Connecticut western news., 1875-05-28


 who at the time of his death, in March last was the oldest clergyman in the state. The Litchfeld North association joined with the Norfolk society in the services, and the church was crowded. The services were opened with prayer by Rev. MT. Halleck of West Winsted, and 8 sermon by Professor Porter, which occupied an hour or more.
 Corner stone.-The Catholic people of Lakeville and vicinity will lay the corner stone of their new church in Lakeville on Thursday afternoon of this week, the Rev. Father Hughes, Vicar General of Hartford, will deliver the sermon. The various tenn perance and civil societies of this region will participate Tn the exercises and grand time is expected. The Rev. Father Lynch is to be congratulated on his most excellent success among his people there. The church is to be 75x45, and will be comple- ted and ready for divine service by the end of 1875.
 Town Halls.-Mr I. N. Bartram of Sharon is building new town halls for Bar rington and New Milford. When is he going to build one for Salisbury? The LakeYille folks will give the land and pay for half the construction of the building if MT. B. will put It down there. We think he had better accept of that offer, as he probably will not live long enough to get chance to build one in this village, nor any body else, as for that matter We hope the Lakeville people will continue to stir about in this hall business, and they'll meet with the reward that perseverance invariably commands.
 Heavy Freighting.--Th through freight trains on the Housatonic road go so heavily laden TOW days, that two locomotives are re- quired to haul them, denoting an amount of business never before known in the his- tory of the road, as one locomotive alone is capable of hauling very long train oyer Its easy grades, and has always before been equal to any emergency. The frelghting business over the Conn. Western road is also very heavy now the present rolling stock of the road being scarcely adequate to the work. Last Saturday, the regular freight took heavily laden train from the western end of the line, leaving Granville with forty cars. The coal traffic from the new Rhinebeck 6 Connecticut road, adds largely to the business.
 Falls Village.-The Old Folks Concert in Citizens Hall last week Wednesday evening was very fine affair, and full house enjoyed the tunes of ye olden time. They repeat the same in West Cornwall on Friday evening, May 28th......The Red Star B. B. c. went to West Cornwall on Wednesday of this week and played a match game with the Hickory B. B. 0. of that place. If we can judge anything from the practice games of the Red Stars, we bespeak for them successful season, as they have, to all appearances, a very strong nine for an amateur club......G. w. Hall seems to be having the bulk of the trade in this place. Moral-Advertise in THE NEws. .....,T The Wilmington singers gave con- cert in the Methodist church Tuesday even- ing George Capron has some fine fish ing tackle for sale. SHYLooK.
 Ashley F'al1s.-Mr. John Carroll, the great paper manufacturer of Mill River, is negotiating for land in Ashley Falls, on which to build him residence. MT. Car roll does nothing by halves. and it is pre- stunned he will put up an elegsnt structure | there if he succeeds in getting the site, az everybody hopes he will. The lot under negotiation is the corner lot facing on School street, and the new street running l Fro hot +of ho Sc nf the pleasantest in the village. The new railroad street has new and wide side. walk recently built, with shade trees and structure such as MT. Carroll will put there If he gets the land, will add much to the appearance of that portion of the viii lage......Large quantities of newspaper from Mill River are being shipped from the station at Ashley Falls, there being from 6OOo to 1000 pounds shipped daily.
 Po'keepsie, Hartford & Boston RR. Go. A meeting of the purchasers of the Po' keepsie & Eastern railroad was held in this city Monday for the purpose of organizing which was effected by the election of off ccrs as follows:
 President, Geo. P. Pelton Vice Presi | Treasurer, Alanson Swain.
 At the same time Jacob N. Perkins was appointed Superintendent and Alonzo w. Cable, General Freight and Passenge, Ageut.
 No action has yet been taken with regard to the future of the road, says the Edgle but the first work to be done will be the completion of the Delaf1eld street bridge and the fencing of the road. All the roll ing stock and the road bed is also to be in spected and put in complete order, and some new freight cars will probably be purchased soon. Efforts will also be made to arrange with the Connecticut Western for better through connection to Hartford and the East.-Pough&eepsie 1'elegraph.
 The Weather-The heated term seems to have bounced upon us all at once Less than week ago, as we write, Clues day forenoon,) fires were not only con- fortahle but absolutely necessary, and th'
 prolonged cold of the spring as continued up to Thursday, but Friday opened up 'ho as 'lection,' and this heat, which is quit' unusual for this season of the year, ha
 continued to this time, the mercury in tn, thermometers here marking as high as 8t and S7. Vegetation has responded to tbi
 remarkable change with alacritv. The fo-
 liage of the trees has, as it were, unfoldet and spread itself right out, and we ar' without any gradual process whatever plunged from winter into summer heat There are those who believe that Nature il
 doing things on somewhat different plal
 since so much of our timber and wooded s lands are made clear. In early days, sucl s terribly destructive floods as visited som parts of our country last season were neve heard of, nor such an abrupt jump off from winter into summer, with no chanc < whatever for spring to put in an appear l ance, was not known. All things coDsid
 cred, the old way of doing it is to be pre-