Connecticut western news., 1876-05-26

Mrs. Theo. Sweet, Union Grove, Wis, 25 | E. Snedeker. Marbledale: Conn.,. 355 H. E. Howe, Huntsville, Conn.,, IS M. Stevens, Chapinville, Conn.,, 618 W. McClerrin, Chapinvile, Conn.,, IS Mrs. W. Bissell. Wakeman, Ohio, 360l Wm. Hunt, 10 John St., Worcester, Mass, SIS W. Mahoney, East Canaan, 800
 IAnd large number of others. whose names | will be added as soon as we have time to look up their accounts.1
 Kent.-Grand good correspondence from Kent, but was received by us so late we couldn't put it in type. Always send Tues day.
 Centennial Committee.-The executive committee for the Centennial celebration will please remember the meeting in this village next Saturday afternoon at TWO o'clock.
 Approaching Oompletion.-Mr. Wei ble's new building is rapidly approaching completion, and is sufficiently far advanced to show something what it is to be, very neat and comfortable structure for business purposes, and as we said when we alluded to it some weeks since, very great addi- ton to the appearance of our main street.
 Potato Bugs.-LaIge numbers of pota- to bugs perched themselves upon the pota- toes in some of the gardens hereabout, as soon as the plants made their appearance above ground. MT. Lawyer Warner found his potatoes covered with them day or two since. Serious trouble is anticipated from these unsuitable pests this coming sea- son. and the proper course to be pursued against them, should be fully determined l now
 Baptism.-The Key. Mir. Roberts of Washington Hollow, N. Y., who has occa- sionally conducted well attended meetings | in this village, administered the ordinance of baptism by immersion last Sabbath af- ternoon, in the Moore brook between the railroad and highway bridges, to five indl- viduals viz, MT. and Mrs. John Sherwood, Mir. and Mrs. George Sherwood and MT. Charles Sherwood. The number in attend ance to witness the ceremony was quite large, there being present probably hun dred and fifty individuals.
 Library Books.-The following new books have just been added to the library l in this village: Robinson Crusoe's Money, by David Wells; White Lies and Foul Play, Charles Reade; We and Our Neigh bors, Mrs. Stowe; One Fair Woman, Joa- quin Miller; Opening of Chestnut Burr,
 Roe; Second Wife and Old Mam'selle's Secret, from the German of Marlitt On
 Dangerous Ground, Moore Mother Wells
 Poems; Koran; Seven Oaks, J. G. Hol-
 land; Prime Minister, Trollope.
 l E. BARTRAM, Librarian.
 Making Trains Stop.-Judge Granger, in
 the Supreme Court in Hartford last Friday, issued peremptory mandamus on the New
 Haven and Northampton railroad compa ny, ordering them to stop the trains al
 Plantsville depot. The legislature of 1875
 passed law ordering that the trains be
 stopped at this station, but the railroad off
 cers refused to do so, and have disregardec
 the action of the legislature. The Judge
 said the railroad company had defed the
 laws of the state long enough, ard he would
 make the mandamus peremptory. Grea
 interest attaches to the case, and there ii
 considerable curiosity evinced to see if th'
 railroad people will dare persist in evadinE
 tbe law.
 Fever and Ague.-Considerabl feve l aud ague has for sometime prevailed il , Clayton, in Massachusetts. It is said ther are now about half dozen cases of th , disease. The breaking away of the reseI voir at Monterey by the spring freshets, an | which has operated to keep the water bacl
 in the low and swampy places, is though
 to be the cause of the existence of the ma
 laria Cases ot ague and chills in this re zion are exceedingly rare at this late da : of the settlement of the country. A hur . dred years ago the demand for quinine wa s unquestionably large, and the presence C a the malaria now may be regarded as simpl ,. a return of the chills to celebrate their eel g tennial.
 Salisbury at the Centennial.-Barnun :, Richardson 6 Co.'s collection of c, 70 wheels, iron, samples of ores, etc., at tf |, international exhibition may be found = machinery hall, section E, No. g, columl n Fl and 72; also their portfolio of drawing f. illustrating the process of manufacture, e.
 hibited under care of the American Socle DC of Civil Engineers, in the gallery of u " east end of the main building. After =, careful examination of these valuable art
 ces of Salisbury manufacture on exhib II ton, the next that the visitor will be like tt to enquire for will be the CONN. WEsTEl ,rs NEWS, another article of Salisbury man cc facture, which everybody will be delight 70 to know can be found in the space assign n, to it in the Newspaper Pavilion. designat o by No. 475, terms $2.oo year. childr ,lv half price.
 he The Circus.-The Van Amburgh n pg nagerie in Canaan yesterday (Wednesda aid was we'll attended, and gave the very b. of of satisfaction. It seems as if this wht est troupe, from the managers occupying ars highest position, down to the lowest lab ek CT accompanying the show, are far bet led class of people than are usually seen W ses such entertainments, and should the sa nt. circus, etc., conclude to visit this regi ate again on the home stretch in the fall, tt ad- will meet with equally as large patrons ng as they found here yesterday.
 err A prominant feature of the show was om woman with the ''iron jaw'', and when It was whirling chair over her head. grasI ,od in her teeth, stuffY old be chelor in the in- dience was heard to say: "He knew m ian women were powerfM seiM their iasO,