Connecticut western news., 1879-07-23

aF CORRESPONDENTS are requested to send in their communications so as to reach us on Monday of each week. as we cannot insure the insertion of any correspondence received after that time. Sharon.
 Miss Emma Stiner is spending her vaca- ton in Lee.
 HI. H. Cogswell and wife are visiting in Merwinsville.
 A. F. Spencer is canvassing this place for a Troy tree firm.
 When does that ''annual picnic at Twin Lakes" come off?
 Miss Nellie Richardson is stopping for a few days in Lakeville.
 The Rev. E. H. Roys of Housatonic. was in town the other day.
 Frank A. Chase has been appointed post master at Barkhamsted.
 Jerome Root is sick of farming, and is going back to Hartford.
 Guess we'll have to follow suit, and have reporters convention.
 There is talk of a big temperance picnic in the Village Park soon.
 The ladies' aid society meets tomorrow afternoon at Mrs. D. A. Riker's
 -Conformist gets "stunner" from Dr. Cummings facile pen this week.
 Still they come-the subscriptions for the Camp Meeting DAILY, we mean.
 -55,000 more brick are being shipped from Adams brick kiln, to Lee.
 -J. Conway the Sheffield butcher is out with newly painted meat cart.
 Gardner, the jeweler, puts in two days each week, fighting potato bugs. Lee local talent is to present sPinafore'' in Memorial hall tomorrow night.
 Mary Heffern, l3 years old was killed by lightning at Danbury last Wednesday. | Ground has been broken for D. L. Free. mans new house, near the Catholic church
 The H. R. R. locomotive Horace Nichols is just out of the shops, in a new coat of paint The tornado of last Wednesday leveled several trees at East Canaan and whereabouts
 The pile-driver, having finished at the Housatonic river, has resumed work at Chapin ville
 The c. W. R. R. Co., talk of having an other excursion down the Hudson river, il August.
 | Norfolk is overrun with city boarders and many applicants are refused Send lem out this way.
 Photographer W. M. Deming talks 0 moving his car near the camp ground durin, the meeting.
 HI. K. Smith of Philmont, N. Y., with hi wife, is visiting his brother-in-law, GP Strong in this place.
 The Methodist sunday school of Ct Barr ington have a picnic at Pine Grove Cam Ground to-day.
 The Putnam Phalanx of Hartford ha been hobnobbing at the watering places, ant having good time generally.
 Several strange parties whose action were suspicious have been seen hereabout since the Fuller 6 Peet burglary.
 Fred A. Turner, lately assistant postmas ter at North Adams, has been appointed rout agent on the Housatonic railroad.
 Mrs. F. J. Coombs of Pittsfeld and Mrs F. S. Gray of Sheffield were in town last wee visiting their father, H. H. Cogswell
 The oat crop in this vicinity is consider ably damaged by species of blight that re sembles the ''smut" on rye and corn. | Mir. Pepoon Jacobs of this place fell fror his hay mow yesterday and was quite serious ly bruised. He is about 70 years old.
 See adv. of temperance picnic to Fenwic Grove. Fare from Canaan for the round trir 200 miles without change of cars $500.
 Editor Vaills fast horse was to tro against John Tuttle's flyer at Winsted las Friday. We have not learned the result
 The mails on the Housatonic railroad hay become so large of late that an aditional ma has been put on, making five men on the roaG
 Dwight West who went from this plac to Negaunee, Mich, short time since, is re covering from severe attack of chills an fever.
 2 The New Milford Young peoples ten perance union" are to have grand picnic 8 Parlor Rock Wednesday, Aug 18th. Every body invited.
 F. s. Gross of Lee, Mass, is to furnis the new marble lintels to take the place of tn imperfect ones to be removed from the ne Capitol at Hartford.
 Presiding Elder, A. K. Sanford of Pougl keepsie, and family are camping on Pine Grov camp ground, where they will remain unt after camp meeting.
 In the recent trot at Ct Harrington, D c. W. Camps colt made mile in 3.20. H had done better on the Ashley Falls trac l some days previous. -Dr. John Scoville of Sheffield has bee appointed guardian of the estate of w. I. Ta of New Marlboro, who was recently sent { the Northampton asylum. The locomotive W. D. Bishop which turl ed over at Maltbie's turnout together wit . half dozen cattle cars some time since is o, If tho choDu ac oond os paw