Connecticut western news., 1879-04-09
Last week of Lent.

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 Three new street !amp6 are to be placed on Railroad At.
 -Gsorgs W. Hall has been appointed pest-mastsr at Falls Village, ...--
 The New Milford Musical Union Is preparing to present H. N. 8. PinafSre.
 MT. Wm. B. Curtiss of Bridgeport, formerly of this place, was in town last week.
 MT. Oliver Root will occupy the Peet farm on the hill this year. Mir. Merwin re- moving to Sharon.
 "A Riverton ons-legged man gave 8 walking exhibition in City Hall, Winsted, last Saturday night.
 MT. G. W. scOville of Norwalk is go- ing into business % undertaken and furni- surs dealer in Norfolk.
 The Hoags, masons, have contracted to plaster both new houses now in process of erection in this place.
 Mir. Jsha Lyons of Nebrsska, brother of Mrs. Lawrence Gillette, is In town, and will remain until about May l.
 Frank vanDeusen's wagon broke down between here and Ashley Falls, the other day, and Frank was obliged to ''walk back Sfoot."
 We are compelled for want of space, to omit m interesting communication oD ''The Great Mountain" It will appear next week.
 Half c dozen more of those little dummies" for the New York elevated read, psssed through here on the c. W. R. R. freight train Thursday. The dwelling house at Cornwall Bridge owned by Mrs. A. Wright and occupied by Harmon Lane. mysteriously caught fife g few days ago and was burned. The Chaifeld mining company of Lakeville ended the years wsrk on the 25lh of March. For the twelve months work they got out 1000 tons of ore.
 MT. James Root of Negaunee, Mich. ! is visiting with his son Eugene in this place. He will return in about tive weeks, accom- panied by Mir. and Mrs. D. L. West.
 MT. Howard Demiag of Rochester. formerly head clerk in Fuller & Peet's store in this place, and wife, are visiting here. with his father, Mir. Chester Deming. There was no preaching in the Meth odist church last Sunday, owing to the ab- seuce of the pastor at conference. Mr. Barden is expected to return for another year. Peter Werner and John Shultz of Mast Sheffield were arrested last week for entering the house of Valadislaw Andref- sky, Pole. few days ago, and grossly in- cutting his wife,.
 Mrs. William Lef1ngwell of New Marlboro, who hss been afflicted for Q long time with slephantasis, died the other day. and the casket measured 32 inches across and was 20 inches deep.
 How it aggravated that poor dog to be chased down the barber shop stairs by tin pan; and how he ''pedessed' up the track. with . rattle and bang at every jump. Where's Bergh. Anthosy Cornatalk, or some of them tellsrs2
 -Sslectman Fo0te says drivers seem to shun the patch of road on Railroad st. late ly macadamized with cinderB, whereas fl they would take the trouble to drive oyer il few times 1t would soon be as hard and smooth aa any piece of read in town.
 Tt is said most of the signers of the paper expressing sympathy for the per secuted rumsellers ID Winsted are laborins msa. of families and scheme is on foot among the tsmpeFance capitalists te refuse them employment, and import "Chinese chesp labOr."
 Lots Of people passed fat-looking pocket book in Wstertewn street on All fools day, with q knowing chuckle; bu, an old conntrymsn, who took the trouble st dismountinE from his wagon to pick i, up. was rewarded by the a;ghi of ov. esoo II in good znang.
 At the annual nAeetiag of the Cengre- easionsl Society held at Eass Canaan Ap,i 7tb, Henry Stevtns. George Gillette and H. nry RArnes were chasen .snommittee 9ameeaAlAsnnaeEas aiiAraae collect or and treasarsr. tonry h sreasary af,e, psyi ng all sxpenSes. Sl70.
 The Superior Court for this county which was to have come ip ths lst of April was adjourned, we pEeese ou account ol Judge Carpenter being engaged with th' state prison murder trials in Hartford, ts yesterday (ApriI sth). The term commenc ss with the trial of civil jury cases.
 Mir. Robert Van Deusen, having closed his meat market in this place, commenced running his cart last Saturday. He will be around every Tuesday and Saturday as usu al, with the best and cheapest meats the market affords. He being in the same bus iness in Great Burlington, deals mostly in the choicest Western beef.
 We were misinfermed as to the siz. ot the hawk killed by B. F. Comstock'e guinea hens lsat week. the hawk m-asurina jour feet, three inches instead of 3 feet. 8 inches as reported. A few days after, another monstrous hawk narrowly escaped . like fate, while endsayoriDg to carry of 10 guipsa ben of the same bsood.