Connecticut western news., 1882-03-22

| work on the church, by Father Lynch and hia curate, Father Fox. The church will be re-dedicatsd on Easter Sunday, April 9th.
 VICINITY.
 Hon. Fl. B. Graves of Litchfeld Is serious ly i'll.
 Hell-lis Perkins lectured in Millerton last Thursday night
 A Soathpor. farmer has made between $6,- GOO and $s. 900 clear, on potatoes this season..
 There IS . long list of cases on the docket of the April term of the superior court at Litchnsld.
 Mrs N B. Foster of West Cornwall is to sell at auction, . list of articles which is enumerated in . list ia another column. Co and buy what you want, at low Agures.
 A meeting ofths bar is to be held in the district court room in Falls villase this af. ternoon at o'clock. for the purpose of adopt. ing resolutions of respect to the late Gen. ssdgwiok of Sharon.
 Fred. Jewell of. Salisbury goes Monday to New Hartford to opsn law eaics. Hired. can prosecute and psEsecute e we'll a he ean play Sir Joseph Porter K. 0. B in Pinaeere, hsn make it hot for New HartSord's siansrs
 Nutmeg Gratings, Harttord's newspaper. speaks of Bridgsport's 'Baschelor club" and says that 'the ladies are alarmed at the ter. rible significance of the first word They have reason to be, for the first word is s'terri. bly, significant of mighty poor spell.
 The origin of the alang expression, "In cook your goose for you" is this; King Erie of Sweden, coming with few troops to certain town, the inhabitants In contempauous defiance, hung out goose for him to attack, but Eric being in earnest, the sitizens sent heralds to ask whath he wanted .'To cook your goose for you," was the facstious reply.
 The unlimited possibilities te which our American youth may attain. is illustrated in the career of 8 man who 35 years ago was . factory boy in New Hartford, and wAo, through his owa efforts, has boosted himself up the ladder of fame, step by step. ts the station of Hartford auetioneer Young man, take courage from this instance, and 20 and do likewise.
 Campvills has hog with four legs, that has eaten up . cook stove, . Chinese cook and half ton Of coal; when iss owssr m. dertook soSkillWt he struck is ten powerful blows in the forehead with slsdgs hammer, Aattsning the hammer like . pancake. Aftsr tho tenth blow. the pis got kind Q tired ef 1t and chased the man up tree into . birds nest. then left town without paying his news. paper subscription. If this hog story isn't true, then some newspapers we could name are consummate liars, and will never so to heaven.
 ''Chip" Smith was weighed in the balance yesterday in the House and found wanting, the resolution for communication of hia sen tence to imprisonment 'Or lite heinz defeated ny vote o' 62 to 1s2 Speeches were made tor and aga'nst the propossd snffening of his sentence, and full detsils of his murder of Ofncer Hayes Of Ansnpia were eiven. I, was c!aiMed ny friNnds ofs,he resolution that Smith was too Ignorant and brusiah to be eesponaihle for his act, while others pictured the murder as showing oold.bloodsd. intelli. gent premedita,ion -Repu6lican.
 A plug hat brigade has been organized with John Rodemsyer. Jr as Director; Char. icy Gorhan.. Executr; s T. Addia. sstsm. nponthrnextrow Rohe Erwin. Ex pounder; c. Jamss tooser; Editor W,ldnan, Csntur ian; N Stone, E'ongator; M Bailey, General Tick,snm: A Ryan Po-tiser - Bridyero-. Eagle. Inssmuch As brother Chenrys innats modesty makes him shrink rom placing himself on the bnogd. we wonld respectfully suggest thst be be non,nsted by exclamation. to supply the plug hats with "bricka." and that be stand committed until the costs are paid.
 he finely iilustrsted description book "Throush the Valley ot the Housatonic. to the R.lla and Homes of Sorkshire" prepare1 by Clark " Bryan or O. Harrington. for the HousatcniC R. R Co. will hs issued ou or tbou, Apr.l lst. This highly entertaining and ins.rucivs woIk w,ll te seat ire by Ils,l on application to Il D. Averill, general ticke. agent of the stousstouic R B Go Bridgeport Ct, to any person desirous oi sarnine the beauties of BzIk@hirs Colufy. Western Mass as sumrosr resorts Truly this charming section of couufry must ha seen 10 be appreciated
 The New Preston correspondNut Of the aazetse gives The following part,cu'srs re- young man from another part of the State who has been stopping at Woodville. peseu&d d 6fteen year old daughter of Wm Oar icy ,o eIope with him snd the twain wended Dover parson did the business. As tue day irew 10 close and ths giSl did not return to her home aI the usua! hour htr parents be. ans much alarmed and instituted eea.oh st ouce, but si,h no results. Finally. IS 8 lSst resort, messenger wss despatched to Ns1 Preston to no,i'y, sud is possible obtain .ds assistrEcs 0G Detective Davis. The ,reat world renowned and mighty detective -sspordeS at once 10 the Qsll, and after 4 hort delay with urerr:ng ina,nr,, took the trail aud followed il like E. sIeu,h hound C. orange, Conn.,, wibsEs he soor had the raaesl "tretd' and the girl safely started eovsrds ,ome. The dstsct,ve then st rted for Dover 70 do, what VIZ do not exactly know, bat wr 'upposs to cavee hiussf with more glory ot 'oms sort. The worthy oetsetivs Is soon ,o 70 10 Kent 70 follow trail 0: hoots that has .ately boen discovered thare.