Connecticut western news., 1883-08-22

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 Scene in the NEWS office at 3 o'clock
 this (Thursday) morning: Editor trying
 to sleep on the top of the press, one
 compositor asleep under the press, one
 on the floor beside the press and one asleep under table in the sanctum. All of us tired and hungry.
 At the citizens meeting held at the Town hall, Wednesday evening, Aug 15, to make arrangements for ent ertain- ing the Seventh Regiment Connecticut volunteers at their reunion in this viii lage on Sept 19, MT D. l.. Peirce, MT l.. Dunning and MT G. l.. Parsons were appointed committee having charge of the entire business of enter taining the veterans. This committee will appoint sub-committees in each school district and map out and assign the work to different persons. We can rest assured the veterans will be hand somely entertained. It is now expect ed that Gen Hawley, Gen Terry and Chaplain Wayland will be present on the occasion. The reunion will take place Wednesday, Sept 19, unless un- forseen circumstances compel the date being changed, in which case due mo- tice will be gwen.
 Did you see the excursion train last Friday on the H. x O. w. rail road? It was got up by theGreenwood company of New Hartford, there were twelve cars we'll filled. Their destination was Gov Holley's grove at Lakeville,we saw the train and we also saw many boys get off the same at this station to dis play their smartness by jumping aboard the train after it started from the station. This class of young men are always 8 nuisance to excursions. The train officials and the level headed passengers are kept in constant fear all the time expect ing some of these brilliant youths will be killed. Any boy on an excursion train who steps off the cars without good excuse for so doing should not be allowed to get aboard that train again, but should be left at the station to ar- rive at the conclusion that the proper place for him is at home.
 Miss Elizabeth w. Greenwood of Brooklyn, N. r., preached in the Meth odist church last Sunday forenoon. Very seldom is the church so well filled, and the sermon was a grand one, spark ling with brilliant thought and beauti- ful and clear illustrations. The text was IT Corinthians III, IS. "But we all, with open face beholding as in 8 glass the glory of the Lord, are chang ed into the same image from glory to glory, ,eoen as by the Spirit of the Lord. Y" Miss Greenwood made six points in her sermon which can never be forgotten by her hearers. She called these points turning the mirror'' and rehecting the christian in six different characters first, servant of God second, friend of God third, child of God ; fourth, heir of God fifth, bride of God sixth, member of the body of God, illustra- tion, ''I am the vine, ye are the branch es." A synopsis of the sermon could not do it credit, and we refrain from at tempting it as it would only mar the beauty of this wonderful sermon.
 Just before going to press last Wednesday, Aug. 15, word was received that MT Thomas J. Owen of New-York had been drowned the previous night at Twin Lakes. As our paper had al- ready been delayed several hours, we could not wait to publish the rumor, and moreover at that time, no particu- lars of the sad accident could be obtain ed. The particulars are substantially as follows. About II o'clock on the even ing of Aug IA, MT Owen started from the Conn. Western railroad picnic grounds to cross the lake to camp in Gardner's groves called, ,on the north side of the lake. A colored man accom- panied him to row the boat. When shout half way across the lake MT. Owen fell overheard and disappeared beneath the surface of the waters. The colored man immediately stopped the boat and hail ed the occupants of two other boats near by. All the boats remained at the scene of the accident for nearly an hour, but MT Owen did not come to the surface. Divers from New-York worked all day Friday, could not discover the body, and on Saturday they commenced exploding dynamite at the bottom of the lake, in hopes of raising the remains. This pro
 cess has continued up to to-day Wed nesday) without success. MT Owen
 was about 21 years of age and was head
 of the shipping house of Thos. J. Owen
 &Co, onSouth street New Y York. The ship
 ping business in Which MT. Owen wa.
 engaged, was founded many years age by his grand father.
 | Bob Rogers version of the Night O TerrOrS.