Connecticut western news., 1876-04-14

,rrors in these accounto will hereafter be conRid- cred unless presented within th1fGy after the payment Is clsmed so nave tb tSa iate to which the subscription iB paid plainly printed thereon, is prims facie evidence of its ac' ceptance as correct. J. L. TEASE.
 Fire.-Large fire in Sheffield Wednesday night of last week. Our Sheffield cores pondent speaks of 1t.
 That Glove.-Farmer Decker says he will pay reward of one dollar to any per- son who will return to him his lost glove. Now then; won't you hand upF
 Filling Up.-Cornell & Hoyt of Lake vile are filling their store with new spring goods. Their reading notice in the column beyond tells about it.
 Improvemsnt.-Mr. Weible the tailor has removed the small red building near his residence on Main street, and will build on its slte neat, two 'story building, to be used for his tailoring business and cloth ing store. It will contain rooms suitable to rent for other kinds of business. This will make very desirable change in the appearance of the street.
 Indian Oh,istianity.-The story of the Indian captives in Fort Marion, St. Angus tine, Florida, in another column, by Bishop Whipple is doubtless true, but when ole "Red Bull" wanted to sell us large bow and arrow as we were walking in the for amongst them but few weeks ago, ant we refused to purchase. the expression or his countenance was anything but that of { Christian. He may have embraced ant kissed the Bishop, but when we saw him his eye looked as if it was taking the di mansions of our scalp.
 New Car Coupler.-The Litchfie!d En- quirer says patent car-coupler owned b. Mir. Henry Rogers, formerly of Litchfeld has been adopted by the Shepaug railroad and appears to be a very valuable improve ment. A simple self-coupling arrangemen has been long needed, and this invention seems to meet the demand. There has beeI more maiming and killing of brakemen il the dangerous work of coupling cars thai from almost any other cause, and if thi invention proves success it will serve th cause of humanity as we'll as prove Q grea convenience.
 Centennial Knives.-The Holley Manu featuring Go. have had on exhibition a their factory in Lakeville from Saturday t last Tuesday, large and very beautifu case of samples of knives, for the center nial exhibition in Philadelphia. The case which was made in New York city, and elegantly constructed of black walnut, about eight feet high by four wide. It lined with purple velvet, and the 225 sam pies of knives varying in size, from the cer tral piece with 24 blades, down to the mir iature knife to be worn for chain charm
 make an exhibition alone worth goin some distance to see.
 Found Dead in the River.-An age
 man named Giddings, living at Van Der senville, on Thursday morning last left hi
 house, as is supposed, to care for his cattl
 at his barn, but not returning as usua
 search was instituted at the barn and at th
 near neighbors without finding hum. A
 the news of the old gentleman's absenc
 became general, the neighbors mad
 search and found his hat about twenty fe
 from the river bank, and about quarter
 Q mile below in the river h1s corpse W,
 found. It is supposed that he had becon
 insane, as it had been noticed by Il
 ne:ghbors that he acted very strangely
 day or two before. X. Tumbling Down.-About two thirds
 the stoop of the old town hall building f, down Wednesday forenoon, and the strut ure now presents Q most miserable appea ance. Are we to invite all creation here our centennial celebration. with this c 5 ruin standing, as it now does, in a mo , conspicuous position than any other bui , ing in the village! Look at it as you ps
 by, aud see if you mt think somethi d ought to be done, and must De done s once. 10 have this, our towns disgrace, l
 moved before the celebration. To hs e that old wreck pointed out to strangers d the tOwn haU cf Salisbury is extrem l. humiliation, even to contemplate. Cam if be removed at once!
 u The Youthful Rebel.-The Yor e America of the North enjoys the reputat v of being the biggest little devil on ear '' but that his brother; the youthful ''ret ls of the South is his most worthy contem '' rary and counterpart in mischief cannot W disputed, and to illustrate, we will give .' of his latest exploits, and which , u achieved while we were in Fernando
 The matron of the public school, in VI strict observance of her line ot duty, ,gai S' the dispieasure of goodly number of J. pupils, and they rrsortcd to very sing, method of making manifest their disapr i'' ba,ion. One afternoon after the sct oe had closed for the day, they drove ei ''' goats they found rambling about the st ne into the school yard, and in the dead of a' night, when gravcyards yawn and gh 10 are abroad, the infantile rascals caught 'i. goats, and handing them through wins e' of one apartment transported them to 'r chamber above and removing some bo us of the ceiling, dropped them, one by , CT down into the sacred apartment of [ beloved teacher. When the advocate to defender of Murray and Colburn sppe' n and unlocked and opened the door to ns school room the next morning, cour l prevents our telling tho Northern scl D. 1! teachers how the goats skipped, doc
 and flew past her and out the door into
 yard, frightening her into an hysterical the two old ram goats shooting past he A. if sent out of a ten inch coiumbiad, { 3" horns catching her dress and yerking ,n' SO quickly around she buAzed like 8 llS Whilp fho oOOrA oF woump raholo H,ohsvd