Connecticut western news., 1875-01-08
That Lecture.-Did you attend the lee ture at Lakeville Hall Monday evening?

That Lecture.-Did you attend the lee ture at Lakeville Hall Monday evening?
 Eh 2-Folks are getting "bY the ears' down in Louisiana. What do you think about it?
 Law.-Friend Delliber says it is LAW to close the post office at 8 clock in the evening.
 Zinc Monuments.-A Bridgeport firm Is making monuments and gravestones of zinc, which look like granite. and are much cheaper than either marble or granite.
 Those sausage.-Mr. Ker Yon of Miller ton is having large sale in New York city for his famous sausage. He sends to one hotel alone. 300 pounds every week.
 New Caps.-The conductors, brakemen and baggemen of the Conn. Western road have been provided with new regulation cap. with appropriate and very handsome badges.
 Stop That !-People attending church in this village have again commenced to feed their horses on the new fence on Freight Depot street. Come, stop 1t will you "So there noww
 Fair Warning g-Some of the good citi- zens of Chapinville desire us to say to the fishermen that if they do not siop fishing on the Twin Lskes Sundays, they will be prosecuted. Fair warning, gentlemen; fair warning.
 Renown.-And now the festive grass hopper has within the past year attained a rational reputation; which goes to prove that in this free country. the opportunities for fame are unsurpassed. The contribu- tions in aid ot Kansas sufferers in the Con- gregational church last Sabbath was gen. erous one.
 Lamp Meeting.-A meeting of all in- terested in lighting the street lamps in this village will be held at the drug store of M. L. Graham, Saturday evening, January 9th, 1875. to see what action they will take in relation to lighting the lamps for the ensu- ing year. and also to see if they will repair and provide for tue lighting of those that were not in use the past season.
 A Murderous Blow.-While Thomas Laird, an employe in the Housatonic R. R. repair shops, was walking near the court house in Falls Village last Saturday even ing, somebody came suddenly up behind him with club and struck him powerful blow on the head, felling him to the ground and quite seriously injuring him. The per petrator o, the dastardly act was not arrest ed at last accounts. It is thought by some the blow was given to satisfy grudge against him.
 Man Killed.-Last Thursday evening while the voters from the town meeting held in Richmond, in Berkshire county were returning to their homes at Richmond Iron Works, some of them commenced to race horses, and as two two-horse loads were turning from the main road near the furnace, running at full speed, one of them turned suddenly over, and the whole load was thrown violently to the ground, killing Clement Eaton instantly, and breaking the ribs of Martin Flanagan.
 That Pig.-The following item comes to us:
 1. French of Amesville butchered a year old pig that weighed IA lbs. dressed
 Perhaps there is nothing particularly strange about year old pig weighing only IA pounds; but that weight somehow sug gests the fact that Mr. F. must have had to drive the "varmint" to the brook every morning to soak him up before he would hold swill. There may however be . mis- take in the figures as received by us. and if the item was sent In "sober earnest, /" there evidently was.
 LATER. After the above was in type, a line was received saying 5l4pounds instead of IA pounds is the right figure. This sounds better.
 The Towns Mortaity.-Dr Reid read from his desk in the Congregational Church in this village, last Sabbath, the following record of deaths in the town during the year 1874: The whole number of deaths was 4S; of these one was aged 90, Mrs Catherine Sillick; one was 88, John Bar nett; one was 8l, Mrs. Mary Jenks; there were between 70 and 30, Mrs. McArthur, Robert Landon. Robert Paddock, Aaron Wright, Polly Crosman, Hager Foote Whiting Ayers, David Dunbar; there were ? between 60 and 70, between 60 and 6O 2 between 40 and 50, between 80 and 40. between 20 and 30, 2 between 10 and 20, and 10 under 10. Three were members of this church, Mrs. Mary Adams, Mrs. Susan D. Norton, and William J. Pettee.
 Ashley Falls Marble.-Parties from Hartford have leased the quarries in Ash ley Falls owl. ed by Dr. John Scoville, and will commence at once to get out marble for building purposes. This marble is pro- nounced by those gentlemen, as superior for what they want of it, to anything they have heretofore obtained. The quarries are located within thirty or forty rods of the Housatonic R. R. and down hill all the way. It is the purpose of the lessees to employ men at the quarries and dress the stone before shipment, and judging by the preparations being made, large quanti- ties of marble will be taken from there in the next twelve months. and used in bull ding up and beautifying the already hand. some e,ty of Hartford.