Connecticut western news., 1877-05-04

O Wm. Hunt 10 John St., Worcester. Mass, aS 8, SilYernail Elkhart. Ind. ~
 Slip sale.-Slips in the M. B. Church, in this village will be sold next Saturoay afternoon at o'clock.
 Superior Court.-The Superior Court, which has been in session at Litchtleld since the first Tuesday in April, Judge Cul' yer presiding, adjourned this week s1'ae Gse The Local F'reight-The Housatonic Railway Go. last Monday restored the sec ond regular local freight train on the road, as has been their custom in the summer season for some years past, so that we have local freight train every day now instead of every other day as it has been through the winter.
 More snow.-The storm of Wednes- day morning, and which was rain here, whitened the top of Mt. EYeritt with snow. The spring, notwithstanding the ''cold wave," is very forward. Two or three years ago, the 3Oth day of April. the coun- try was visited by heavy snow storm, snow falling to great depth.
 That Cow Advertisement An adver- tisement in the NEWS is sometimes source of annoyance. MT. John VanDeusen in- serted very small add" about cents worth, inviting cows to pasture, and now he says they have run him all over with cows" He wants we should insert anoth- CT cents worth of advertisement for dogs to dog lem off.
 Fire By Lightning. The lightning ac- companying the storms of the past few days did not cease it's pranks til! it had left it's mark. Last Sunday night the fluid struck barn belonging to farmer named Caldwell near Gaylordsville. and igniting the hay and straw in it, burned it to the ground. A house near this barn was saved. but damaged by the fire very considerably.
 Judge Posters Last Term.-The last term of the District Court at which Judge Foster will preside. will begin at Winsted next Monday. Judge Foster has been Judge of this court for three years past, and has given entire satisfaction. His honor was highly esteemed, and his exit from the bench will be universally mourn ed throughout the county.
 Personal.-The Rev. E. H. RoYs, of
 Hillsdale, formerly of East Canaan, waE
 married Wednesday of last week to fail daughter of one of his Hillsdsle parishion
 CTS, and is now on visit to his old home
 in Canaan. His many friends here were
 glad to hear him, in the M. E, Church las
 Sunday evening, on which occasion tht church edifice was well filled. He selected
 for his text these words of Christ to Peter
 "What do thou knowest not now, bu
 thou shalt know hereafter ;" and the ser mon was pronounced masterlY effort.
 ssElements of Success. "-Is lecture tt be delivered in Acadsmy Hall, Lakeville
 Friday evening, 11th inst, at 8 o'clock The Rev. j. G. Oakley IS doing all he cal
 in Lakeville to effect improvement il
 churches, schools, homes, heads and hearts
 He has consented to deliver bis lecture flo the purpose of securing funds toward pul chasing school apparatus to be used in tn
 Academy school. The object is 8 yer. worthy one the apparatus is very muc
 needed. Let everybody who can spare 2 cents in a good cause attend the lectur and make it O real financial success; MI
 Oakley will look after the literary part.
 Water From the Hills.-Roadmaste = Lane of the Housatonic road has heen as - certaining the night of the old spring 3 whence was obtained water to supply loct - motives at this station before the change c : the depot to it's present location, having 3 view the utilization of the water to suppl - the depot and the Unicn Hotel. The ol s pipe leading from the spring has never bee , removed from the ground, and it IS thougt = to be in good servicable condition. Tb D spring. which is nearly mile away. is C - sufficient night to carry the water to the to { of the Union Hotel, and all that appear l. now to be necessary to get the benefit C n the water, is to lay pipe from the old te n tu4AuuS Ju6G uOIlu O1 UAAs 4eAhCA 9 AOeSAS y the present depot, which it is presume e will be done.
 A Sad Case.-Frank Palmer, who ws living with hls father about mile east C ,. Falls Village. disappeared last Thursda '. night and was not missed till Friday morr :, Ing. Search was at once instituted fo him by his father and friends, and contin s ued without success till Sunday, when 70 general invitation was given to the who ie neighhorbood and region to assist in asce taining his whereabouts, but up to last a 70 counts he had not been found. MT. Ps
 mer is man perhaps forty years old. E ,o has been ID the Middletown asylum twic n. and had got an impression that he was
 be carried there again. and it is thought
 went away to avoid being taken, for he h. l. for some time past expressed his dread e. ee again going. He left home with nothir a- but pants, shirt, slippers and hat on |