Connecticut western news., 1879-01-08

1g forth Tn WlnSteO. | The Steele guards of Winsted have ,een provided with the improved Peabody ife.
 The diphtheris scourge in Wlnsted has and membranous croup has made .esulted.
 The Salisbury game club celebrated the New Year with grand game supper at the Wononsco House, Lakeville. We un derstand there was large number present, and that it was very enjoyable affair.
 The annual meeting of the Salisbury | Bible Society will be held in the M. B. | church, Lskeville, next Sabbath at half. | past one o'clock, p. m. Addresses will b. l delivered by Rev. Wm. H. Gilbert, secre- tary of the Connecticut Bible Society, Rev. | c. L. Kitchel and J. G. Oakley. The pub | !lc are cordially invited to attend,
 Rev. c. c. Painter, of the Stafford Springs Congregational church has been
 
 him by Fisk university of Tennessee to work in their interests, and will go South after the new church dedication, Rev. MT. Free of Southfeld. Mass, supplying his pulpit. MT. Painters family spend the winter in Nau- gatuck.
 The boundary lines between School District No. 2. of this town and the adjoin- Ing Districts in the towns of Salisbury and Canaan, have been recently defined and es- tablished by the Selectmen of those towns. They have agreed that the town lines shall be the School District lines, except that the farm of Frank Van Deusen shall remain in the Wetaug District.
 The hearing before the railroad con- missioners in regard to the connections of the New York and New England, Nauga- tuck, and Conn Western railroads was com- pleted at Waterbury last Thursday. the Conn. Western being represented by Presi- dent Camp. It seems the prime mover in the matter is Senator Coe of Wolcottville, and the chief difficulty is that the train which leaves Winsted for Waterbury at 6.1O is too early. The question was finally left for the commissioners to decide.
 The total Litchfeld county expenses, for 1878. were $3, 736 .O6, and the total re- ceipts were $939 .59. This does not include the cost of the district court, which is run by the county commissioners, but paid by the towns enjoying the luxury. The coun' ty has now outstanding orders unpaid fol S4, ,O27. .4e, besides other indebtedness oi about $500. There have been 100 commit ments to the jail this year, and there are now only eleven in the jail. The labor oi the prisoners is let out for $500 per year and the county pays $s5O to oversee this la bor in addition to the salary to the regulal jailor.
 The court of errors has granted the ap plication for a new trial in the case of Ed
 win Hoyt of Sherman, convicted last fal for the murder of his father and sentenced
 to be hung in October. It is supposed tha
 the motion was granted on the exception t' the ruling of the court in not allowing th' prisoners counsel to read to the jury thu
 facts in the case of State vs. Anderson, a
 set forth in the Connecticut reports. Chic
 Judge Park and Judge Pardee were agalns , a new trial, and Judge Loomis. Granger an'
 Martin in favor of it. Royt will now b tried over again and has chance this tim
 of escaping a conviction of murder in tn first degree.
 John Lorraln, well known in this sec ton, having been connected with the Ba1 mum Richardson Go. for nun Der of years
 died in Florida, Dec. 23d. He remove E there In the spring of 1877, and purchase - about three hundred acres of land, on whic he set out in the neighborhood of 50 3 orange trees, intending to embark ex'en
 sively in fruit culture. He was accompan
 fed to his Southern home by hls two dapgi
 ters, both of whom have since died-on about month previous to his death. B Q was a hard working man, and by untlrin J effort, had placed himself in a position ( A independence, and was at the time of h
 death, in circumstances to take life eas 8 and comfortably.
 Walter Traver of New Hartford, bett' B known than trusted in these parts, commit . ted murderous assault upon Mary Murra.
 his divorced wife, Friday evening, Dec. 2
 at the house of MT. N. s. selleninoff, whel E with her mother. sue is staying during Il q. absence Of the family for the winter, IT Q yer came to Rice's hotel about six o'cloc if Friday evening, put up his three horse s ate his supper, engaged a room, paid b V bill over night, and went to the Sellenin'
 mansion, about half mile distant. fro
 which he came in about an hour took h 'S horses in great haste, and left town,-saJ ing to the hostler that he had hit his wi e over the head and that he had @ revolv
 ready for any one who should undertake e follow him. The woman is badly bruist u about the head, where he struck her vii
 his fist. and upon different parts of b body where he kicked her. The injuri , will not prove serious, however. A wa :" rant is out for his arrest, and he will ;s prosecuted to the full extent of the la o should he be found .-HerglG,
 + The custom of decorating church n with evergreens during the Christmas hol
 days is rapidly gaining favor. There l. something bright and cheerful eVen in III few simple leaves tastefullY arranged, e !. pecially at the season of the year wh' ,e flowers are scarce and difficult to obtain al In the alleged good old times so oft F. quoted, it would not have been in harmon a with the puEjtanical idea of religion,
 place very many ornaments in the meetil