Connecticut western news., 1882-08-30

Twin Lake.
 Mrs. George W. Oles, formerly of this place, is spending few days with friends, who are pleased to greet her.
 All three of Barnum, Richardson Co.'S. furnaces at East Canaan are now in operation. The daily output is about 40 tons of car wheel iron.
 John H. Peet, Esq, of New York, is making his annual pilgrimage to the old homestead. They will return once in-a-while for the fatted calf
 MT. D. A. Proper and family are spending few days at Judge Granger's. His youngest child was baptized Sun- day, at Christ's Church
 MT. and Mrs. Thomas Curtis of Brooklyn, l.. l., and Mrs. Chamberlain, of West Stockbridge, Mass, were the guests of s. c. Beckley, last Saturday.
 Mrs. Washburn and two children, with Miss Brooke, sister of Mrs. w., all residents of Brick Church, near Orange, N. J., are boarding with Mary J. Peck on East Main street. Mrs. A. Carney is also boarding with Miss Peck.
 The following are the Assistant Mar shals at the Falls Village cattle show appointed by Chief Marshall: Salisbury -Dr R. P. Bright; North Canaan-C. ,. H. Briggs; North East-J. H. Temple ton; shefield-J. W. Candee; Canaan Henry Brinton; Cornwall-S. c. Wick will; Sharon-C. c. Gordon.
 The Tobacco Growers in this vicin- ity commenced cutting and harvesting the crop last week. Considering the drought, the crop is in better condition than was anticipated. The worms have proved very destructive. One Tobacco Grower reports finding 42 worms on one plant.
 Jay A. Underwood is one of "then fellers, '' whose head is always level. Instead of going offto Saratoga, or Long Branch, or some other fashionable resort he hitches up the old horse before the sash and blind wagon and seeks rest and health amid the sublime scenery of the Catskills.
 A wide-a-wake representative of 6 prosperous wholesale boot and shoe firm, is MT. Charles Barrett, of Hart. ford, who was in town Monday, on busi. ness connected with the house. MT. Barrett is calculated to make friends, and will be hospitably welcomed should he chance to return.
 We regret to learn that John Rode meyer, IT,, editor of the Valley Ledger, formerly of the NEWS office, is quite seriously sick at his home in this place He had been complaining for severn days with Malaria, and came home last Friday in hopes that the attacl would pass off, but he has since beer confined to his bed.
 Conductor Cummings, of the H. c. w. R. R., who has been in the em ploy of the company for nearly clever years, has resigned, and his position is filled by an experienced railroad mar from the New York and New England railroad Conductor Vedder, who was connected with the Rhinebeck division has also resigned, and he will enter into mercantile business. Conductor E. II Bills takes his place.
 This is the closing week of the fash ionable season at Saratoga, Newport Long Branch and other fashionable re sorts. A large delegation left here Monday, for Saratogn, to participate il the festivities of the season. Each on. had an umbrella under his arm, and , well-flled satchel The following specia to the NEWS, announces their safe ar rival
 SARATOGA, Aug. 18th. - Among tn, hotel arrivals here to-day, were the fol lowing prominent citizens of Canaan Connecticut: w. H. Camp, Willard Un derwood, Roselle Underwood and Chas H. Moore. They were met at the depo on their arrival and escorted to tn Grand Union Hotel, where they vii remain until the close of the season.
 A young man from Millerton, who's name we did not learn, who was on hi way to Pine Grove, yesterday, whel near Lakevile, attempted to drive pas another team. His horse became un manageable and upset his buggy, throw ing its occupants to the ground tn driver fell on his right side in hi hip pocket was a glass flask on whic
 he fell with sufficient force to brea it, the fragments of which penetrate
 his hip causing serious wounds. A SUI
 geon was summoned, but before his a rival the man was insensible from lo
 of blood, and it was with much diff
 cult that he was revived. His wount
 were pronounced serious.
 We have the following facts abo, Chaplain McCahe: The Rev. A. H. Fe guson, in June received letter fro him in which he engaged to be at u
 meeting. After that second lett promising to be at the afternoon servi , of August 24th. On that day tel
 gram was received from Montreal ga
 ing that his voice had failed, but
 would be present Friday, August 25t On the evening of Thursday telegra :, from Quebec was sent asking to be c
 cused from coming, that his voice h.
 utterly failed. It will be seen fro this that the camp meeting assoc tion had every reason to suppose
 would be with them, and that no blal