Connecticut western news., 1876-06-23

Public Documents.-We are specially indebted to our townsman and member of the General Assembly, O. Benjamin, Esq, for a. complete set of our state public docu- ments. The package contained copy each of repor: of the railroad commls- sloners, of the bank commissioners, the treasurer of the state, comptroller of public accounts, fish commissioners, quartermas- ter general, adjutant general, commission CTS of the school fund, State Reform school, insurance commissioners, abstract ot returns concerning jails, of directors of state prison, hospital for the insane, indus trial school for girls, state librarian, and governors message complete. For refer euce, this package is especially valuable, and we again thank Mir Benjamin for his kindness.
 The Winsted Concert.-We alluded to 8 musical concert in Winsted a week or two since, and which is to be held in Music Hall, Wednesday evening of next week. An advertisement in another column will give all the particulars. The good people ot Winsted have made special effort to provide concert for next Wednesday evening that will be worth the while of our people to think of. An extra train will be run from Millerton at low fare, and It is hopeo large number from thls region will patronize it. ''Yes," says one of the rela- Die citizens of Winsted the other day, i've snail give you concert if you will come over, that will more than satisfy you, and" says he "l will stake my reputation on it' There IS no question but that one of the grandest musical treats eyer given in Litch- field county is in store for us next Wednes- day evening. Now then, don't you forget 1t. Let there be a generous turnout.
 The Sheffield Celebration.-We are gratified in being able to give OUT readers so good report of the Sheffield Centennial this week. Our reporter is an honor to the profession, and in this instance has done the work nobly, giving report evidently in its minutest detail, and so accurately DOT traying the scenes enacted, that one cannot help becoming enthusiastic in it's perusal ]; and not very lively imagination is re : quired to discern with the minds eye the scenes and incidents that must have actu- ally occurred. Yes, our reporter has done grandly, and so far as the report is con- cerned, our readers can but rejoice we were kept at home.-But Sheffield is our old home, and we should have been glad to have been present at her celebra- bration. We. say Sheffield was our home, but to be more accurate should perhaps say one of the suburban villages in the town is the place of our nativity. At Ashley Falls, away at the very bottom of the town to be sure, but we had thousand fold rather be born at the bottom of the grand and good old town of Sheffield. than at the top of al most any other town we know of Would nt you?
 That Procession.-Fifteen young mer from Lakeville at about half past nine o'clock last Friday night, were seen wend- ing their way in solemn procession iron Ore Hill. The 'body" was plainly visible in the hearse O and the mourners and pal bearers, part of whom paced in silence ahead and part behind, looked neither tt the right or to the left as they ''swunl round the circle" of the hill south of Mir Robbins and hove in sight of Lakeville. 4 party who was returning from the evenin. meeting at the Catholic church, saw th procession before he met it, and with prop | e, side of the road and removed his hat till tn
 funeral cortege had passed, all of whicl would have been very ''dacent," and ou
 friend always would have been satisfied with himself in thus observing proper res pect for the dead, but when he told the nex day in Ore Hill what he saw the night be fore, he was met with the reply: 'Lordal mighty what you talking about! 'Twa nothing but a lot of Lakeville hounds drag
 ging off in an old wagon the large cannon
 belonging to the Chatfield Mining Go.
 which they stole, and nearly all of Ore Hil
 knew it before they got out of the village! ! One Hundred and Fifteen Years Old. = ; The following legal document execute' during the reign of His Majesty, the King will be read with interest: We put it il type directly from the original manuscript : Whereas, number of soldiers duly en 7 listed and retained in each of the regiment
 raised for Ills Majesty's service by the Col
 ony of Connecticut, for the present cam paign, have deserted from the respectiv 3 regiments to which they belonged; an r whereas, Lieut.. Buell., first Lieut. in Capt ? Elmer's company, is sent by Col. Whiting with the appreciation of his Excellency
 General Amherst, in quest of said deserters . in order to apprehend and return them t
 their duty, or that they may be otherwis , dealt with as the law directs, these ar . therefore to command and require all off
 cers-civil and militarY-in this govern
 ment to afford all needful assistance to tn [. sad Lieut.. Buel in seizing. apprehendin = and securing the said deserters, or any c 6 them; and all officers in the neighborin l. governments, where any such desertel e may happen to be found, are desired to | U aiding and assisting as aforesaid, for pro s s noting His Majesty's service and prevent s ing the mlschiefs and ill consequences ( V such crimes and all persons are warne 7. not to hide, conceal or entertain such d. IS serters, as they will answer the penalties ( Ss such offences. n Given under my hand in Norwalk, il IF 10th day of July, in the first year of H
 Majestys reign, Anno que Domini 176l.
 THos. FITCH, Gov'r. k East Canaan.
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