Connecticut western news., 1879-06-11

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 Mrs, Julius Corbit of East Canaan is visiting in Colorado.
 -Dr. Camp is building carriage house addition to his barn.
 Rev. MT. Mackey returned from his vacation trip last Friday.
 Hon. J. P. H. Tallman of Poughkeer. sic, was in town the other day.
 A colored ball is to be held in the Town hall in this place on the evening of July Sd.
 Photographer w. M. Deming moves his gallery this week from East Canaan to Norfolk.
 Jimmy" Bierce of Bridgeport was in town Saturday, just as full of fun and frol- ic as ever.
 Twelve Indians from the Hampton, Va., Institution are located in Lime Rock for the summer.
 MT. Wm. Smith of this place has large lump of silver ore from one of the LeadVille mines.
 The temperance meeting at East Can aan did not come off last Tuesday night, on account of the rain.
 The Ninth reunion of the Veteran Ma sons of Connecticut will be held in New Haven, on Wednesday, June 25, 1879.
 The Connecticut Western Railroad Company are having couple of cars con- structed especially fer excursion purposes.
 Miss Fannie Benedict opened select school for young pupils last Monday at her residence on the Peirce & Lawrence farm.
 Edward R. Hughes. a Collinsville boy, has been found in the Pennington river with broken skull, and foul play is sus- pected. ....
 The question of 'bee" t0 clear out the grove of G. s. Gillette, near w. N. Ad. ams' residence, for public park, is being agitated.
 The schools closed last week for the summer. Mr. Adams, who taught in thu upper room. and wife, spend the vacation il the West.
 Masters Charlie and Eddie Pease of thi
 place have litter of four young wood
 chucks which they captured on the hil back of thelr hnnaa-
 The space inside of the track near tn
 Union depot platform has been filled in, a
 in wet times the water settled there, mak
 ing disagreeable mud hole. John Herman IS visiting at his parent . near South Canaan. He is at present em ] ployed as superintendent eff the Metalli Cap Companys factory at Thompsonvillt Conn.
 I The knives recently stolen from th Empire Knife Go. of Winsted were foun CD Tuesday, secreted in hay loft in B. E Rockwells barn. The lot is valued { 100,
 W. A. Pratt has purchased the bar
 belonging to the Methodist soclety and le
 cated near their church. He will remove r to the rear of his residence on West Mai r street.
 Mrs Mix, the faith curer, has purchai ed tract of land containing 79 acres Wolcottville. paying $s,6OO. The Regist' thinks the miracle business is paying ir stitution.
 John Lang. arrested under the tram , law, was discharged by the Superior Cou
 at Bridgeport Thursday. It was show , that he had been at work steadily the wee F previous to his arrest. ) Last Thursday MT. s. W. Barnes wei , to Sharon to swap horses with Myrc 3 Whitney, taking Jerry News judgmel f along, and brought back fine sOrrel na, B which he got at bargain.
 Russell T. Bishop, who escaped fro , the Inebriate Asylum at Fort Hamilto L. I. on Monday night, June 2. was recal
 tursd at Lakeville and taken back l . Bridgeport officers Saturday. 8 A travelling gymnast was one of the | @ fractions on the street the other day, sellir : g silver plating which he warranted to we s four months. .Geatle reader. 'trnst hi !, not ;" it wont wear over night.
 The testimonials of Mir. J. W. Wa in another column speak highly of Mr. ' as piano tuner. He will be in this pla
 inext Tuesday, June IT, to attend to all jo if with which our citizens may favor him. .- The Union Sunday school convent, l. of Lltchfield County at the Methodi @ Church to-day, promises to be interestln b A large delegation of ministers and teache are expected, and the programme is an . . trsctive one.
 Last Sunday evening Rev. Mir. Mack, - urged the deslrabiliry of oU his congreg t ton attending the Friday evening pray @ meetings at the basement. The commul ty has been but poorly represented of la
 at these meetings.
 Editor John T. Pearce of the Newtov Bee has purchased the Bethel Press al t will conduct beth papers. If he makes s the Press as good a paper as the one l. gives the Newtown people they certain n cannot complain.
 A lecture was advertised to be delive s ed in Town Hall, this place, last Frid,
 evening, setting forth the beauties and a, vantages eff the West for working men al z capital, and an effort was to be made to 2 . up colony from this region. Bat f e some unaccountable reason the lecturer ia