Connecticut western news., 1877-07-20

Mrs. W. Bissell. Wakeman, Ohio, i60 Wm. Hunt, 10 John St., Worcester, Mass, s IS s. Suvernail Elkhart. Ind. 4SO
 Rifle Club.-A rife club is being organ ized in Amenia, N. Y.
 Camp Meeting News Don't you want a daily paper during camp meeting week2 Read what is said about it in an other column, and ''don't you forget |"
 Meetings in the Grove.-We are in formed Mrs. Sheffield who resides near the Pine Grove camp ground, holds meet ings in the grove every Sunday, preaching to quite number who congregate to hear her. -
 War Maps.-Messrs. Rand, McNally & Co.,, of Chicago publish and sell for 26 cents per copy, the best map of the seat of war in Europe we have seen. Every read CT of the war should have one. Send 25 cents and get one.
 A Large Egg.-Ads Mcintyre. young miss residing in this village, is the possess or of promising bullet, which presented her the other day with an egg measuring seven and one half inches in circumference. Tally one for the bullet! D1ABLE.
 Steel Rails.-The Housatonic Railroad Company have completed the laying of steel rails on their road from Bridgeport to about mile north of HawleYville, and ex- pect to have the steel rail brought up very nearly, if not quite. to New Milford before winter sets in. To AGartha's vineyard.-D. J. Warner, Esq. and daughter, of Salisbury, started for Martha's Vineyard Tuesday, for two weeks visit to that delightful watering place. Cashier T. l.. Norton of Lakeville is contemplating visit to the Vineyard, taking with hun perhaps, a party from that village.
 Leaky Pipe.-Roadmaster Lane of the Housatonic road finds that the old lead pipe, which has been in the ground for many years past, and which leads to the spring on the hills mile or more away at the east, bringing water to the Union de- pot, is entirely unreliable, and will soon re- move it and put in its place new galvaniz- ed iron pipe. -f
 Going to Ireland. The following con- versation was heard on the streets of Bar rington the other day :-
 "Ah! Jamie, hear you are going to see your old home in Ireland"
 'Bless yer sowl Biddy! If I live till l die-and God knows whether will or no-I intind to see ovid Ireland before l lave the Shores of Ameriky!"
 The Union-Argus.-Wea are indebted to some unknown friend for the Brooklyn Daily Union-Argus, which has been con- ing to us for some days past. The Union Argus is certainly most excellent daily paper and we enjoy it very much. We at first thought it was intended for an ex'
 change, but certain ear marks point unmis
 takably to some other source. Our un known, but kind and thoughtful friend. hal
 our gratitude for the Union-Argus.
 Associate Editor.-The name of E. H l Giddings appears at the head of the frs , page of the Winsted Herald as associate , editor of that journal. MT. Giddings ha been an assistant on the Herald for som' l time past, and has added much to the in ) terest of its columns, his local jottings be F ing always served with bit of spice tha + tends to give relish to them. Mir. Gliding 8 has our best wishes for his success in tn g precarious and vexatious, though some @ times pleasant, field of journalism :, Washout.-The storm of Monday aftel . noon was very severe in New Milford, tn :. rain and hail flooding the streets. Tn ', track of the Housstonic R, R. Go. wa !, washed away in places, and the even ing train was made an hour and quarte ., late before it could pass. All along th . track of the storm corn, potatoes, oats an
 all manner of vegitation is said to hay
 been totally destroyed. The foliage ws :. beaten from the trees SO that they are neal 7. ly as naked as in mid winter.
 p Conn. Western Connections I'll ?. new arrangements of the railroads, where e by connections are made by the Com IS Western road, with the fast train of tt Id Housatonic road, make route to the We P for nearly the whole of Connecticut, muc
 quicker than eyer before established. Pa
 sengers from the Naugatuck road, connec ing at Winsted with the Conn. Westerl
 can avail themselves of the desirable col d nectlons. Parties leaving Waterbury A g, 50 a. m., Wolcottville at Il, ,oo a. m., ca as connect at Winsted and at Canaan and a at rive at Albany at 800 p. m. Saratoga 4,5 t. and can reach Chicago the next afternoof in By this plan. passengers save the expenl n and discomfort of one night on the roa, d arriving in Chicago before the secor
 night. This is certainly the quickest ar P | v,ost deairahle route tO the West from il