Connecticut western news., 1879-05-14

Parole, the now famous racer, won an- other victory last Thursday, in the race for the great Cheshire handicap stakes. The day before, he was badly beaten for the Chester cap, and the betting Thursday was 9 to against him, but he came in an easy winner, one of his competitors being the victor of the day before. This locked lit tie queer to good many. and it only serves to point the moral, never bet on a horse race unless you are in the ring.
 The Ellsworth correspondent of the Enquirer says: s'Miss Ida Peck, who has been sick for long time. is now thought | to be rast recovery. Some time in March. Mrs. Mix ot Wolcottville was sent for, and came to see her. She had been unable to even sit up without fainting away, but in short time after she came. she had her up walking around, and for few days her health seemed to be improving very fast, but after while she grew worse, and is now as bad or worse, than eyer before." The semi.annual meeting of the Can- aan temperance union was held at East Canaan last Saturday night, and board of officers elected for the ensuing six months. z. T. Adams was elected president; Geo. L. Parsons, treasurer; Jos. l.. Ives, record ing secretary wee pres, H M. Adams. LYnan Dunning, H. c. Barnes. H. B. Stevens, Wm. Sardam corresponding sec
 
 Stevens, B. D. Lawrence, Chas. Gillette, Geo. s. Clark, A. T. Roraback. The next meeting is to be held in the town hall. Look out for him A party has been through New London county, selling q moving machine grinder and has swindled the farmers in every case where he could make them believe his story. He also pre- tended to sell the Champion Moving Ma chine and agreed to deliver the machines 8 week age. The State agent for the Cham pion. says he is fraud as far as the Cham pion Machine is concerned. The party goes by the name of Hunter. Son & Co.,. of Boston. This information comes from reliable parties ID New London county | CO7lnectScat FOT'naer.
 Last Friday afternoon, after the H. R. R. milk train left the Lee station, Augustus Garroway, one of the brakemen, who was riding on the engine, undertook to climb from the tender to the forward milk car, but in some way lost his footing, and fell directly across the track. the entire train passing over him, cutting him in two. He was taken to his home, in Lee, and Drs. Wilcox and Holcomb summoned, but he died within three quarters of an hour after the accident. He was about 20 years old, and leaves an aged mother who was de- pendent upon him for support.
 l Among those who listened to General Cary's talk about finance Wednesday even ing, was Judge Hitchcock, of the superior court bench. The Judge became interested in tho arguments advanced, and approached close to the stand on which stood the or ator. Finally he ventured to ask 8 ques tion, but the general paid no attention tc him, but kept right on. By and by the Judge asked another question; the result was the same. After awhile, still another question was put, and this time the genera
 made savage reply. closing with, ''1here take that, you hard-meney 'cuss.' "-Reg- aster.
 Our readers will remember Miss Henri etta Chandler, young lady who attended school in Canaan, eight or nine years ago She was daughter of Rev. John Chandler T missionary in Southern India. News O
 her sudden death has recently reached he l friends in this country. After leavin.
 Canaan and studying for several years il
 Pennington, Conn.,, and at Wellesley Col
 lege, Miss Chandler joined her parents il
 India, and was at the time of her death,
 successful teacher in a school for girls a ] the Madura Mission. She cheerfully COB. secrated her life to missionary work, wa l enthusiastic in it, and had gained the affec ] tion of her scholars, who, together with al
 who knew her, mourn her early death - Venture.
 , In dream last week Middletown maj } passed through trial for murder whicl seemingly lasted three weeks, in which great many witnesses were examined an 3 eloquent pleas hours long delivered.
 last he was convicted and sentenced. Whil on the scaffold, protesting his innocence l. the last, the trap was sprung. But the rop
 broke and he ran away. He was pursue by the people and the police, but he elude l Al>, soI,H visit his home. There he found his wifi
 attacked by gang of ruffians. He kille
 one of them and drove the rest of then 3 away. Then he awoke and discevere that he had been through these terrible ol , deals, all this suffering and anguish and tn B three weeks trial while he had been sleep B ing only three minutes.
 There has been great ''revolution" i
 California-The people have adorted ne1
 Constitution after very exciting contest : The adoption was opposed by the corpora B tions, banks, etc., but it is said that tn f farmers of the state all went in for it an : carried it. It is all charged now upon Der his Kearney of Sand lot fame, but thi B seems rather strange when it is remembere
 that in the election for delegates to the Cor
 vention last spring Kearney and the work
 ingmen were beaten, and the combined oE
 position secured clear working majorit
 in the Convention. The new Cenatitutio
 may be crude and impracticable ln some c it's provisions but it is undoubtedly the re suit of an honest effort of the masses of tn