Connecticut western news., 1878-01-24


 md H. J. Mead have been drawn as jurors or District Court, from this town. 4.s..
 Thank You've are indebted to the Hon. Senator, Wm. H. Barnum, for the Congressional Record sent to us daily.
 Oysters Friend Coggswell. in MT. Big lows meat market underneath our of ice, continues to keep lem, and they are good ones too; big, lusty, solid meats; and 1t very low figure. MT. Coggswell deals justly, giving good measure and good hon. st oysters. Try lem, and see if we don't as usual (2)-speak the truth.
 Tramps. some weeks past, when the weather would permit of 1t. tramps have cong egated at and made rendezvous of he Williams woods near the railroad north of this village. They build a fire there and cook and eat what they beg and steal, and ,s near as we can ascertain. sleep in barns night. Is it 8 safe plan to permit these strolling vagabonds to dwell in the woods so near us? ~ 3E
 Thanksgiving at Norfolk.-The church n Norfolk held a service of thanksgiving nn Sunday for tho safe deliverauce of over seventy members of the congregatiORea ho, I'd the wrecked train at TarffvilIe Sev- eral were bruised and injured. but DO lives were lost, which seems remarkable our of so large number, many ot whom were dashed into the river. The Pastor, Super. ntendent of the Sabbath school and sever- al teachers were on board.
 The D anna in Lakevills. By special request the Dramatic Club of LskeYille will repeat their dramatic entertainment which vas recently so successfully given there. The play is one of the best ever enjoyed in LAkevi!le, the amateur Grtistes getting much credit and an abundance of applause. They will repeat in the Hall in that village this (Thursday) evening, as the large bills post. d about will more fully xplain, and un, questionably "chock full" house will wit. uess it. Go and see lem. ,.
 Gone to Texas. A M. Durham ot Ashley Falls, who has had the Southern tever for the past year, started for Austin Texas last Tuesday. It is the purpose of Mr. Dunham to make home for him els in the sunny South, and being steady reliable. energetic, hard working young man, he will make good citizen in tho South, or anywhere else he may go, and il rue merit will win, will be successful. H, leaves many friends whose good wishes :o bis success and prosperity will follow him
 Method1st.-ReY. E H. R1vs of Flori da, N. Y.. occupied the pulpit of Rev. R Hunt. in the Methodist church in this yil- lage last Sunday evening, selecting for hi text, MARK, xI, IS: Nothing but leaves. After explaining how Christ, throughOu His ministry, hkened men unto trees, ant their works unto the fruits thereof; be en- treated his hearers to strive SO to live tha when they shall be called upon to rende an account of their stewardship they may be enabled to show better record than diS the barren fig tree which produced ''noth ing but leaves."-
 Mad Dog in Huntsville.-Our cores pendent from Huntsville Tn another colum, speaks of a :.mad Gog' appearing in tha place and biting several other dogs, ant asks us if we can't say word, urging thOs whose dogs have been bitten by this anims to at once kill them, and not wait till the, too have the hydrophobia and bite others The suggestion is certainly timely one and one that the owners of these dog should not, and we presume will not, wal for the newspapers to tell them to ac. upon Tue subject of hydrophotia has become question of vital importance in the land Dogs everywhere are going mad, and a this season of the year it seems SO enlirel unlike what was ever heard of here un,i quite recently. h Monterey, Berkshire Go. \ week or two since, Spitz dog bit anoth CT dog and filled him full of hydrophobia and the 5i ten dog going mad ran about ant bit several other dogs and also several heat of cattle. It is quite common to advocat a Warfare upon all dogs when an occurrenc of this nature breaks out, but is 1t not bette to look little deeper into this matter. Un til tn Spi'z dog came among us,a case O hydropbobia in the winter season va scarcely ever heard of, if indeed it eve was; but it is now quite positively prover that bite from Spiz almost never fall 10 deveIope into hydrophobia. These be ing facts, as everybody knows them 10 be the natural inference is that the sole caus ot the alarming amount of hydrophotia il our country is th introduction of the Spi dog; and not until this whole breed 0 Spitz dogs is entirely e1tesainGted. will "