Connecticut western news., 1879-10-01
Election next Monday.

that time.
 -Lection next Monday. -Mollie Bailey is recuperating at her home in Hudson.
 --Chas. Marvin of Sharon spent the Sab bath in town.
 The annual Norwalk cattle show was held last week.
 -Thomaston is building an iron bridge near the depot. West Cornwall is talking up 10 hours walking match. The annual Harwinton fair1 and cattle show begins Oct. 7th. A debating club is being talked of by the
 young folks of the place. W B. Curtis of Bridgeport, former res- ident of this place, is in town -Litchfeld has an archery club, and tournaments are held every week. Better late than never.-The Falls Vii. lage premium list appears in the NEWS this week.
 The freighting business of the c. w. R. R. is increasing, and extra trains are be- ing run.
 A temperance meeting will be held in
 town hall Saturday night, addressed by Rev. MT. Mackey.
 The Thomaston Congregational society
 has voted to abandon fermented wine from the communion table -Chas Moore, Hon. M. T Granger's
 right-hand man has been ''doing" York State
 on weeks vacation. The call last week, for contributions of
 clothing, etc., for the Maloney family, was
 liberally responded to. Next Saturday is the regular monthly
 meeting of the members of"Douglas Library"
 for the exchange of books, etc. The New Milford cattle show began yes- terday, and will continue until Friday. The H. R. R. Co. carry passengers at half fare. A Naugatuck constable named Shea, while attempting to make an arrest the other day, fell and broke his leg just above the ankle.
 MT. F. R. Starr of Litchfield sends 500 quarts of milk to New York, daily, for which
 he receives 10 cents quart. The milk is put up in sealed glass jars. The hating trade at Danbury and Bethel
 is heavier than ever. The shipments last ] week have never been equaled in the history I of the trade. They amounted to 2256 cases. The Newtown Bee, and Bethel Ledger,
 recently owned by MT. John T. Pearce, are
 now conducted respectively by Mr.. Hawkins of Middletown, and Chas. Hoyt & Go. of Bethel.
 The state board of health will examine
 Bailey's pond at Durham, a large, flat, over
 flowed swamp land, which has caused seven
 eighths of all the levers intown for two years,
 hardly family escaping.
 South Lyme's potato crop is the largest for years. But for the rot which has done great damage in patches it is claimed that in
 Old Lyme alone there would have been enough
 potatoes to supply the state.
 A l-2 feet cannon, with bow-swivel at- tachment, was recently pulled up with lob ster pot at Groton. It was so badly corroded that if oo,,1d po+ ho ;do,+;6od D,ob,b1- :4 had lain there over 100 years.
 Miss s P. Norton has purchased the building of c. M. Humphrey, formerly used as a cash store, on Main street, and will re- move her millinery business from her present location in Watson's block, to her new head quarters.
 Last Wednesday as Eugene Root of this place was crossing the road bridge near the South Canaan Church on a load of grain, he heard cracking, and felt the bridge give way, but fortunately he reached the other side before it fell.
 The Connecticut State Fair will be held in Hartford next week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, and promises to be superior exhibition. The premiums amount to $6,0Oo. The c. W. R. R. will sell excur- sion tickets to Hartford during the fair.
 Fred Wooster dug from the garden of John Landon, Falls Village, four sweet po- tatoes whose united weight was thirteen pounds. The largest of the four weighed 3 pounds, 12 ounces, with many more nearly as large. We think these some potatoes for our climate. K
 Horace Hill, son of Selectman A. s. Hill, was caught in the belting at his fathers pa- per mill, New Milford, Tuesday, and severely hurt. That he was not drawn over the pulley and killed is due in a great measure to the re- sistance offered by the heel of his boot, which caught in the gearing and held until the belt could be stopped.
 We have all heard the story of the noun tain and the mouse. Here is another. The selectmen and town clerk of this toWn-four great blg fellows-solemnly sat two days and the result is three more electors. If they were allowed fifty cents day as compen- sation for their services it would be more than { a dollar for each new voter.
 The counsel for Bucholz, convicted re- gently of the murder of Schulte at South Nor walk ask that the jury's verdict be set aside on the ground that every juror but one had 5alked with one Thomas Bour about the case turing the trial The motion in arrest of judgment and evidence regarding the jurors Til be heard October 4. Granting the mo.