Connecticut western news., 1879-04-16

was also good, being in excess of that oi last year for the same period.-Post.
 Read carefully the supplement ac- companying this number of the NRNs Geo. A. Randall has recently bought Hall's clothing department. and offers clothing al very low prices-men's suits for from SC to SIP, furnishing goods, hats, caps, etc. At correspondingly low ti2ufes George is doing business on far basis, and deserves the patronage of the public. Geo. W. Halls emporium offers extraordinary in ducements to purchasers, and it is now Me store of Falls Village. He keeps an i'm mense sock, anc does very extensive business. Give him call.
 -Autther Shutdown sensational con- hlgration. Lust Thursday night the hous. opposite the Camp Ground station near the railroad was discovered to be in flames, and before anything could be done to stay the progress of the devouring element, tie structure was totally consumed. It was worth ever SO many dollars. and was owneo hy Peirce, Lawrence & Co. Bill Wooster, (colored) removed his family from the pedestrians saw the light, and started for it, covering the two miles ID ten minutes, arriving in time to look into the cellar.
 The Board of State Prison Directors met last Tuesday and considered the claims of the seveIal applicants for the Wardenshir of the State Prison. After discussing the claims of each, the board finally decided upon the temporary appointment of Cspt. E. O. Peck of LiicL field. He is fifty-seven years of age, and has served ss Deputy Sheriff of Litchfeld County, and was Deputy at the State Prison under Wardens Webster and Willard. He was a Captain ot Heavy Artillery in the war. and has re- gently been engaged in the construction oi d railroad in New York State, huving under bis charge two hundred conyicts.
 The advertisement of O. w. Scoville of Norfolk appears this week. Mir. s. came to Norfolk in May last with a stock of Cas- kets and collins, and has furnished for sev : eral cases, to any of which be is willing 10 refer for endorsements, etc. He does his own trimming and is sure to suit ss to style and price. He has had several years tx- perience in Norwalk and Dalien, having been for some tune with Buckingham < Cr. at South Norwalk. Is willing to luke en' tire charge of funerals when desired, makes
 no extra charges for laying out or presery-
 ing the dead and makes it point 10 endeav' or to please his customers in all the smaller details, as we'll as in matters of more i'm
 portance.
 Rev. MT. Barden of the Methodist
 Church preached his farewell sermon las
 Sunday evening Mir. BaIden has beer
 with us but year. yet in this tune has made
 many warm friends by his genial sociahil
 iry, genuine good nature and sterling qual-
 itics. He is a man of good judgment, al
 eloquent preacher ar ln society evinces
 lively enjoyment ard appreciation of th'
 humorous, but is possessed of neither ,h' ! kuack uf facial contortion DOT the inclin : ation to wear face as long as yard-s,ick neither does his presence imparl that grave
 yard chill and judgment-day gloom so ap . paren,ly soothing io, aud sought after F, , some, within whose narrow cOnct ption , true religion and cheerfulness of mieu al
 horelessly incompatible, and who woui , d, corale the outside of the platter with
 funereal counlenance of mock piety as dis
 gusting in it's extravagance as the ''dea
 mems bones and all uncleanness" that ma
 and the pulpit here will be occupied b
 Rev. w. A. Mackey, late of MllIerton.
 The Feast of Easter was celebrated { L. Christ Church, in this village, on Sunda fast, with an unusually impressive service The music was ably rendered by the cbo 0 of the church, assisted by Miss Mimi
 Perce and Miss Ella Mcintyre of the Con p gregational and Methodist chors. Tb il opening piece was the celebrated aria frol
 Flanders Messiah" know that my Re
 deemer liveth," which was very skillfu!, executed by Mrs. Dr. Camp. The Easts . anthem by J. Remington FaiIlam was followed by the proper psalms for tl
 day, chanted from the Trinity Psallcr Ti
 '.Te Deum" Was Jackson's, the "Jubiiate : by Aldnch. The voluntary at the Offrl tory was the composition of J. H. Knech
 and that before the Communion lbe A, Vrrum Corpus" of Mtzht Mir Franc T. Whi,tl. sey presided tt the organ with h . l al cki n 1k p U hy Mrs. Ere delick Watson were profu' and in excellent taste, The font was file S with large variety Of flowers, conspicuo, T among which were several finc specimen u of the calla lily. There was fl 1t bouqu on the altar and the bronZ- vast also COT
 tanned bouquets.
 " The politicians are already hard l. work manufacturing public opinion m Tt gard to Presidential candidates. The Nr
 York Times the other day had twenty co umns of what purporIed to be corrcspo ' dcDce from different parts of ,he counlI = in regard to the matter. Although it = over a year and a half before the Pres
 dential election. it would seem from il s Tlme's report that the people had all mac st up their minds, and the Republicans wei d almost unanimous for Grant, and the D, ,u V oorats nearly as unanimous for Tildtl l. It seems to be taken for granted that the t will be Lut two parties in the field, but W !, rather think that those who entertain sue " an idea are reckoning without their hos if They probably have not heard of Il
 N .lional Reform Party" ard they ma
 live to see the day when they will rrgr ;, that they didn't take the CONN WEsTEE NEWS and keep posted. IL may be of il