Connecticut western news., 1879-04-02

-One of the Venturers is working for S. 0. C.Beckley.
 Jay Corbin's house on Main st. is ad- vertised for sale.
 A good crop of potato bugs is prom ised for this year.
 There is a loud call for more tenement houses in Canaan,
 -Gt. Harrington has closed it's temper lnce reading room.
 Henry J. Holt of West Norfolk started for Kansas last week.
 March came in like lamb, and went put like house-a-fire.
 The Falls Village Item is to be issued hereafter semi.monthly.
 Mrs. H. w. Franklyn contemplates the erection of new barn.
 -Naugatuck is to have a new paper, the ''Naugatuck Exchange"
 Considerable moving has been going ,n for the past few days.
 West Stockbridge is to have bakery md a candy manufactorY.
 Mir. John B. Reeds house in this place ,as been undergoing repairs.
 The schools opened Monday, for the
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 MT. Miles Riggs of South Nolfolk, iied on Monday, at the age of 60 years.
 P. P. Gilmore of East Canaan is said o have bought the new foundry at Lime Rock.
 Reuben Mcintyre has gone into the ,utchering business with his uncle, A. Ives East Canaan.
 The Norfolk centre school is to be 4ught the coming season by Ezra G. Stock ug of Ssndisfield.
 Brick are being shipped from Adam. prick kiln in this place for P. c Baird's ,ew block at Lee, Mass.
 -Basselt, the Bridgeport murderer under . life sentence, was taken 10 the Wethers- ield prison Wednesday.
 John Van Horn, a brakeman on tL. way freight. sprained his ankle while at Ct Burlington the other day.
 Tt is expected that the Lyon paper mil tt New Milford will soon be started up by parties from Lawrence, Mass.
 The Lakeville rife club held gIas! 'all shooting match last week, at which Dr Palmer made the highest score.
 The illness of Lynde Harrison cause mother delay in the trial of Rev H. H Hayden, for the murder of Mary Stannard
 MT. H. T. OAtman, Berkshire county reporter of the Springfield Republican, ii recovering from severe illness of diph- theris.
 It is sad that the c. w. R. R. grave train, having some work 10 do in this sec ton, will make this place headquarters th month.
 -Mr. Wm. H. Dauchy, the wagon make nt Chapinville, occupies that portion of th, Wadham house, recently vacated by T. F Watson.
 w. A. Bradley of Naugatuck has whit, robin. There is only one other of the kin( in this country and that IS at the New Yorl aquarium.
 John Britt is landlord pro tenn. of tn, Stevens House. Mrs. Riker officiating in tn, cuisine, and the house is having a goot transient trade.
 Thieves entered R. Van Deusen's Ct Burlington meat market the other night md made off with some meat, besides go ;ng through the money drawer.
 At the adjourned town meeting iu Gt Barrlngton last Saturday, the town refused to bond itself for the Boston & Poughkeep sic road by vote of 245 10 223.
 The Courier says c. orge Spencer o Harlsvilie will get about $500 of back pen sion money this spring, and is getting ou timber to build new house already.
 We have been compelled to abridg' several of our latest communications, ow ing to lack of time and space. Please send your favors in on Mondays # possible
 Preston has an old lady of eighty-nnt years. who for seventy-fivc successiv. years has made all the cheese of the farm the number of COWS ranging from six tc twenty.
 All H. R. R. round trip tickets will be valid on Sunday trains. If not used lf.en. will be valid the following day or days ac cording to the two or five days limit.
 H. D. AvERILL, c. T. A. -"Joe" BisseIl of L.keville, is on the staff of the Yale Daily News," and J. Err nest Whitney Of Cornwall, is one of the ed itors of the Yale Courant, papers published at the college.
 Dwight West is to sell his farm and household goods at auction on Tuesday, April 18th. He will start for N"gaunee. Mich, about May lst, where he has posi- tton in an iron furnace.
 ED NEws-A gentleman in a neigh boring town heing asked how he liked the ''new Rector" rephed. II know little about ministers anyway, but think he is a
  worker. and will Bot have the goul." X. The Venture has but one editor now. Joe. Ives having embarked in mercantile pursuits, and the effects of his restraining influence upon tbe impulsive and me,tIe-