Connecticut western news., 1881-10-26
VICINITY.

HICINITI.
 A New Haven vocalist sings "sophrano." Rev. Dr. Mason Noble, father of Rev Mason Noble, Jr., formerly of Sheffield, died in Washington last Monday at the age of 73.
 The New Milford Methodists had a festival the other evening, and Erwin is good natured again, but the Methodsts didn't make any money.
 Prof. Lee, the writing teacher, reports 90 pupils at Lakeville, 60 at Ore Hill, and 75 at Millerton, and strong inducements tempt him to open at Sharon.
 The afternoon train south last Thursday had on board six bridal parties. The recent cold snap seems to have had good effect on those contemplating"
 Hon. D J. Warner of Salisbury and Fred erick Kellogg of Cornwall have been appoint ed commissioners on the estate of Charry Ann Dean at Lime Rock.
 Anthony Boyle of Falls Village was con- victed before Justice Kellogg last Saturday, of violating the liquor law, and fined nearly $2OO, from which he appealed.
 The Kent shoemaker minister correspon dent fell into ditch recently, and the Kent.
 ties say they don't know how to account for it, as "the whiskey fountain is closed.'' -..
 New Milford had fashionable wedding last week, and the bachelor Erwin's touching description of the affair, and especially of the bridal trousseau,sis simply heart-rending.
 John M. Seeley of Housatonic has been nominated for Senator from the South Berk- shire district, and Francis w. Rockwell of Pittsfeld for the north district, both republi- can.
 The democratic convention for nominating candidate for Senator for the 18th District noon. The republican convention will be held at Cornwall Bridge next Saturday. A hawk recently bounced upon the back of big rooster in Canton, when cock.a- doodle immediately scampered like scared cat, towards girl who was chestnutting close by, with MT. hawk sticking to his back, where | it remained until within few feet of the | girl, when it flew away.
 A. L.. Hubbells adv, which appears in another column, presents magnificent array of everything that can conduce to winter comfort. Huboell's reputation as 8 clothier I stands first class, and his word only is needed \ as guarantee of the quality of his goods. Just read oyer his list
 The Windsor Locks Journal man got of
 another of his harmless 'g-o-ak-s" on his 1 'sbrother editors" last week, in which hls fa- vorite appellation t'hog" of course appeared Well, Addis can't be expected to do other wise than grunt and squeal as long as he
 roots around in a community where sports.
 men find a ready market for crows. 1 The district court comes in at Falls Village ! Nov 5. Judge Torrance of New Haven
 will preside the first week, to try the follow
 ing cases, wherein Judge Warner is dsquali- | Q Ckofa
 and Hopson (two cases,) Lynch vs Flood, Drew vs Butlerly, John Q. Adams vs Theo. dore Owen and wife (two cases,) Robbins vs 1 Lynch.
 New Preston, although professiug to be more high.toned than Sandtown, keeps her. self before the public no less conspicuously. | The latest development shows Watson Cogs-
 we'll of that place, and young lady. under arrest for drunken and disorderly conduct They were out driving, and ran into all the
 teams they met, and tipped their own rig over when they couldn't find team to run into. G. W. Hall, the Falls Village merchant announces in another column that he will
 have big opening on Thursday, Friday and | Saturday of this week. He has just returned l from New York and Boston, with mammoth
 stocks of goods in all departments, and will | be able to show the best exhibits in the differ
 ent branches eyer seen in this section, and at
 very low prices. The amount of business dope at this store is simply amazing, five
 handsome clerks being constantly on the move, waiting on customers, of which the large store is always full.
 Marks Neisner, New Mllford's tailor, just for joke, recently laid one of his skeleton frames for displaying clothing, down on the pave ment in front of his store. dressed in new suit of clothes and hat, and rap hurriedly l to officer Planz, telling him there was a drunken man lying in front of his store whom he wanted arrested. PlanZ went to the store and arrested" the frame, clothes and all, car ] red them of, and after Neisner got over laughing about the joke on Planz, he began l to get anxious about his clothes and frame,
 but Planz tells him the prisoner hasn't ''come
 to" yet.
 From letter received fIom ex.editor Mar GUS H. Rogers. who is now "basking in pleas ure" in Europe, we make the following ex- tracts: "We have been here (Paris) five or \ six weeks, and yet the time seems so short,
 while in experience and enjoyment it seems
 Il year. Paris is indeed "a beautiful city " l But the weather is getting cool. and so we are planning to go southward. We expect to start for Italy in about three weeks, going by | the way of Switzerland, over the Gotherd Pass, to the Italian lakes, Como, Milan, and SO on to Venice, where want to stay ! month, if the weather is pleasant. Then we shall go to Rome and Naples"
 Rev. Dr. Leonard Bacon of Norwich had 8 | steamboat captain arrested and fined last | summer for running an excursion boat on Sunday. A week ago ex-president Hayes spent the Sabbath with Dr. Bacon, and the l latter took him and Congressman Waite out riding and sightseeing. The steamboat cap- tain, hearing of it, said he would not at pres ent prosecute the Rev. Dr., as he did not see him our driving, bgt would expect a.lst'