Connecticut western news., 1881-08-10

Graves having arrived by the o'clock train Saturday evening, going direct to the War nsr House, where she was joined by Yorker on his arrival by the through freight. They stayed at the Warner House over Sunday, going out driving in the afternoon, and left on the early Monday morning train east. While here Yorker is said to have told a friend that he had had some family difficulty, and was running of with this woman, intend. ing to locate out west. Mrs. Graves mort. gagged place she owned in Kent, obtaining about $2O0. which is supposed to have been about all the couple had. The affair waa quite surprise to the citizens of Kent, as both parties were thought to be above such proceedings, and Yorker had the name oi being an industrious, hard-working young man. The opinion prevails, however, that the principals in the affair will repent of theil folly, and return ere long to the ''bosom of their amilies"-indeed the woman was seen in Norfolk few days ago, sitting in the de pot, evidently waiting for train, so it is hardly probable that they went very far tout west"
 -"WE WoNDERn-If we won't have some refreshing showers" during camp meeting =. If there is person in town who is no' going to subscribe for the Daily News.... Why the mistress don't rag out as gorgeously as the maid, on dress parade. If banged hair and gllttering plumags are universally accepted as proof positive of clean stockings, with whole toes. What our citizens would do in case of fire, if they should find the hy' drants spiked with cobblestones. If the cattle show project ever knew what struck it. If the "moral association" think there is nothing that demands their attention. .Ii the "cloak of hypocrisy" would keep fellow dry in such shower as that of last Saturday night, and If there were any out that night. /. If the Rev. Dr. Eddy's offer oi money and labor, towards repairing the roads was wasted on the desert air. ...Why the watering trough on the village desert, hasn't been photographed, at the expense of the "deestrict" :. |. Who's going to furnish poo1 children for our charitable farmers to board for two weeks during the "hot ,weather."
 The union picnic of the Bloomfield churches, held at Lakevills last Wednesday, was saddened by the fatal accident which be. fel one of the participants, young man named Charles L. Taylor, Jr., 19 years old, on the excursion train which brought the party. He was dancing on the platform ol the second car from the rear, in company with his younger brother, although they had been repeatedly warned by the brakeman oi the danger of that position, but needless oi the warning, they persisted in their hazard. ous sport, until Charles lost his balance af the car lurched on striking 8 curve about half way between this place and East Can aan, and he was thrown violently from the platform, striking his head against Ia large stone by the side of the track, crushing hii skull and dashing out his brains. The trair was stopped as quickly as possibly and hs was picked up and taken to LakeYille, bu he dled within half an hour after the accident His father and three brothers were on th' train, and their grief manifested at the tragi' affair was touching. The remains were talk en to Bloomfield on Conductor Elmore's trai1 in the afternoon. Frank Tone of East Canaan picked up piece of the poor fellows skull which is now at this office. It is about a large as an old fashioned copper cent, an' shows evidence of terrible blow.