Connecticut western news., 1879-09-03

not discovered till too late
 A mammoth steer and heifer passed through this place last Monday morning, on the way from Poughkeepsie to Worcester. The steer weighed 3, 300 and the heifer $500 pounds.
 The Congregational Church Sunday School hold their annual picnic in front of the Church Thursday morning at 10 o'clock. The superintendent and pastor invite a full attendance.
 -Poughkeepsie is city in York State and it has got mayor and he has failed for $1O0,OOO and will pay ten cents on the dollar. He ought to have gone to Congress or been appointed Receiver of the Erie railroad
 Fishing for rats is popular amusement with Danbury gamins. Hooks are baited with meat and dropped into the stream which flows through the place, and the rats bite so rapidly that IA were caught the other morn- ing.
 A large barn, well filled with grain, hay
 
 Landers in Sheffield street was totally destroy ed by fire last Friday morning about 7o'clock. There was only $4OO insurance on the proper ty. The origin of the fire is unknown and is probably one of those mysterious things that ''no feller can find out"
 -One establishment in New Haven manu- factured over twenty-two millions of fish hooks last year. And yet, with official re- turns in from thirty one States and only two counties in Florida to hear from there have been only six millions of fish and eleven mil lions of human thumbs caught this year. The other five million fish hooks are sticking around in submarine logs and bridge-piles.
 It is related of the late Edwin S. Adams, that when he was in college, the tutor gave out difficult mathematical problem to his class. He studied on it till late in the night and retired without solving it. falling asleep he found written solution on his table, but had no remembrance of writing it. Re took the answer to the tutor and it proved to be the only correct one out of forty.
 The committee of the Superior Court which has had long hearing Tn Winsted on the question whether the Connecticut Western railroad shall maintain its station at the Naug- atuck depot there ton the FlaD finds and or ders ''That all passenger trains on the Con- necticut Western railroad shall stop and re- ceive and deliver passengers and their bag gage upon their track directly opposite the Wlnsted depot of the Naugatuck railroad" The report goes to the Court in September when the committees orders will probably be confirmed and go into effect. There will, therefore, be three stopping places for Con- necticut Western trains in Winsted
 If any one should see large black carpet bag with medium sized chap attached to it s'roving about from place to place without any apparent occupation or visible means of SUD- port, he need not be alarmed it is not case that comes within the law against tramps Items being rather scarce in these dull dog days our Itemizer slung his knapsack upon his back and like Ruth went forth to glean ears of corn Gtems) from the wheat (news) fields that lie over beyond the land that flows with milk and honey. We shall probably hear from him next week. If he should meet the fate of Ruth, well-what of it? Printers have right to worship at the shrine of Hymen as well as the rest oi markind.
 MT. Alexander Maxwell of the Canaan marble quarry has been compelled to c"m- mence a suit against James G. Batterscn of Hartford, on his contract to supply marble for the new Capitol, for $4O,OOO, which he claims is still due him for marble furnished. 1n re- talation MT. Patterson has commenced counter suit against MT. Maxwell, claiming damages on the ground that the work and materials were not according to contract, al- though the marble was accepted and used in the building It is, we presume, the first time such claim was heard of, and it would seem to come rather late. Those who know Mr. Maxwell and his method of doing business will be slow to believe that he has not done what he has undertaken to do.
 There is one vacancy in the Naval Acad- emy at Annapolis, Maryland which will be filled from the Fourth Congressional District. All youngsters who feel disposed to try for the place should make application at once in writing to the Hon. Frederick Miles, M, C.. Chapinville, Conn.,, and he will present their no to ipto hr This committee will meet at the Sterling House in this city, at eleven o'clock on the morning of September 9th, and examine all applicants, and the candidate selected by them will then go before the superintendent of the Naval Academy for a second examination. All applicants must be not younger than fourteen nor older than eighteen, and must be actual re sidents of the Fourth district Bridgeport Standard.
 The races on Charter Oak park Hart ford, commenced Tuesday of last week, and attracted large crowd of sporting men. It was hoped that MT. Bonner would exhibit Edwin Forrest, but he failed to put in an ap- pearance. The pacing match was won by Rowdy Boy over Sleepy Tom, the time of the last heat being 2.14 3-4. There was scene not put down on the regular bills on Thurs day. At the close of the pacing race, it be- come noised about that Rarus had been sold | and would not appear on the track. This was at first regarded as an idle rumor, but the delay made the audience think that there 1 was some truth in the story, and some of the more demonstrative began to call out for the horse, Which resulted in President Harbison announcing from the judges stand that Rarus was ordered to appear Soon after. MT. liar.