Connecticut western news., 1879-03-19
Lime ROck,


 Your Lame Rock correspondent finds . great desrth of news material. In this To- ;slity at present everything moves on In Ito accustomed way without variation enough l .O form an item for the lively NRws. Du- rlng the long discipIining ot the defenders ot the Uuion, under Geo. B. Mcclellan, the New York Herald blazed with exciting uews from tue seat of war, but the less in- venuve journals contented themselves with tue simple fact, Ans qulst along the Pc tcmac." We shall follow the b.st prtce. Jents and furnish but little this week. There h IS been a Iumor in lbe afr, that walking m ilch is to take place between parties wuose names will be very famous after u ey oest the highest tlme on record. have understood that the contingencies of such contest are being we'll sppIehended. Nix bottles of liniment have been procured, lint scrsped, bandages prepared and vsteIina- ry surgeon engaged who is to receive half the gate money tor his services.
 l Chas. BArnum, M. +. Whitney and E.
 w. Spur have brought N large number of horses from Canada and the West, some of | which are certainly beautiful, and good judges think th, m Tn every respect An unu- sually flse lot. sv
 We understand that the public school Ia prospering in the hands ot Miss Hunt and
 Hattie Stone. The winter tenn closes
 M ,rch 2s. FREAK.
 sharon.
 We are having this morning to all ap- pesrance, the hardest snow storm of tho season. It seems rather unpleasant after the warm spiing-like weather of the plst week.
 The Anenia dramatic troupe will give an entertainment in the town hall on Fridsy evening Fist, which will consist Of mpeic of a fine order, both vocal and. instrument
 al. hut ths thing of the evening will he the
 rendering of the psrlor opera, College
 Ned. which they have Riven in Armenia
 with great success.
 'Grsudms Chittenden" died at the. res
 idence of E. F. Gillette on Tuesday .lfsh.
 The funeral was attended at the house. the
 burial in Salisbury. ''F
 Old Mir. Bisse of Sharon Valley has. had
 . alight shock. '''-a" Tue Congregational people will hold their sociAhle on Wednesday evening Ut the house of F. Ho,chkiss, Sharon Valley.
 The Nj. E. society hold theirs on the same
 evening "t the house of M. Whitney. Rev. T. H. Mhaley commences, the sprsng term of his aourishing school thls
 Mouday) morning.
 H. C. Rowley has moved just across the
 street into the Gilbert house.
 , Mrs. George Doty, the great carpet weav- CT, will move soon to Caulkins,owa. We
 would recommend Mrs. Doiy to all who
 may want work done in her line, ss she al- ways bas given the most perfect satisfsc- . ,ion, and is ever prompt ana on time, D which is one feature of her succrss. ,, ARoANuM.
 Winsted ."' Snow has put in it's appearance again . and sleiahing will be enjoyed no doubt, for
 a short time. n St. Ps,rick's day wus duly observed on D Monday by the sons and daughters of tho 6 'Emerald lsle." Although the weather was E uutaVorable, goodly number assembled In
 he evening at Music Hall, to listen to c n lecture hy Father Sheridan of Collnsville. The subject was "A trip 10 Ireland" After ' the lecture they wound up with music. and
 dancing. t Rev. 8 B. Forbes supplied the pulpit of 3 the 2d Congregational church Sunday morning. Hts su j"ct was Temperance. v lie gave very able and'in,eres,ing dis ? course. Rev. Mr. Miles of ibe lsl Con- grsgatieual church preached bis farewell sermon on Sunday last. 10 crowded , house. The churcn was finely decorated. 1. Mir Miles will leave a large circle of a friends heh nd, who will regret bis leaving. He will go to Meriden. K . ChapinvIIlo.
 Tne funeral services of Mir. Ralph Nal.
 ory, who died las, Friday, were held on Monday iu the church in this village. An Q able discourse was drlivt red by Rev J. C..
 Oakley. He spoke of the d, sire of the old when borne down by fethleness and years, {, to leave this world with it's cars and sor- rows. for the rest ot heaven. Mir. Mallory al uttu tecHuR pISphItu huu ucSUOue tOC tuo V chungs that awaited him. He said ,hAt be
 was ready to 70 at the cull of bic Master, 0 The kindness of the neighbors, whose 1p= D tirlng attention and sympathy the friends s have receiv. through his declining health
 and ilIn. ss, have been appreciated by them. T. The intermenl was in the cemetery st Sal- :, ishury. s Miss Hattie Morgan is still ut her fathers. , Mrs. Belle Stone expects 10 RO soon to h her new home in Hudson, where her hus. P. band is engag. in business.
 }, Miss Alice Niver oi Lakeylle has beeR 8 visiting for two days in the village, is vEMEAs.