Connecticut western news., 1879-11-12
The days shorten.

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 ID. J. Warner & Son are building law office in Salisbury.
 ID. L. Freeman's new house on Elm-st is nearly completed. ~' ~-
 The Millerton Telegram has just celebrat ed it's third birthday
 The ladies aid society meets tomorrow p. m. at the M E. parsonage.
 The post offices at State Line and Stock bridge were burglarized recently.
 "A social party was held at the residence of Humphrey Rood last Friday night.
 -Hailstones as large as hickory nuts fel near Thomaston during recent shower.
 -Geo. Roraback of Kent has kept a dail, record of the weather for the past ten years
 Engineer Kib Coggswell ran into anc killed iyoke of cattle near Simsbury las week.
 W G. Humphrey is in New York thi week, visiting and buying goods for the holi day trade.
 A Stratford man claims to have read the bible through 100 times since 1927, and stil he's not happy.
 -Gat. De Hart of Canaan Valley is agent | for the most convenient and handy stove pipe shelf we have seen. Mrs. Mix, the colored miracle worker o Wolcottville, has been making some wonder. full cures in Pittsfeld
 The Winsted Herald came out last week with patent inside. Another evidence of returning prosperity. The trial of ex-selectman Dutton of Win sted, is to be held before the Superior Court at Litchfeld this month. The cellar walls are being laid for the new houses of Messrs. Parsons and Hum- phrey on West Main-st.
 It is said the musical young men of this place are reviving the interest in the organiza- tion of a cornet band.
 -Chas. H. Fowler has removed from his residence on Benedict hill to F. Watson's ten. ement on Church street. -Barkhamsted has eight pairs of working cattle whose aggregate weight is 27,46O pounds, averaging 3,432 1-2 pounds. Ed. Prescott who has been living in Ct Burlington for the past few years, is at his A Milford cat went to sleep in an oven the other Sunday morning, and upon the re- turn from church of the family was thorough ly baked.
 The south bound mails on the H. R.IR. have decreased one-third since the summer boarders along the line have returned to their city homes.
 A young colored man named David Riley was found dead Sunday morning in a pond near Charter Oak Park, Hartford, drowned in two feet of water. Landlord Potter will keep the Wononsco House in Lakeville open thls winter, instead of closing it to go into the Florida hotel bus mess as usual.
 Conductor W. J. Ellsworth of the N Y. !, N. H. & H. R. R., formerly conductor on the Housatonic R. R has been visiting friends in this region.
 MT. and Mrs "Kib" Cogswell celebrated their tin wedding at Millerton last week, re- ceiving many presents and we'll wishes from their visiting friends.
 butcher, the Berkshire pedestrian, who broke down in two contests for the Astley belt. is in training again, and will take part in the next contest for the belt
 At the bible meeting last Sunday even- ing Rev. Messrs. Mackey and Reid gave in- teresting addresses, and the reports of the secretary and depositary were read.
 Last week little boy fell through trap door into scalding vat of beer mash in a Bridgeport brewery, sinking to his armpits. He was taken out by his mother, perhaps fa- tally injured.
 The returns of the Hartford insurance companies show that wherever tramp law similar to that of Connecticut has been en- forced there has been wonderful decrease of incendiarY fires.
 Mrs D. L. Lounsbury who murdered her husband, has been ordered confined in the Hospital for the Insane at Middletown for 10 years, and until the further order of the Superior Court. There is in the northwestern corner of Connecticut house which is built at the i1- ersection of the boundary lines of Massachu- 'etts, New York and this state, so that it is partly in three states.
 A Chapinville correspondent says: "One 'f the best pieces of corn in Salisbury was planted, hood and harvested, the most of the work being done on Sunday, by 8 well-to-do md prosperous farmer"
 Little Eddie Willard of Falls Village stray d away from his home the other afternoon nd got lost in the woods, where he remained Il night, and when found was too much ex- austed to tell his story. The verses on Thanksgiving in another { olumn will be read with interest by the I 'iends ofthe late Mrs. F. A. Peet by whom I ley were written before her marriage. The ( was recently found by her mother ] nile oVerhauling some of the relics of the f eceased, and we publish it by request. If