Connecticut western news., 1878-10-02
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catlon 10 the probate court of tbe distr;o, or Salisbury, by the relatives of Iamoo hutterly, for the appolntment of a conser- v"'of over him. The case was ad1ourned to ocs' 20th, with an idea of mutually adjust. Ing the difficulty between the parties inter ested
 tax about beans, you should sec those MT Charles Hinckley drought from Middle. town, Delaware Co.,, York State raised bv DIT. John >Caswell They are of a var;e. ealleo the ''snake bean," and come ,u,s, recommended. as a substitute ''lsn's When cooked as strng beans Aoi peAs' very delcate and closely y 'n0 ''s'e 'e S says raise .s;. ter of economy, he bv s..., variety, as the pods beng , ,urement, only two feet in D6'-' small number would be required ''r a y .eal for quite sizable family.
 Last Sunday morning. as Michael Mad !, dan, hostler at the Stevens House in this place was waiting in front of the Paper Co.'S office in Mill River, in a two-horse wagon, the morning being cool, one of the horses became restless, and Maddan touch ed him with the whip. whereupon both an finals sprang. throwing the seat out, and causing Maddan to fall heavily to the ground, breaking the collar bone, and bruis.ng him seriously about the head and face, from the effects of which he will be unable to go to work for month or six weeks. Dr. Camp attended him.
 Last Tuesday afternoon, John Rora- back, of Sheffield, aged 16. son of James Roraback, went hunting in the woods near the village, carrying a shotgun loaded with single bee shot. While getting over fence, somebody shouted to hlm, calling his attention away. and in climbing down, he stepped on the hammer of his gun, which snapped, and sent the charge through the centre of his left hand, which he held over the muzzle, boring hole about one- half inch in diameter, as slick as whistle. His hand and arm are SO swollen that it is impossible to tell whether be will lose it's use or not.
 Tho sudden taking off of the man who was last seen peddling melons. pears, and onions, on circus day, in Canaan, must ex cite some apprehension among his friends, if he has any. The team he was entrusted with, was found next morning at their own. CTS stable but man, melons and money, had mysteriously disappeared. Whether some Sir-Cuss had enticed hlm into slip pery places, or the demon of the still slew'd him perhaps the empty pint bottle, with the ''scent of the rows-es hanging round it still, " may best explain. It is said he has friends, or at least mother, some where in Otis and, if so, tis tLere we want to hear from c. W. N. You's.
 In the enumeration of the gifts at the silver wedding of MT. and Mrs. B. H. Barnes, last week. the following articles were accredited to the wrong parties fruit knives, H. M. Adams ? butter dishes, Mrs. Dean and MT. Hurlbu1t of Bethel; 6 nut picks, MT. and Mrs. .Wm. Adam, 2d nap kin ring and salt cellar, MT. and Mrs. s. s. Ryder napkin ring, Mrs. Doolittle dcz. napkins and fruit dishes, MT. and Mrs. H. c Barnes; vase and bouquet, Mrs. Ives meerschaum pipe ard lece collar, MT. and Mrs. Geo. Loomis, of lee; butter knife and hanging ba.ket, MT. and Mrs Joseph | Gillette pair vases, MT. Mrs. D. L. Peirce spoon holder. Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Bangs; flower vase, Miss E, D. Hinman; ? bouquet holders, Mrs. F. E. Ryder and Mrs. N. Van Deusen fruit knife and nut pick. MT. and Mrs. s. w. Barnes; pair fruit knives, MT. and Mrs. Homer Allen |; cake basket, Mir. and Mrs. D. c. Ryder, and MT. and Mrs J. Meeker, of Bedding. .... ..
 A strange freak of maniac occurred in South Canaan last Friday night. Wm. Blodgett, son of Harvey Blodgett, and who has been deranged more or less for the p2st ten years, and has repeatedly been confined in the Middletown asylum, procured & shovel, and proceeded to the cemetery 8 short distance to the south ot the village, with the deslgn of ''resurrecting" his broth CT Milan, who was buried there five years ago. He dug up the coffin and opened it, revealing tbe sickening sight of the horrible grinning skeleton. He then went 10 Thomas Baiey's. short distance off, and procured pitcher of milk, by the applics- ton of which the ''resurrection" was 10 be accomplished, and remained all night, bath ing the skull and other bones with the fluid. He was found in the morning still occupied and talking incoherently 10 his ghastly pa tent. The town authorities have been nO- tified, and proper measures will be taken for his safe confinement. It is thought in sanity is hereditary in the family.
 The trial of Edwin Hoyt, for the mur- der of his father, Geo. Hoyt, of Sherman, on the 23d of June last, was commenced at Bridgeport last Tuesday, Sept. 24th. The judges in the trial were Carpenter and San ford. The counsel for the prisoner were w. K. Taylor, of Danbury, and Ii. $ San ford, of Bridgeport. State Attorney Olm- stead. assisted by his partner, MT. Scofield, represented the State. The case occupied the attention of the court until Friday, when the jury, by the first ballot were unanimous in their verdict of murder in the first degree. The sentence was reserved till Monday, when the prisoner was sen fenced to be hanged Oct. 24th 1879. This is the first time the sentence of death has been passed in Fairfield county for nearly sixty years.
 The details of this crime are as follows About 10 o'clock Sunday forenoon, June 23d, Edwin called at the house of Van derburg Joyce, his brother-in-law with whom his father was then residing. He had some conversation with his father, and started off. threatening as he went, that some one should die, and he wou'd Dtvct