Connecticut western news., 1880-08-04

An Otis lady has a book entitled "The Twentieth Book of Sacred Exercises on the New Testament" which was printed in 1640, making it 24O years old. The book was printed by Roger Daniels in England, and was once owned by Ethan Allen.
 Blackinton has ''seen" the "dangerous man at large" escaped from the Middletown asylum, but they had no use for him, so he moved on to be ''seen" at the next place. Later He was captured last Sunday, but isn't the dangerous man at large" at all.
 We jumped into the Millerton Telegram of- flee the other evening, and found Ed Van- Scriver sorting the counterfeit "double X's' out of the days receipts and throwing them into the fire, at the same time humming ''The Little Widow Dunn" He said the Deacon was out leading prayer meeting, or digging worms-he didn't know which. Then he filled our eyes with tobacco smoke, and pointing to the door, said: "Call again."
 There are five people living in Litchfeld whose united ages amount to 463 years-an average of 91 years. One man remembers seeing the mail from New York to Philadel- phia when it was carried down from the post office to the Hudson river ion mans back and then carried over the river in row boat every morning and returning in the evening.
 
 that passed through Long Island sound and landed at New Haven in 1872.
 Following is list of the jurors drawn for the present term of the district court at ses. sion in Falls Village:
 Jerome Leonard, Jeremiah Fuller, Perry Hufcut, Charles Richards, from Kent. T. Dwight St. John, Reuben Parmalee, Edward F. Gillette, Edgar J. Reed, Charles P. St.. John from Sharon. Wm. l.. Clark, Victory 0. Beers, Wm. Chipman, Samuel s. Reed, Chauncey E. Baldwin, from Cornwall. Myron U. Dean, Frank Hapchett, James H. flakes, Stephen Brigner, from Canaan.
 Cases on the docket; Geo. A. Bierce vs. John Loucks, a, Francis Chagnot vs. John Trieshman, a, Dwight w. Clarke vs Michael Boyle, ct ux, Falls Village savings bank vs. Philander Payne, James s. Woodin vs. John | O'Hara Elmira Yorker ct al vs. John Colbert BURGLARY AT NILLERToN. Yesterday morning at about tone o'clock the store of James Finch of Millerton was burglarized and robbed of about $2,275 ir cash, stamps and checks. Mir. Finch and 2 clerk who sleep over the store were awakened by three men standing over them with pistols threatening to shoot, if the slightest nolse was made. The clerk, John Decker, gave ar alarm and was at once gagged. Finch was l forced to go down stars ana open the sale from which they took $l,0OO in cash, about $275 in checks, and $l ,000 in postage stamps of different denominations. About $500 O. the cash belonged to the corporation of Mill erton, and the remainder of the $l,000 wa: deposited in the safe by private individual. for safe keeping, and for which MT. Finch ii not responsible. The postage stamps be longed to the government, the post office being kept in the store. The payment of the check can probably be stopped, and thus rendered worthless to the thieves. The burglars ar described as being short and thick set anC dressed in dark clothes; about 1t. inche high, with soft white hands: They wer three in number, and reward of $l,000 il offered for their arrest and the return of tn property.