Connecticut western news., 1879-07-30
Rains easy nowadays.

-Eu. warner mas got me new EngIlSn coach.
 A Twin Lakes Steamboat Co.," is being talked of. Jacob Herman has taken up his abode in New York. -Mollie Bailey is spending few days in Salisbury.
 Miss Jennie Mcintyre has been visiting in Lakeville.
 Rev Mason Noble of Sheffield is camp ing at Twin Lakes.
 Jas. Reel is going to rafle good horse, wagon and harness.
 Fuller & Peet's store is being repainted | by Robert Knickerbocker. Rev. Dr. Bacon is summering with his l family friends in Lakeville. Among the tombstones in the Canaan cemetery is one dated 1725. E. s. Roberts of East Canaan has closed his school at West Norfolk -Jno. D. Yale, sheriff of Litchfield County was in town the other day. | A good time is expected at the lawn party at R. Van Deusen's tomorrow.
 ID. A. Riker's big dog died last week, supposed to have been poisoned. | Who borrowed that umbrella at the War ner House door Saturday night?
 A turtle was caught at Twin Lakes the other day weighing 216 poundsl!l
 Editor Vaill of the Winsted Herald is to take trip to Colorado this month Charles Gillette of Buffalo is visiting his father, Charles Gillette, in this place.
 Mir Milton Roraback has just fitted up a neat private office in Cummings block
 Rev. T. G. Lee is engaged to preach for the First Church in Winsted one year.
 Willard Underwood has received as a gift, a complete set of Dickens Works. Eugene Roots horses ran away yesterday, with hay rigging, but did no damage.
 For shooting fire-cracker in church the other Sunday,a young man in Somers paid $22
 Lost a "piano" somewhere in the vicin ity of Twin Lakes Return to the tailor shop
 Will Bliss, the young Great Harrington cornetist, plays in the Congregational church
 Mrs. J. s. New and daughter, Miss Flor ence, have returned from their visit to Chat ham.
 A party is being talked of to go from Ct Darlington to the White Mountains for few weeks. The first peaches of the season made their appearance at Humphreys drug stor' -last week.
 E. F. Chapin, artist, of Poughkeepse, ii making some fine views in the vicinity o
 Twin Lakes. The natives along the road from here tt Twin Lakes have learned that ''there was ole Sam Simons," etc.
 The agricultural fair at Falls Village, il September promises to be the best the associ ation has ever held.
 A party of young men ''tramped it" iron , New Hartford to Twin Lakes last week, where ; they are now encamped.
 A new smoking and mail car, giving the mail agent more room than heretofore, is be ing run on the H. R. R.
 James Hanlan runs the H. R. R. loca freight train on the South end, in place O. Chapman, late conductor. William H. Allen of New Britain ha: been arrested for embedding $2OO, while post master at Vernon year or two ago.
 -'Pnafore" at Great Harrington last Fri day night drew number from this place
 who speak highly of the entertainment.
 Joseph Kegler's trotter was drawn a
 lottery by James Reel of this place last Sat
 urday. The animal is valued at about $1 25
 The Falls Village Congregational choir , assisted by good musicians, will give a grand . concert Friday evening, Aug. 1st, at Fall Village. , Mrs. Elisha F. Whittlesey, and daughter Miss Kittie c. Whittlesey of this place hav 8 been visiting friends at Charles Island, nea l Milford. : Blacksmith Mundry, who, in compan, a with Hamilton has heen rnnninp the Chnrc1
 street blacksmith shop, has returned t Winsted. l Mrs. Wm. Taylor of East Brooklyn, Conn
 set fire to some straw in her barn to destro 2 hen lice. The lice and barn also were destroy ed. Loss $400. Foxes are getting too familiar down nea
 Belden Street. One farmer complains of los
 ing 15 young turkeys, one old hen and 2 chickens in one night a Miss Greenwood the celebrated temper ance lecturer, is staying with her parents wh : have beautiful summer residence about l mile north of Chapinville There was big excursion to Rockawa, Beach yesterday, a Housatonic R. R. trail
 running from Falls Village to Bridgeport thence by steamer "Laura" l Owing to a reduction of wages by tn l Beardsley Scythe Company of Winsted, quit 7 a number of their best and most skilled work Amen have left the employ of the company.