Connecticut western news., 1878-08-15
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 Judge Granger, MT. Geo. W. Peet and MT. N. c. Ward ot this village spent last week at Block Island.
 Two prominent citizens of this village had a running fight over the possession of c COW, Monday night of thls week. No names called.
 Chas. Barnes Sons have just received from Mt Desert, Maine, cargo of l5 car loads of staves, an amount sufficient to make l6. 900 barrels.
 The blacksmith and wagon shop of A. T. Rorsback, is being thoroughly repaired, and competent wagon maker and black smith IS wanted to occupy the same.
 Rev. M. Macomber of Great Burlington will preach in the M. K. church in this will lage next Sunday morning. Rev. Mir. Barden will preach in Great Harrington.
 There will be an Advent Camp Meeting. near Swift's Bridge, which wlll probably commence about Sept. lst. and continue some two weeks or more.
 Herbert and Edward Beers, sons of Hor ace Beers of Brookfeld. were drowned last Friday afternoon while bathing in the Housatonic river st Southville.
 Tue Housatonic train north at l2.40. missed it's connection with the Boston & Albany at State Line by four minutes, Thursday, the first time since the new ar rangement, about IA months since.
 The Amy Stone dramatic troupe hasbeer reorganized, and is again on the road. l was bad management that was the cause oi their disbanding last winter. They are ex pected in thls vicinity soon.
 Deputy Sheriff. High Sheriff Yale hai appointed R. N. Cochrane, Esq, of Wes Cornwall, a deputy, and he has entered up on the duties of his office. The appoint ment is good one.
 Personal.-Messrs. M. T. Pritchard o Pittsfeld, and Mir. Smelling of Ore Hill B. E. Holmes of the Springfield Union ant F. Fl. Giddings of the Winsted Herald made us friendly call Friday.
 During the wind storm, Friday, farmer liv ing at Kent, near the railroad, sat in his doc and had the pleasure of seeing the oats from large field he had just harvested, taken up b, the whiriwind and deposited, part on the tol of mountain at distance, and part in a lak nnder the edge of the mountain.
 Barn Burned. d.-Denni Pritchard o Wolcott had valuable barn burned Sunda night, about 12 o'clock, together with twenty five tons of hay, cart and farming tools. Tn fire is supposed to have been of incendiary or igin, aud this is the second barn MT. Pritchar' has lost in two years. The barn was partiall insured in the Etna company of Hartford. Picnio.-St. Joseph's church of thi place, hold their second annual picnic ii the grove near the depot at East Canaan to day the 18th. The programme. consistin of dancing etc., is an excellent one, an' the entertainment cannot fail to be yer. enjoyable affair.
 Canaan Post Office. .-Letters advertise and unclaimed at the Post Office, Canaan Conn.,, August l, 1878:
 Calvin Langdon.
 J., M. Tournier.
 Miss Geraldine Winslow.
 A. T. RoRABAcK, P. M. Mail agent Gorham is taking vacation and Perry Shepardson ot Pittsfield is ts king his place. Speaking of Gorham n minds us that he is the happiest man o the road he had picnic up to his hous in Burlington the other day, the proper req ord of which will be found in our notice o births.
 The Daily.-There is still opportunit for subscribers to hand in their names fc the camp meeting Daily News. The fir' number, next Saturday, containing the a' count of TenEyck's execution will be wort preserving. Our reporter will spare D pains to make his sketch of the affair 6 complete and interesting as any of th others.
 | Engine Attached.-Engine Bloomfielt of the Conn. Western R R., Was attache by Deputy Seymour of New Hartford. ul on it's arrival In Winsted. Monday night { this week. The officers took possession ( the engine, and run It on to the Naugatuc railroad. The suit is brought by Mir. Goo
 win of New Hartford, who was one of tl sufferers in the Tariffyille disaster. Il Newman Lord. Esq, of Millerton, whi
 topping up . stack ot hay last Friday, VI
 struck by lightning and badly stunne
 The electricity broke over his head. E recovered after little SO as to be able
 walk to the house. It was truly fort
 nate escape.
 We have recievcd from ". B. WGlde
 of North Adams, Mass. . neatly printt
 four sheeted paper. called the Blue Ribbo
 It ie paper devoted to temperance nev
 and interest, and is refreshingly rational { the topic. It Is in no sense Tabid in its a
 vocacy, nor on the other hand is 1t lux warm in it's utterances. We commend to temperance people every where. Mortimer Green is reported by his frien to have gone to Michigan, but it is surmis' that his whereabouts are not far from | home. He has friends in State Line, al
 may possibly be sojourning there. Dan
 R0mor has 1t that he shot himself day
 90 before be made 1t known. and thst Il
 wound becomin ng painful, he invented Il
 tramp story to gain notoriety and avert su Ipicion.
 II A disgraceful row occurred on Main s
 near Humphreys store last Saturday nigl
 Two or three young men pooled their sues, and indulged in lively skirmis
 One man was quite severely injured !
 kicks and fsticuffs. Another m,
 farther up the street was kick,
 in the eye and seriously hur