Connecticut western news., 1878-11-06

deal tor the last five years. In town like this, when there is much sickness, it needs more than one or two good experienced weather is colder now than we often have it SO early in the season and the prospect is that we have long cold winter before us...... Every town ought to make provision for their destitute fam- lies, so that none may suffer for the neces- sares of life through the cold weather, when there is bnt little chance of earning much. G. Co rnVaIl-,.
 One inch of snow fell last Thursday n;ght......Co nsiderable corn yet remains un- gathered...-. Saturday was the day appoint ed for both parties to hold their caucuses, but the Re pubicans adjourned until Mon day afternoon, at 2 o'clock. In the Demo- crat caucus it was the most spirited that has been held in Cornwall for great many years. Harry Sedgwick and James Coch- rane were the north town choice of the legislature, and James Cocbrane got the nomination by about two thirds of the whole Democratic vote G. C. Harrison was nominated Judge of Probate by accs- mation.... Last Friday West Cornwall was visited by one of the most destructive fires that has fell to it's lot in many years. About half past eight in the evening fire was dis. covered in the shear works of J Mallnson & Go. by MT. Wood, one of the firm, and at the time, with but little assistance, it could have been extinguished. and it was considerably deadened by several pails of water which MT. Wood flung on the flames, but owing to the difficulty attendant on pro- curing water readily, it soon got beyond all control, and notwithstanding the arrival of men it soon resulted in the total destruc- tlon of the shear shop, grist and cider mills, and it was only by the hard labor and per severence of Messrs. Steven Whitney, Chas. Smith. W. H. Porter, R. N. Cochrane, NJ. Silvernail and few others that tue dstill- cry and foundry were saved. The loss is estimated at $l0,OOO; insured for about $6, ,500 No cause can be imagined for the fire. It is likely that the company will re- build. TITUS BINKs.
 Sheffield No. B.
 Last Monday evening, a Butler meeting was held at the town hall, and addresst d by Lawyer Joyner of Ct. Burlington, and MT. McMurray of this place, both lively feeling speakers. Friday night Justice Dewey, Esq. addressed fine audience up- on the Republican side. His arguments were good and we'll appreciated. Politics run h,gh here tbls year, and all the speak CTS deliver many truths as we'll as some er- TOTS, (so we think.) Talbot was upon the | temperance ticket about four years ago and l we thought hun one of the best men living,
 and 1 do not know that he has changed,
 but Butler stands pretty well in this town, 80 we hear, although Talbot is in the ma | jority y......Rev. MT. Gaylord preached at the M B. church Sunday evening upon the subject of prayer......The Congregational sewing society meets this week Wednesday at the residence of Rev. MT. Noble. .. A new Drug store is to be started here soon. | CAP.
 NOrfOIk.-
 At the meeting of the ecclcseastical socl- ety John R. Shepard Erastus Bur and s.
 D. Northway were chosen committee for the following year. E. T. Butler, F. E.
 Porter, D. G. Lawrence and J. N. COwles were appointed to act with the cOmmitte to appraise the pews. It was decided to re
 duce the price of the seats...... While Wm. Cooper, milkman, was driving over the railroad bridge, Monday morning, his horse
 became frightened, and ran into w. l. Sparks & Cos. lamp post, smashing it to atoms, Joseph N. Cowles is re-paintipg his house. ...... Rev. Joseph Gaylord, late of
 Manistee, Mch., preached Tn the Congre
 gAtional church last Sunday......R L Cris, sey is building an ell to the rear of hls house...... Miss Alice Boyington Is danger ously sick with nervous prostration......Mr MT.
 McClune, the landscape gardener of Hart
 ford, who superintended the recent i'm
 provements made in the cemetery, has re
 and is replacing them with others..... .Poi-
 tics is the chief subject of conversation at
 present.. The Democratic caucus caused
 some excitement, having been held on Sat
 On satisfactory candidates, adjourned till
 Monday evening, when Henry I. Gaylord
 and Wm. J. Norton were nominated c
 R. Bigelow and Abel H. Pcndlelon were tue Republican candidates