Connecticut western news., 1881-10-19


 married to 8 popular young lady residing south of the center" For the murder of Amos Andrews in Wa terbury last June George French and James Wheatley were tried recently, and sentenced last week, French getting life sentence, and Wheatley going to jail for one year, and pay ing fine of one dollar.
 Mr. J. A. MacArthur of Salisbury has which was the first copy ever issued of that journal, and is numbered ''No. CO.," Mr. MacArthur also has copy of a Boston paper called the Advertiser, dated l724
 Robert Hurley, o driver in Bridgeport, backed his team off the dock last Friday, him. self falling under the cart, in the sound, and in that position he was held, unable to extri. cate himself, for several seconds, until by stander could jump in and pull him out.
 Dan. Lucey, the Bridgeport excursion man ager is in trouble L. E. Ryder of New Ha. ven and Henry Bennett of Waterbury have attached $l, 100 due him from the Housaton- c and Naugatuck R. R. Companies for tickets sold for his last excursion on the Grand Re public.
 A strange cattle disease has struck Amenia, and @ COW belonging to Frank Baylis died with it, and dozen veterinary surgeons, professors, school teachers, Philadelphia law yers and singing masters have been making an autopsy, trying to find out what tune the old COW died on.
 The modest temperance people of Winsted have petltioned the selectmen to refuse li- censes to those liquor dealers who have been prosecuted, and also ask that "before rec ommending any person to be licensed you will give your petitioners hearing in regard to such 8 recommendation"
 A New Milford street lamp bursted the other evening, but the chimney remained whole, phenomenon that puzzled New Mil. fordites considerably until they discovered that at the time of the explosion, the lamp lighter was sucking cider through the chim. ney, from the bung hole of & barrel in a farmers wagon. | A Granby correspondent of the Herald says that ''Jimmy" Taft choked to death while eating piece of beef. steak recently, a por- ton of which caught in his throat; and the correspondent concludes his report of the oc- currence by saying that intemperance always brings its victims to an untimely end, from which we infer that Granby folks soak their beef-steak in whisky.
 Dr. G. W. Russell's house in Hartford was burglarized last Thursday night. After go- ing through the closets, etc., the burglar en. tered the chamber of Johanna Myers, the cook and in lighting match, awakened her, whereupon she began to scream. He then struck her two heavy blows on the forehead with a hammer, breaking the skull, then made his escape, unidentified, through the window. The woman is in critical condi- ton. The same night an attempt was made to enter the house of D. S. Brooks of the same city, probably by the same parties.
 At the annual meeting of the Litchfield County Medical Society, held at Litchfeld, October l1th, 1881, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, Dr. Walter S. Munger; Vice.president, Dr. Willis J. Beach; Clerk, Dr. J.J. Newcomb Committee on membership and ethics, Dr. Wm. Deming; Fellows to State Medical So ciety, Drs. l.. H. Wood, John W. Bidwell Bradford s. Thompson, Orlando Brown, R S. Goodwin; Reporter, Dr. Bradford s. Thompson; Delegates to American Medica Association, Drs. Wm. Woodruff, H. W Buell., L. H. Wood, Wm, Deming. Somebody gave conductor Walt Spencer ) pailful of live eels at WestCornwall the othe ) evening, and after leaving the station, Walt took one from the pail and stepping quietl, , to the smoking room in one end of the bag , gage car held it in front of the face of al Irishman who was curled up on the seat hal asleep. The instant Pat. saw the wrigglne :. squirming, slimy "sarpint," there was a yel of terror, and the frightened man fell on hi knees, with eyes bunging out. waillne "Howly mother of Moses, presarve us ' When the other occupants of the car begal to laugh, Pat. saw through the joke, and or
 
 ''Shure'n be gobs thought twas shnak the ogly varmintl"
 Mr. Seth Walton of Lakeville, we'll know
 in this vicinity, and who, 1t will be remem bered. suffered a shock of paralysis a fev . years ago. has just returned from long an unusual tour. Last June ho started for tn far west, accompanied by his wife and fey friends, proceeded to Chicago by rail, wher thence they went into Kansas where the ! purchased teams and embarked on a Ion ' drive of 5000 miles, through Kansas, Mexic and other states and territories, and over tn ; Rocky Mountains. At some points in tn :, Rockies they were obliged to sdouble up their teams, owing to the steepness of tn roads. They struck one place where ha, sold for $l25 a ton, which is just about $llO above the level of the sea. They visited tn Q wonderful Hot Springs, where there are tw, f living springs within few feet of each other r one flowing hot and the other cold. Most o the country traversed was quite cold ans 8 snow could be seen on the mountains during the hottest days of July and August. Or f their return the party disposed of their team r in Kansas at a sacrifice, and finished thei homeward journey by rail, MT. Walton ar irving in takeyille last Saturday. He ex '. presses himself well pleased with the journey and his health is greatly improved by hi t wonderful journey, the party having driver nearly every day for four months.
 CLOSING OUT SALE of tin and glassware, a Bradley's, Miners block, Falls Village, Conn