Connecticut western news., 1880-10-20

IN. Ulrich, of the Young America cloth- ing house offers to give return ticket to par ties from this region purchasing $40. worth of goods at his store. Add this to the amount that is saved by trading S2o. worth with him, and where can you do better2
 Editor McArthur of the Winsted News called on us the other day, just long enough to say something about "politics." We be- lieve this popular subject is having quite g run with the American people. about now It seems to have taken the place of "Pina- fore"
 -Hubbell, the Ct Harrington clothier greets our readers again with his announce. ment of fall and winter clothing You can get suit of Hubbell at any price from $2.50 up as high as you wish to go. Just look over his list, and if the goods and prices don't suit, then you can't be suited, and the sooner you hate yourself to death, the better
 Our Canaan readers, who are we'll &C., quainted with Fred Yutzler, will be glad to know that the goods stolen from his store in West Cornwall about two weeks ago, have been recovered, their whereabouts being made known in a dream. The whole story is told by our West Cornwall correspondent in another column.
 We desire to call special attention to the new adv. of E. Hollister's Berkshire store in another column, and would say that he has just received a mammoth stock of fall and winter goods, comprising dress goods, fur nishng goods, etc., and proposes to offer bar gains to all his customers. When in Gt Bar rington call on him.
 Here is the language of one of the NEWS advertisers. See what he says of his business since his ad. was inserted in the NEws:s
 II have hardly had time for sleep or feed since. Supposed business would be dull, etc, it being presidential year. but the re- verse has been the case, and have found no time for anything, but root hog or die, and fear it will be 6oth."
 Fred s. Jopp of Winsted is braking on Conductor Elmore's train, in the place of Jack McCarty, promoted to the baggage car. Hilen Trowbridge, formerly of this train, takes the baggage car of Cummings train to fill the vacancy caused by John Burke's re- moyal to the Hartford freight house..ior in ability to pass the examination for color blind ness.
 The communication sent us by Ca American Citican," with the 25 cents enclosed, will be restored to the sender, on demand. The "citican," who claims to be respectful young man." tells about his tribulations on a recent evening" in place where no respect full young man" would he seen, and from which it appears that his head was used as a croquet ball. Notwithstanding the tempting inducement of a silver quarter accompanying ''a American citican's" production, the NEWS emphatically refuses to pitch in and fight his bar-room quarrels.
 --''Who hath wo? who hath sorrow9 who hath contentious? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath red ness of eyes2" They who tarry long without paying their subscription; they who com | mune with themselves saying "Lo, my sub scription don't amount to much; guess IT let the editor wait while" These little sums that "don't amount to much' are jus the ones that help out. Please look at tht date on the slip, friends, and if ill arrears obey the promptings of your conscience, and send to us for Q receipt.
 A statement of the Tobacco Growers Mutual Insurance Co. of this place, just iss ued shows that the experiment has proved success. Policles to the amount of $69, 237 were issued the past season. The unusua number of hail storms created losses no looked for, and damage to crops, amounting | to Sl,317 has been met. These losses re quire an assessment of IA per cent. on tn premium notes, to raise the amount 0 Ss65.46. The affairs of the company hay
 been wisely managed, and the trivial outla
 on the part of the growers, is more the bal
 anced by the feeling of security against los
 by hail, which the policy affords.
 About 100 feet of the c. W. R. R. track at the second trestle at Twin Lakes, sank las
 week, and no cars crossed it from Thursda until last Monday. The trestie work ha recently been filled in with ballast, and as tn first spiles did not touch bottom the grea weightaof the ballast and timbers combined caused the whole to sink several inches, up- heaving the mud for distance of 40 feet iron the track, in large islands. The mud where 1 the track sank was 37 feet deep. A large force of men was kept constantly at work driving new spiles and filling in, superinten dent Jones giving his whole time and person | al attention to the work, and last Monday the | track was considered sufficiently safe to war rant the crossing of train.
 VICINITY.