Connecticut western news., 1880-06-02

| the Sherman parricide being hung at Bridge port on Thursday of the week previous.
 The services in the M. E. church last Sunday night were commemorative of the Tooth anniversary of the first Sunday school organization, which was consummated ln England. Sunday being also decoration day, pretty tribute to the fallen heroes of the Rebellion formed 8 part of the exercises, which were very interesting throughout.
 As the picnic and excursion season ad- vances. Parlor Rock on the Housatonic R. k. is receiving it's share of attention, and surely no more beautiful ground can be found any where, and the H. R. R. Co. have bestowed vast amount of care and expense ln oeautl- | lying it. For terms and particulars address Supt L. B. Stillson or H. D. Averill, general ticket agent.
 -Messrs. Trompbour & Tronson, the shad dealers, have closed up their market here, the shad season being nearly over, and returned to their home in New York state. During the month of their stay here, they sold nearly | 1, 800 shad, and 1000 herring, and by tnen honorable and accommodating way or ooing business, they made many friends here who | will be glad to see them back another season. -sandtown took vonnit last Saturday night, and two or three "coons" made the fighting, in the streets. If Mayor Hall doesn't contrive to keep his constituents in bounds, the authorities of Canaan will declare war, and 'sobliterate all traces." etc. The "eolor line" isn't drawn very taut, but virtue is ceas- ing to be forbearance, and we're going to shoot presently. | ED. NEWS Having occasion to raise 8 plank in my barn floor recently, was as- tonished to find several bags of oats and corn, all of which was taken from my other barn buildings. Two of the bags were mine, and two were marked, respectively Wm. H. Reed and Landon < Go. All were turned inside out to hide the mark. Any one can have the bags by proving property
 Salisbury, May 26. SUBSCRIBER.
 The pretty poem entitled Invocation" :" written by the late E. S. Adams of Mill River, for the first number of the Camp Meeting DAILY NEWS last August, has been set to music by MT. c. H. Waugh, of Pittsfeld, brother.in law of the author, and was sung for the first time in the Pittsfeld Methodist church last Sabbath. MT. Adams, it will be remembered, died two days after completing his task of reporting the camp meeting ser mons for the Daily News.
 The schools in District No. l. East Can aan, closed last Friday. MT. Leighton the teacher in the higher department, reports the names of some of the scholars who are deserving of special mention: Nellie Cart wright, was neither absent nor tardy, and perfect in every lesson during the term, Susan Garvey, Sarah Smith, Mamie Balton'
 Maggie Ivary, Evangeline Keglar, Willie Riley. and Daniel Sweeny also made marked progress in their studies.
 The Winsted 'rnilingtary" Co. I. passed through this place last Thursday on their way
 to Danbury, to participate in the dedicatory services of the new soldiers monument, re
 turning on the evening passenger train north Some of the members were very much "fa tigued,' and SO strong was their love of war [ that they "formed on" for a knock-down fgh
 among themselves, while waiting here for tht east bound train, but no lives were lost, ant no blood spilled-except lager-and the Can 2 aan "bush cutters" were highly entertained
 with their bacchanalian hootings and gentle
 manly demeanor.
 f Hanks and his wife were not the happi n est of couples to be found in this wide world for Mrs. H. had been brought up in such way as to consider herself some pumpkins o far above average small fry, and considere # her better-halfs ill-ftting slouchy appearanc
 as belying her exalted opinion. Curtain let
 lures appeared of no avail, but at last ik l. the drops of water that wear away the might K rocks, her persistence succeeded. He le 10 of trading at slop-shops, procured 8 Sunday 7. go-to-meeting outfit at the Young Americ
 Sauare- Dealing Clothing House, and he gt D. joyful reception on his arrival home in h y new suit.-G00G Cheer.
 
 III ture weather, and here is his programme ft
 June and July, in letter dated May Is. d "I believe that June will be an intensel ic hot month, on the whole, but the end of th ,s present month, and probably the first of Jun will be fall like, with frosts again July wi U be a terrible month for storms, with terms {
 intense heat, but another fall like relaps ,d with frosts, will, in all likelihood occur
 ! &ho T <hn cfo 'u of thunder and hail will be of unusual sever n ity during July. must claim the verifcatic er of my prediction relative to- a cold way
 with frosts, over large portion of the Unite
 States between the 10th and 18th of Ma. 1e The relapse toward the close of the preser of month will be more severe than that jul t. past"
 ot The Rev. H. s. Ball. formerly of E
 Jackson, N. Y, who recently told our rea' Il, CTS about Canaan's "old time athletes, is no on located at Atkinson, Ills, and in a letter @, us, writes as follows:
 e. I am located at this place for the presen .s more in search of health than aught elst
 compelled to leave most pleasant and prof '' able field of labor at Ft. Jackson, on accoul
 of severe bronchial difficulties. I thougl to find among old acquaintances a warmer cl n mate than northern New York. It is he 'm like the middle of summer-very warm al nd pleasant. Corn is well up, and mostly GU e- tivated; the staple product is corn. IT rd largest field have heard of is 265 acre iu planted by one man, the smallest, 45. It ch farming on quite large scale to what hay
 been accustomed to. Politics are all the rag notwithstanding the Cook county bolt. I'll his State convention instructed their delegates .st go solid for Grant Logan is jubilant, b Nv could he hear the cursing, not loud, but dee I he would feel quite different. The people