Connecticut western news., 1879-05-07

liar accidents four times before.
 Professor Johnson T. Platt, of the Yale Law School, is preparing manual ol lhe new legal procedure act. which is to gu into effec. the lst of next January.
 New Haven has an organization called he Speak Well-of Your. Neigbbor Club ' -Leader. We always thought Canaan was the birthplace of National Reform.
 What timely argument for the author of "Canaan's Morals" is the loss of thos, magazines at the Reading Room. And o Reform, what an opportunity for thee :!
 Dick Winchell of South Egremont ran from that place on Friday 10 Great Bal rington, four miles, in 2S l2 minutes on q wager that he would do it inside of 30 min. utes.
 Johnny B. Davis, aged 13 ears, a resl nice little boy, and promising young pedes trian, walked mile in 9 minutes the other day, at Gilmore's Garden, near Shields place.
 Rev. MT. Mackey's temperance lecture in the Methodist church last Sunday ev,- uing was pronounced, without exception the best ffnrt of the kind heard in Canaan for long time.
 Agents of the Zulu government visited the cartridge company of Bridgeport and the Winchester Arms company of New Haven, Tuesday, 10 see about purchasing ammunition and arms.
 The motion for a new trial in the Will liam Allen Case, Monday, was denied and he WAS sentenced to be hanged May 2s. 1880. the same day hls accomplicc, Hamlip, is sentenced 10 be hanged.
 Since the recent accident on the Hous atomic railroad. lEe trak, men on passenger trains have been ordered to remain on the platforms, and those on freight trains musI remain on the tops of the cars.
 The New Milford G zette states that Lucy Osborne's suit to recover $lO, ,0O0 from Wm. Schoverling, the proprietor of the fac tory in which her scalp was torn off, has not been compromised as stated.
 The Wolcottville soldiers monument will be ready for ert ction September lst. The New England Granite Company is to furnish it. It Is to be surmounted by a statue of the "Antietam Soldler," feet high.
 Mir. Harry Sedgwick of Cornwall Hol- low has sssums d editorial manag. ment ot the Connecticut Farmer published at Hart ford Mir. s. is good agricultural writer, and is bound to make a success of the Farmer.
 New Milford people have expressed their appreciation of the services of Judge Huntington of Woodbury in opposing the release of Charles J. Allen from the State prison. by presenting him with gold mounted ebony cane.
 -Tbe Conn Western bob-tail locomotive State Line," which has lain in the shops in Hartford for some time past, is at pres ent employed in boosting the freight trains over the hills on this end of the road, John Greer acting as engineer.
 Wesley Bishop. the paisoner, is 10 be tried at Norwich the third week of thus month. He will not be allowed to pleac guilty to murder in the second degree, as his counsel have desired, but will have to take the chances for bIs life.
 There are living at Fall River. Mass. a married pair whose united ages are more than two hundred and five years. The bus band was one hundred and two years ole last January the wife will be one hun dred and four next November.
 A little Milford boy named James F Degan was crushed between two freigh cars Thursday and killed. He with severa other boys was playing about the cars on 7 side track as was custonAry, when tw' came together with result fatal to Degan
 A first-class HI. M. $ Pinafore' troupe changed cars here three weeks agc day before yesterday. eve are gong t' keep the above in type for future use. l we sn't have p,nafore in the hall, we car make them at the depot as often as we wan to).
 We are much obliged to somebody fol the gift of fine box of arhuius, mailed tt us Monday. The donor failed to send his or her name, so we don't know whom tt cr dit. However, this is not a case o ''aronymous contributions respectfully de- clined"
 -"Lpmuel Longfellow" to the contrary notwithstanding Sandlown is growing fa in the glory of another ''sonl stirring" scan dal. and there will be another son who's, wisdom will have a severe test. while lht hero looks for greener Hills aud fields, ant pt stures new.
 At New Preston Hill, mile north ot New Preston. Conn. Monday morning. E. bert Cogswell, aged 5O shot with a gun anC instantly killed his wife, aged 45. He ther cut his own throat, expiring almost imme- diutely. Cogswell was an habitual drunk ard and crazed from ram.
 -John Pease. Jr. of CoIlinsv!le, while assisting in propelIing a handcnr on one oi our railroads a week since was caught by one of the handles in his clothing and se- verely il jured. His right arm was for sev- eral days entirely paralS zod, and othcI bruises. He is now slowly improving.
 M. 0. Danforth of Wi!liamstown. owns Plymouth Rock hen that dropp,d two eggs in less than an hour the other day both eggs being large ard perfect, except that the secohd was ''soft sheled." Ply