Connecticut western news., 1876-10-06

will be added as soon as we have time to look up their accounts.
 A Day Earlier.-As announced last week, we publish THE NEWS one day earlier this week, to aid us with more time for the removal of our office the last of the present week.
 Closing Out Cheap. Clark Bros. are closing out their stock of Ladies' Suits re- gardless of cost Now is the time to make your purchases. See their advertisement in another column.
 October Raspberries.-Not often are red raspberries gathered in this climate in October, but this year seems to be an ex- ception to the general rule. One day this week bush of them was found just out of this village near the railroad track.
 Centennial Hash.-The New Milford Ray says New Milforder at restaurant in Philadelphia, after studiously examining the bill of fare for nearly an hour. sudden ly blurted out:
 s'Guess I'll have some hash, If you've got it. If you haven't, you needn't get it up purpose for me-"
 Our Valuable Dogs.-Dogs in this town during the year ending Oct. 2d, 1876, killed sheep to the valne of $243 50. In Sharon dogs slaughtered $l9s worth of sheep, and in the town of Canaan $66. Dogs are 8 very valuable and of course indispensable luxury, or else the people would not will ingly pay this heavy tax on their raYages among the sheep.
 Forty Per Cent.-At the meeting of the creditors of MT. Lucius Little of Shef- field, Tuesday of last week, it was deter mined that he could pay forty cents on the dollar, and which was accepted by all his creditors, as full settlement, the payment to be made in four payments of ten per cent, without security. Everybody regrets the failure in business of so worthy man as MT. Little.
 Sudden Death.-Last Friday morning Mrs. Luke Flood of this village died very suddenly of what was said to be disease of the heart. She arose in the morning and prepared breakfast for the family as usual, and an hour afterward was dead. Her funeral was largely attended in thls village on Sunday. When the procession reached the cemetery in Millerton it is said it contained 1O4 teams, and which would average five persons ip each team.
 Last Chance for Low Rates.--The
 Housatonic RR. Go. will until further no
 tice sell excursion tickets to Philadelphia
 ard return from Sheffield $9, Ashley Falll
 and Canaan $8.75, Falls Village and Lime
 Rock $s.5O, West Cornwall $8 40, Corn
 wall Bridge, $s.3O, Kent $S, etc. These
 prices do not include transfer through New
 York city. To go from Bridgeport with
 out change of cars, via steamer ''May
 land, Tor by Transfer Company from Grant
 Central depot to Jersey City will cost s extra.
 STILL LOWER CENTENNIAL RArEs.-Sinc
 writing the above the Housatonic RR. Go
 has sent us notice of route with rates stil lower than those given above, viz: ove , that road and by the steamer Bridgeport to New York and the Bound Brook" l. Philadelphia, as per advertisement of th Bridgeport Steamboat Go. in another col umn. The fares to Philadelphia and re 7 turn by that route are, from Sheffield $S. 20 ] Canaan $7.95, Falls Village $7.7O, Wes } Cornwall $7.6O, Kent $7.2O- This is nov unquestionably the route of all routes.
 New Geods.-Mr. Weible, the merchar a tailor of Salisbury, changes his advertise |, ment this week. MT. W. has just return c ed from New York, where he has been t
 buy his fall stock of goods, and he certain
 lY has brought with hlm a very choic stock of cloths, which he will cut an L. make up for his patrons in the latest an if best style, and at the lowest prices. Hi d stock of ready made clothing is very fin f indeed, and he will now be better able tha ever to please bis friends and customer with anything they may want. His ne, !. store makes him very pleasant and con ;, fortable place for business. Go and SC MT. Weible when you want clothing. = St. Johns Church.-The Episcop Il Church ediice in this village is improyin }, wonderfully under the skillful brushes C is Boss Melvin and his assistants. Mir. Ma l. ble Cutter Gillette, discovering the large tai It let of marble over the door, which has f, d so many years been concealed by pain a grssped his polishing tools and chisels, ar '- without money and without price, remove the old paint, repollshed the tablet an "a skillfully cut the name of the church au g. the date of Its erection, viz: "St. John D. Church, 1924" This voluntary act on Il It part of Mir. Gillette is worthy of the ma 7- and we have no doubt will be appreciate
 lby the people who worship there.