Connecticut western news., 1879-07-23

DarflngtOn. ana naS h en camping at Lake Buell.
 MT. Charles L. l. illroy, late c. WR.R station agent at Chapinville, has gone to Glen dale to take charge of the station, in the place vacated by Irving Ferguson now ticket agent in this place.
 Among the articles stored in George M. Alertons barn and burned by lightning were valuable oil-paintings, some of them over 200 years old,and library containing several rare and costly volumes.
 The M. E. society of this place will hold "lawn party" at Robert Van Deusen's next Thursday, 3lst inst, commencing at D. m. Ice cream, tea, refreshments, etc, on the ground. All are invited.
 Rev William Cooper Mead D. D., ILL D., Rector of St Paul's Parish, Norwalk, died July 17th aged S4 years. He expired while sitting on his veranda and his last words were I ! think must leave you now.'
 D. W. Clarke, Esq, of Falls Village showed us his genial phiz yesterday morning He is attending CD the temperance picnic at Fenwick., and will probably return chock full of ''total abstinence" or something else. The New Milford Water Company has declared semi-annual dividend of three per cent. on their capital stock of $25,OOO. The stock is valued at from 1O7 to no, with none offered for sale at these figures.
 Near Morris recently a Shepaug train struck Clausen Burgers, a deaf man, and threw him down an embankment thirty feet high, but not seriously injuring him. He is 65 years of age, and this is the second time he has been thrown from the track. l A printer doesn't rush off to the Doctor every time he is out of 'sorts." ."-N. y. Neaos | Nor to baker when he gets out of "pi "- Wsnsted Neaos. Nor to the wood pile when he wants ''stick. ."-Neao Ma!ford Rag Nor | to purgatory when he wants the s'devll." A number of men at Housatonic have formed an association to support a course of 10 lectures the coming winter, beginning about | the lst of October. There are also expected to be readings and musical entertainment The Methodists talk of organizing a similar course Thomas Devine, gentleman about sixty three years of age, was drowned in what is known as the Stockinet ditch, Bristol, on Tuesday evening. He had been in to bathe. When found he was standing upright the top of his head just visible at the surface of the water.
 The Conn., Western News made it's ap- pearance last week in dress of new type, which leads us to conclude that Col Harden bergh is a successful manager. It is plain to be seen that the News has taken no backward Winsted Herald.
 | The hurricane of last Wednesday did a great amount of damage in Massachusetts, in loss of life and destruction of property. At Pittsfeld bridges were blown bodily into the streams, houses were unroofed, and three or four lives lost the damage to property Ill the town amounting to about $2O,OOO.
 The picnic held at Twin Lakes by the the young people of this place last Thursday was pleasant affair, and much enjoyed by al who attended. The day was pleasant, the com pany in good spirits and universal in their pro nunciations of the success of the occasion Two of the NEWS office nick pickers attended the picnic.
 The game of baseball played last Satur
 day between the ''Waugums" of East Canaan and the "Actives" of Norfolk was very one
 sided affair. The score was 43 to IA in favo of the "Waugums; but Charlie Fowler say: when he gets the "Sawed-Offs" sawed off tc
 the proper length he thinks he can waugun s the "Waugums."
 5 Robbins Battel and his sister Miss Ann;
 Battell, of Norfolk, have each given $1 1000 tc Beloit college, Wisconsin. This makes up tht
 deficiency in the expense account, which hac
 amounted to upward of $3,O0O. The faculty
 and trustees have already pledged SC, 800, anc
 there is prospect of raising $10,0o0 or mor to endow the chair of natural sciences.
 The farmers about here are finding it diff | This is new state of affairs and takes peopl
 little by surprise. They have been used t. ) see men on the street every day asking fo 5 work, and now almost every one who want
 to work can find something to do. Surely th
 is sign that the times are improving. } Last Tues day night two barns belongin' l c ~ O1,
 ford, near Naugatuck were destroyed by al incendiary fire, together with about tons o
 hay, one wagon, and sundry farming imple
 ments. One horse belonging to s. W. Buck - ingham, a butcher, was burned to death, an another fatally injured. There was no in
 surance on the barns.
 l -Ofth counsel engaged on one side or tn = other since the prosecution of the Rev. H. H
 Hayden began, one has been elected Unite States Senator, one appointed the States Ali
 torney, and one made president of one of tn richest railroad corporations in the Eas
 Honors may be waiting the remaining three t but it is to be hoped that their bestowal vii | not further delay this young mans trial.
 An old man aged seventy eight was give lodgings one night recently in Patrick Dorsey house in Wolcottville. Next morning, afte
 attempting liberties with Dorsey's daughter he left. But Dorsey pursued with pitchfork overlook the culprit and brought him back town, prodding him with the fork whenever h
 Jagged. Both were taken to court and finet
 and the tramp, having no funds, had to go t : jail.
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