Connecticut western news., 1880-06-23
VICINITY.

sted, is in Colorado. ...., [. Two. of winsted's citizens we're college mates with Garfield.
 Lake Wonoscopomoc is always dotted with pleasure boats. ,.,
 A copper coin dated 149l has been plowed up in New Hartford.
 The shepaug roads milk transportation is 17 ,O00 quarts per day. 1sS -'' '''
 Congressman Miles was at his home in Chapinville last week.
 New Milford has chills and fever and is painting her town hall =,a .,,.: '. Major Pierce of Cornwall, s5 yeazs of age, is as lively as most men at 50. .. s The: Cornwall cheese factory 'coasufaes 2oo0 pounds of milk per day. :r: :, z A North Kent fat woman fell out of bed recently, and was seriously 'injured:'-ia Merryall CNew Preston) has new post of. flee, with E. c. Jencks as postmaster. E. c. McLain caught three snapping turtles at Chapinville recently, weighing 60 lbs. John NJ. Cornell of Lakeville starts this week on visit to his brother in Michigan. The New Milford Ray man wants soldiers monument, but the Gazette sits down on it. |. The New Milford streets are taken in knights, and scrubbed and sprinkled by hand | Fred Richmond of New Milford shipped 30 cases of tobacco to New York one day last week. - l Winsted has an intelligence office and real estate agency, recently opened by Chas. H Hayden.
 The sherlocke family have gone to. Win. sted and Litchfeld to organize PinRfore com panies. :
 Bishop Williams reception at Rev. Mir Seymour's, .Litchfeld, last week was largely | attended
 A Winsted bicycler recently ran into Col A. H. Fenn; the bicycle was uninjured. sayl the Press.
 Lakeville is to have a chapter of Royal Arch Masons, Col. H. P. Harris being the prime mover.
 | A cenusus ennmerator has found woman at BaFkhamsted, 24years old, the mother oi ten children. $ :, ... George Haviland of New Milford was I thrown out of g. wagon and sustained 8 bro. ken arn recently. t Water Witch hose company of New Milford hold their annual picnic at Parlor Rock the last week in July.
 Allen E. Beeman of Litchfeld, recently or. dained at Middletown, assumes his ministerial labors at Unionvilie
 Kent had strike of the R. R. track men recently but being unsuccessful the strikers left for greener fields.
 James Coates Northfeld boy got g chargeof shot in his arm while carelessly hanN1irof a UTlY1 fho iOffaop day
 The sexton of the 2d Congregational church at Winsted was thrown out of his wagon re- gently, and considerably damaged. Answ road and iron bridge across the out let of fffes lake near Chapfnville furnace are The New Milford Ray thus early suggests preparations for lecture course for the com. ing winter. Better agitate campaign club, The Newtown Bee has again changed pro prietors, MT. VanBensel retiring, and John T: Pearce, it's founder; taking possession again A large horned owl was shot by M B Tobey at CanaanaV Valley recently, measuring about four feet in alar-icus extent-iosity, so tc speak, ..9t 7"
 Lightning recently killed Chapinville wal horse owned by John Jeingo, which had been ridden during the Rebellion by General Kill patrick. ...~ ... .~ A 'bloody fray" occurred in New Milford between Anson Buck and David Benton, with fists and hoes. Much blood and time was ! wasted.
 The Winsted Press says there is move ment on foot to make the East street school ''a.sort of tail piece to the 1st Congregational church." 
 The oldest house in Sharon is owned by Wm. Fl. Emmons. brother of Conductor Chas. Emmons of the RI. R. R. It is thought to have been built l50 years ago.
 A peculiar case was tried in Washington, @ few days ago A laborer employed by one of the farmers visited the village barber and asked to have his hair cut The sstonsorial artist" refused to comply, saying that the ap- plicant's head was full of vermin This re- fusal and remark brought on suit of islander, which was tried before Justice of the Peace. Six witnesses testified that the remark was warranted by the condition of the plaintiff s head. and six more had testified to the con- trary, when the testimony of the woman with. whom the plaintiff baerded turned the balance in favor of the batbsr.@