Connecticut western news., 1877-09-07

we aIiuueu lO new mousse Delng OullL ln this village by MT. E. R. Lorrain, in which we were somewhat interested. This new house is now completed, and has been for some days, but we have not alluded to the fact before because we were too full of camp-meeting to think about much of any thing else, and do not even now intend to make very much noise about this new Rail- road street structure, but want to say that Mr. Lorrain has done his work very we'll indeed, and to our entire satisfaction. He has adhered closely to his contract, and if any deYiation is made from it, he has made it by doing little more work and by put ting little better material into his work than the contract would compel him to do, and he has done this of his own choice, preferring to overdo than that there should be even an indication of slight. This, we are informed by those who have had con- siderable experience in building, is not all ways the case with architects and builders after they have signed contracts for the erection of buildings. Not only has MT. Lorrain done his work well, but he called around him to assist him, workmen who were gentlemen. The carpenters employed by him, Messrs. Holt. Johnson, Stewart and Hill, are skillfnl worknen, as well as pleasant, companionable men to have about. The masons, and all, did their work well, and we have to say that were we to again engage in building, we would attempt to secure the services of Mr. E. R. LOT rain, for him we k7a0ao to be a skillfuI and capable architect, as well as strictly hon. est and honorable man to deal with. This we say entirely without the knowledge of MT. l.. and we say It because he is worthy of all that IS said, and more beside.
 Cornwall.-The concert given at the church on Friday eve last by the New Preston Musical Union, was by far the best muscal treat that ever Cornwall had the pleasure of enjoying. They were assisted by Miss Balmore of New York. who had a very fine contralto voice, also Miss Stod- dard of Brooklyn, who as Mezzo soprano is not beaten in the state. ''Lizzie Auld," (Mrs. Stanton) gave the audience some se- lect readings, which they appreciated, as the applause which followed each one tes- tlfled. .....Mr. W. F. Harrison, while bath ing in Messrs. Kellogg 6 Pierce's mill pond, had very narrow escape from drowning on Friday last. He was taken out in an unconscious condition, and if it had not been for timely aid be would have gone to the bottom for the last time...... Our boarders are all leaving, and the place is fast returning to its normal condition, that early stiffness when the morning stars sang together. ...... When you see citizen armed, with his face tied up, don't ask him if he has the tooth ache; it's nothing only he has been trying to read the Russian war news aloud, and in pronouncing some Turkish names, started his jaw a little. When you see word spelled "Zuxumsud- zxy' it requires some revolutions of the tongue. Not person muat move his up per lip to pronounce it......We regret to learn that MT. H. s. Monson IS going to leave Cornwall. He has been associated with M. Beers & Sons for seven years, and no young man has ever left the place who will be missed more than Harry By hls genial manners he had won many warm friends, and he has the kind wishes of the whole community. X. Y. z.
 Very Mysterious. On the 18th day of August we placed quite a sum of money in our safe in our office, to pay bills due at that date, for labor and the material used in building our new house. expecting the various parties whom we were to pay to be here to receive their money, they under standing their bills were to be paid on that day. It so happened that but few came that day, which was Wednesday, and the money remaining after the Wednesday payments was left by us in our safe over night, and again on Thursday more was paid to the men who happened to call, and so on to Saturday night, when we counted what was left and found that we had five ten dollar bills and five dollar bill. There were two gentlemen Tn the office at the
 
 not occurring to us but that everything was probably right, we did not stop to figure up cash account and see how it stood, but placed thls remaining amount again in our safe and went home. In the night that (SaturdaY) night, it occurred to us that we ought to have more money in the safe than fifty five dollars, and the more we thought of it the more convinced were we that some of that money was gone; for there was this bill and that bill not yet paid, and fifty-fve dollars would not meet those obligations. As was quite natural we were somewhat exer- cised about the matter, not particularly be- cause we had perhaps lost some IL oney, for editors always have so much monty, the loss of few hundred dollars even. would scarcely disturb their usual serenity, but we were of course disturbed because an error should occur in our business, and notwith- standing the fact that the next dAy was the Sabbath, we could not reconcile ourself to the thought of waiting till Monday before we knew the truth thereof, and repaired early ID the morning to the office and open
 ing the safe found Only jour ten dollar bi1ls and tue tUe, one of the ten dollar bills hay
 ing been abstracted during that previous night, and the cash account showed that al together just forty dollars had been stoer from us. Just forty dollars in four nights
 and we know positively that ten dollars wal taken out on that Saturday night, the forty dollars and the four nights look very much as if exactly ten dollars were taken eact night, an amount that the thief probably thought (and as it appears correctly would not be missed so soon as larger amount
 What seems strange about the whole matter is that our safe was always locked in the