Connecticut western news., 1877-02-16

and Cobb of Norfolk one day last week.
 took from Canaan mountain pond 48 pick>
 srel. one of which weighed three and halt
 pounds, the rest was 8 little smaller.
 Vat you dink ven dosf you indtwiduals
 who don't gone down to Nors Goshen bond und got vOu lttie tishes.. PIscAroRlAI.
 Going to Toxas There is Quato m in-
 t+reSt h Southern Berkshire concern ing the settlement of 8 colony of Bark
 shire people in T+xas. A very lArse meet.
 ing wsa held In Burlington, on Monday
 evening of last week to consider the pr,-
 J-ct, when the advantages of Texas ss a
 place Of settlement was presented by Mr. c. Tlcknor, and number of ci,is"ns sign
 rd paper 10 the raect that they unite in
 intention and tfRors to organ,zs company
 of respectable cItIs ns who will go either
 ss body or ly representatives soon as
 practical to the state and \ .mins Its Md.
 vsnlages etc, with reference tn the forma-
 'ior of colUny ot good people, to go
 with cOndiilnns and location as may be
 prrscriMd hereafter, to establish hom.
 md community within the State of Texas
 Superior Court MT. EDrroR: -Rilla have
 been presented to the legislature, and re~ | feTred tu the Judiclal com Dnlttee to estab ! iRh ihe hOldlna of oBe term of the superior
 court m New Milford and one term at Winstrd, and the other two of tie four
 terms st Lltchdeld. An effort IS now he,nR
 made to have the leglslatlve oomMlttee
 report substitute b'il. that will change
 Gbr plan to something as fol ows That the
 January term of the superior cour. be held here at Canaan. and all t.:e ether
 terms Hs L,tchdeld. to attend to all the
 crlmlnal business. aud all clvIl sults that
 will best accommodate those llvinx ,n that
 region. and then adjourn these Litch6sld
 ielDs to Canaan. to attend to busluess at
 thls part of the county. This las propos.-
 ton meets with the hearty spprova! of all
 who are most lntarested in thls court.
 's further stated as 8 part of the plan, to
 have the District Cnurrs at W ns;ed. Falls
 Village and New Milford abolished, aud | th0 business all transacted vt the superlOI court as its terms here in Canaan. We are
 informed that the lawyers and prominent
 cltl1ens of ali the villages in thla region
 are very much in favor of this plan. and
 have 30 expressed themselves; those of
 E slls V'llsgr jo,hinR ID heartily with those
 from other places :; regaEuine what they
 would loose by abolishing the district
 court there. as more than compensated for
 by the couve fence of having the superior
 court at Il is place. It's only necessary tn
 refrosh the memory of all who have OlimO.
 ed the hills to L,tchAeld ID the muntn ot
 January. and on account of snow. been
 pernaps sometimes unable ss all to get ihere, to establish at once the Ad visa billty,
 practicabll,tt and desirabllity of hay ing
 t at term of the court held here iu Canasn location which Is accessible by rallrOMd
 from all points. The entlre people of the
 western part of this county wall be vastly better accommodated here, and the ex- pense attending the court very much re- duced from the present cost, sa it is now ! nrld at Lltch6eld for all the business 1 Therefore, with the multiplicity f adysn' ages possessed hy ths plap embodied II , the Gubstltute biiI. It IS hoped and expect
 ed it will meet with speedy success. It Il
 pl esun,ed that tue distr1ct courts would b, U abolished ln the event of the huccess 0 F the il St blii before the legislature. estab ID llshInR ghe superior court terms in Winsiet E and New Milford. and it the district court 2 are to be discontinued, 1t Is vastly lmpOr | tant that terms of the superior court b' V held here. Q point that wou.d q accummOdat
 even tbe New M,lford and Winsted peopl
 far better than they are ct present, Il " Litchfeld. aud the expense attending tn : snld'ng of tnls court st one contra 7 po,nt like Canaan. iu 'n"eotio" with tha \ at LitshAeld. would be enough 'eas tha e what would atten'l the establishment o n two of them ln such places as WInstet r. and New MilfOId. where tents are high :. to warrant careful considers lou ON tn !, part of the legislature. Xx. u Sheffield. Il .si week was on. of cup u sl,ierabl. inicr.'st :n our v,!l>gr; hArd!, |. Know where 10 b-g,n is .m 70 make not
 "f AIl the happenings "t the week, and it i r tue duty of s r"gul 1T scribe to i've ful y account. Tuesday afternoon and evenin d ,h+ Golden Wedding Of Hiram B>r,holo !, m " and wife WAS celri,rsted at hIs resi p dence. His children wishing to make th l. party an entire surprise to the venrrahl r pair, had them invited out to spend thu ai ,r ternUOn half mile away then the so ' ana daughters, grandchildren, brothers an n sisters, and near friends took posSessinc Q '~ the house when all wss ready mrssen If ger was sent to Mir. and Mrs. B, with
 l. r, quest for them to come home, as s sistt r. had come for visit. Their surprise ws l- genuine wh"n driving into tue ysrd the
 ! q @~,n N1, } pi E.. waving hsndkerchiers and hiddlu ,r lL. m ''w.lcnn,e home" w. are infurmr Id that this wedding Was gOl.l"u in ever u s+nse. Johu L. B .rnes and wife acted \ l. xrnomsmsn aud bridesmaid whils ths Ger, ia m"ny WAS again pY'rformed by Rev. M !. GermOnd. and the knot re,ied. which sha Ab not be severed till these aged feet h1v ?. crOssrd the realm where they ''nei,h, y marry nor are given in msrrisge. ...... We' ts n-sdsy evening, Profrssor Stevens an s. sou gave \ concert in Uuion Hall. Tt .-- entertai ment was really veiy rxcellen 1. nul for sume unknnwn reason the aud \. rnce was small. Prof. Stev. ns closed b lii singing school here on Tuesday eve., muI h- [" the regret of many of his pupils. for in IS a thorough teacher of vocal music.... 'r Thursday evening R-v. Mr. G.:rmol [" tound his church we'll filled, aud at an es ~ " hour too, for the rumOr had spre. " lhg0e gbout the town that the Jubilee Sin I' CTS were lO be present at the church pray |" meeting II was novel sight to see ls church we'll 6iled for . prayer ueetin Ct md il would he good idea to hire bsl ,l O '.Juiiiees" lO keep tue praYrr-meetiu
 -. ,n Sn ffirld alive. Tue sluging WAS appr e ,.iHipd nt,i fhs. crowd tOilOHt.n tht.laa lO ti