Connecticut western news., 1882-07-12

with friends in Sheffield.
 The Band talk of giving an open-air con, cert in East Canaan soon.
 -Ex barber Colepaugh and wife were guests at the Warner House last week.
 The best calves sold here yesterday for from to 3-4 cents per pound.
 MT. Ed Combs and family of Pittsfeld are visiting at MT. H. H. Cogsweips. : The Rev. Elisha Whittelsey of Hartford visited in town last week and preached in New Milford, Sunday.
 MT. and Mrs. Frank Coon of this place spent the Fourth in Southfeld at Mrs. Coon's fathers, D. L. Pratt.
 -Sixty-six years ago, the 5th inst, severe frost occurred throughout Connecticut, doing great damage to the crops.
 Tt is reported that Barnum, Richardson & Co. will run but one furnace in East Canaan during the summer and fall.
 The Band will give an open air concert from the Warner House balcony this week Fnday evening, commencing at s sharp.
 The half past six freight train north, was delayed at this place half an hour last Thurs day evening by the breaking of coupling. MT. Ed. Lorrain is now engaged in work; ing up the plans for the new M E. churcL parsonage which is to be built on High streets Job Printing promptly executed in the -&--l1 orders to the Connecticut Western Neps
 -Comical Brown ended up the Fourth eel. ebration here, by making up faces at small audience but every one seemed to be satisfied Our readers should all know, by this time that all anonymous communications are consigned to the waste basket and are worth half cent pound at the tin shop.
 The new drawing room cars which have just been built for the Housatonic railroad are named Massachusetts and Connecticut They will accommodate 80 passengers each John B. Davis of Winsted was in town last week. Once upon time John was ar important parsonage in the Netos office He could manipulate the crank to the ''rotary' second to none. We now go to press on Tuesday after noon, and it would greatly oblige us if al communications and correspondence wer, sent in so that we could have them Monda, afternoon, or at least Tuesday morning.
 A new locomotive on the H. R. R. ha beeu named in honor of H. c. Cogswell, th general freight agent, one of the oldest officer of the road, and if it does as good service al has Mir. Cogsweli, it will be good investment Will. McGinnis well-kuown character i, this vicinity was arrested by officer Val Deusen last Wednesday, for assaulting hi mother and knocking her down and badly in turing her. He was taken to Litchfield fo trial.
 Stop and look at this and show it t. your neighbors The Conn. Western Neu IS only $l.50 year, is the largest paper il northwestern Connecticut and has the larges circulation. Try it for six months, for onl seventy five cents.
 "A free fight, in which about twent s'coons" and white men of scarcely bette class indulged, was one of the settlements the Fourth. Chairs, slung shots, steel knuck les and black eyes were an important featur in the entertainment.
 The owners of the cottages on the Cam ground are beginning to repair and repair their abodes, preparatory to the coming mee ing. Mr. Robinson of Fishkill, who has fc several years led the singing at these meeting is enlarging and raising his building addin one more story.
 -Dr. Camp now appears on the turf wit spanking team of blacks and will take tl dust from no one. The Doctor has an eye ft beauty in horse, and this team in connec tion with their speed, are as handsome pa as can be found in this part of the country.
 The oldest inhabitant could not have T membered another ''4th" when he took plea ure in warming his hands at the kitchen fir He will now have something to look back besides the explosion of fire crackers and to pedoes, the guzzling o: the ardent and the i evitable fight
 The Canaan Neaos is going to put in new Campbell press, like the one in THE R. Office. We are glad that our pleasant neig bor can show such an evidence of prosperit It will find that the press is all that can desired. No other press excels it in doil fine work, and few can equal it in that part ular. Ray.
 We have frequently received commur cations requesting us to notice some stra, berry or ice cream festival, picnic etc., ct as dead head reading notices, when if the was any job printing to be done it was talk, elsewhere. We have done vast amount this kind of business for the las. two or tbr years. but find it don't pay the expens of the office worth cent.
 Sometime since while Frank A. Peet " driving across Dutcher's Bridge his hor stepped through the bridge between t blanks severey linjuring one of its legs. T roadway to this bridge has been defective sometime and should have received attenti before this The horse has not improved a since the accident and competent judges S that 1t is permanently injured. Ifsuch is t case, MT. Peet will endeayor to obtain redre from the towns of Salisbury and North c naan which are jointly responsible.
 We have received from KochenduerI Uric, publishers, 200 Broadway, New Yor copy of the new book entitled, "The Vi