Connecticut western news., 1880-03-03

Ano utnam 1ndlan4 ot darLIOru presented Major Brown with an elegant gold headed eb- ony cane, on Wednesday, his birthday It is rumored that the Winchester Repeat ing arms Company have received an order for II, ,00o,O cartridges from the Chinese government.
 Edward Gillon, special constable chased Rev. Dr. Sawyer across New Haven green the other night, and fired pistol at him. He has been arrested for breach of the peace, and discharging firearms within city limits.
 Mr. Nichols of Trumbull, was found We'd nesday night short distance from his home with cut in his head He had been kicked | by horse. The cut extended from his eye | to his mouth and it took twelve stitches to | sew tup.
 Gen. Dwight Morris, representative from Bridgeport, wears the gold badge of the soci- ety of the Cincinnati, founded by officers of the Revolution, and to which only revolution ary officers and their eldest male posterity are eligible.
 Rev. A. W. Paige of Glastonbury pleaded guilty in the district court at New Haven Thursday to the charge of sending an obscene letter through the mai and was fined $20O and costs, both aggregating $37o, in default of which he was committed to the Hartford Ijail.
 ISJ. T. Pettee of Meriden is making tele. scope, the body of which is 8 cylinder of sheet iron eight feet long and nine inches in diameter, and mounted on fonr wheels, The mirror is eight inches in diameter, and has been ground by Pettee himself with machine of his own invention.
 A Bridgeport Yankee has invented ma
 chine to prevent market men from selling stale
 eggs for fresh. Its success is based upon the
 fact that whenever a hen lays she kicks back
 ward, when her foot will strike an electric disc, which causes rubber stamp to print
 the date on the newly laid egg. The stamp 5 is altered each day.
 There is bound to be piece of litigation between the towns of North Stonington and
 Hopkinton, over the case of the Paul Green family, who are paupers through the use of
 opium. The family have lived in both . towns, but of late years in Hopkinton, and
 when they became paupers that town shifted
 them on to it's neighbor
 Deacon Origen Bennett of Chaplin attended ;, church at Spring Hill, Mansfield, nearly fifty
 years, seldom missing Sabbath, even in the
 most severe weather. The distance was eleven miles out and back, so that the old man travelled over 34,OO0 miles to church, or ! rooro tbon onoo and opa. fourth f;,uaa oroun0 b the globe. The daughter who lived with him d has read the Bible through fifty times.
 A Northford COW gave birth the other day It to calf with head like dog, having stif l. forelegs making the creature look somewhat
 like dog with fore feet planted and in the d act of worrying the animal, This Iusu' d nature has also an enormous mouth having f. some resemblance to dogs mouth, 8 pair o
 ears like calf's, and another small short pail n like those of dog, and planted on the head f. nearly erect The animal displays 8 voracioui 's appetite and is fed by hand.
 A Norwalk man thinks he has discovered r- new fish. it sprang out of an oyster shell or 1T, it's being opened and it had devoured almos k. the entire oyster. it is three inches long
 is bright eyed.'and has half.inch horn project .r ing at nearly right angles from over each eye 20 It has small appendages on each side of it's lr. head which might pass for ears. Immediate e. ly behind these is wng-like fin, on each sid'
 of the body, which is smooth and covered with brilliant black spots. The curiosity ha
 been placed in an aquarium.
 st Information has been received directly iron nd the gentleman who dropped the Hound
 knife, which played so important part in tn
 Hayden trial He lives outside the State 0p came to this city on visit, and made one o 7' party of ladies and gentlemen who wer n' driven to the scene of the tragedy. A luncl 'n was eaten, and he opened number of sardin
 boxes with his knife, which he dropped an' on lost. In coming away he told the driver no 27 to allude to the fact, because he did not car In about appearingin the case. He is wher, lc- he can be summoned if 8 new trial is had Iy The State is in possession of other new evi
 dence.-N. 1T Register.
 4y A match in paper stock ignted while pass as ing through picker at Clarks knitting mill he in Manchester Friday morning, and in an in ld- stant the whole room which was filled witt
 flying cotton, was in @ blaze. The flames an, ., smoke rushed up the stairway communicatinl e with the sewing room, in which there wer , about 25 girls at work. Many in their frigh rushed through the cloud of smoke and flame L and were slightly scorched, but the maorit,
 escaped unharmed. Steam was turned int,
 the main part of the mill, which stopped thu
 flames from running further, while the othe eo portion, next adjoining the picker room, wa a' soon put under control by water. The dam H. age to the mill and stock which were insured ~ was slight.
 ., A Hartford letter tells how some Hartford .n men got bitten by the"labor saving multiple, - telegraphing process" A shrewd Hartfore ; merchant struck the "multplex" in Boston ,:, By paying down cash $500 on the spot h'
 got the refusal of it, for whole day. The re - suit was that it was transplanted to Hartford 's They paid the inventor $40 week during q. the tests for one little item. The invento, sv kept the thing tightly shut up in box. Hi = confidential workman he brought with him, { a French carpenter incapable of a word of Eng = lish. First the instrument was set up in Par rish's block, and there it worked to 8 charm
 Then it was decided to change one station ul =. to 8 building owned by the chief owners ol the patent From the hour of that change
 %h;prs want wronu and finally a few day.