Connecticut western news., 1882-07-05
HERE AND THERE.

Hartford councilmen have resolved that barber shops should be closed Sundays.
 Orvlle Brusie has opened the Bash Bsh House at the falls for the season.
 The Willimantic Methodsts will spend $6, 900 in improving their church edifce.
 A Stamford policeman has been discharged on account of drunkenness while on duty.
 James W. Norton was killed by the cars near Ansonia last week Monday while intoxi. cated
 The survey for a railroad between Meri- den and Cromwell was begun last week Tues day.
 A Merlcn boy, aged four, was fatally in- jured by falling down stairs last week Tues day.
 Winsted Is to have another grocery store added to it's already long list to be run by Patric Darcey.
 William Little, former tax collector O Birmingham, committed suicide week since by eating Paris green.
 A man in Valatia N. Y, Butcher by name, left his wife recently and eloped with his neice, girl of l6 years.
 All the whip men except Russell Baldwin have been here within few days H. L. Barber, H. Van Deusen and Art Cook.
 The race between the Harvard and Yale crews at New London last Friday resulted in a victory for the Harvards
 Fire crackers scart horse in New Milford recently causing him to run and making general smashup of the wagon.
 It took thousand persons to hang rag doll of Gulteau to a telegraph pole 75 feet high in Bridgeport the other night,
 Last week, Wednesday morning. Frederick Snow of Beckett found 25 of his best sheep dead. The supposition is that they were struck by lightning.
 The children of Hartford have fair Satur. day, the proceeds to@be given to the fresh air fund of Mrs. Smith, for sending poor children into the country during hot weather.
 The room in the Franklyn cottage Elberon, in which President Garfield died, is closed and draped heavily with mourning In this condition it is stated it will always romain.
 A Norwich woman is anxious to sell her leg Ia wooden one), in order to raise money to pay debt. She warrants it to fit anyone, so bld quick gentlemen or you'll lose it.
 Two men gagged and violated Mrs. Milton J. Stewart in Nav Haven few nights since and the officers are now after couple of men who have left the city since the affair.
 Under the heading, "Fraternal Courtesiesn the Connecticut Western Ne,os credits the New Milford Gazette with an artica that ap- peared in the Danbury Globe. Beg pardon for the mistake MT. Globe.
 The race between the Harvard and Colum. bia University crews has been given up on account of the Columbia's coxwain having been drowned while bathing in the Thames, near New London week ago Friday.
 A few days since the workmen in the Cliff. ton mill in Winsted thinking that the water did not flow as it should on the wheel and taking rakes to clear the rack, raked up the body of three years old son of carpenter Louis Corbat
 A New Milford mother got mad and pub. lished notice because her boy was whipped at school until his back was "a perfect sight to behold," and asks how long such high creatures will be allowed to teach our children. Give it up.
 The Wnsted Press has lived the whole of nine years '.just rich enough to pay taxes and not too rich to enter the kingdom of Heaven" and starts off on it's tenth year "with malice | toward none and charity for nobody" with | Pinney at the helm as wicked as ever.
 A lighted cigar stump carelessly- thrown 1 through grating and rolling into box of waste, came very near causing serious fire i in Waterbury, Saturday morning. It was discovered in time to be extinguished after l ten minutes play from hose stream.
 A Middletown minister and temperance lecturer believes in temperance with the ex- ception of the use of wine We presume he | is the kind of temperance lecturer ''the boys" | like to hear, but his is the policy that leads to the kind of "inspiration" that kills men.
 A Lawrence barber has been fined $50 and | costs, with alternative of six months in iai]. | for cutting the hair of simple minded custo. ner in grotesque and barbarous fashion. ] He did it for fun, but it is the customer who 1oes the laughing now.-Er. Why shouldn't le cut it in barber.ous fashion?
 Dr. Albert J. Weed formerly Of this village now of Huntsville, recently performed deli. cate and intricate surgical operation that of dividing the tendon of the leg in order to ,ure club foot. The operation was perform. d on child two years of age and the foot is low said to be nearly straight. Dr. Weed 'lso set very complicated fracture of the el. DOW joint which ia doing we'll
 The graduating exercises at the West Vinsted High School last Friday afternoon 'alled together many of the citizens. Each member of the Class read an essay that did themselves and the school credit. The ad. ress to the Class by the principal, Mir. lead, was one be6tting the occasion and ould not well help leaving la sting impres. ion upon their minds. The ''class song" was lso impressive.