Connecticut western news., 1881-01-12

lew Years day.
 During the recent "cold snap tho mercury tood lower in Ltch6eld county than any where else in the state. II A colored boy at Litchfeld accidentally hrust the end of red hot poker into his eye md will probably lose the sight of it.
 A Thomaston Dutchman jumped out of a \ chamber window the other night, and dislocat- ed his hip. He was in his night clothes.
 Father Leo of Winsted treated 15O children of his parish to a sleigh ride to Wolcottvile \ last Friday afternoon, requiring five four-horse teams. Mark Twain is to participate in an entertain | ment at Wnsted tonight for the benefit ot the reading and amusement rooms in that place.
 Three Waterbury boys broke into store house and stole package of tobacco recently. They were let off on their promse of future good behavior.
 A transient guest of the "Allyn House, " Wolcottvie, hired horse and sleigh the other day, and drove of, and has not since been heard from.
 As New Preston family were driving to church on recent Sunday, their horses took fright and ran away, throwing out the occu- pants of the sleigh.
 Seventeen members of the Wolcottville Congregational society died last year, more than half of whom averaged over 60 years ot age, the oldest being 92.
 The selectmen of Litchfeld have been in structed to take such measures as they may deem expedient to prevent the proposed dl- vision of Litchlield County.
 Four hundred dollars has been raised by subscription for the family of Chief of police | Hayes of Ansonia, who was murdered by "Chip" Smith few days ago The cook in Willimatic hotel, in fit ot absent mindedness, put a roll of bills amount ing to S29. into the stove the other day, and had to build her castles in the smoke thereof One loaf of bread was all that family, con. sisting of father, mother and two children, had to subsist on for three days, at Merden recently. They were relieved by charitable persons.
 l The recent discovery of frogs in cask o ,-rdv didn't seem to discourage Erwir of tbo New N;,sor, Gazette very much. He ! ~ ~@ins-al( has little French blood in his ,-
 croaks good deal himself.
 Clark Hine of New Milford, while at work in New Britain factory, had his clothes catch fire, being saturated with alcohol and shel]ac, and his back and one arm were con. siderably burned before he could extinguish it.
 A two horse team, driven by drunken man, ran away at Stafford Springs the other night, and taking the railroad track, they ran onto bridge, where they fell through be. tween the ties, and becoming fastened, died in short time.
 The Housatonic R. R. Co.'S. passenger re ceipts for the first quarter of the fiscal year ending Dec 3lst 1880, show an increase ovel the corresponding time last year of $s, 400 This increase in passenger travel is a very large and gratifying one,
 And yet the Thomaston Express man i. not convinced about the disposition we made of the time during our ''week off," and ac- cuses us of trying to throw dust in the eye of the fraternity.' We'll then neighbo James, what do you take?
 A lot of Simsbury boys chopped a hole il the ice on a small stream the other, where was frozen nearly aolid, there being but lit tie water on the bottom. As soon as tn hole was chopped, large numbers of tisI swarmed to it, as if for air, and over 8 pounds were scooped out by hand, one pick erel weighing three pounds and quarter.
 The details of the suicide of John Howe, a
 Huntsville, on Tuesday, Dec. 2S, are brief as follows: He had returned by circuitou
 route from New York some days before, sic and in low spirits, the consequences ofa re cent debauch; went to bed to recuperate, an
 few days before he committed the rash ac
 appeared much improved physically. On tn day in question he got up, dressed himse and went to the pantry, the only inmates C
 the house besides himself being a boy name Henry Root and his grandmother. At tn
 pantry he seized razor, and, being left hand ed, cut his right arm deep gash across tn
 muscle. The blood spurted from the wound saturating his clothing and besmearing hi fooa He thap Starta6 for tha bad roop
 telling his grandmother, who chanced to SC him, that his nose was bleeding After lyn
 in bed short time, he evidently conclude
 that the wound was not going to do the bus
 ness intended, for he started again for tn pantry, and was this time followed by hi grandmother he took the razor Tn his rigE
 hand and cut his left arm to the bone in pre- cisely the same manner that he did his right and started again for the bed room. Tn
 frightened woman sent for assistance, an
 made every effort to prevent his death, but ii
 vain. He coolly bid the old lady good bye and said to a neighbor who came in, 'Yo, are too late" then died, living only about l
 minutes after the fatal wound. He was bur jed Jan. 1st. His death is peculiarly sa
 one, as he had many meritorious traits am hosts of friends his worst failing being hi propensity for drink, to which at last he sac
 rifced his life and hope, at the age of 3l. Hi
 father died with delirium tremens at the az , of 26.
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 Mill River is to have lecture course