Connecticut western news., 1882-02-01

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 aeld are basking in the aligatorial and orang \ scented climate of Florida.
 Canton sent 257 men into the union arm,
 to assist in putting down the rebellion. o
 whom Al diedsin the service. In regard to the conviction of Guiteau tn
 New Milford Gazette says. 'It is we'll" Ina
 settles it. Now hang him up. Richard Dynes, aged l7, was given a gym ! nastic exercise that broke him all up on re
 volving shaft in Burnside paper mill las
 Thursday.
 Eddie Merrill of Barkhamsted has jus
 killed another wild cat. The poor cat wal probably driven wild by an amateur accordo on player.
 Mrs. Lawrence Farrell of Hawleyville fel from hay mow in her barn the other day
 breaking her arm, nest of eggs, and thu peace of setting hen.
 Some of the tobacco growers of Roxbur,
 have sued the dealers for violation of theil contracts. The filthy weed pollutes all whc have anything to do with it. The Waterbury American says: "Mr Fps tein has rs-organized his orchestra, for the better, he believes" What has the mar done e-killed whole band3
 A Greenwich boy 10 years old was sliding down hull the other day, when his sled ran into some rocks, killing him instantly. The sled and rocks wore arrested .
 The Bridgeport Eagle has figured up the number of miles travelled by engineer Bron son of the H. R R. within the past 3o years, winch it finds is not less than 1,590,5l2.
 The Roxbury tobacco sorters struck for higher wages the other day, and when they saw their placee filled by other fellows they struck fo another job, at less than their old pay.
 The happiest persons in New Preston are those who have their ice houses filed, and those who live out of hearing distance from tue young fellow who is practising on cor. net.
 The wife of superintendent Geo. W. Beach. of the Naugatuck R. R. died in Waterbury last Tuesday night. MT. Beach has the sym. pathy of large circle of friends in his aflic- tion.
 Philo Pritchard of Warren has been taken to the insane asylum in Middletowu. He persisted in the insane freak of keeping his newspaper subscription paid up year Tn ad- vance.
 The LitchHeld Enquirer says that the milk producers, who met at New Milford yesterday 0. America" He was probably from New Preston.
 \ Save your Money. You can get at Brad ley's, Falls Village, good hose and socks for 10 cents pair, set of steel knives and forks for 65 cts, and everything else at less than half price. -.
 Rodemeyer, what is a bloomer? Do you have any in Canaan ?- Windsor Losks Jour- a0I. A bloomer is an inflated costume for silly, crack-brained old women. Get yourself one, Addis.
 Bob. Erwin attended masquerade ball last Wednesday night, disguised as tramp, and he got mad when a fellow came along and said, "Hello. Bob why don't you rig up and get onto the hoor?"
 A new $lOO,OO0 normal school is to be built at New Britain, the capacity of the pres. ent building being insufficient to develop the of the increasing numbers of would-be school.ma' 'ams.
 You can get at Bradley's, Miners Block, Falls Village, Rogers Bros. A plated ware, casters, pickle and butter dishes. knives forks, spoons. &o. &c. at manufacturers' prices, and warranted best quality.
 A gray eagle measuring eight feet from tip to tip of it's wings, was caught in a steel trap in Newington recently, but it was nearly starved which led it's captor to think it must have been pet in deacon's family.
 A soaring Winsted correspondent, speak. ing of Wins:ed girls, says. "Modesty and re-. finement should grace the fair brow-but alas, where is the brow2" It'sgope chasing after the modesty and refinement to ''grace" itself with. s@
 Somebody has suggested that the coming baby elephant be named Oscar Wilde. Per. haps it won't be 'that kind of cat." You'd feel rather embarrassed If, after you had given it masculine name, you should see it bite it's finger-nails-
 A bean lodged in the windpipe of e little boy named O'Shaughnessy at Ashland last week, and choked him to death. If he had pronounced his own name rapidly three times, that bean would have popped out as if driven from blow-gun.
 John A. Case of New Hartford Is soliciting funds to buy himself wooden leg If John was at all enterprising, he would get a saw and help himself to one of the shanks of the 'big injun" in front of a cigar store when there's nobody looking.
 A New Milford tobacco sorter put light. ed cigar stump in his coat pocket the other day, and ''the coat with it's contents was pretty much burned up." He had to use corkscrew to get at the Contents as the top of the cork was burned of.
 We have received a copy of the new waltz song, "Still Thou art Far from me-" by Eddie Fox, from Mr. Arthur B. Corrin of fBridge. port. It is splendid composition, and can be obtained of MT. Corrin, whose assortment of music is second to none in the city.
 Editor McArthur has sold the Wipsted Times and News to E R. Collins, proprietor of laundry in that place, who will manage both establishments. A man at our elbow says the Times ought to be "nice clean sheet" under the management of a launderer.
 Knox of the Woodbury Reporter found an item the other day, by going out and at. tempting to cross the icy street, while the wind was blowing at a velocity ofss 60 Knox an hour. He is improving slowly, and with proper treatment will soon be able to sit up and see folks.
 Cheney of the Eagle has made the alarming discovery that Gone of the monkeys Is about to become mother" at the winter quarters of Barnum's show in Bridgeport We'll. when she 'becomes," just take the offspring and stand him up against the depot, or at the theatre entrance, along with the rest of 'em.
 The young and handsome station agent" of New Preston went to New York the other day. and when he got back he said the New Preston depot wasn't half as nice as the Grand Central. He can modify the contrast by hiring all the villainous looking bummers in town to stand in 8 row on the platform and shout Hack I" "Carriageladyl etc.
 Johnson of the Hilsdale Herald wants all passenger cars equipped with a fire extin. guisher and an ice saw for use in case of ac. cident Why, of course. Every car ought to have tre engine, hose cart, hook and lad der truck, squad of fremen, orchestra, prompter, ball room, parading ground, lager beer stand and somebody to make speech
 A Hillsdale man thought he heard burglar in his house the other nipht. and rot