Connecticut western news., 1880-02-25

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 Johnny Beckley has morning glory in blossom.
 -Tinman Strong is confined to his house with sickness
 MT. and Mrs. J. Dean spent the Sabbath with friends in nSharon. K John E., sedgwick, Jr., of Salisbury is Litchfeld eounty's new jailer.
 Charlie Fowler talks of carrying on 8 poultry business the coming summer.
 The Ferris farm on the furnace road, is offered for sale, also the Ferris house on Elm street.
 Prof. D. G. Lawson of Willimantic gives an evening of reading, etc. in Town Hall to- night.
 Mi. N. Green and family of Lime Rock, spent the Sabbath with Landlord Warner in this place.
 Moving time will find quite hustle in this place, as several families are to change residences.
 MT. and Mrs. w. s. Willard celebrated their silver wedding at South Canaan last Wednesday night.
 Miss Carrie Brinton of Falls Village sends us delicious bouquet of trailing arbu- tus-frst of the season.
 A reward of $l5 is offered for the arrest of George H. Johnson, who burglarized G. H. Whitfords house last week.
 .-Morosco's Pantomime Humpty Dumpty show, billed for this place last Monday night, failed to put in an appearance.
 MT. H. c. Whites "Texas. Letter. in another column will interest the writer's friends, and others, in the East. The NEWS office returns thanks for choice bits of wedding cake from W. W. Mil lard of South Canaan and Mrs. H. W. Wood. ' ruff nee Miss Amelia Lyons of this place. The Planners Review advertised in an- ether column, is sprightly agricultural pa- per, and we will send the NEWS and Review 1o new subscribers for $40 for the ensuing year. s
 -.sa-The Rev. Wm H. Green, life convict in the State Prison, is quite ill and not likely to z recover. Green was convicted of murdering his wife, in Cornwall, and was sentenced for life in 1859.
 It is sad that the tramp arrested by the H. R R. Go. last week for obstruoting the track, and subsequently discharged, for lack of evidence, will s'make it hot" for the Com pany. Don't try it, MT. tramp. Quite a number of the friends and parish toners of Rev. MT. Mackey gave that gentle man surprise in the form of a donation visit at the parsonage last Wednesday evening, and the sum of over $80. was presented him.
 As William German was touching of a seam blast at Barnes lime quarry last We'd nesday, spark accidentally dropped into the seam, causing premature discharge, which seriously crushed his hand and scorched his face.
 Frank Holcomb ofsouth Canaan took his truthful little ax the other day and went into the woods and chopped and put up four and onehalf cords of wood, just for exercise. !: If any body can beat that we shall be pleased to chronicle the fact.
 Theodore Tilton lectures in Ct. Barring ton tonight, on "The Problem of Life" Tickets are on sale at Parsons store in this place, and the south bound through freight ng,, la hall IafR Ao commodate passengers.
 Prof J. NJ. Lee, the writing master, and wife, spent the Sabbath in town. The Prof says he hasn't felt at home since he left Can- aan, and SO comes around nearly every satur- day night to breathe it's healthy and moral at- mosphere. He reports his schools ID Win sted in a lourishing condition.
 Judge FyIer has made the following as. signments for the March term of the District court For Monday, March lst, at 3:30 p. m., Lake vs. Handlin; Tuesday, March 2, at 9:30 a. m, T. s. Gold vs. E. H. Rogers i; Wednesday, March 8, at s:so a. m., J. H. Crandall vs. Henry Brinton.
 "A partial .canvass has been made here for the choice fo- presidential candidates, with the following results, for first choice:
 Tilden 24 Blaine l5, Bayard 8, Seymour ..7, Hayes 6, Grant 6, Sherman 4, Hubbard 4, English ?, Hawley 2, Hancock 1, Washburne l, Cooper 1. No choice. 10. Total, 91. =, =; -Nathaniel Niles of New York, large holder of the mortgage bonds of the Connect icut Western railroad, has brought proceed ings for foreclosure upon one of the bonds through his counsel the Hon. Henry c. Rob. inson of Hartford, and the Hon. Daniel Chad wick of Lyme. The complaint sets forth that the bonds were issued in 1870 to the amount of &3, ,000, 900 under provision of the charter permitting the issue of bonds to the amount of two-thirds of the expense of construction of the road, and then the bonds were issued and secured by mortgage of all the property of the road in pursuance ot this provision; that in 1876 interest upon this and all the other bonds was defaulted, and he has therefore elected, ss he may do by the terms of the bond, to make the principal due; and there- fore commences his action. The relief de- handed is a foreclosure of the mortgage aed placing all the railroad property in the hands of . trustee for the benefit of the bondholders