Connecticut western news., 1881-01-05

Mayor Brgelow of New Haven, governor elect, gave farewell banquet to the mem bers of the city government last Wednesday night.
 A Kent young lady was presented recently with piano, and a correspondent piouslv says of it. "Truly it is more blessed to give than to receive.n
 The Hartford Post issued an elegant Christmas supplement- containing portraits of 43 of Hartford's Insurance men, with tac-sim- lies of the Post, daily and weekly, and it's supplement of @ year ago, reduced several hundred times. There Is no more enterprs- ing paper in the state than the Post.
 Wm, R. North takes this opportunity to tender his thanks for the magnificent cornet which the citizens of West Cornwall present ed to him as Christmas gift. This cornet is but one of the numerous tokens by which the West Cornwall people have shown their kind expectations of his interest in the Cornet Band, and which have made his connection with that institution and h1s remembrance of West Cornwall, most pleasant and agreeable Flames were seen to burst from the roof oI l the two story frame dwelling of Captain Mar | tn o Hills, in the southeast district of East ] Hartford, at 2:3O p. m, on Sunday. The fire caught from defective thimble on the chim- ney. Ladders were thrown up and buckets | of water were passed to the roof; but only | eight pails of water could be procured from
 two wells near hy-nearly all the wells in that | region being about dry. At this time brave colored man, painter, named John A. Ram \ bic, took an axe and rushed into the garret, where the smoke was suffocating. He cut | through and then the cry of ''cider l" was
 raised Captain Hills had three hogsheads ot cider in the cellar. These were quickly set l up on end, heads knocked out with a plough share, and the cider passed up in buckets | Rambie and two assistants saturated blankets with it, and smothered the flames. Praise was awarded to Rambie for his brave and ef-
 tcient seryices-and to the cider which was more plentiful than water in that district,
 must be given the credit of saving the dwell- | ing. Damage $2. .5O.-1Snaes.
 Waterbury is going in for @ new county, and the people of that town have voted to
 appropriate sum not exceeding $3O,O0O for | buildings in case the legislature should do as ! Waterbury would like to have it do in the
 matter. Now Waterbury is a very lively place. It has many attractions, and is known
 all over the country by means Of it's excellent
 paper, the American, and the noted Water
 bury watch. It is full of energy, and sue.
 ceeds in many things; but when it under 1 takes to slice up Litchfield county to suit it's
 own purposes we are afraid it is cutting of
 more than it can swallow and we adylse it to
 drop it's present project and pitch into the
 post office department for a city delivery IT
 this way, we think, it would be able to sue ceed in it's endeavors and save itself from
 much discouragement in striving after the un attainable. But still, Waterbury is welcome
 to just so much of Litchfeld county as il lwants after it can get 1t. f Waterbury
 really wants to be a county seat why would
 Tt it be good idea for it to itsiove over lnte
 Litchtield county? If it wilt but do, this.
 then Winsted, and Waterbury, and Litch-
 field, and New Milford, will cut watermelon
 and have regular old picnic over the county 1 seat contest. - Gasette