Connecticut western news., 1882-04-19
VICINITY.

VICINITY. There are 64 Methodist ministers in this (Poughkeepsie} district.
 The Winstsd ancient Hibernicums are tc ''break 'er down. next Friday night.
 Fancy Pat" of Danbury has been sent ut for l2O days for being unesthetically drunk. A young cigar dealer in Norwich recently eloped with diyoreed woman and two of hel children.
 Winsted is to have new bolt factory with . capital of $50, 900. Winsted is famous for bolters.
 Barnum thinks that if the name of Hanover street in Bridgeport, were changed to Jumbo Avenue, it would be the greatest and mos onliest street in the city
 John Roberts. Milford darkey has beer sentenced to 30 days in jail and aned S5 anc costs for assault with intent to ravish white i girl named Eliza Morris. Winsted is building moro new dwellin,
 houses this season than in any previous year
 This is undoubtedly on account of her giving
 the county seat the mitten.
 Editor Cheney of the Bridgeport Eagle Ina.
 been elected one of the pound keepers of the
 city. His first official duty is to lock up tha,
 drove of vealv hoodlums who always hanf | about the depot.
 An Amenia young man recently went te
 New York for the first time, aud on being asked what he thought of the great city, re. piled, ''Wsll it will be quite a place when they get it done."
 The NeWtown Chronicle has ''gone up, and most of the material has been bough.s5y editor Smith of the Bee. Tho Chronicle died young, but could tell full grown lies as dex terously as If it had lived to be 500 years old Speaking of the Hartford Post annual, th.
 Windsor Locks Journal says: 'Tt is hoped that it is truly an annual, and that 1t viii bs published every year." Yes, that's so an annual yearly is better than an annual monthly.
 Winsted Parson Pullman's weakness fol dogs inserfered eTectually. with his getting 6 coveted appointment by the last conference and he has been instructed undog Pups and piety don't mix worth a cent, in the eyes oi the bishop.
 Mir. J. E. Gampneid, one ef the preprietora of the Bridgeport Eagle, and one of the best printers in the state, is quite sick Hope his "case" isn't of a typo, ,malarial nature and that he won't have to ''stiok" to his sbei' longer than 2wl9+.
 Joseph Toy of Smsbury, aged 72, who lost his wife last September, was married the oth CT day to his sons widow, aged 80, whose hus- band died in March. The ceremony was performed by the bridsgroom's two sons-in. law. That's the way fo patch up breken Toys.
 As conductor Coles passenger train was leaving Cornwall Bridge station the other day, fat woman was seen running toward the railroad, pufing and panting like race horse and flourishing blue cotton umbrella as & signal for the train to stop. The brakeman pulled the il.cord the train came to 8 halt, and the conductor politely requested the port ly female to ''hurry up and get aboard. :" ''Oh mo-" she gasped, II don't want to go no- where. jest wanted to see if Betsy Ann come down on this train to help me through house-cleaning shs?" The train moved on.
 In the April term of the superior court held at Litchield, John Cahill of Salisbury vas to six months in jail for shooting A. a man with intent to kill; Frederick Coes. well of New Milford, four months for assault on girl; Lewis Reed alias Williams of Shar on, 60 days for assault on his wife; Henry Odell of New Milford, two years in state pris- on for burglary; Dennis Dew1re of New Hartford, four years in state prison for four Ourglaries and jail breaking Charles R. Ly- nan, alias Chester A. Goodrich of Morris 'wo years in state prison for attempt at rape; Conrad Barrsuther of Winsted, $2OO for two ;ases of liquor selling, with ten more irdict. 1 nents against him; Henry E May of New Hartford, two years in state prison for Samuel c. Odel of New Milford, 1 wo years in state prison for horse stealing Claiborne Tucker, for being tramp, was giv. n six months in state prison.
 To experience genuine shaking up, one hould ride in the "baggsgeoa on conductor leorge Browns train on the Danbury branch, shind the locomotive Useful" George avs he had pail of milk in the car the other Ay, and when he took it home it was found hat it had been churned into good butter, in ound balls, each ball being stamped with of lilies and sunflowers, and 'arked with name of the COW that gave the lilk. A barrel full of rock salt would settle own, in one trip, to less than a peck, and a asket of eggs in transfer always necessitates hopping out of the car floor. Passengers ho are bold enough to venture from the i assenger car into this jouncer, most always st seasick and go home on an empty stom- ( ,h. This, however, isn't what makes Globe ohnson the Tyre, of lookup fame, stagger 1 bout the streets SO much and make stata. f ents in such an absent minded way. Jim'a. { ablic spirit costs him 60 cents 6 quart, no q ust and the bottle to be returned. \