Connecticut western news., 1879-03-12
Open March weather.

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 Open March weather.
 Next Monday is St. PAtrick's day. Ct. Burlington is going to have 8 fish and game club.
 Leo people are sgisating the question of a new fire steamer.
 Two Stockbridge men are to walk match on snow shoes. A cheese factory at Cream Him. West Cornwall. is likely to be established. The Lakeville Catholics are to have . grand concert on St. Patrick's night. "A mission is to be given in Lakeville about April lss, by the Dominican fathers. Elias Curtiss of Clayton. aged 90 yearss fell the other day and broke three of his ribs.
 MT. and Mrs. F. S. Gray of Sheffield spent the Sabbath with H. H. Cosgswell in this place.
 Rev. E. H. W. Barden has been vis- itsd by his father from New York ssate for few esys past.
 -Winsted's new National bank is to be located in Music Hall block. aud the turni- ture has arrived.
 -Cornetiss Bliss of Ct. Harrington, who joined the Amy Stone troupe q few weeks since, hAs returned home. The Winsted Building Company have bsguu the construction of Mrs. N. M. Browns house in this place. West Stockbridge is indignant over Q recent cock fight, indulged in by some of the young men of the place.
 --Rev. L, H. Hallock's lecture at East Canaan last Wednesday night was well at tended and highly spoken of. Richmond Furnace Co. at West Stock bridge are making preparations to start their furnace sometime in June.
 -Winsted has had an elopement of 2 courle of Sabbath school teachers, ''of good report" both leaving families. 1 IA Simshury man had his foot mang]ed by tram of cars running over it at Bridge port last week, and it was ampu.ated. The property of the West Stockbridee hay press association has been sold. the
 press bringing $loO, and the building &4l6.
 -Dr. Cummings has rented the vacant room in his block. advertised last week, to . tailor from Weat Cornwall. named Yusz- ssz.
 -George Higginson of Lenox had his
 chin badly bitten by horse the other day while trying to learn the animal to kis' him.
 The engine house that was recently burned at Leet ore bed. West Stockbridg'
 has been rebuilt and the pumps are running [ again.
 -F. A. Hayden of Lenox was arrested last week at Burlington on . chsrgs of big amy, it being alleged that he has thre
 wives.
 -Scidmore, one of Canasn's tonsoria artists, has struck out for ''grsrner field and pastures new" and finds them in Sa! isbury. The locomotive "A. B. Mygass" wi
 be run on the New Milford Special. as 1t
 too heavy for the iron raiIs on the nort V end of the road.
 | Dwight Allen of Salisbury has resigne D his trustee and executorship on the will e Calvin Sparks, and H. F. Harris is expect t cd to take the pos'sion. - -Erneat I. Webster of Cansan Vaile
 enters upon the discharge of bis duties Y Stedman's drug store in Castleton oa h Hudson N. r., next Saturday. Talking about fast horses-Charls IT Hinckley claims to have an iron.grey co l. that can make his mlls inside of three min utes, and he has never been trained, either l. Ct Burlington has caught the ''H. h n s. >Pinafore" fever, and will present ths s very popular opera in May or June. Wi
 CaDaan tackle it ? "What, never ?' ''Wsl n n- hardly ever"
 s A. T. R,rahack's tenement house no, r occupi.d by Chss. Hinckley, will be take j. April ist. by r. Finnegan. Mr. Hinckle r removing to G W. Cowdrey's place ] a East Canaan.
 The dime sociable held at Mrs. Alb ,. bo,t's, Ashley Falls last Wednesday nigh e was a very enjoyable affair. Quite nun
 Der were present, and the proceeds amour d to about 97.OO. ';l -''Sport" Csmpana, Connecticut's bi k pedestrian fraud, ssys Mrs. Lorens Alex is ander tried to get him to go into the body r snatching business with her when they bot
 lived at Bridgeport.
 r -Gov. Andrews has appointed tho II, 0 of April next Good Friday) as day (
 fasting, humiliation and prayer-probabl t in anticipation of the adjournment of tt ;: ::|lesisIsture about that tune. d A cat prevented the robbery of EdwaI l. CBasman's honse at Norwalk the oths
 evening, srousing its master by strange an - tics, and burglars who were trying , break in were frightened away.
 Prof John Tripp commenced his wal - in the Town hall, Salisbury Friday at on !. o'clock p. m.. and completed 50 miles a q BPS p. m., in hours and g minutes, in cluding 14 minutes for refreshments. Read the prospectus of the Sunds. ] Springfield Republican in another column