Connecticut western news., 1880-05-19

talk temperance in town hall Tuesday eve'g. The H R. R. passenger train killed two Horses a, Pittsfeld last Saturday night.
 Mrs H l. Bodley, who has been; dan gerously i'll in New York, has recovered. and returned to her home in this place.
 The Quarterly session of the Litchfeld County Archdeaconry, was held in New Mil ford last Tuesday and Wednesday.
 The building of Hon. G. W Peet's office is being rapidly pushed, under the di- rection of Boss Daniels of Salisbury. 4 Henry Hamlin is to hang on the 18th, at Wethersfieli, for the murder of Wells Ship man. the watchman at the State prison,
 Miss Anna Carman, at S. C. Bsckley's, fell and put both hands on top of red hot stove last week seriously burning herself.
 Billy Humphrey has got his soda foun- tain in good fizzical condition for the season, and his customers are frothing at the mouth
 -.sWe read the Conn Western NEWS" says the New Milford Gazettea Yes, your local and fannygraph columns attest that fact.
 -Accordng to the nera'd, Winsted is or ganlzing 'Drunkard's Club,' and the Her aid proposes to publish a list of the members
 Celia L. Lawrence was granted divorce from Wade L Lawrence, on the grounds of cruelty, in the supreme court at Plttsfeld last week
 -Mr Sheriden Barnes of this place has been beautifying his premises by erecting pretty grape arbor, and laying broad plank walk in his yard.
 -Sperry Sisson who recently committed suicide at New Marlboro, leaves property in- ventoried at s. 900, to his widow, whom he made his executrix.
 Sam A. Eddy and Miss Sarah Eddy, son and daughter of Rev. Dr. Hiram Eddy, O. Jersey City, are visiting at their grandtather's, MT. Wm. Adam, in this place.
 Edwin Hoyt, who murdered his father at Sherman. Fairfield County, on June g, 1878, was hanged for the crime at Bridgedort last Thursday. He was buried by the side of his victim at Sherman.
 -Comical Brown will burst buttons and split sides iu Town Hall to morrow night MT. BrowE always draws large houses here and his old friends and patrons should turn out to give him greeting.
 The Windsor Locks Journal is one of the latest candidates tor the journalistic struggle, but it has good lungs, muscle and backbone,
 ;nfa 1T nIlk- lished by S T. Addis, formerly of the New Milford Gazette.
 ,Z-John Quinn, c. W. R. R. brakeman narrowly escaped death by being run over ai Mllerton last Tuesday morning, having fallen asleep on the track, and the extra circus train coming aleng, struck him, considerably cuttrrv and bruising him aboutthe head.
 Two interments took place at the 'lowel corner" cemetery last Sunday-Dr. Wright and Mrs. Eunice Loomis. The aggregate ages of the three deceased, who were buried there within eight days, is 223 years, MT. Humphrey being B, Dr. Wright 72, and Mrs. Loemis 78.
 While Murrays circus was exhibiting in Winsted last Tuesday, ono of the Shetland ponies playfully took to biting his neighbor another pony, when one of the grooms picked m heavy iron bound stake, and struck him on the head, killing him instantly. MT Murray valued him at $l .000.
 Last Thursday. spark from the loco motive of the on passenger train oa the n R. R. set fire to the brush and dry grass near the track about half mile north of this vii: iage and did some damage to fences. But for prompt action on the part of few men, the damage would have been quite serious
 A Conn. Western excursion train brought the young ladies of vassar sCollege. Pough' keepsie, to Ore Hill and East Canaan last Saturday. where they were deeply interested in the various processes which the Iron ore undergoes, from mining to casting IL IS hoped the dawling culchawed crechaws will come again sometime in the neaw fuchaW. supt. Jones accompanied the excursion.
 MS. Pinafore is to be given in Town Hall tonight by Salisbury and LakeVille tai ent. under the management of Mr.A G. Sherlocke, who took the character of Deadeye at the first presentation of theopera in Eng land Mir. Sherlocke has given great amount If time and attention to the preparation ofthe entertainment, and it is hoped tho apprecia- ion of his efforts will be manifested in a crowded house. Probably but few of our cit izsns have had the opportunity to witness this popular opera which has charmed the whole country. and of which everybody has heard, and It is believed all who appreciate fine singing and acting will avail themselves of this opportunity. Tickets are on sale at the post office.
 -Murray's circus which exhibited here last Wednesday, was not as well attended as it deserved Canaan is not the circus town if once was. either from want of proper ap- prec;ation of meritorious performance. or on account of the impec1niosity of the natives and amountaineers.n who in days gone by flocked down in numbers, to s'see the perces- nion" and the elephant. Murrsy's entertain uent last Wednesday was, in nearly all its Features, an excellent one, and of which 1ayner show need TO: be ashamed The per- farming Shetland ponies betrayed surprising 3svrf,ss .,s ice, and the graduate class