Connecticut western news., 1876-07-14
Found.-some days since, a bosom pin

Found.-Some days since, bosom pin. The owner can find it at this office.
 aFive Years old.-The morning of July IA. 1871, we printed the first newspaper ever printed in Salisbury, hence, to-day, July IA, 1876, THE NEWS is five years old, and begins it's sixth year with this number.
 Barn Burned-Very sorry indeed to learn that the large barn, sheds and ice house belonging to Editor Hyde of the Lee Gzeaner, were destroyed by fire on the evening of July 4th. Insured for only $500, only a small per cent of the loss.
 Sold for Thirty-F'ive Hundred.-Hen. Ayers says he has sold his ''colt," (forty- two years old last May) and got thirty-fve hundred (cents) for her, notwithstanding the unpleasant notoriety she gave herself by running away the other day, when she ran ten or twelve rods before she stopped.
 "Dat Blue Tail F1y."-B-u-z-z, buzz, buzz, zip, and away he goes into your eye, whack! and you don't hit him, but the sting of the smart slap remains to remind you the average centennial fly possesses the of those of hundred years ago; at least as nearly as we can remember.
 A Gale in Lime Rock.-The brisk wind which preceded the storm in this village of last Monday afternoon, was gale in Lime Rock, blowing down quite number of trees. We understand teams were employed all one day in dragging trees, etc., out of the road. No damage is reported except the wrought among the trees.
 Fifty, Not Thirty-Five.-We were in correctly informed in regard to the number of members of Cascade Lodge from Falls Village, which were in attendance at our celebration. We stated in our report that thirty five members were present. We are now informed ths number was fifty Good; wish the number had been twice fifty.
 Hot Weather.-If our readers think they can make a newspaper such weather as we have had for the past few days, we'd like to have lem try it. Mercury in ther- mometers higher than Mt. Ararat, and ed- itorial courage going in streams out of ev- cry pore. Several days in succession the mercury reached very nearly to 100 in the shade.
 Those Notices..-We euclose in papers this week little notices to some of our sub scribers, which we trust will be read and carefully considered by those who find them. We shall direct our mailer to en- close notice in the paper of every sub- scriber whose date has not yet been brought up to the Centennial figure, "76. " It is simply little privacy between us and them, and we are sure cannot otherwise than be pleasantly received.
 The Democratic Nominee. 'Tilden, Tllden, who is this Tilden the democrats have nominated,' an honest hearted citizen asked of peighbor in this village few days since. 'Why, Theodore Hilton, oi course," was the response. "Then by golly he don't get my vote; I'll never vote for g d-d w-w-wretch as he is, if he is g democrat" The fun of 1t Is, the kind neighbor who informed our Yerdant friend that Theodore Hilton was the man, is one of our prominent citizens, who takes but one newspaper, and that is religious jour nal. Does it pay to invest little or nothing 1T newspapersf If ignorance is bliss, don' do it.
 Flags in lo76.-The New York Daily
 World says man on Jersey City Hight who had his house embowered in flags ol the Fourth has made sealed package O the flags and directed it to posterity, to b. used in celebrating the second Centennial Why is not this worthy example to follow Let those who procured large number O
 flags and adorned their buildings with them pack them securely in wooden box linet with zlnc or tin, and the top fastened so SC curely that it cannot be removed withou great effort, and the contents, and for wha purpose they are thus stored. be plainly an' indeilibly stamped upon it and laid ava. to come into the care and keeping of pos terity. How many will doit2
 Lynch Law in Virginia NEWS Another tragedy near Huntington, W Va; Judge Lynch in the field. Our cit. marshal, Isaac Mitchell, and MT. Turner the livery man, were shot by horse thie while attempting his arrest last Monda. night. Mitchell died within few hours Turner is alive and may recover. The des perado was captured the same day in Pom eroy, Ohio, brought to this place; identi fled by Mir. Turner, and then placed in Put nam county jail to await trlal. This morn ing one hundred of the citizens from th' neighboring towns repaired 10 the jail, tool him out and hung him to tree. He made full confession, but for obvious reasons i will be withheld for the present. Truly the way of the transgressor is hard.' D.