Connecticut western news., 1879-10-08
booms the license boom.

Now booms the license boom.
 -Chestnuts and hickory nuts are abundant this year.
 The Hartford Post has been enlarged to 9 columns.
 The Connecticut state game law was of last Wednesday.
 The average wages of the Norwalk hat ters is said to be $ss0. A course of lectures is being talked of by the Ct. Burlington folks.
 The NEWS from now until Jan. l, for 26 cents, to new subscribers. Don't forget the State fair at Hartford. which closes next Friday. 2. A convenient plank walk has been built between the bridges on Elm-st. Operations at Adams brick kiln have been suspended for the season. Correspondents, where art thou? Come up to the scratch" like voter --Messrs. Van Deusen and Riley have greatly improved their premises by repairs, etc, The Housatonic railroad round-house at { Danbury has been burned; loss $2000; in- sured.
 The auction sale of Landon & Co.'S. prop erty at Chapinville has been postponed until the 23d inst.
 The Millerton Telegram man sees snakes in his ofice-and the Telegram is staunch temperance sheet, too. "
 Rev. T. Walsh of Lakeville has been transferred to St. Peters parish of Danbury, to assist Father Lawlor. 1 Mir. and Mrs. Geo. 0. Woodruff of Litch- field celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage on Saturday. Henry A, Smith of East Canaan has this season raised five bushels of large sweet po- tatoes, some weighing l 1-2 lbs. each. ] The l2 Indians who spent the summer among the Lee farmers, have returned to school at Hampton, Va, and Carlyle, Pa. At a meeting of the Methodist society of this place last week, E. s. Roberts was elect. ed, and H. H. Coggswen reelected trustees.
 The locals of the Norwalk Hour last week were sandwiched with 25 such ''oatch \ lInas,, aa kl.iu.--..Vote for license next Mon day"
 Free coffee, ice water etc. was dispensed by the temperance ladies to the voters last Monday-but these proved too weak by five votes.
 Two thousand and twenty-nine Stamford women have put themselves on record against liquor license to l9 for it, while 100 had noth ing to say.
 Occasionally load of rusty little apples, with 0 lonesome looking cider cask in the tail end of the wagon is seen vending it's way tc the cider mill.
 A $2o00 piano cover of embroidered red satin lined with white silk and made by 6 , | at New Haven.
 Gen. Joseph R. Hawley has been pre- sented with gold medal by the men who acted on his staff, during the recent battle
 flag day in Hartford.
 Services commemorative of the fifth an niversary of the .consecration of Trinity Church, Wethersdeld, were held on Wednes f day evening, Oct 1st. Mir. James A. Root of Negaunee, Mich. former resident of this place, is in town fol , few days, settling up the affairs of the late venerable Samuel Phillips. Rev. D. M. Hodge of Danbury has beer { appointed Connecticut editor of the Gospe Banner, the denominations paper, by the Universalists of this State. The Winsted Herald of last week con tained about three columns of intensely ex citing reading-the names of 1900 lady pc titoners for no license vote. -"Thought you'd like an item for you paper, to fill up with," is what they generally ] say when they bring in 8 d. h, advertisement : for picnic or something of that kind. MT James Shelly of Ashley Falls wil sail in the Celtic" the latter part of thi' month for England, his native land. MT. s
 leaves many warm friends in this region.
 Mir Charles Blakeslee of Northfeld fel from ladder placed against the now to the barn floor last week, receiving severe bruises He was taken up insensible but will recover
 The letter taken from the Hartford Times entitled IA Hartford Preachers Adventure, is published by request, and will be of inter. est to our readers In the vicinity of Norfolk
 Rev MT. Mackey's temperance lecture ir Town Hall last Saturday evening, and which was continued at the Methodist church Sun day evening, was fire efforL and well at tended.
 -Hartford's battle-fag day is to be fully described and all it's glorious scenes perpetu- ated in a book of 25O pages which will be is- sued this week by Lockwood & Merritt of Hartford.
 The temperance meeting last Saturday night was considerably interrupted by boys on the stairs. Such nuisances should be quelled by an able-bodied ''usher," appointed for the purpose.
 -"Reader of the News' informs us that the ! first premium for ladies' driving at the Ct. Harrington fair, was awarded to Mrs. J. E.