Connecticut western news., 1879-05-07

! want of judge. It is expected that judge will be assigned for next week an' that tLere will be two weeks of criminA business. The crln inal docket is unusual large, but most ot it is made up of lquo, cases.
 Read Gorge Strong's advertisement il another column. He has just added to hi' business a complete outfit for plumbing ron piping, etc, and will do it at prices 4. ow as the lowest. He will guarantee satis. faction on every job entrusted to his care. md will be responsible for all such work All who contemplate putting in water fix lures on the completion of the water workt will GO well to give him trial
 George J. Case. one of the selectme, of Canton, had a remarkable adventure Fiji. day last. He was crossing bridge across Cherry Brook with his OK team. with loac of stone weighing about ?, 800 pounds, whel he bridge suddenly gave way and the tean, was hurled into the stream- The water was quite deep at that place and the oxel were rescued with great difficulty. IL is said that the bridge had been built only nint years.
 We have often heard of ''deveuring a booK" or ''digestlng it's contents" of course melaphOncally speaking, but To some pei son or persons seem 10 have been trying tt. do it practically hence the sudden and mysterious disappearance of magazines al the "Canaan Reading Rnom." We would modcstly suggest 10 the Executive Commit tee that the ''Dlning Room" and Reading Room" are so near each other as perhaps to have caused confusion.
 -In view of the recent accidents from runaway horses, we would suggest to ou' citz ns the n"c, ssiiy of great carefulness \ against throwing newspapers or refuse ot any kind into the streets. Many horses are very shy of such things, and little pitc of lhOugbtlessness may cause great piece of mischief. Twice within week has the writer had occasion to remove such scare crows (perhaps better scare horses) from the roads in the neighborhood. X.
 Elder George B. Atweil, aged SC. past grand chaplain of the Grand Ledge of Con- necticut and chaplain of the Veteran As sociation of Masons, and an elder of the Baptist church. died at his house in Peas ant Valley (New Harlforc) on Wednesday, at o'clock in the afternoon. He was widely known, and beloved and respected hy all his acquantances. His funeral was attepd,d by large delegation of masons from Winsied on Sunday of last week.
 The Rev. F. D Hartman, long and houorubly knewn as secretary Of the Soci- e'y for the Increase of the Ministry, has re- tired from Its service, and has removed [" Winsted, where his son, the Rev. F. w.. Hartman, is rector Of St. James parish. The Rev Elisha Whittesey. for the pas' two years associate secretary, has been ap- pointed corresponding secretary, and has taken charge of the office. which Was re- moved last Thursday, May lst. to No. 373 Asylum street.
 The semi-annual meeting of the County i Medical association was held at Litchfeld recently. Dr. H. VI. Burl was elected President, pro tenn. Dr. R. Sanford oi West Cornwall, and Charles l.. Blake of Nor,l if Id were admitted to the society, and Dr. T. P Eisterly, haylpg returned and settled in Wa:ertown. was again numbered as one ofthe association. It was decided 10 have the next meeting at the Warren House, WateItown. in Ju'y, until which time the meeting adjourned.
 When tue agents of the NAugatuck road visited Erastus Baldwin of Campvilr to obtain tis consent to the building ot lh' road through his farm, he said: If y"r can build a>railroad through these rocks yor are weIcome to the land, and go where you will; only. if you do get road in op ra ton here. you must give me and my wife ! free pass for life" Ills terms were accept ed, and when his wife died a year or tw' ago the ticket was made to include ' --Charles Burr Todd of Fai;firld, pnb- hshes firia documents which show that i;
 
 cured in Cor nectcut (New Haven Colony notwithstanding the assertions of Dr. Trum bull, MT. Holster, aud other historians The documents are transcripts of the orgi- nal records penned hy Secretary J"hr Allyn. He gets hls information from ar old man whose grandfather was one of the Judges. The court was q special one, ere ntcd by Special General Court, held ir Hartford, June 1892.
 Ped, strian w. H. Butcher went tG New York last week and will go into ac i've training for the OLearY belt Or any other priz open to him. He is now in the hands of New York parties and his con ueclion with Lee is probably ended for ever. While here he did one excellrn piece of work at lesst in his walk of 42i miles in six days, ut Nurhrup's hal, on track of 32 laps 10 the mile. He is proba- bly as handsome hre!-andtoe walker as any Tn the country, and with practice in tl'' new style of running will toe apt 10 het cmt very prominent in the fulure.-GIeaner.
 Tn" Plllsfipld Ergle says: Geo, John son of Canaan, Ct, young man empoy' nt Gslc's harness shop, met wilb shock ne accident yesterday. While stitching, anc having an awl in his hand. knot in his thread caught and he gave jerk upon it. Ills hand containing the awl struck his face and the nwl penetrated h:s eye. Dr. Col ns of Burlington happened to be near anc was called in. He found the injured eye hopel, ssly destroyed, and said that grea caution must be used or inf ,malion might