Connecticut western news., 1879-05-28

jumpers got 'locKeQ, anu ne was severe y squeezed, breaking one of his ribs and injuring him, so that he will be and up fer some time.
 -E. Winckworth of Lakeville, is selling Agate iron ware," said to be an excellent lrticle, beng as easy to clean as crockery md impossible te break. It will not burn pr flake off, and is not near as heavy to handle as cast iron pots or kettles, which it bids fair to entirely displace.
 Ice cream, you scream and he screams, but Mrs. Warmers creams just leetle the we ever sampled. She has get some kind of new fangled freezer that will cook her ice cream in ten minutes, and do it up brown, too,-and all she asks is ten cents dish, or 40 cents a quart.
 Fred. Yutzler, the tailor, is having a good trade here, which he deserves, as his prices are remarkably low for custom work. Fred. is good tailor, as well as good fel- low, anc our citizens will do well to mani : fest their ability and willingness to support 6 good tailoring establishment in this place a permanent institution.
 -One of Canaan's hobby girls, with candy curis, pires and grieves for masculine association. Big or small or short CT leng; fat or lean or weak or strong, no diff 'rence-she knows no discrimination. N. B.-The foregoing contains as much truth as poetry. For further particulars enquire.
 Wesley w. Bishop, who poisoned Charles H. Cobb, and his wife Hattie M. Bishop, pleaded guilty in the superior cour, at Norwich, Tuesday, to murder in the sec ond degree. Judge Culver sentenced him to state prison ter life. Thus ends the most shocking tragedy which has occurred in Connecticut for many years.
 The Falls Village schools are taught this term by the following teachers: Ames vile. lst department, Miss McKane primary department, Miss Hattie Owen Beebe Hill. Miss Brigner; Grassy Hill. Miss Keegan; South Canaan. Miss Jones; Hunts vile, Miss Chase and MissTurpin; Main-st. Miss Maltbie Lime Rock, MT. Hurlburt -Teaegraa,.
 -Supt. Jones of the Connecticut West ern road is securing additional passenger cars for the excursion season on that road The plan is to run in connection with thu Hudson river steamers, making the rount trip freRa Hartford to West Point in fifteer hours. A series of excursions to the Twir Lakes will also be provided by the Con- necticut Western Company.
 Three Boston gentlemen, who hav' navigated the Housatonic river from Pitts field in canoes, arrived in New Milford Sat urdsy evening, intending to remain owe Sunday. The time was too long. however 90 they started afresh the next day only t come to grief in the narrows, near ''Lover' Leap" I've boats were stove in and th trip was necessarily abandoned. Tn boats were freighted back to Pittsfield Mon day. Courapt.
 The Connecticut Western railroad with sharp eye to business, has prepare the summer tune table of the running o trains SO that passengers from Souther Berkshire, by the morning train dow on the Housatonic road, can reach Bosto via Hartford, at 4:20 D. m. Leavin Grest Barrin gton at 9:05. the connection g Hartford is sure, and the route of travel
 most delightful one Berkshire Courier.
 Some unco' good people of Cornwa
 being displeased at the cohsbitation of man and woman who had not been mar ried in orthodox manner, raided on tn
 house last Friday night and stripped tn man naked, gave him coat Of tar an feathers, and rode him CD 8 rall until
 promised to leave town. The outrage ws openly approved by portion of the cit izens, although the towards who perpe trated 1t wore masks to escape reeponsibili ty.-E Esehaeqes.
 Salisbury will observe Decoration Da by the following order of exercises: Tn graves of comrades at Town Hill. Linn Rock and Mt. Riga will be decorated be tween and 12 8. m. Public meeting g the Congregational Church. Salisbury. 6 9. 30 p. m. Address by Rev. J. F. Gleason Norfolk. Reading Roll of Honor by Hu
 bert Williams. Singing by the Glee Clut The eoldlers' graves at Salisbury will the
 be decorated, after which the ladies WI provide 8 collation. for the old soldiers at th Town Hall.
 A most mysterious fire occurred i Stockbridge few days ago. One famil
 that had occupied the house next south c the Catholic Church had moved out, an another family were already torn up move ln and had taken the COW to the ne,
 place the night before, when, to the aston
 ishment of all neikhbors, about o'cloc the next morning the house was discovere to be on fire and was all burned out clear The Stockbridge fire apparatus was brougt out. more for protection of other propert in the neighborhood than 10 save the hous that was burning .-G5eoner.
 In the Superior Court, the followin cases have been disposedt of, State Vi Fred L. Pond, of Winsted. Charge of ob taining property on false pretenses, Tn State claimed that Mir. Pond obtained tn endorsement of the Music Hall Compan on bank note by fraudulently representa- himself worth two thousand dollars abov all indebtedness while all the time he wa not only heavily indebted but knew tn fact. Pond denied having made the rer resentations in the manner alleged, an claimed that the endorsement of the com pany was not authorized by it's charter, an therefore of no binding effect upon it tba