Connecticut western news., 1876-12-01

ueF DEOLNer, JO00 beeO0s or GASS Can2an. which seems to he the best way for all concerned. His home farm goes into tn. hands of his daughter, Mary Emmons wife of Geuson Emmons. with stock, farm ing implements and household furniture. -xcept what belongs to the widow. A DOT. lion of 1t comes down to her in direct lin, of succession from her great grandfather. .Jonsthsn DonRlds was one of the first set. tiers of this place. G.
 What He Says =" raised on sev. e'ghths of an acre of land this season, one hundred and seventy five bushels of poia t'es. and one hundred and Hfty bushels oi turnlps and this without load of manure nn the land".
 S1LAs WELLS. Salisbury, Nov 1870.
 i've have n't done much at farming fol sometime back, but if our opinion will be taSen for what it is worSh. we will say Mt. Silas W. has done sdm;ranly for this par. ticular season. ED. NRws.1
 Cracked Fire Box. - Last Monday morning. when fire was built in the fire rox of locomotive of the Conn Yves ern road, the City of Hartford" the chill was taken too quick out of the iron and i, c acked seam two feet long making its. ~elf at once apparent. The morning freight locomotive was called back from Canaan and took the forenoon passenger train east as far ss West Norfolk where it was met by another locomotive sent out from Hartford. and Tuesday the cracked engine was brought back to Hartford fo repairs by the regular freight train.
 School Meeting. ED1ToR: A school meeting WAS held at the school house ,n this village. on Monday evening. the 27th, for ths purpose of seeing what action the district would take in building 2 new school house and changing the site. A large number of the voters of the distrcs were present, when the following motions were unanimously carried :-
 1st, That this school district huild new school house. in accordance with . plan pproved by the board of school vilstors. and building committee appointed by the district.
 9d. That Miles T. Granger. Nathaniel c. Ward and D .niel L. Pierce be appointed . building committee.
 3rl. That this school district change the site of the school house. aAd that the build ing committee and board of school visitors select and locate site for the new school house.
 (The board of school visitors cpnNsts of R-v. Elisha Whiitlesey A. T. ROraback, M. B Tohry. c. W. Camp, Charles Gil Iette, and Dr L. Freeman)
 4th, That a tax of cents on dollar oi the taxable property of the district to bt laid on the grand list of 1876. to defray the expenses of a new shool house and tho nee essary appropriations.
 9th, Ths. the building committee dispose of the old school house.
 9th, That The building committee have the new school house completed on or be fore the middle of September, 1877.
 7th, Voted to adjourn sine die.
 SPECTATOR.
 Lakeville. Nothing new in this city this week: every body has got disgusted with the journals of the day. and the rush to the trains IS not half se great as it wal two weeks past. Every ono has settled down to the fact that Gen. Grant is i'll President, and is likely to be for all of any deelslon by the last election. If one mar asks another the question now as to wht is President, the reply IS Grant or CoOoer ......JudRe Tupper's election. or some thing, was too much for him, for it sen' the rheumatism down inro his foot. and Kept him in the house for . week. but b. ia out again, and at his old post of duty ......Mrs. M. Fl. Williams has bought thu house where she has lived for ao man, years, and is making improvements on thu place, and wo understand Is expecting tt make 'epaIrs in tho house in tho spring. I! is a very pleasant situation, and doubtless will be made very attractive bv the alter ations VI ich will be made....O On TueK day we had QHlte snow storm. but bav' not seeu any sleiRhing parties out vet ......There IS another new millinery stor, started here, viz: Tn the house of MT. Gee Saw. 1t not b. Q Rend ide for thescrowd of men to stand little bacl when those evening tralns come in at thu station, and give the passenRerS a chanot to get off and on the ears. and at the Sam time g1ve the agents chance to load an.l unload baggage and express mat CTS. Beware of lmp0sl lOns. Thsr has beaH man travelling arouud here V h. preteuds to Dc piano tuner, and after goln lRtO house and finding out what make o instrument che family lRs. tells them u came from that 1anufactOry, and tbat b represents that firm. whoever 1t may bt He told in thls village of three dlfferen have heard of. and how many more q not knOW. M.
 The Pougnkeepsie Bridge.-The follow ing letter and comments upon 1t were put lished in the Hartford Courant :- There is no proposed improvement C the railroad facilities of the country whlc so Osely concerns the interests of th citiz.ns of Hartford, and indeed of tn whole state. as the proposed bridge over u, Hudson at POughkeepsie. N. Y. Tue futur prosperity of the Connecticut Wester railroad depends, in great degree. upo the successful issue of this project. It with great pleasure therefore. that Tn CowrGnt lays before its readers the follow lDg letter. which gusrantees the completio of the bridge by January l. 1879, the tir specified in the contract. It. is a'1dr-sse to Hon. A H. Hollry of L L.k+ville, one C rhe directors of the Connecticut Wester railrOAd:-
 OFFICE OF THE AMERICAN BRIDGE Co.
 Chicago. Nov, Is, 1876.
 Acknowledging receipt Of yours of th Sd inst, relative to the present status an prospective nutlnok of the Pnughke~ps bridge enterprise, beg to state that we sr under contract to construct the bridge an have it ready for trnf1t: January l. l87. and that pursuant thereto we have bee for the past two months, and still are sC cumulailng machinery and material Pnughkeepsie, and inc work of preparin and framing the tlmbers tor the found .tin