Connecticut western news., 1879-01-29
A silver half dollar with h6lo nrncho<

cent stamp.
 -Eggleston & Selleck of s. lisbury are having an unusually brisk trade in fouring buckwheat, paying s5 cents 8 hundred, grinding and shipping the flour to various points between New York and Canada, and east of Hartford.
 -The Perley Comedy Company present. ed Our Boys" in Town Hall Thursday night, but as the audience was small, the players did not exert themselves to their ut most, and the const quence was an indiffer- ent performance.
 MT. Milton Roraback of this place at tended Butchers pedestrian feat at Lee last Saturday, and took few laps with him. If Milt wasn't 30 modest and retiring, he could show to the world pedestrian ssfeet" truly astonishing.
 Mir. John Decker of Ashley Falls father of the young man who was fatally injured by athrashing machine 8 few weeks ago, died Friday of pneumonia. The flu neral was attended Sunday, Rev. Mr. Bar den of this place officiating. ..
 70. s. Foster. the merchant tailor of West Winst.d offers to sell all the standard sewing machines. with all the latest improve. ments, for $25.-less than half tho charged by travelling agents. r. p''o. machine, give him trial you "an'
 While nau;d ES,-.
 at the Chaplnv'' -'k was raking cnarcoa' he was cs- ne furnace, tho other nlght' coal "ght ny siioe or ooo ousheis ol . and completely buried; but fortunate y assistance was near, or he would have
 perished, as it was an extremely cold night
 A big sleigh ride from Norfolk came through here Saturday, supposed to be the Sunday school pupils from that place; but a blind man, unable to see the little banners and happy, friendly faces. would think it { tparty of Comanche Indians on the war Epath.
 T. s. Gold of West Cornwall, secreta- ry of the State Board of Agriculture, ac- companled by R. s. Hinman of Oxford visited Watertown recently to investigate the disease which IS prevalen nt among cattle in that town. MT. Gold pronounces i pleuro-pneumonia.
 Rev. John Johns of New York. wh'
 will be remembered as the preacher of tb' camp meeting session of two years ago lectured in North Egremont last night ol
 ''Peter Cartwright, the old Pioneer (fight
 ing) Preacher" s'the man that whipped tn
 devil out of the blacksmith"
 E The Millerton Telegram says Prof
 Tripp has received letters from parties il Po'keepsie, Newburgh, Hartford. Winsted
 and various other pieces in this vicinit urging him to come and walk. There ar
 but few pedestrians that will beat Prof } Tripp, TO matter where he may go. Geo. Johnson of Welch 6 Johnson Norfolk, IS now conducting news stand il
 their store, where all the papers and mag , ezines may be obtained. This supplies want long felt in Norfolk, as the news bo , on the trans was the only resource. Extr
 copies of the NEWS can be obtained there. Representatives Brewster of Danbury , Peck of Brookfeld, Bradley of Canaan ? Peet of North Canaan, Woodward of Tbon
 aston, Clark of Plainville. Boyce of EAs D Hartford. Widemeyer of Windsor Lock e have been appointed on the joint speci' D committee on Capitol furniture, buildln land grounds.
 Jos. L. Ives of East Canaan was th ,l lucky winner of the silver tea set given b g. the Winsted Herald premium dispenser.
 is value d at pile of dollars, and is desl able prize. Joe is always lucky when 4 wing, and we know he wont put this tt '' set to any improper use, as he is the secr' 'e tary of the Canaan temperance union, ar
 'sdoeth all things well.''
 es Bridgeport is to have grand pedest oi an tournament in Lyceum Hall, beginnil sS next Monday, to hold forth six days, and
 to be open to al Come cticut professions al and amateurs. There will be 8 six da r. walk, 26 hours walk, 50 miles walk, ITS miles walk and 25 miles ''go-as-you please
 Hae Canaan any aspirants for pedestri oa glory? Here's chance for you, Clarence. of s. c. Cummings of this place, to ? to com modate the regular brakeman on |
 evening passenger train, broke from he be to Millerton lest Saturday night, and lt ua his $2, 75 hat at State Line, and gave b. nh at the station quarter to find it. hut as nv wind was blowing thousand miles mi v ute. the hat was probably m South Ameri
 before the train got to Ore Hill. He hasl op yet seen the hat. boy or quarter. in New evidence, which may give M' ,ly Kate Cobb of Norwich second trial, ,,
 said to have been discovered, and wom living in another part of the state publish
 a sworn statement that while riding WI Charles H. Cobb, Jr., last spring, he tt !, her under secrecy that he was taking Fo'
 Ier's solution of arsenic for medicine. T
 witness kept silent before the trial becau zee she dreaded being called into court and ers cause she thought Mrs. Cobb would be 8 m quilted.
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 Last Saturday Mrs. D. A. Riker tres
 ed the scholars of all the schools ln Il 'n- place to grand sieigh-ri6e to Sheffield a Ills return, the whole rt quiring five large sleig nd On returning, a supper was served at he Stevens House and the appetites of
 young folks. sharpened by their long ri' as made havoc with the toothsome viands I'm before them, and now they are unanimo be. in their verdict that Mrs. Riker IS the b ak woman in the country.