Connecticut western news., 1881-12-21
CORRESPONDENCE.

Mrs. Lewis Spooner starts for Chicago this week, where she will spend the winter with her two sons William and Henry.
 We are pleased to announce the birth of a daughter, Dec 18th, to MT. and Mrs. Burit Eaton.
 A dastardly act was committed in this town 8 week ago last Sunday night. Master Fred Lane, son of Martin Lane, who was former. ly conductor on the H. R. R. attended sve- hing service at the Episcopal church, and hitched his horse under a shed near the church. Someone, with feeling of malice. took advantage of the situation, and when Fred. was ready to return home, his horse was missing, and no trace Of him could be found until Tuesday, when the horse was found tied to tree near the Kent furnace The buggy, new one, was in the Housatonic river in pieces. The harness, also new, has not been found. Suspicion is resting on a young man of this place, but no arrest has yet been made.
 Johnnie Shadt was brought home in lame condition last week Monday. He has been employed in the foundry in Roxbrry for some time. Last September he received se- very injury by derrick breaking and block of stone falling onto his limb, breaking it twice into. He is now able to stand on crutches for little while, but it is feared one limb will be always shorter than the other He is an honest, industrious fellow, and has the sympathy of the community in his misfortune. LOT. West Cornwall.
 L. J. Nickerson, Esq., eats the "staf' of life" at the table of Mir. Ransom Smith.
 Mir. T. J. Bosworth has large stock of jewelry and silver plated ware for the holi days, which he rattles off at the lowest living prices.
 Cochrane Bros'. new barn is nearly con- pleted. which for convenience and good work, manship reflects much credit on the builder, St. Nicholas deParrents
 Charles Snyder has been among the Mill tonian hills the past week. on hunting and trapping expedition.
 MT. E. H. Dean has the agency for all the leading newspapers in the country, and upon application can furnish them to single sub scrbers at exceedingly low rates
 A Christmas tree shines forth in the Meth. odlst church Cornwall Centre, on Christmas eve.
 MT. oldfeld and family have moved into tho hoose lately oocInied bv Dr T p Sanford
 A "give away" is found in the marriage column this week, showing conclusively that MT. Charles Miller has launched his boat full of good wishes and congratulations, for matrimonial voyage, by joining hands with "A lovely damsel from Ellsworth, consequently we are ndebted for handsome package con- tainng liberal slices of the most delicious cake, for which we express double" thanks
 Colds Mills this year, furnishes the Jus. tice," beside throwing in ''court house." where the legal fraternity and the lawless to sether meet to enjoy the newly arranged and rooms fitted up for their special ! benefit.
 Our highly esteemed barber, on his way | lome one iuky black night last week, was suddenly brought to realizing sense of the powers of darkness, by furious yank on h,s 'oat tails, which SO started his facilities for peed," that the "homeward bound" bounded; n at the back door half breathess, and white s sheet with the precipitation hanging in 'eads from bis temple ot thought, like seeds