Connecticut western news., 1878-09-12
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 1l2 tickets were sold at this station fol the Rockaway Beach excursion last Mon day......A large number also went last week to Danbury to see the Flremen's Parade, but drenching rain spoiled the pleasure of the day......M .MurraY's circus exhibits here next Thursday This with tho eerioaltarA fair at the same time, and half fares on the Housatonic road, will draw crowd. .... Dr. Bush of the Am. Board of Foreign Mis- sions, occupied the pulpit of the Cong Church last Sabbath His illustrated lee. ture in the evening showing the manners and customs of the Turkish people, amused the children wonderfully Next Sabbath the three protestant churches here, take up collections to go to the yellow fever suffer. CTS at the south. c. West Cornwall
 Last Friday afternoon as James A. Coch
 rane was about finishing up a big roofing job for B. Skiff, near Cornwall Bridge, the scaffold gave away, and he fell to the ground, and was badly bruised up. but nc bones were broken. Doctor Heady reports him doing we'll. This is the second time James has fallen from roof, and both times came out very lucky without break ing bone......The tub race last Saturday afternoon, created quite an excitement The river was high, and the weather cold, but the race went on nevertheless. The starters were Charley Smith, A. D. War. ner, Walter Mallinson, Lee Hart. Geo. H Oldfeld and Fredriok Yutzer. The first three named took the prizes, Smilh 1st, Warner 2d, Mallipson 3d, Hart 4th. Old field and Yutzler were distanced for swim. ming......About forty tickets were sold last Monday morning for the excursion to Rockaway Beach. Conductor Shllson came in here with cars full on time, and he got in very near on time at Bridgeport, with train of 2l cars filled to their ut most. A
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 Cabbage worms arc abundant. ..,... .Grubs are making sad havoc with our potatoes. s..... Of domestic grapes there will be half a crop ...... Peaches are scarce and high. ....Of ap- ples there is great crop, and William Hale and son of West Avon, near Unionyille, have got up and are manufacturing cheap portable cider-mill for every farmers use. One man can grind by hand in l5 minutes apples enough to make barrel of cider, and with their press man can make 75 gallons of cider or any less amount. It is just the thing with which to utilize the great apple William R. Hartlng- tons wood turning works were burned Auguet 2S......Sherman Cleaveland of Ne paug, while driving near the depot in Col linsville, his horse was frightened at loco. motive, and starting suddenly, threw MT. 0. heavily to the ground, bruising him se- verely, and rendering him for while un- conscious. He was soon able to return home. His son Henry was killed by the cars in Avon few years ago......G. Wood ford Mills of Canton has been putting new stills and new covering to his house, and with remodeling within ane without, and with painting and extensive piazzas, it looks like new house. This house is one of some historic interest. It was bnilt one hundred years ago by Jared Mills, and was for some years kept as tavern. 1wenty children were born to him in that house, and George Mills, the last of the twenty, still lives near there at the ripe age of 83, and his son is the owner of the renovated house above spoken of...... Willie, six year old son of J. E. Garrett of Nepaug, has, during the past summer. picked up, near there, two small silver Spanish coins dated, one 1723 and one l72s. D.B. H. &