Connecticut western news., 1876-09-29

Mrs. W. Bissen. Wakeman, Ohio, 8 50 Wm. Hunt, 10 John St., Worcester, Mass, $ IS W. Mahoney, East Canaan, 800 s. Silvernail, Elkhart, Ind. 4 20 lAnd large number of others. whose names will be added as soon as we have time to look up their accounts.
 Painting Up.-Mr. Painter Melvin is painting the Episcopal church edifice in this village.
 Democratic Convention.-Readt the call for convention in Bridgeport, in another column, for the nomination of candidates for Representatives to Congress.
 Shot Himself-Last Monday morning while Frank Allen of New Milford,a young man eighteen years old, was out gunning, he accidentally shot himself and died of his wounds.
 Delayed. d.-Conductor Hackney's milk train got a freight car off the track at West Norfolk last Tuesday afternoon, which put him back an hour and half behind his time.
 5eautv vs. Wealth. says If he had been born rich instead of handsome, it would have been great deal better for him. We don't agree with him we enjoy our beauty more than our wealth. It is so delightful to be beautiful.
 Davis Pit-The Davis Digging Go. are now preparing to move the large steam pump down into. the bottom of their pit, to clear out the water and mud. The work men were driven out of this deep portion of the pit by the great freshet of two years ago, and have not been at work in there since.
 One Day Earlier--On account of the removal of our office, we shall publish THE NEWS one day earlier next week, to give us more time for the great amount of extra labor the removal will necessarily bring up. on us. We hope our correspondents will assist us by sending in their communica- tions one day earlier.
 Memorial service.-A memorial ser vice in honor of Bishop James will be held in the M. E. Church at Falls Village next Sabbath (Oct. D at half past ten o'clock a. m. There will be sermon ID the evening on temperance, by the pastor, at z o'clock. Subject of the sermon-Trial and Sentence of King Alcohol.
 Election Tickets. We might as well call your attention to those election tickets again, although you probably wouldn't for get that we always print the lucky tickets. Bring lem as early as you can conUenie1tly, for "You know" we shall want to do them very nicely, and hope you will give them to us early. or if yon can't bring them to us early, as early as you can, and don't forget to write the names plainly, SO we shall make no mistakes.
 More Washinee Thieves. Washinee street seems of late to have become infest- ed with thieves. Last Friday Mrs. Clark's hen roost was robbed of some of hel choicest poultry. Mrs. C.heard the thieves out in her hen house, but being alone, con cluded caution was the parent of safety ,snC suffered them to ''steal on," and go unmo tested away with their i'll gotten hens an6 roosters. Washinee street would do well to invest in buckshot to limited extent.
 squashes, not Melons.--If those lad. who crawled under the fence and into Mr. Dexter's garden on Washinee street the Oth CT day, and seizing some large melons, an( with them under their arms skipped thu
 fence and hustled off into the bushes, be yond, had known they were green squashe
 before they cut them open, they would have saved themselves great deal of troub
 le. If these lads don't want their names Il
 the paper next week, they can call in ant we'll talk the matter up with them.
 Tickets on Sunday. Editor Bolton o the Wolcottyille Register is compelled t inform his readers that he will not prin election tickets on Sunday. This is in
 deed bad commentary on the politician of Wolcottville. We do not have to tel our aspirants for political honors any suc , thing, as they are class of people who d . not work Sundays, and (of course ? woul
 n't think of such thing as to ask us print their tickets Sunday. Oh no or . politicians are no such wicked folks at al e Brakeman Killed.-Last Monday afte t noon when Conductor Hackney's milk trai - on the Conn. Western road, out of liar = ford, arrived at Bloomfield, one of tt e brakemen, Peter Kegan, was missing e search for him was instituted, which re y suited in finding him laying upon the tc s of one of the freight box cars dead. o bruised spot on the back of his head inc e cased the probable cause of his death, vii
 while standing on the car and riding bac
 ward, he was probably struck by the co' h cred bridge between Hartford and Bloon Ig field, and thrown prostrate upon the TO- r. of the car, where very fortunately he Ig not roll off, and where he was found wht Id the train arrived in Bloomfield. Keegar B. home was in Lime Rock, where his I
 mains were taken.