Connecticut western news., 1880-08-11

l the charge ot attempting rape on 16 year old colored girl. He was held in S1, 800 bonds to await the action of the grand jury. 1 As the Pittsfeld excursion train was pass. l ing West Cornwall on it's return from Bridge port last Thursday, saucy miss in one of the cars snatched the hat off a young mans head standing on the platform He return. ed the courtesy by reaching into the car win 1 dow, and taking her dolman, and Each of the other kept token" until the next day. | when agent Norton of Pttsfield wrote to agent Oldfield of West Cornwall, suing for a cessation of hostilities," and the restoration of the spells which were agreed upon. Pitts field darlings must be careful how they fool with West Cornwall boys, for they are ''thar every time."
 A correspondent says Litchfeld scandals | are numerous this season. The latest one is about a married couple, the version ofthe sto- " being about as follows: They are young people, who have been married something 1 like ten years, and have one child. The hus- band short time ago began to pay his at- tentions to another woman, taking her to ride quite often. The wife, being little aggriev- ed wished him to take her part of the time He consented, and took her to her fathers and left her there, and has not since been after her, the father keeping the child and not l the mother was at public place. the father and child came, and it affected her so that she tainted and was obliged to be taken away.
 The Bible is being extensively distributed in New Milford. The Gazette is published thcre -CJnn. Western Neaos. Certainly. They both go hand in hand. Each in it's way is indispensable.--G GaGette. Exactly. sEach in it's way" The following good-natured joke on the Gazette is sent us by a correspondent and comes in aptly here: IA young woman living as a servant in a family not many miles from New Milford, was admonished by her pastor not to read any secular literature on the Sabbath. She inquired if she might not read the New Milford Gazette. Certainly not the pastor told her, only read your Bible and religious books We presume she did not heed the admonition, for during se- were thunderstorm she became so frightened that she went to her mistress and promised that if the Lord would let her live through that storm she would never, never, read the | Gazette any more Sundays"
 DISTRICT COURT. The District Court, August term, was in session at Falls Village five days last week, with jury in attendance, composed as follows: J. Dwight St. John, Reuben Parmalee, Edgar Reed, Chas. P. St. John, from Sharon Wm. L. Clarke. Victory c. Beers, Wm. Chipman, Samuel S. Reed, Chauncey E. Baldwin, from Cornwall; Jer. one Leonard Jeremiah Fuller, Chas. Rich ard, from Kent Myron U. Dean, Frank Brigner, from Canaan. Two cases were tried. The first was c. P. and G. Sardam vs. R. H. Ball ct al, an action of trover to re- cover the value of an old horse and wagon, which had been levied on by Ball to satisfy an execution issued on a judgment obtained by him against Geo. Sardam. The jury at first returned verdict for plaintiffs to recover seventy dollars damage, which Judge Fyler refused to accept, but sent the jury out to further consider the case whereupon they retired, and soon reported disagreement, Judge Fyler recharged them, and sent them out the third time. Upon returning into court, they reported an agreement and verdict for the defendants to recover their costs. The second case was that of Peter Funk vs John Calvin, an appeal from justice about an action of trover to recover the value of a sewing machine; defendant claimed to have drawn it in a lottery, that the plaintiff was also interested in the lottery, by having ticket in it, and therefore could not maintain any suit at law to recover it. Verdict for the plaintiff to recover twenty dollars damages.
 The Falls Village savings bank vs Ph1lan- der Payne, foreclosure of a mortgage, the de- fendant consented that the Bank might take judgment against him for S476. debt and S15 85 costs, with time of redemption to ex- pire Nov l, 1880.
 Six new actions were brought to this term, and were, Geo. A. Bierce vs. John Loucks. Francis Ghagnbt vs. JoAn@s Freshman, Dwight w. Clarke vs Michael Boyle ct al, Falls Vil lage Savings Bank vs. Phlander Payne, John S. Woodin vs. John O'Hara, and Elmira Yorker ct al vs. John Colbert ct al.
 Court adjourned Friday night to Wednes- day, Aug. IS, at $50 a. m.
 l RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
 While the Housatonic express train, leav- ing Bridgeport at p. m. was running at the rate of B miles an hour through the swampy section of country below Botsford Station, last Wednesday evening, collision with a bull threw the locomotive and baggage car from the track severely injuring the engineer, fireman, and express messenger No lives were lost and the passengers escaped harm altogether, results that were very fortunate considering the nature of the accident. The train left this city on time, with baggage, smoking car, and two well-flled passenger cars. About three quarters of 8 mile below Botsford Station, bull jumped upon the track from the bushes, and headed almost directly for the locomotive With ali prompt ness Engineer George Bowers reversed the engine applied the vacuum brake and whist led down brakes in the hope of avoiding col lision The bull was so near, however, that this could not be accomplished. Before the speed of the engine had perceptibly slackened the animal was struck. His head and fore legs were drawn under the pilot, and, acting as lever, threw the engine wheels from the rails. The collision had sent heavy jar through the whole train, but the passengers did not suppose anything very serious had occurred. After the engine jumped the rails 1t ran along on the ties for distance of l3O feet There it struck some obstruction which Ezeeled it over on tie right of the track. The embankment there is about four feet high, and down ths'the locomotive plunged, landing nearly bottom side up i'll the mud hole at the bottom. 5
 One side of the cab was disconnected, but the other held fast. The tender parted alto gether, and swung around head of the engine excepting the forward truck which wasttorn away and went crashing against the cab. The wheels went partly into the cab in fact but fortunately did not strike the two men inside. As the engine went off on one side of the track, the baggage car shot off on the other. A stone wall near the track stopped it and turned it partly over. None of the other CT rs left the track, but the rails parted and let the smoking car and the fefward truck of the next car down upon the ties. The train was in charge of Conductor Thom- as. Superintendent Stillson and Roadhiaster Lane were also on board. The conductor and MT. Parsons, a contractor on tMa New York and New England Road, hurried ta the wrecked engine as soon as they aligh6ed,S and shut off the steam tor the purpose of prevent ing possible explosion. They then, with superintendent Stillson, hastened to the cab to look after the engineer and fireman. Be- tore they reached it, however, Ira Hosford, 1 the fireman, crawled out unaded. lie was 1 bleeding from bad cut on the head and shouted wildly for some one to come to his