells house, burned last week, left her stove, on the morning of the fire, full of good hard wood, SO the house should be nice and warm when she returned from her visit to Sheffield. She succeeded admirably. The house pas ssnice and warm" when sue got back.
 Litchheld Jail.-The Litchfield county representatives have at length decided to expend $3. 100 in repairing the old jail, be- | larger and adequate sum. Nevertheless, they thought the county could afford them $40 for their own services in relation to the Jail project, and accordingly voted themselves this sum.-Hartford Courans.
 Large Boiler.-Mr Carol, the Mill River paper manufacturer, has just re- ceived mammoth rotary boiler for his new pulp mill. This large ilon cylinder, twenty feet long and eight or ten feet in diameter, was drawn to Mill River from the station at Ashley Falls last Saturday, on large sleds It weighed ten tons, and eight or ten pairs of horses and cattle were required to haul it.
 Had No ohist."-A physician was called to visit sick Irishman in Mill River some time since, and among oti CT things directed tbat plaster should be spread on his chest. At subsequent call, on being informed that h:s patient vas no better, he inquired of his wife if she had put the plaster on his chest, when she replied :- Sure and did not. He has no chist, and l sphread it or the thrunk in the other room"
 Housatonic Owl Train.-The time for the through freight train on the Housatonic road going south, has been changed from day into night. That train began running on its new time last Tuesday, leaving Van Deusenville at s.55 in the evening, passing Sheffield at 9.44, Ashley Falls 1000, Ga naan lO.O8, Falls Village O42, Sc., &c., and arriving in Bridgeport at quarter to four o'clock next morning. This train runs much faster than the through freight going north, which runs in the day time.
 oopake ore.-An exchange says: In December last MT. F. Miles discovered ore on his land at Copake Iron Works. The ore lays from thirty to fifty feet from the surface and is of the best quality. It is said to be the best mine ever discovered at that place. He has some ten or fifteen men at work removing dirt and cutting road down 10 the ore. The men employed are mostly those who have large families to support and would undoubtedly otherwise have had no work this winter It is under. stood he will put on a larger force in the spring. MT. Miles discovered this mine just in the right time, as the other mines were exhausted last summer,
 Iron Gar Wheels.-There is no doubt about the fact that iron wheels for railroad cars are not reliable in cold weather Dn ring the last week at least ten drawing room cars have been switched off at this station on the H. R. K. R., on account of broken wheels. Through the winter large num- Der of freight trains and several passenger trains have been thrown from the track of | the Hudson River and New York Central Railroad on this account. Fortunately | these accidents have been unattended with | serious injury or loss of life thus far. But as the breaking of these wheels so ire quently occurs, there is no telling how soon a fast train may be hurled from the track at the cost of fifty or perhaps hundred lives. It seems to us that steel wheels would be great improvement over these iron ones; and although the first cost would be greater, we believe the time is not dis tant when they will supercede those now in use, as the steel rail has superseded the iron, and as a matter of safety and econo- my, be adopted by all the principal Tail roads in the country. -PoughteepsSe Te3e- graph. .l'