Connecticut western news., 1876-07-28

W. ManOneY, E0eC canaan, 3.UV s. Silvernail, Ekhart, Ind. ee.. q 4 20 IAnd large number of others. whose names will be added as soon as we have time to look up their accounts.1
 Brooklyn Bridge.-This week the first wire will be extended across East river. preparatory to the construction of the great bridge that is to connect New York city with Brooklyn. .- E A Few neft.-We still have a few copies left of THE NRws of July 7th, con- taining an account of the celebration. We published large number of extras of that number, and there are perhaps thirty or forty copies left Hs. G3s ~s s-.e-
 West Cornwall. Frederick Miner of Texas, we are requested to say, will speak to the people of 5. Cornwall in the village hall in West Cornwall, next Saturday even- ing. The subject of his remarks will be, the present political condition of Texas. The ladies are invited to attend. .-
 Who MiIked That Cow 7-MR. PEAsB Will you allow me through your paper to call MT. Milkman Goodsell's attention to the wants of a family on Washinee street, and thus save them the trouble of milking their neighbours COW as well as the trouble they will have if the operation is repeated. ..-... ......- .s... -..,-... .... HORACE BALL. 1
 Salisbury, Conn, July 24th, '76. ,a. -. -. .>. s
 Twin Lakes.-The favorable camping places at the Twin Lakes are, now pretty generally occupied by camping parties. By the way, what has becoms of that Hartford gentleman, who talked last fall so much about building hotel there2 The time will come, when good hotel will be built there, and with small steamer on the largest lake, ,lwIll be paying invest. ment. a" se
 As Usual.-Last Saturday evening an. other opportunity presented itself to still further demonstrate the strength of the '.strong arm of the law" in Salisbury. An other disturber of the peace was placed ir the keeping of the law over Sunday, anc Monday morning was non est, as usual Think of this way of doing things; take { look at Salisbury town hall, and-well that'l do. .3 a e
 Not Exactly Middletown-It may b' possible we will some time in the futur' become so well acquainted with the exac location of our state prison. that we vii not be liable to commit such a blunder oi the pen, as to locate it at Middletown, ss we did last week in our item in relation te repairs, etc., upon that institution. w discovered the error, but not in time to pre- vent it's being printed. If our subscribers who are in arrears are misled by the iten
 they will find out their mistake when the, get there, and that they are not in Midde town at all, but in Wethersfeld.
 Fire in O1ayton.-A house owned b MT. R. L. Taft, and what was known a the Henry Stevens place, and occupied b one of the Polish workmen of the cla d works, was burned to the ground Wednel l day of last week. The family had gon to Mill River to attend funeral, and whe they returned found their house burned As there was no fire left in or about tn premises, and there was over eight hundre dollars in the house, it is thought the con , fagration was the work of an incendiarJ who first took the money, then fred th house to conceal the crime. 9afi .1
 Who Sent 1t7-Yes, who sent us th. copy of the Negaunee Iron Herald tf other day? There was no name on it an , nothing in it marked. Anyway, it is
 fine looking paper, and "while you al about it, i" the papers of the country printe , on the cooperative plan, and there al , about two thousend different journals
 the country now printed in that way, a D getting to be the finest in appearanc
 They certainly appear better than tho . printed with stereotype blocks, and gre numbers of all the others are printed vii
 this solid cast matter, which IS compose
 and edited in New York city, and some
 the other large cities.
 A Slight Dashaway. The harness (
 the head of one of the span of Mir. A. Su F dams horses, which were hitched in fro
 of one of the stores in this village Ia
 Monday afternoon, became in some WI
 disarranged and frightened the animal
 when they broke loose from the post al
 ran to the large elm tree near our offic and not having perfect understandir
 between them which side of the tree tn. would go, one went one side and the oth
 the opposite side, which very naturally r,
 suited in separation, one horse goir
 down behind the Congregational churt
 and the other in an opposite direction ar
 up into MT. Robert Balls yard, where ths
 were respectively caught. The pole to Il
 wagon was broken pretty much all
 pieces and one wheel was sadly shocke
 but 30 long as the horses were uniniure
 Mir. Suydam said he didn't care. The O
 wagon he said twas used to it," and appa lently good for several more runs,