Connecticut western news., 1878-08-08

New MiIfOrd.-
 The dog lawis being quite rigidly enforced now. ... Three young men boating last Sun day week, went over the falls in the river, but fortunately escaped, after being thoroughly frightened. Friday of last week six men and boy on Andrew J. Benedict's farm, gath cred 137 shocks of oats, cradling about thirty of them, and carted them to the barn with pair of three-years-old steers, 21 shocks to @ load. They also cut seven very large loads of hay the same day, and they think they did pretty good days work. .. Water Witch hose are going to take in the Danbury muster next month, and the first prize. The Ray calls the advent of the bear tanners nuisance, and our cotemporary is right. o. A. Todd, E. A. Wideman and F. A. Starr are our new school committee.
 New Milford
 The excursion of the Young Peoples Tam perance Union of this place to Parlor Rock last Saturday, was quite success. From this and stations below, 2S5 tickets were sold, and the Union cleared by the trip, $4S, ,00 above all ex- penses. Those who hav'nt had their dogs registered, are being looked after fright smart" Several were fined last week, and more cases are soon to come. ... Henry My gait has completed the repairs upon the Davis House, and will move in this month. Some tobacco will be cut the last of this week. ..Oul fishermen are vigorously at work both upon the river, and at Waramaug Lake, but thus far have had little success. Prof. Sterling of Bridgeport, exhibited a photograph or talk. \ ing machine, at the town hall last Friday eve. ming. It is 8 wonderful invention, but seems i not fully perfected as yet. o.
 sharon Rev. H. 0. Humphrey was welcomed bacl by large congregation. He looks refreshed by his vacation. .... The surveyors have Jeff us. Landlord Dakin misses them, the Pleas ant View House being their headquarters. Rev. P. H. Whaley is to open 8 select schoo hero soon, and is receiving considerable en couragement. Just what is needed for oul young men and maidens. .. Summer visitori are here, in force. Mrs. Dudley Terrette ant daughter are at Mrs. Bartram's, and quite party of friends from Brooklyn are at 0. 0 Gordon's. Mrs. M. Schuyler of New York, wh, had engaged board at the King mansion, wal obliged to return home the other day, owing to the illness of her child. Henry LathroI and daughter of New York, have left us.....
 Mrs. Calista Williams, of Southville, who wal
 seriously injured by being thrown from wagon g few weeks since, died from the injuries las week and her body was brought to Sharon, he former home on Friday, and buried besid, her husband in the Hillside cemetery.
 | Remt.-
 Telephone fever is raging fearfully here... Peter W. Mills, formerly of this town, now re
 siding in Milwaukee, is in town visiting friends
 .Wm, H. Stuart is rusticating with
 piece of steel in his eye, so one doctor says
 another says there isn't. Doctors, you know
 disagree. As MT. Elijah Odell was mow
 ing piece of clover, the machine came to
 sudden stop, and looking for the cause, h found large rattle snake wedged in between the knife and guard which he soon dispatche ed
 ... Charles Brewster, a colored gent, was ar
 rested by constable Barton July 18th, for as
 sault and battery on Merwin Rowland, an
 being tried, before Justice Gibbs, was foun
 guilty, and taken to Litchfield to board awhile : ... Miss Carolina Stuart died last week Thurs
 day, aged 62, having been sick about tw years.... Miss Belle Gibbs is rusticating a
 Mrs. Welch's, Miss Somers at Mir. Jesse S
 Johns, Mir. and Mrs. Wm. Hampton, at Mir
 M. A. Wheeler, Rev. Dr. Oliver and daughte
 of Nebraska, are stopping for few weeks g , Mir. F. A. Mallory's. Russell Eaton is carry : ing broken arm around in 8 sling.-Famil ! jar in Macedonia caused by 6 man over lift ! years approrriating another mans youn , wife. .... They say that the Warren Widow
 going to take unto herself another partner. ] CelIinsvllIe.-
 Canton farmer, while driving along th road recently, saw large black snake nea i, and in attempting to kill it with his whip, h horse started,9 throwing him to the grount
 badly bruising him and tearing his clothe
 and while he lay there fainting, his hort trotted of home two miles distant. .Skunl . and weasels have been committing rece1 , depredations on poultry yards in this sectiol ] ..... Several people from this place ha, , been camping out near the Twin Lakes. Several carloads of granite have recently bee brought from Norfolk to be used. in Collin vile, which were furnished cheaper tha
 could be quarried here. The patent GOV
 milkers do not seem to answer the purpos Oliver Thompson tried them on his COWS, an one of them died from affection of the uddel and another COW YVES affected in the sam } manner. He thinks the human hands are th [ best, after all, for milking. Over fifty veal ago small metallic tubes were inserted cows teats, which did we'll enough for whil but soon the COWS began to dry ap..... Wi
 liam Lestenschneider is building him houi
 on West River street. .. Henry Gamm has new house nearly completed. ...... Walter Sandant has his new house roofed with slat and the extended piazza on three sides,
 roofed with tin. In the ell part chamber | has a large iron tank to receive all the raj water from the main roof, and pipes will
 laid to convey the water to the rooms in th
 house for washing and bathing purposes. ..
 Apples, potates and vegetables generally, al . Iob nk and tho v F