Connecticut western news., 1882-03-08

Hardenbergh's student was to open law office in the Town hall building in Mill River,
 April lst, but Frank says he hasn't made any
 such plans, and the law breakers of Mill
 River breathe easier.
 Miss Lille Wetherell, of Miss Norton g
 dress making establishment, has returned to her home in Huntsville, there being Hull in
 the dress making business. MIlliners and
 dress makers are the last to have dull sea son, and the first to revive.
 It is reported that the Maxwell property, owned by J. G. Patterson of Hartford, is to
 be sold to Warren Rood, for $5,OO0. The property includes the marble quarry privi- lege the Cornish Rood house and barns, the Maxwell and sstz houses, and two tenements MT. G. ". Cowdrey offers employment to c sober, industrious man who can farm it, and has wife who can make butter. Any
 young single fellow who possesses the above qualifications, will do well to take unto him. self q wife who can make butter, and apply to MT. Cowdrey.
 -Jeweler Gardner went to New York last week on business, and brought back with him his niece, Cornelis Backus, port itte
 into the country before. She will remaln here about three months, in the meantime
 attending high school
 The Housatonic R. R. Co. have stored several carloads of ice in the old freight
 house in this place, and 1t is hoped that the
 half dozen fiery tempered calf buyers, who compete with each other and take ID calves
 there all on the same day, will be enabled to keep cool, next summer.
 -Messrs. Beach 6 Hunt of West Winsted
 have just been appointed by the Amercan
 Bell Telephone Co. sole agents for supplying
 telephones in the towns of North Canaan, Canaan, Salisbury, Sharon and Cornwall
 They have built over 70 miles of telephone line in these towns, but never had a regular license until last week.
 70. w. Bassett, who formerly supplied the people of this place and vicinity with fish
 vas in town last Saturday. He is residing at present in West Haven, where he deals out pepper aud salt to the natives for seasoning the oysters that are picked thereabouts lu large quantities. Bassett plead not guilty to the charge of having committed matrimony, but was not put under oath.
 Building will take quite g boom thus spring H. Hanchett erects house on the hill north ot the school house, Geo s. Fuller (!) puts up one on the same hiu between the school house and s. c. Beckey's residence, H. s. Stevens builds on -Weat Maln street, D. L. Psircs wlll convert one of his barns on the same street into a tenement and erect 2 new barn. Dr. c. W. Camp is rsmo6eling his large barn on the Gillette farm.
 Rev. MT. Bodley who entered upon his lsbors In North Adams last month, is thus spoken of by correspondent ot the Albany Argus, from that place: "The new rector ot the Episcopal church, Key. Il. I. Bodley, as- suned the duties of his office on Wednesday last He has been ID charge of church ln Canaan, Ct., for the last four or five years. Kind words follow him to this place from h.s former parish, and he enters upon his new field of labor under favorable auspices"
 Fred. Bailey, young desperado from Mt. Riga, (commoniy pronounced "Raggy,') was arrested there last Wednesday by Sheriff VanDsusen and brought to thus place, on a nh0 of oh r,v,A1 ,c Shultz's saloon in Clayton and giving she proprietor thrashing while drunk, about year ago. He was tried before Justice Ben. nett and fined four dollars and costs, aggre- gatiug $4l.4s, which was paid by his folks He has been out of the state prison but a short time, and it is said that other warrants are waiting for him in other places.
 The Zimmerman brothers, tobacco deal- CTS, of Troy, were in town last week, on brief business trip. They are well and fa- vorably known hereabouts, especially among tobacco ralsers, for their square and honora- bls dealings, and they will undoubtedly buy more tobacco in this section next season than ever before, as the raisers are becoming gen. erally dissatisfied with the deahnRs of some of the other buyers. The brothers represent their father at present, but will enter into partnership with him, May lst, under the firm name of J c Zimmerman Sons, and will make a strong team.
 The free sociable in Village Improvement Hall last Wednesday night was enjoyed by quite number. The object of the gather ing was to spend social evening. in such amusements as those present cared to in dulge in The principal portion of the party were children. A number of tableaux were presented on the stage, which were received ~Ith applause. There will be another of the same sort next Friday evening. where tab- eau1, etc. will be presented and ample oppor. Eunity will be gwen the young folks to enjoy themselves, aud as there will be no admission lee, no collection, no grab -bag-there can be 10 excuse tor 8 small party.
 The long wiuded and much adjourned l case of the Misses Rorabach of Gt Barr,ngtou | Fs Washington Rossman of Canaan Valley 1 will be continued Friday before Justice Ben. ! nett. This is an action brought by the plaln- ifs to recover SIOO. damages. aud charglur Rossman with giving false returns for the l products raised on the Rorabach farm ill l Canaan Valley, which IS worked by Rossman on shares" It is claimed that there is a | deficiency oi about $e0. in hls returns for the ! obacco raised, winch defendant claims was 'alsed on the garden, to the entire products 't which he was entitled There are lots ul lots of testlmony-and plenty of ime