Connecticut western news., 1880-10-13
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Millerton is afflicted with diphtheria.
 New Milford voted license by IA majority.
 West Hartland is putting up three new ci der mills
 MiIerton organized Garfield club last Sat- urday night.
 Chas. J. Porter is the republican candidate for high sheriff.
 Salisbury has Hancock club, with Daniel | Pratt president.
 The expenses of the Bridgeport election averaged $l.O0 per voter.
 A pulley weighing 78,OOO pounds is being put up in Naugatuck shoe shop.
 The epizootic is spreading and hundreds of horses are sick in the larger cities.
 Belle Shumway, fast woman of Hartford, drowned herself last week, aged 21. The Hartford county agricultural society ran behind $50. at the late exhibition.
 Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Griswold of Winsted celebrated their tin wedding last week. P. T. Barnum is the republican candidate 1 for state senator from the 10th district A Plainville child fell into tub of boiling water the other day and was fatally scalded. The Conn. Western milk train ran over and killed a COW near Colebrook last week Monday evening.
 | The caving in of bank at Waterbury last Friday. fatally crushed Thomas Kilroe and | NJ. Nichol.
 | At a Hancock parade in Hartford last l Thursday night mile and a halt of torches were in Npe.
 l At the somers cattle show last week 116 yoke of cattle were exhibited, 20 yoke belong l ing to the Shakers.
 The Lakeville brass band is circulating subscription paper with the object of getting a new set of instruments. Rev. Mir. Haskins, late rector of Trinity Parish, Newtown, has gone to Virginia to take charge of mission.
 The Constitutional Amendment was carried by l,5S7 majority, there being 20,897 votes cast fol, and 9,3i0 against. | New Milford's recent efforts to establish a a "sanitarium," or health institution, have failed, from lack of funds.
 The Philmont, N. Y. post office was bur- gIarized last Tvesday night and about $50 in cash and stamps was taken.
 The district court will be in session at Falls Village on Tuesday Oct 19, at II a. m. for the purpose of naturalization. A Unionville man shot hawk the other day measuring feet and inches from tip to tip, which he has sent to taxldermist
 The Catholics of Copake Iron Works have paid the interest on their church debt, and re- duced the princpal-$l5O. the past summer
 Norwich has 21 900 population, and 134 licensed liquor saloons, from which SlO,8l3 revenue was collected during the past year.
 Henry C. Baldwin, greenback candidate for governor. and Congressional candidate Cleve- iani of this district spoke on politics at Win st last Saturday night.
 The 329 artist went through East Canaan the other night, leaving ''his mark on build- ings. fences, etc. It s suspected that Drummer did the marking.
 A barn in Tariffye conta hing large quan- titles of hay, tobacco and rming tools, was burned by an incendiary fire the other night. Loss 8, ,0G0; insurance s GOO.
 The programmes announced that the pro- cassion of the fire departments parade in Winsted last Friday would be headed by a "Pul5roon of police" Who was he !?
 A Mcllenville, N Y. correspondent, writing of recent open air band concert, given in that place. says that the music vas appreci- ated by all who were so fortunate as to be at home"
 The naughty boys in the state reform school are to organize brass band. We al- ways thought the object in sending boys to that ns, tuition was to make desirable citizens of them.
 The democrats at their convention at Lltch- field last Wednesdav nominated deputy Fred erick Richmond of New Milford for high sher- ig of this county. John D. Yale declined re nominated.
 A boy sitting on the end of a draw bridge in New Hayen, had both legs horribly crushed and broken by the closing of the draw the other day. The right leg was amputated.
 The Danburv News showed it's usual enter prise by publishing neat little daily edition during the fair at that place last week, which, like everything that comes from that office, was first class.
 A little girl in Hillsdale, named Cannon, recently swallowed two or three mouthfuls of kerosene, rnistaking the can for molasses can. If she had swallowed a match too there might another Cam explosion.
 The bell of the Congregational church at Newtown has been used 1I2 years, and the golden rooster on top of the building has bull let marks made by soldiers of the Revolution who shot at it while passing through. John Wallace of Amenia, who few weeks since, in self defence struck John Fitzgerald a blow with shovel. which terminated fatally, was discharged by the grand jury last week, who found it a case of juatifable homicide.
 The contract for building the new iron bridge over the HousatOnic river at Kent has been awarded to the Corrugated Metal Go. of ] East Berlin. Conn. It will be of the parabol- c system, and wholly of wrought iron. 220 feet long.
 Editor Johnson of the Hillside Herald. and his good wife, have gone to hoasekeep ing, and last week expressed their 'thanks to 4,,a -v kind friends who contributed to ti,e; tl,e ilsIl. " When the News local takes rnel I;loIs; SDnnlois ~ into the housekeep- ing business, our many kind 1l. ..- please remember how they do things over III l Hillsdale,