Connecticut western news., 1879-12-31
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The Catholics have dance in town hal
 tomorrow night
 Roller skating has been introduced in the
 rinks at Hartford.
 Several winsted people will receive ,
 on New Years Day.
 The Hartford Post issued an elaborate
 Christmas supplement.
 Sunday school party in the basement of
 the Methodist Church tonight.
 Nov according to custom-and the alma. nae, the days begin to lengthen. ,I Norfolk parties held dance in Town hall in this place last Friday night.
 The | D. D. Y. Club dances will be held weekly, on Friday nights hereafter.
 Timothy Britt, who went to Maryland in September, returned home last week.
 ID. S. Proper and family of Elizaville, N. r., are visiting at Hon. Judge Grsngera
 Miss Nellie Andrus is home from Lake, vile, where she has been teaching school.
 The Cornwall Bridge Iron Co. furnaces are casting 8 a-4 tons of pig iron per day.
 Mir and Mrs. L. 0. Meafoy, of Litchaeld, celebrated their golden wedding on Dec. 16.
 -Ui Whiting and family of this place spent Christmas at their old home in Winches- ter Centre.
 The wife of Rev. Storrs o. Seymour of Litchfeld, recently had her pocket picked in New York.
 Wendell Phillips lectures tonight in Ct. Harrington, taking for his subject Daniel O'Connell."
 There should be public gathering to- night, to watch the old year out and the New Year in."
 The Burbank House at Pittsfield narrow ly escaped burning recently, by the explosion of kerosene lamps.
 Timothy J. Stone of sufReld, committed suicide while in an insane it last Friday, with wire clothes-line.
 Rev. E. H. Roys of Housatonic, has re. covered from his recent attack of paralysis, and is preaching again. W. H. Crocker of East Canaan, who is studying medicine in New York University, spent Christmas at home.
 The dance and lottery drawing announced to take place on Christmas night, didn't come of, nobody putting in an appearance. E. B. Sanford, formerly clerk at the Man. sion House, Litchfeld has assumed the man. agement of the Bristol House in Bristol.
 A New Milford man is to rafAe two hogs weighing 1900 pounds. Another New Mil. ford man has turkey weighing "A 3-4 pounds
 The Hartford Courant suggests that somebody ought to make motion before Judge Park for biennial sessions of the Hay. den trial.
 New Hartford sportsmen recently killed near Satan's Kingdom wild cat measuring three feet from tip to tip, and weighing IS pounds.
 Mir. David Lesvitt of Great Harrington is | lying dangerously sick in New York. His I great age, 90 years, makes his recovery doubtful
 Sixteen car loads of machinery, tools, etc went over the Housatonic railroad the other day for the New York and New England ra,l- road extension,
 -Pistsdeld had 4s hour walking match last week, which did not pay expenses. The winner, Norton, of Lee, made l3s miles; Straub 103 miles. The large boarding house near the west end of the covered bridge at Collinsville, was destroyed by fire on the morning of Dec 26 House and contents insured
 Rev. MT. Reid's sons came home to ob. serve Christmas. Gilbert Ireland, a former pupil of MT. Reid, now Q student st Prince. lon College, also spent few days in town last week.
 Some of the young men of this place { have erected dam and flooded Gillettes l meadow from the brook running through it, and are now waiting for ''cold snap" to form 3 skating rink le w. M Deming, the popular Canaan photographer, now of Winsted, had "Merry l., Christmas" surely. Just glance at the mar. |, 'iage column and see what Santa Claus put n his stocking. A donation recently given Rev. Mir Bar T len, at Delhi N. r., netted $17O.0O. A man. [ that Mir. B's genial disposition, ster- ing qualities, and ability as a preacher, are s appreciated. d AN. Y. &N. E. brakeman was thrown r town and nearly of the top of freight car lear New Britain, by telegraph wire which rosses the track there The wire has been aised to avoid future accidents. William Cockell, aged sixty-fve years, 6 attempted suicide at New Lon- t lon on December 19, by hanging. He has 'een out of health for long time and the act Vas inspired by low spirits and discourage ', 1ent. -Pittsdeld officers have arrested Patrick e Iyan of the Housatonic hotel and Mrs. Con. n erse of the Valley house in that village for e cling liquor by measure, and for keeping O ambling houses. They pleaded not guilty, a nd their trials occur January 5. A detective h as been working on the cases for two wsska Iss