Connecticut western news., 1877-03-02
All About 1aksville.-The dwelling

All About Lakeville. dwelling house and lot of MT. William Jones was sold at auction last Saturday to MT. George Wood. Mr.J.will remove into the house of. and live with Mr.Seth Walton in the spring, Mir. Walton andwife boarding with Mir. and Mrs. Jones. The people of Lakevi!le are very glad that their old and much esteemed neighbor. MT. Jones is not to leave the yil- lage. His health is not very good. and last Sunday morning he suffered 8 shock simi. lar to that which prostrsted him year or two since. but was reported to be feeling better when we were in Lakeville Monday evening. Representative Benjamin will build new boot and shoe manufactory in the spring, near MT. Miller's harness shop. and while we are so near Mir. Harness ma ker Miller's shop, we will stop long enough to say that he is at work on some of the most elegant harness the country can pro- duce those he is finishing for the Hon. A. H. Holley, MT. Nelson Landon, and for Squlre Williams, being particularly fine. Mir. M. purchases the best harness stock, and bis superior work is bringing him 6 large business. ..... Business at the knife shop shows marked improvement as the spring months approach, although there has been all through the dull winter months 6 mod crate but steady demand for the superior cutlery made at these works. .... William Conklin of Salisbury, has leased the meat market in Lakeville, now occupied by the Judd Brothers, as meatisls. and will re- move from Salisbury and engage in the
 business in Lakeville, on, or.about April 1.
 the Judd Brothers removing to Millerton.
 having leased meat market in that village.
 ......judge Tupper bears his honoFs easily.
 His office for probate business is in Squlre
 Warmers office in Salisbury, and Don" is
 his clerk. The Colonel makes very dig.
 nified looking Judge, and we know he will
 be very popular occupant of the bench.
 May he live many years to dispense Salis-
 bury lustice.."..Mr. Dentist Palmer says
 he is perfectly satisfied with his experimen.
 of locating for regular and permanent prac.
 tice, his office in Lakeyille. He is having
 good paying and steady business, and we
 are assured his work is giving excellent
 satisfaction. ..Mr. Will. Williams has
 purchased in New York, at no small ex
 pense, three and half dozen quails, and it
 going to attempt to int. oduce them to oul
 hunting grounds as permanent residents
 He purposes to put them In pairs in various
 pieces of woods and places suitable fol
 their exsistence......Joseph Stuart has add
 ed another man to the working force in hii
 blacksmith shop..... Richard McChristian
 who has been in the employ of James Birt
 for some time past, started for Cailforni, Wednesday of this week. He has rela
 tives and friends in that faraway country Mir, Ed. Winckworth will start forCaliforni, March l0th.. ......The Rev. David Lyman i spending few days in Lakeville.
 Falls Village. had little scare ol Wednesday night, week before last, in tn shape of fire. I. l.. Herman's Saloo f and Restaurant, known as the ''Article, , was discovered to be on fire at about II :sO f P. M. An alarm was given and the flame , were quickly extinguished. The stock wa a badly dan aged by smoke and water, bu l the damage to the building can be quickl - repaired......M Minnie Vining of Ney B York, gives an evening of selected reading : on Friday evening in Citizens Hall. Pro ) ceeds to benefit the Circulating Library. v good orchestra will discourse sweet mus, ] during the evening, and all those who d, [ sire to pass few hours pleasantly had be- 3 ter put in an appearance..... Your srticl = two weeks ago in reference to moving th 3 District Court to Canaan has excited { good deal of remark and agitation. { seems rather unreasonable to advance ths proposition after some of our leading cit zens have built hall at a cost of abo, eleven thousand dollars, containing room every way adapted to court business which have been furnished handsomely { the expense of the town. The remark ths Gall the lawyers, including those of Fall Village, approved of the change" is incol rect. our lawyers here, are very much or posed to it. No objection is made to ha, , ing the Superior Court at Canaan. yet W } seem to think It is rather infringing on ou . rights to move the District Court to ths place.....G. w. Hall has had E. new burs ) of enthusiasm. See his advertisement thi ] week. CLICK,
 Tour esteemed cores pondent from Fall Village is entirely In error in relation to tn article in the NEWS two weeks since abor
 the court business, as he will see if he wi again carefully read it. Not syllable Wa
 said about the removal of the Dstric Court from Falls Village to Canaan, nc
 would we permit anything to be said in th NEws advocating such 8 movement, for " entertain precisely the same views ip rels
 tion tQ that matter that our correspondent expresses above. The gist of the articl alluded to is this: A bill has been present , ed to the Legislature to establish terms o the Superior Court at Winsted and Ney Milford, and which would result in abolish ing all the District Courts, and we shoul be entirely left out in the cold; but. to pro
 tect the interests of this part of the County substitute bill was introduced, makin the January term of the Superior Cour at Canaan, etc. The idea is this: Rathe
 than lose the District Court by the Nev Alilfor d-Winsted bill. it was thought lav
 of self defense to attempt to have at leas soanethiag in this section of the county
 By the New Milford Winsted bill, the Fall
 V;llare ccurt Is p0ne anvwav We hon,
 we have made sufficiently plain wha
 was the intent and purpose of the article 1T
 question. ED. NEWS.