Connecticut western news., 1877-06-22


 men killed in Norfolk. An awful specta- cle, etc. Look it up and read it.
 The Panther.-The panther cur Hunts. vile correspondent alluded to ill last weeks NEWS is said to have also been seen in Ca- naan. The largest and most ferocious dog in town and small boy came sudden ly upon the beast few daysesince, when
 his largest dog in town instantly deposited his tail between his legs and ran as never dog ran before, and the boy followed. Parties, who were startled by the story of the lad went to the spot designated, but the panther, having probably "scented the bat tie from afar," had migrated to other parts; but Mir. Lawrence Gillette said it could be plainly seen where he had been, and Sit smeled like caravan all around there":- Yes; George Strong said the varmint's tracks were as big as pot lids, which cor roborates somewhat the statement of our Huntsville Correspondents. that the panther was thirty feet long and SIX feet high. Somebody says this panther last Saturday night ate COW belonging to MT. Boinay, near the camp station, and seven small pigs from the pen of Wm. Noonan in the lower part of this village, but we dare not inquire further, into the particulars, for fear we should learn some facts that would spoil the story. 1.- .....s5
 Especial Offer" Advertisements "A new plan of advertising has been devised in some quarters. It is to make special of- fers to ''the readers of this paper'' or s'gifts" to all the subscribers of ''this pa per-" Attached to the advertisement is a coupon to be cut out and sent when de mand is made for the 'free gift" But with the coupon the ''leader of this paper" must send $50 cents" or some other sum of money to pay for packing and sending the article. The amount of money to be sent is all that the article is worth, instead of a ''free gift," it is sale at full value. the newspapers are publishing these adYer- tisements all over the country, and the 1Snaes has inserted two or three of them. It is not our business or purpose to meddle with the motives of advertisers, or com plain ot the ingenuity display ed in their mode of advertising. But it is our duty to say that the publishers of the 'Haatford Times make no offers, except to furnish an excellent newspaper. which is worth all that we receive for it. The parties tc whom the 'coupon" and t5O cents'' are to be sent are alone responsible for offering ''free gift" for titty cents to the ''readers oi this paper" which embrace 5o,0oO per sons. HGrtf0rd Tunes. .J EeNiD. r.
 The remarks above of the Tunes is prob ably true of all other papers at least it ii so of THE NEWS, and our readers vii please govern themselves, accordingly.
 A Mystery Solved. Some week! since aletter was received from Callfornis ny patty living not 8 thousand miles 1 from here, and theeexternal appearance ot the envelope, having evidently been we
 and was badly soiled otherwise, occasionet
 remark, and when opened, the letter bore [
 date of more than year back. At first thu
 recipients of this venerable epistle were in
 clined to censure the post master, thinking
 it must probably have been received at hi
 office in due time, but had some way go down on the floor and back of some bal
 rels, boxes, or something of the sort, an
 there it had been for more O than year
 but paper received from the writer i
 California solves the mystery. Below W
 re-publish the article alluding to it.:
 A year ago on the lst of March mai bag was lost in transit from Santa Barbar Ito SanFrancisco. Just after the heav
 rains, one of the stages bound north wa
 overturned in the San Luis Obispo Rivel
 and the mail was lost. Meesrs. Buckley an
 Taylor, agents for the stage company, ,wel
 passengers on that stage and were lande on sand bank in the middle of the rlve
 where they were compelled to- stay a
 night in their wet garments. A few day
 ago man saw bundle lying distant down the San Luis Obispo River, snagge Iupon tree stump, which proved upon il
 spection to be the missing bag of mail ma , ter. The bag was sent on to Washington where It was found to be complete, and tt , letters which were mailed ayear ago, al
 now being delivered at their various dest
 nations az tar as they can be made ou MT. Tebbetts has had several questions asl
 ed as to why letters written year ago al only now being delivered. The solution the question is in the sboYe. 5j .44 f Falls Village'-'s Straw wberry-morbus" prevalent. "Berry and Cream" Festiva , seem to be the order of the day-or nigh !, rather. The Good Templars held one I the Hall last week Tuesday night and as
 matter of course alarge crowd and an el gant time was the consequence. 1.-The \ Q E. Soclety received" in the basement F the Church on SaturdaY-e eve and this wet f Thursday-eye the Cong. Society will Q prepared to entertain any and all who W
 give them call. In addition to the usu
 routine of Strawberries, Ice Cream and g forth. will be given selections from ''1 8 Olde Folkes" by the Church Choir whit 3 by the way will be no small attraction d Perhaps, to be moro definite, l shou }. have sad from the songs of ''ye ol v folke's" as do not wish to be arraign y fer the imputation of Cannibalism. D.. V We are offered something new in the Ii }. of entertaiment--On Monday June 25t @ the California Polo Club give an exhibiti v on Union Park consisting of Hurdle ridi r. &c. A troup of Iriquois Indians are 6 a vertised to participate Tn their favor e game of ..La Crosse" Come and see 'el d ...... Our Artist. w. M Deming has left
 and pitched his tent in Lakevllle. "P. d t. b." Wilbur !...".G. W. Hopper took u
 to himself wife on Saturday last. M Hattie Soule of New Milford being t n prize. They were married in Millerton, a