Connecticut western news., 1880-04-21


 ward, and is now at Hampton, Virginia where he will remain short time.
 We have received three anonymous com munications-all worthy of publication which, of course, do not appear. It would seem almost superhuous to add that no atten tion is paid to articles not accompanied witt the name of the writer. If an article is wortl publishing it ought to be worth fatherlng. ! Our birth column records the birth of { son to Peter Jskoistze. One can easily i'm agine the depth of desperation to which ole father Adam was driven when. finding his vocabulary of names exhausted, and his jaw bone dislocated after christening one-half the human family, he bestowed the appellative o plain Smith" upon the entire remaining half
 The case of State vs. Paul E. Herter o Salisbury, for rape on his own and only daughter Lucy, occupied the attention of the | Superior Court at Litchfeld oI Tuesday anc Wednesday of last week, Judge Carpenter presiding. Lucy testified in her own behalf and several of the good citizens of Salisbury appeared in behalf of the defendant. The Ijury returned verdict of guilty.
 Irving Ferguson, the Housatonic R. R ticket agent at this place, has received the ap pointment of station agent at Housatonic Arthur Lane of Falls Village is his successor "Irv." leaves host of friends here, who con- gratulate him on his promotion, and he will be greatly missed especially in the limited circle of the lovers of social amusement anG recreation as he has succeeded the past win. ter, in shaking their ''social system" out of its chronic lethargy; and the wide awake l. D. D. Y. Club, of which he was the father, will undoubtedly "resolute" their regret at his de- parture.
 Walter McGinness, for assaulting This wife and mother-in-law at the Sand bank last Sunday night, was sentenced to 30 days in jail, and fine of $7.OO and costs, which will probably bring the amount up to about $25 He was taken to Litchfeld Monday morning by Milton Roraback This is the third time he has been arrested for similar of- l fences, each of which was committed under I the influence of liquor, and the sentence is probably the most beneficial and practical temperance lecture that could be delivered to him, and from which he should s'learn use- ful lesson"
 The passenger receipts of the Housatonic Road for the six months ending March 3lst showed an increase of $9, 900 over the cores bonding period last year. This must be very gratifying exhibit to the. managers and stock. holders, and especially to President Barnum, who originated the new rates and facilities, and to the indefatigable General Ticket Agent, Mr. H. D. Averill under whose management the reforms referred to have been carried out. Among these new features, which are evident ly appreciated by the public are round trip tickets at about cents mile between local points on the line, and family commutation tickets over any part of the road. These have added largely to the above fattering re. suit. Round trip tickets are on sale at the depot here for New Milford and all other points below,-FGgmoer.
 A good story is in circulation, at the ex- pense of conductor on the c. W. R. R. Ac- cording to the story, passenger got on the train at this station, and paid the con- ductor his fare, but on arriving at his destina- ton concluded to go farther, and accordingly paid his fare to the next station, and then to the next, without leaving the train, although in so doing his fare cost him more than it would if he had bought ticket at the start ing point. The conductor suggested that it would have been economy for him to have bought ticket and thus save unnecessary expense and bother In explanation the pas- senger said: This Railroad company once played mean trick on me, and then made up my mind that they never would get an- other cent of my money. That's the reason pay my fare to the conductors"
 The New Milford Ray slobbers the Win sted Herald all over with taffy in alluding to it's return ''into the proper fold," and mag unanimously condescends to pay it's respects to the popular cooperative plan of newspaper publishing, "prlnted by parties who have no interest in the places they pretend to repre- sent" The Ray, which is altogether too good for this wicked world, says that it has been awful lonesome, and 1t is really a pity that New Milford didn't succeed in getting the new lunatic asylum located there. But never mind MT. Ray; Job exercised patience under circumstances quite as trying as bracing up truly good newspaper, whose brothers -'all mankind'-have ostracised to the Helena of 'lonesomeness." Your village CO., temporary, the patent outside" Gazette, seems christian like, trying to "make it pleasant" for you.
 The Congregational society is now re- organized, under new list of managers. and although the late rupture in the ranks seemed apparently to have involved it in 6 black cloud of uncertainty, yet by discreet and res- olute action it emerges from it's precarious po sition with strength and will to maintain it's own, and enters upon this fiscal year with an suspicious outlook for the financial and spir- itual upbulding of the organization. A rad ical change has been made in the method of raising funds, which promises to be quite as satisfactory as the system of pew renting. The members individually subscribe to pay stipulated sum per week-the amount being | of course, discretiouary-which is deposited in contribution box near the exit of the l church, in envelopes supercribed with the name of the depositor. Beside the box is chart on which the Collector checks the names of the depositors found on the envelopes in the box, to indicate payment so that the