Connecticut western news., 1876-10-20

will be added as soon as we have time to LOOK up their accounts.l
 The Centennial Lstter.-The letter in another column with the caption "At the Centennial" 1t may interest our Canaan readers to know, was written by Canaan boy, who is now at Yale College.
 Political. "A. T. Roraback, Esq, of this place, addressed large meeting of the citizens of Winsted last Saturday evening at Camps new hall in West Winsted on the political issues of the day.
 Coming Out.-Stokes, the murderer of James Fiske. Jr., will be released from prison next Saturday morning at o'clock, having paid by his services, in the eyes of the law, the full value of the life of Fisk. Farm for sals.-The ''Hiram Weed" farm in Sharon is to be sold at auction on the premises at 1 O clock on Wednesday, Oct. 18th, by the Falls Village sayings bank See advertisement in another col umn.
 Game supper.-The first annual game supper of the Salisbury Fish and Bird Pro- tective Go. will be held at the Miller House Saturday evening Oct. Fist. All members are invited to attend. Supper 8 l-2 D.. m. Tickets $l. c. s. KELSEY, Pres. Base Ball.-A game played in Ashley Falls Saturday by the Second Nine of that village and the Chspinville club resulted in victory for the Ashley Falls boys by score of I6 to 14. The game was called on the fifth inning on account of the latepess of the hour.
 l Fell Through a Bridge.-While Luke Flood,a a young man of Salisbury, was walk ing on the railroad at Millerton last Satur day ev, ming, he made a misstep in crossing 8 bridge and fell through, cutting his head
 very badly and severely injuring him oth- erwise.
 Canaan merchant, G. l.. Parsons, appears
 in our columns this week with half-col
 umn advertisement, which tells all about
 his new store, new goods, etc. It Is pretty
 good reading matter. Look at 1t and sec
 if it doesn't loom up good.
 .l At the Centennial every body else from everywhere, who are at the , Centennial this week, are Mr. and Mrs
 Daniel Pratt and son, MT. and Mrs. Henry
 Hubbard. and Mir. and Mrs. John A. Nc Arthur and son, and Mrs. Henry Reed, al
 from Salisbury, who went last Monday. A Bee story.-Mr. s. J.Adams of Wes
 Cornwall says he has made this summe one thousand pounds of honey with sever
 hives ot bees, and has had an increase O
 fifteen swarms, six of the seven hives hay
 ing swarmed twice and one hive thre :, times. Can anybody tell better bee story i, if 30. let them bee quick about 1t. 8 soold Them.-Fred Runde, the tailor b says he wants us to tell that class of bis cut D toners who are in the habit of calling O ? him, ordering clothes made and after the 6 are done, fail to call and get them, that b D don't want any more such patronage at all 6 He wants us to scold at some of them pre- l. ty hard, 80 they may new consider then b selves severely scolded.
 .s obituary.-Mr Charles l.. Hunt. 80 '' of the late President Hunt of the Housatol U ic railroad, died in New York city last Sul N day. Mr. H. was engaged on the editori' staff of the New York Times, and has bee N quite prominent among the editorial frate 'e nity ID New York city. We shall publis A. his obituary, which we copy from 17 Times, in THE NEWS next week. Be Accidentally shot.-While hunting ,e the woods near Winchester one day Ia 10 week. Mir. Samuel Ferris of Ashley Fal is fired at 8 partridge that flew up sudden Id before him, and several of the shot fro D. his gun struck James Bevens in the fac e. who, although pretty severely stung by Il ng mustard seed," was fortunately not vel no seriously injured. Mir. Bevens was in Il 1te woods hunting with Mir. Ferris, and W he not seen by Mir. F. when he shot. y. Episcopal will be remembered, us announced in THE NRws, that Bishop WI D. Hams will visit the church in this village ey the morning service next Sunday, at Sal us bury the same day at St. Johh's church ch the evening, and in Kent the day beft he (Ssturday) at 8 o'clock in the afternoe me The rite of confirmation will be admin es, tered in each of these parishes.
 The Great Drouth.-Mrs. s. A. Gillet A who has lived on her place in this yills
 since the year 1917. says she knows pt
 lively her well has never once been dry "a all this time till three or four weeks al
 when she found 1t was getting low, sne
 now 30 nearly dry they do not use the T A CT. This is certainly very reliable testin he ny of the severity of the drought of