Connecticut western news., 1876-04-21

company or west WlnSLeQ received from Meneeley & Kimberly, the celebrated bell founders of Troy, N. Y.. an order to cast the clapper of the l3, ,ooo pound centennial bell that is to be used at the Philadelphia exhibition. It is five feet and seven inches in length, the diameter of the ball Is ten in ches, and it weighs 25O pounds. Hartford Tunes.
 Lakeville Jottings-We haven't yet re- ceived an invitation to ride around lake Wononscopomoc on the new road. Isn't it going to be in travelling condition before long? Now that everybody gives the land they own throughwhich theroad will pass(? what S to hinder its being done at once. MT. Cornell, whose zeal in the work is commendable, ought to be able to infuse new life in this important project, and one so essential to the prosperity and growth of Lakeville The Rev. Mir. Stevens of the Methodist church left Lakeville last Wed nesday for his newly assigned field of la Dor, in Chatham 4 Corners. Mir. s. is one of the solid, staunch and reliable preachers of the Gospel according to the Methodist faith, and the good people of Lskevllle must regret the necessity of a change...... A pair of horses attached to dump cart, and belonging to the Porter ore bed, were left standing by themselves few moments last Tuesday, while the man in charge of them went to get drink of water, when in some way they were frightened and ran. One of them in their precipitous flight stumbled end turned complete summer sault. No serious injury resulted to the horses: One was cut slightly about the leg and the other bled at the mouth lttle...... MT. Wm. Bundy has bought of MT. Lippitt of Providence, building lot just south of the M. E. parsonage in Lakeyille, and will at once commence the erection of new house on it....The trial at the Miller House last Tuesday evening was to apply little law to fight which occurred in Ore Hill on election night. One of the combatants dissected an eye of his opponent, and vari- ous other anatomical experiments were zealously discussed. We have not learned the VeTQlCC, ana QOn want 10.
 The M. Fl. Conference.-The. EDITOR
 The annual session of the New York con-
 ference, held at the Free Tabernacle, 34th
 street, New York city, Bishop R. s. Foster
 Ca former member of this conference) pre-
 sided. Rev. A. M. Osborn preached acen-
 tennial sermon, Ca shetch l enclose). Sev-
 en probaioners in the conference were
 continued and eight probationers received
 as full members. Eleven candidates fol
 orders were received and ordained. The
 character of effective elders was examined
 and passed-one only reported as having
 withdrawn during the year.
 The following were elected as delegates
 at the next general conference, to be held
 in May, 1876, at Baltimore, Md: Revs [
 Floss D D. H B Rldgway D D, M D
 Crawford DD, John Miley D D, J G Bates
 R Wheatley. Reserve delegates-Revs
 H King, A K Sanford and w Goss.
 The lay conference was held on Thurs
 day, and the following laymen were elected
 representatives to the general conference
 I. B. Cornell and G. B. Decker.
 On Friday fraternal meeting of the lay and minister members of the conference
 was held, and addresses were made by
 Bishop Forte, Judge Fancher and others
 The committee on memorials reported tht
 death of four members of the conference
 Revs. J. Luckey, c. c. Keys, J. B. Wake
 ly and c. B. Martin. The last one of tn,
 younger, and the former the older member
 of the conference. The memorial service
 were held on Monday. A class of young
 men are standing at the door of the confer
 ence to take the place of those who hay fallen at their post. The ordinary confer : ence business was taken up and enclose, is the list of appointments for your yicinit, along the Housatonic valley.
 A. M. osBoRNs SERMON.
 He divided the national history into diff ferent periods. but said the most importan of all was just before the Revolution, whel England and France were struggling for tn possession of this country, teaching then the methods of war and science of govern . ment, or what Burke called colonial gris tle.' He said that among the great me who have helped to make this countr what it is, there were four whose infuenc could clearly be traced-Washingto an ; Franklin Gas statesmen), Edwards and Wes ley Gas reformers). The State and Churc were laid on one corner stone, Freedom : worship God He reviewed the materis progress of the country ln it's commercial educational and religious systems, bespeal ing for the future progress yet unrealize if we hold fast to the principles of unive sal education, universal brotherhood an catholic spirit.
 [We gave last week partial list of th , appointments, and this week have the cat
 logue complete, which is as follows ED .PoUaHKEEPs1E DISTRICT.
 Wm Goss, P E. Poughkeepsie-Was ington street, J F McClellaud; Cannon s > W H Ferris Hedding church, w H E. j. ans; Wappinger's Falls, H Hawxhurst Fishkill Village, W Brush Louisville, s Lent; Fishkill-on-the- Hudson, A Coons '' Matteawan, c w Willard; Cold Spring, ,, L Culver; Phillipstown, R Decker; Hyc A' Park, G B Clark Rbinebeck, R Wheatle T. Hillside and Riverside, l. A Adams, R, Il Hook, G w. Knapp; Germantown al It Madalin, J Birch; Hudson-First churc le c Hoyt; St. Johns, supplied; Stocl J port, J Alderman; Claverack and Ph 'u mont, G D Townsend; West Taghkan III and Glencoe Mills, w Hall Union G '' ners, Jackson Corners and West Gallati z N H Bangs: Spencertown and Harlemvil 'S H Lane; Chatham Four Corners, w + Stevens: East Chatham and Red Rock.