Connecticut western news., 1876-10-27


 week, resulted in a disagreement of the jury. The second trial was commenced at the August Term, and after one week had been spent Tn introducing evidence, Ezra M. Rowland, one of the principal defend ants. was killed by railway train at Falls Village. This necessitated an adjournment to this week. Several foreigners have ob- tained their papers also at the adjourned term.
 The Bishops Visit.-On the occasion of the visit of Bishop Williams to St. John's church in Salisbury last Sunday evening, a very large congregation was in attendance. The font in front of the chancel contained large and beautiful boquet of autumn leaves, tastefully arranged in bed of ever- greens. On the table in the chancel was a plain white cross, about which was artisti- cally entwined vine and flowers. Other decorations about the desks, etc., rendered the chancel and it's surroundings very at- tractiYe. The Rev. MT Walker of Lime Rock, with the Rev. Mir. Johnson of Sails bury, assisted the Bishop in the service and duties of the evening. The Bishop for his sermon selected portion of the 18th and the whole of the 18th verses of the thlrd chapter of Paul's Epistle to the Philippians His sermon, as his sermons usually are, was clear. comprehensive. and very convincing Nero, the licentious, profigate and wretch edly cruel emperor, was the representative of the heathenish and infidel religion of his time, and Paul, his prisoner, a poor, de- spised tent maker, was the prominent rep resentative of the then new Christian re- ligion; and which, said the Bishop, which religion shall survive the clash, for the time had then come when the two had met ln actual contest. Nero, with his wealth and power, and who, by single word could and did cause Paul to be beheaded; yes, Nero in his strength to advocate and de- fend his heathenlsh beliefs and practices, and Paul, the apparent consummation of weakness at that time, the only prominent advocate of the Christian religion ID its in fancy. Nero, said he, is dead to all that is good in the memory of the world, and Paul lives, and will ever live and grow brighter and continually brighter so long as the world shal. stand.
 At the close of the Bishops sermon he administered the rite of confirmation to seven individuals.
 At the morning service at Christ's church in this village Sunday, the Bishop confirm ed nine individuals, and at Kent on the af- ternoon of last Saturday ten. The attend ance at the church in this village and also at Kent, we are informed. was very large.
 Ashley Falls s.-Asahel Dunham's team, while standing in the road near the grist mill in Ashley Falls last Thursday, became frightened at passing OK team and ran. Mr. D., who was standing near his horses talking with a man, grabbed for the reins but missed them, and they dashed off up Railroad street, and after passing three horse posts, going between them and the fence without touching either, feat that the most skillful driver couldn't do, the space being 80 narrow, they overturned the wagon at the corner beyond and stopped at the blacksmith shop near by with the wagon pretty severely smashed up. The same day, Wm. Lindsay's team, probably enter taining the Idea it could do the job up in better shape, backed themselves out of the shed at LeRoy's store, where they had been standing unhitched, and started also up Railroad street, going at furious rate, the empty wagon bobbing around after them like tin kettle on dogs tail. Their ob- jective point also being Mir Fowler's black smith shop, they whirled up to it and stopped, having all with them they started away with, except one wheel, decidedly better showing after the race than was Grove Gorham advertises his household goods to be sold at auction Monday after noon next. He has sold his place to the Widow McArthur of Western Sheffield, who will move in and occupy the house. ...... Merchant Taft has now nearly com pleted the change in the Thurston store place, making it into a tenement, and it makes 8 very good one, too. Carpenter Bulman says he has been nursing that Job for long time, as he says he is bound to not be out of work, so long as he has 8 good paymaster like Mir. Taft.
 Horse Thieves.-Mr. N. F. Miller of Bloomfield had his horse, buggy and har- ness stolen from hlm on the night of Thursday of last week by two men, Joseph Watson and Charles Davis, who had beer at work for him the few weeks previously and who were discharged by MT. M. the day before they stole bis horse. The ras- calls drove the horse from Bloomfield to ang through this village. and up into Berkshire county, As they passed through here, MT J. R. Fuller saw them, and being ful ' convinced by the jaded appearance of tn, horse and the suspicious conduct of th' men that they were horse thieves and thu horse a stolen one, went to MT. J. s News house and told him his suspicious and advised that he (Mr. New) get team and follow on after them, which he did. At Sheffield he came up with the thieves and followed at little distance behind til they arrived at the stone saw mill about mile this side of South Egremont. wher they stopped and asked at one of the nea by farm houses for some hay for thei
 horse. After the horse had been hitchet under a shed to be fed they left it an , went off up the road to South Egremon village. It IS presumed the thieves wer
 conscious of Mr. News interest in thcr a soon after leaving Sheffield, and conclude that caution was the parent of safety, or g least that they had rode after that hoIs f bout as long as it was safe for them. MT Y New still followed them, being guided b