Connecticut western news., 1880-04-28

tractor who punt the North canaan water Works last summer, was in town last week. He is keeping an. eye on the prospective Water works at Lee ..s~ <
 -Dr. Camp is to put up an improved street lamp near his office, which will burn naph- tha, and give much better light than the V. l. As street lamps. The Dr. will have his name painted in it.
 Sheffield boys are killing black snakes by the wholesale in g rocky lot near Silver street. In one afternoon last week twenty were killed, and it wasn't much of an after noon for snakes either. ! No conscientious editor could bite of the end of one of Landlord MacDonald's choice brand cigars without giving them a "puf He keeps as fine a line of cigars as can be found anywhere, and "dont you forget it."
 Mrs. Lawrence Gillette who died last Thursday morning, had been suffering from 2 lingering illness the greater part of the past year, and death came rather as 8 welcome messenger than terror. She was inferred in Mill River.
 -Losr.-Last Sunday morning between the Blackberry and Housatonic river bridges, on the Conn Western Railroad track, an oval, gold plated, moss agate sleeve button. The finder will be suitably rewarded upon leaving it at the NEWS office.
 A meeting of horsemen was held Satur- day evening at Lee to arrange for a trotting circuit, to include Pittsfeld, Lee. Great Bar rington and either Falls Village or North Adams. It is intended to hold the first races at Pittsield June and 10. @@ | The other day a mass of rock estimated at 200 tons became loosened about one-third of the distance from the top of Canaan Noun. tain just back of Benson's, and came crash. Ing to the foot, doing no serious damage, but leaving track about a rod wide. It must have tumbled half mile.
 | From the frequency of the changes in the proprietorship of the newspapers in Newtown and Bethel, we infer that it doesn't take long to get rich in those towns. Charles E. Hoyt now retires from the Bethel Ledger, after be- ing connected with it for about six months, and the firm name changes to the "Bethel Publishing Co.,"
 -One of the strikers at Moore's bolt shop has been offered IA per cent. advance in wages and won't acceptit. The prospect of a new bolt shop in the place is toning up the spinal column of the bolters we suspect. A man who won't accept IA per cent. advance when he struck for only ten, must be person of "great expectations" from some quarter | WSpsted Press.
 | -G. w. Hall desires to call attention to the new goods being received this week, at "Ball's Emporium" Falls Village, in the way of the latest novelties in spring suits, hats, caps, etc. Also large lot of new wall pa- per, carpets and furniture, boots and shoes, etc, and at prices away down. George knows just what his customers want, and buys with ar eye to their interest.
 A. S. Fassett, at the Ct. Burlington City Store, ''sings new song" this week, upon the subject of spring goods, carpets, wall pa per. furniture etc. $l,O00. worth ofwall pa. per and borders; and his furniture line em' braces everything that properly comes under that head MT. Fassett is now in New York and when he returns, look out for the best kind of good bargains in everything in par. ticular.
 Talk about sthe wild humor of the plains I" Who wouldn't take Horace Gree ley's advice, and 'Go West, young man where such pleasant and healthful recreationl abound as are described in the following ex tract, taken from letter written by Franl Gorham, (who, with several other young men went from Ashley Falls to Dakota abou a month ago) to one of his chums in thi place. It seems that the boys are turning ou
 regular "Biffalo Bulls"- fire eaters, with hai
 on their teeth. This picture of Dakota Tiff can be depended upon as re-lie-able, cominl , as it does from New England boy, who i there, and ought to know.
 "# I went out hunting Sun
 day up north from here about five miles. ran on to three big Indians, and they fired a me once before saw or heard them was lucky enough to get away with bulle
 through my hat; then Hired at the head one
 and the other ones grabbed him up and car , ried him of before could load again. Afte . I got loaded followed them over the brow o hill, where their ponies were hitched, ant as they had mounted them and started off,
 turned back aud had travelled about half mile, when saw looming up in the oppositt lirection what appeared to be drove of cat tie bearing towards me; when within a quaI ter of a mlle of me, I decided them to b
 Buffaloes sat down in a clump of bushes
 Resting my fe with a steady aim at the larR f est in the herd, fired, and 8 large bul Buffalo fell. did not kill him dead. I ha
 large hunting knife with me, with which cut his throat. Then went to the house, an
 Abbott and Billy [Sweet] and myself witl
 team started after him, brought him to thu house and dressed him, and the carcas 2 weighed 600 pounds, and the hide weighe' t 100 pounds How is that for life on thu
 frontier2 There is plenty of other game
 such as deer. antelope, wolf, fox, etc. We hea l the wolves bowling around the house ever, night. Have to take brand of fire with u when going out to a neighbours in the eve 5 ning Most of the boys carry fire arms witt
 them to the field. A wolf followed Alvi
 [Abbott] nearly two hours the other day. H : had large navy revolver with which he fire at him three times, but did not kill him D think he must have hit him, as he did not fol
 low him longer.
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