Connecticut western news., 1879-10-22

The republican senatorial convention for this district will be held at the Warner House next Wednesday. The democratic conven- ton will held at the Dudley House, Falls Village next Tuesday.
 Great Harrington has been burglarized by thieves who made their headquarters on the fair grounds. Three of them were arrest ed last Monday and taken to Pitts6eld by Constable Humphrey.
 -Gov. Andrews attended the meeting ol the governors of the thirteen original states at Philadelphia on Saturday. He is also in- vited to attend the anniversary of the battle of Yorktown next month.
 -Messrs. J. and N. c. Scoville are build ing new fences, remodeling and painting the homestead at Chapinville, also are improving their Landon property, and are contemplating the erection of barn thereon.
 Some of the employees of the Housatonic road surprised Superintendent Stillson the other day by presenting him with an elegant picture of Mrs. Stillson, who died recently, copied from photograph which he prized very highly, and pronounced exceedingly life like. Agent Norton of Pittsfeld made the presentation speech.
 The Catholics of Salisbury rallied at the democratic caucus, and dictated the nomina- tion, and on election day elected their ticket without struggle. The selectmen are P. L.. Barton, James Stuart, and James Selleck. Dr. John H. Blodgett was elected Town Clerk in place of Daniel Pratt, who has held She of fee for the last fifteen years.-Cor. Courier.
 Last Saturday night a disastrous fire at Sandtown destroyed the Lyceum and Globe theatres, Trinity Church and the Palace Hotel; bankrupting Sam. Watkins, Julius Steadman and a host of others. An appeal for aid will at once be issued by Mayor Hall There must be fre-bug in Sandtown; these frequent confagrations, are getting monot onous.
 The Danbury News reports the follow ing "A large and strange animal was seen on Candlewood Mountain this week on Mon day. The animal or wild man is vouched fol by reliable persons. It resembled man but ran along the ground like monkey. It if about as large as medium-sized man, witt long whiskers, and it may be some deludee creature who has taken to the woods.
 Miss Ella Judd, for nine years clerk II the West Sotckbridge post office, has beer detected in tampering with the mails, ane she confesses her guilt. She has also iron time to time, abstracted small sums of money from the drawer. As she is respectfully con nected and has hitherto borne an unblemish ed reputation, the affair will probably be set tied without recourse to legal proceedings.
 "A horrible accident occurred Saturday morning in Danbury at the fur factory of A M. & M. A. White. John Mccarthy, an em ployee. while adjusting belt that drove brushing machine, caught his shirt sleeve be- tween the belt and pulley, and was drawn t. the shaft above and had his right arm iterall. torn apart at the elbow. Drs. W. c. and E P. Bennett were immediately called and per formed an amputation. Mccarthy has wifi and seven children dependent on his labor to support.
 The New Milford Ray says new featur in the way of a suspension bridge was see1 across the Housatonic river short distanc north of Falls Bridge. It was single threa of spiders web suspended from tree on on side to some object upon the other, betweel three and four hundred feet in length. Hoy did the creature manage to get it across? l is conjectured that the engineering spide must have calculated the distance, and the spun thread the required length, and the at the right moment have thrown it out when it was carried on the wings of some fs
 vuring breeze to the opposite side, where i became attached. What was the spiders oE ject, unless to seek some retired spot to prey or else to seek new adventures It is no known whether the spider perished in the al tempt at crossing, or whether it gained tn further shore in safety. It was bold feat.
 The glass blowers who were here recent ly advertised to give the $50 case of glas work to the baby getting the highest numbe of votes. It was awarded to "Gracie May, who had 253 votes. The next in the list wa Daisy Coombs, 188 votes. Daisys papa tool some pains to find out who Oracle May was and ascertained that it was the name of a lad, registered at the Burbank House as Mrs Woodworth, wife of one of the glass-blowers -PsttsieId Eogle
 Daisy Coombs is the little daughter of MI and Mrs. E. J. Coombs, formerly of this place and was entitled to the prize from the fac that it received the largest number of legiti mate votes of any child in the city, there be ing no doubt that "Gracie May" is being car ried by the troupe for the very purpose 0 taking care of their prize, which they can eas fly manage. It is also learned that Mrs Woodwork" and ''Gracie May" are the iden tical persons who were registered at the War ner House in this place last summer as Mrs Chas Westfal and child'' of New York City and who left trunk here in lieu of thei board bill.
 As announced in our last, Fuckers COT net band of Falls Village came to this plac last Wedne sday evening and treated an ap preciative audience to some choice musica selections from the balcony of the Warne House. This band, while not yet two year old, is pronounced by all far superior in poin of talent and progress, to many similar organ izations of longer standing and greater pre- tensions. It is made up of fourteen of tht likeliest young men at ''The Falls"-all jolly fellows good-looking and good-natured, ant the surprising progress they have made 1T music is due to the heartiness and determna tion with which they entered into the spirit O