Connecticut western news., 1878-05-30


 anybody know where they are I. '
 Geo. Weed. Great Bend, Pa.. s4 0t
 Mrs. Theo. Sweet, Union Grove, Wis.,, q
 E. Snedeker. Marketable. Conn.,, S5s
 R. J. Arnold, Otsego, N. r., .@'t 5(
 H. E. Howe, Huntsville, Conn.,, Il
 M. Stevens, Chapinville, Conn.,, IL
 Y. McClerrin, Chapinviile, Conn.,, |. .... ( 1S Mrs. V. Bissell. wakeman, Ohio, s6t Wm. Hunt. 10 John St., Worcester, Nass., 1s s. silvernail Elkhart. Ind. II. { s(
 Walk to Camp Ground. .--Ths Pine Grove Camp Ground Association has caus- ed to be made good sidewalk from the camp railway station to the grounds a much needed and will be much appreciated improvement. ..ss-a ,r'" -"5
 Diphther1a. .-Dr. Camp of this place is attending to ten cases of diphther;a at East Canaan. Strange how quickly this malady will spread when once located. All the above cases are doing well. Dr. Camp is very fortunate with thls dreaded disease.
 Welcomed.-Mr. Robert Van Deusen, who has recently returned to his old meat route in this section, finds his old friends and customers, friends and customers still. Mir. Van Deusen IS popular because he sells good meats and at reasonable prices, and the people love to patronize hlm, therefore he will be successful and prosperous as a fair, straightforward man ought to be, 4 ...
 Disgraceful.- New Milford Rag contains an account of disgraceful affair between George 0. Hitchcock and l. J. Beardsley of New Preston. They fought over the use of horse shed near the Con. gregational church. Sunday week. and the clamor drew off most of the congregation, although the clergyman was in the midst of the 'long prayer" The combattants were separated, and now law suits without end will follow. ...5 .... t.-
 Locomotive Reflector. r.-The Conn. Western R. R. Co. have caused to be at- tached to one of their locomotives, the s'Sal. isbury," " reflector which is placed against the engineer window. and which enables him by simply turning his head slightly, to see the whole length of the train behind him, and if anything should be amiss with the train, would instantly discover it. It would seem as if 1t might prove valuable auxiliary to the safety of a train. .+5 '.
 Suicide in New Milford.-Miss Sarah McArthur. for twepty-two years house. keeper for Charles B. Marsh of Merryall, committed suicide Sunday morning. e26th) by swallowing stychnine. The deceased had for some time been Respondent and had threatened to take her life, in conse. quence of which she has been closely MT. Marsh had purchased the poison to destroy crows, and hidden 1t in a corner of the barn. Miss McArthur, how. ever. discovered it, and died in half an hour after taking it. She was forty-two years of age. .'-..
 Premature Blast.-Last Friday as James Reel was pouring powder from keg into a seam that had been opened by blast just previously exploded, at the Pierce Law renee & Co.'S quarries near the kiln, the powder was ignited ny fire left in the seam from the first blast, and all the powder in the keg (something more than half full and several pounds in pail near by was explo- 1ed, burning Mir. Reel considerably about his face and hands. It was indeed fortu- nate to have so much powder exploded in his hands and rear him and not be more SC. riously injured. ....-.
 Found in the Water.-Mr. Fred. Eggles- ton and Johnny Wolfe of Falls Village while fishing rear MT. Robert Little's in the Housatonic river last Friday, found vest, or what remained of what once was vest, hanging to bush on the bank of the river, in one of the pockets of which was watch. with it's chain attached to the button hole. The back of the vest was entirely gone, and the works of the watch very badly rusted, showing conclusively they had been in the water long period of time. It is thought this vest may have been on the body of Heath, who was taken from the Housaton- ic about a year or two ago at Cornwall Bridge, but this of course is only conject- ure.
 Left over from last week.
 Housatonio.-We are having comforta- ble winter weather, l thank ye! .....Mrs. Joel Cranson and Miss Mary Hubbard of Williamsburgh, Mass. have been spending a few days with friends in this place. ... Mir. Cotter, our photographer has gone home for few days on account of his fathers illness. You may think it funny, but it's nevertheless true, that Albert Church is papa to a l-2 pounder, and he's B pretty nice B. O. Y. too. believe they are going to call his name Floyd, and Burt, sometime when it's handy, we will just smoke for FIoyd's sake, hey? Ot course we will. The choir in the M. E. church has been reorgsnized, with William Sumner as leader, and we hope that every body who is interested in this choir are sat sfied now,a as we have heard comment after CD the old Cor at least some of he old) singers, and as they are got along with now, we wonder what will be the lext thing. .... Mrs. Barnes is improving Ter newly purchased property by beautify- ng the grounds, building new fences. put ing in new doors and host of other re- airs necessary to be done to dilapidated 'uilding ID order that it may present a omely appearance.-And that boy. Clar- nee is not very slow either, l tell you. in aaking things shine. YoHo.