Connecticut western news., 1883-08-01

-Messrs Chas Barnes Sons have just received 21 car loads of slaves. These will make many thousand lime barrels. MT S W Barnes was in Bridge port from Monday until Friday of last week experimenting the transfer of these slaves from the sloop to the cars. The slaves came from Maine.
 The Seventh Regiment, Conn Vols, is to hold it's next reunion at Canaan, Conn, about the middle of September. The citizens of Canaan, in conjunction with David Cowles' Post, G A R, have rendered reception to the veter- ans and the committee are laboring to secure the attendance of Gen Terry, Gen Hawley and Chaplain Wayland and hope to make this one of the best reun- ions enjoyed since the war.
 Mrs l. w Beckley reached home last Saturday evening from delightful visit to Chicago and Evanston, Ill. She noted down many interesting incidents of her journey and has kindly given us permission to publish them. Our space having been assigned for this week we will publish the communication next week. If our friends would take note book with them whenever they go on 8 journey and give us as interesting an article as this memorandum is they would confer favor on ye editor and his subscribers.
 MT B W Bills, conductor on the H x c W R R, died at Hartford last Sun day. He will be buried at Salisbury to- day Wednesday,. Master Mechanic Barton, representing the H & 0 W R R, makes arrangements for the funeral and burial. A delegation from St Andrews Lodge, F S A M, Winsted, Conn, will accompany the remains to their last resting place and the brethren of Hous- atomic lodge, F < A M, ought also to attend the burial. The remains will be taken to Salisbury on Conductor Elmer's train passing Canaan at 12:30 M.
 The annual reunion of the Seventh Regiment, Conn Vols, will be held at Cannaan, Ct, sometime in September. It is earnestly hoped that the citizens of Canaan and vicinity will cooperate with David s Cowles' Post, G A R, in making arrangements to give the Seventh 8 good reception. In order that arrange ments may be made, the Post Command CT invites the citizens and members of the Post to meet at Improvement hall, Wednesday evening, August 8, 1883, at 8 o'clock for that purpose, by that time the executive committee will have decided upon the day when the reunion will be held. A good attendance is so- licited. N VAN DEUsEN.
 Post Commander.
 There was quite an excitement in this village last week occasioned by 8 supposed mad dog. The dog belonged to the Adriance family of Poughkeepsie, N Y, who are temporarily residing at Pine Grove Camp Meeting ground. At Pine grove the dog had bitten Willie Emmons, son of Conductor Charles Elm mons. At the time of it's biting Willie, it was not supposed to be rabid. As threats had been made of killing the dog, the family left it in charge of MT Frank Van Deusen of this place, until an opportunity should occur to send 1t to their home in Poughkeepsie. MT Van Deusen kept the dog chained sev- era1 days, but last Wednesday the dog was so uneasy, Frank decided to let him follow him to Twin Lakes. On the way to the Lakes he missed the dog. He was next seen at MT Ovid Gillettes res idence and acted so strangely that he frightened the family afterwards he was seen frothing at the mouth and bit, ing the fence, at last he had 8 fit ol spasm in the road and rolled in the dust frothing at the mouth. Burton Peirce procured gun and killed the dog.