Connecticut western news., 1876-05-19

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 lAnd large number of others. whose names will be added as soon as we have time to look up ,heir accounts.
 Still Lower.-Taft's advertisement give still lower prices this week. Read it.
 Fire in North Adams.-A very large and disastrous fire occurred ir North Ad- ans last Monday night. One entire block of buildings were destroyed, besides other The exact loss we have not but it is heavy.
 Poughkeepsie Bridge.-The contractors for the construction of the Poughkeepsie bridge, have granted an extension of thirty days time, in which to raise the $500,00o required by the terms of the contract. It is thought thls further grace will secure the success of the project.
 The Hosiery Mill-1t is not at all cer- tain that the Hosiery Go. of Norfolk will not rebuild their mill recently destroyed by fire. It is ardently hoped they will. The people of that village cannot afford to let this business leave. them, If their influence can prevent it's doing so.
 Cemetery Desecration.-1t is said the graves in the cemetery in this village are desecrated by some of the village children, who know no law at home or abroad. Va ses and glasses of flowers are broken, and much mischief has been otherwise done in various parts of the yard. This must stop.
 The Lime Rock store.-The new store in Lime Rock is now completed, and Mer- chant Dean has removed his goods into it and is ready for business, as his new adver- tisement in another column announces. It is said this new store is one of the finest in this region. Guess we'll have to go over and see about it.
 Failed.-The Berkshire Woolen Go. of Ct. Burlington has failed, with liabilities at $4oO,OOO. Two or tAree of the largest manufacturing companies of North Adams failed last week. No business but that built upon rock, conducted with the closest skill every detail of which is watched with the keenest and most constant vision, can live in time like the present.
 Don't Refuse Us This Time.-We are very much in need of money. Won't you please pay us your subscription and help us. The amount you owe us is small, of course, and will not distress you. The date by your name will tell you how your ac- count stands. Please give us these small amounts, and we shall be SO happy! Can you refuse under these circumstances?
 Illustrated With Cuts.-When we be gan the publication of THE NEWS in Sails bury, we scarcely had in contemplation tht project of publishing an illustrated paper but our outside pages for this week are like the boys lesson on the comparative
 merits of beech and birch sprouts for famil!
 use, illustrated with cuts:" A refreshing
 change, by the way, from the monotony 0
 all reading matter.
 Senator Barnum.-The Hon. William
 H. Barnum was last Tuesday elected Unite
 States Senator in both houses of the legi!
 lature. The vote in the Senate was Wn
 H. Barnum, IT; Henry B. Harrison, James E. English, l. In the House th , vote was Barnum 15O, Harrison Sl, Eni
 fish 5, Governor Ingersoll l.. The electio
 is for the unexpired term of the late Sem tor Ferry, which ends in 1879.
 Gone to Jail.-Last fall, young ma by the name of Rudolph Bailey, got mi an altercation with MT. Sardam, and sk
 daddling, was not secured by the stror
 arm of the law till one day last week, whe
 he was brought before Judge Spur, wi
 sent him to jail in Litchfeld for 30 day
 Judge Spur is acknowledged the best tri V justice in Western Connecticut. Crime
 grappled by him and handled as it ought - be, without gloves. It is pity to lose hir h Killed by saw.-Dwight Deming ,ag, e Is years, and only son of Mir. Joseph Der D ing of Robertsville, about three miles nor e of West Winsted. was instantly killed Fr g day afternoon last while working in his = ther's saw mill. He was at work with a circular saw getting out chair stuff, al D while bending over the saw bench changil g. the guage he somehow slipped and f, " across the saw while it was running at fl r. speed. His right arm was severed fro ,f his body at the shoulder, and his body te o ribly lacerated. He died almost instantl. p Had To Do 1.-The large advertiseme y of the clrcus over on tbe other page h D crowded our columns to such an exte n that we are compelled to ask the indulgen T. of some of our patrons, this week, in l .s moving their advertisements for one inst 'i ton. Our advertising space is fully occ it pied now, and with the new advertisement ts received this week, we are driven to lea
 out altogether o0er jour fuD col1nans V
 expect to get them all arranged proper
 next week, and have them occupy, ea e' and every one of them, as prominent pos r. lions as possible. Be patient, folks, st just this week. Go to the circus, ke k good natIlred and we'll awinr fhrouOh