Connecticut western news., 1879-06-11

by physician showed DO marks of yio- ence, and she was buried by the town of West Stockbridge yesterday. She was 35 years old. The husband yesterday after noon was insensible from bis debauch. Both had been drinking to excess for sever- al days past. The impression is that sue was dead when the young man found her Tuesday afternoon. Republican, Thursday.
 The Winsted Herald says: Wednes- day afternoon a party consisting of w. B. Phillips, Ward Smith, Miss Gertie Baldwin and the two Misses Brown went over to the Falls of the Tunxis. When they were get- ting ready to return home, their two horse half-top carriage being near the precipice, MT. Phillips spoke sharply to the horses, who were restive, when they wheeled | around, and though he had them by the | bits, plunged down the steep bank into the | ravine-a distance of about forty feet, the | last twenty-five of which was perpendic ular. MT. Phillips clung to his horses un- til he was thrown away from them by force, and though his progress down the declivity was somewhat impeded by the overhanglng shrubbery he could not stay his flight, and landed directly on the back of one of the horses. Smith heard the crash st the bottom, and fearing Philips had been crushed by the horses or carriage he plunged directly down the bank after them-though just how he landed he does not remember.
 The Selectmen have called a special town meeting at the Town Hall next Sa,ur day afternoon, at o'clock. for the follow ing purposes:
 'To see if the town will accept the lay ing of new highway by the Selectmen, commencing at the Town Hall and inter secting with the highway leading from Canaan Depot to Ashley Falls. at appoint
 near Henry Williams barn."
 "To see if the town will accept the lay ing of new highway by the Selectmen, commencing at the Town Hall and inter-
 secting with the highway near J. B. Har-
 denbergh's house."
 There is also another application numer-
 ously signed for highway to the house of
 gress, ,egress and regrese has been brought to
 an abrupt conclusion. What action has been
 taken upon it we have not heard. It is al-
 so proposed to extend the new highway
 from Pierce, Lawrence $ Co.'S lime kiln di-
 rectly across to the Town Hall as was per.
 haps originally intended. Indeed this is
 only the beginning of the end. The march
 of improvement is onward,
 In accordance with our rule of giving
 both sides hearing, and as Cur reporter is
 willing to be forgiven if in the wrong, we
 cheertully publish the following letter in re.
 lstion to our report of the school meeting
 ''To err is human," and one of tue easiest
 things in the world is u make a mistake
 but we emphatically deny the charge ot ar
 sattempt," or an inclination to "convey $
 false impression" in our report.
 EDITOR OF NEWS :-Permit me to correc
 an error which appeared in your last issu.
 in relation to the school meeting held las , week. Your reporter says the vote to con tinue tue school of high grade in the uppe room wss passed by ssmall majority" wish to contradict that statement ant 8 say that it passed by a large-almost unani mous-majority. The sentiment was clear
 ly tested in the vote for district committee . which stood 3l to D. Your reporter fur ther attempts to convey false impression e regarding the popularity of the tuition fee e plan. claim that the success of it stand
 its own vindicator and advocate. Out o y the parents of perhaps, 50 pupils who at D tended last year. those of only two wer IS dissffected and refused to pay. These due ,s will probably be made up hy vourtar
 contribution. All the rest cheerfully re
 sponded tosthe bills. Of course much wi d be said about the propriety of ''chalging
 tuition fee in free. common school" br the law as read at the meeting plainly di It rects it and eminent authority was quete d arguing it's legality. Any n an of co,nmo n sense will see at once the advantage of school of high grade in this place and rea !" ze the triviality of the expense as compare st with the cost in other schools for the sam d branches; and what can he said of the pri 10 ciples of honesty which prompt man | = consult the statute book to ascertain whetl a' CT or not he is legally bound to pay for a A 6EllCIc UT pllFliGSC VI WuACH AC uOVS III 70 deny havlug avalled himself?
 ,e Respectfully,
 r. Canaan, June 9,el879.
 At about 2 o'clock on the afternoon Wednesday, an ill-visaged tramp balted
 the residence of the late Alfred Winega Q situated about three and half miles we " of Milerton. The widow and her SC I. Wheeler Vinegar, resided there and th, A' were well-to do farmers.
 " Wheeler is married, and he and his wi were at MilertOu trading, the only perso
 in the house being the widow Vinegar al ~ another lady eighty years of age, nam a Harriet Gilbert. After the young man al =, his wife left, the widow Vinegar proceed '' ed to fasten the windows and doors Tn Il :. front part of the house, and then started
 the rear doors to fasteu them. At the bat n- door she was startled at the sudden appea he ance of tramp, who had just before pass at through tEe gate. He asked her 10 let hi he in and she refused. He staid around d fe ,u moments and then pressed the door op at and seized her and pulling her out In | a open air. pushed her up hill in the rear he the house towards privy. Old Mrs. G ly bert was looking upon the violent scene ,s. the time, and was greatly frightened b n- utterly powerless to do anything. T ce tramp then continued to push Mrs. Wineg be towards the out-house when she was se aU to throw up her hands In distress al IT, spasms followed. Tho old lady b
 reached her hY this tlme. hut she had fnll