Connecticut western news., 1877-03-30

......Nr. W alLer Asnman, WlO mas been boring we'll for John Lane, had narrow escape few days ago: he was down in the we'll, which was partly curbed, when it commenced to cave below the curbing, and buried him up to the arms. The men above tried but failed to raise the wind lass, so threw him rope which he tied around him, and was then pulled out unin- jured but minus one boot which remained in the well......T The spring moving has al- ready commenced, and loads of goods may be seen daily, moving slowly through the mud. X.
 Salisbury. The Academy IS being fitted up for select school. which Miss Grace Warner intends opening inApril.. .Messrs' John Parsons and Adam Ostrander have each bought building lot of Horace Ball, on Washinee street, and contemplate erect ing dwelling houses thereon this Spring. ....Several buildings have been rented this Spring. Among others the Odd-Fellows' hall which has been unoccuied for several years, is to be blessed with four families. @. The snow has had to succomb to the warm and spring-like weather of the past week, people are beginning to talk about blowing their gardens and planting thelr lettuce beds......Rev. Mr. Pratt, State agent of the temperance organization in this State, de- livered & very interesting lecture in tEe Congregational church Sunday; subject, temperance.
 Sheffield. An examination of csndi- dates for admission to the high school. was held last Tuesday another will be held at the house of Miss Dewey next Saturday. for the benefit of several who failed to sn- swer the required number of questions in arithmetic. ....A few friends were gathered together last Wednesday, at the house of Mir. George Kellogg to witness the marr- iage of his daughter Nellie to LeYi Board man jr. We congratulate the happy coup le and wish them many sunny days in the future. Another of the newly married, MT. and Mrs. Frank Bronson, arrived in town To c. Friday, and are the guests of his father. Miss Maggie Hill, of Reddiug, Ct. is visiting our popular teacher, Miss Sage. The roads here are anything but good' fact not at all comforting to those of us who have to "move" this spring......The NEWS finds ready sale in Sheffield. It required but fifteen minutes l hear, to sell the copies at Vosburg's, last week
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 Falls village.-A letter from MT. J. A. Decker of Elkhart, Indiana states that two young men, Clarence Frine and Owen Ac- Graw, Supposed to be implicated in that fowl" transaction on Sugar Hill some weeks ago, ) passed through that place on their way to Illinois. .....The District Court adjourned on Wednesday last until August next. Now the boys catch the suckers. .. R. Seger and wife of Winsted were in town oyer Sunday....W. s. Calender went to Litchfeld on Monday last to sojourn a few days at the County ''Hotel." A judgment against him for about sixty dollars was se- cured by Samuel Herman in an action for debt, and as Will cannot be confined in the jail, but has the liberty of the yard" he preferred having his board paid for few days, to paying the damages and costs...... Hornbeck's dog, finding that he could not subsist on the lavish caresses bestowed up cn him by Prof. McGraw, but thinking, probably, that crackers would be more nu- tri,ious, followed the Burlington Bakery team off on Saturday last. CLICK.
 Lakeville.-Last week at the auction of Judd and the Munson Brothers, Milton Rice of this village, was caught at the mon ey drawer of the hotel. He was arrested and brought before Justice Tupper on Fri day, the 23d. Rice claimed he was only making change for some one, but the court thought differently, and sentenced him to pay a fine of five dollars and costs, and twenty days in jail. Whether the sentence will be carried out or not remains to be seen, for at the time of writing this he was at largc..... Saturday, the 24th, Jas. Gaggin was before the same court for assault and battery, for which he got five dollars and costs......O. Ber jamin is putting up shoe shop opposite Centennial Miller's harness store, which he proposes to occupy as soor as completed. ...James Bird, the landlord of the Miller House has hired the premises for another year......The Primary school ir this district is again flooded out of theil school room. The water came in during the late rains to the depth of one foot ol more, and both schools are now crowded into the upper room. Brilliant indeed must have been the mind that first conceiv ed the idea of building a school house in { wet ditch, with the floor of the lower schoo room two feet below the surface of thu ground. The present state of the schoo room is nothing uncommon ; it is alway flooded in rainy seasons it seems a though the powers that be, ought to hav regard for the health and comfort of th scholars to raise the thing out of the mud.
 OTTO.
 Burglars in Cornwall Bridge.-Wed nesday night of last week, J. R. St. John store near the depot In Cornwall Bridge was broken open and robbed of somethin like $2Oo worth of goods. The burglar entered the store by breaking a pane 0 glass from back window and letting
 down from the top. They took two flu pieces of woollen goods, one of whic they cut up and used to wrap up othe goods. They took boots, knives, cigar' and indeed quite an assortment of every thing usually found in 8 country store. The next morning two boys, John and Wi bur Wells, came into the village and sai they found box Of rosin in the road frol Cornwall Bridge to Ellsworth. This WE thought to be clue to the route chose | kIo :y, oFH