Connecticut western news., 1883-04-11
LOCAL NEWS.

LOCAL NEWS.
 -Shad.
 Trailing arbutus.
 -Florine Pequigney has been sick with measles.
 Mrs J.W. Peet visited friends at Hawleyville, last week.
 The Philmont Sentinel has enlarged to an eight-page form.
 George Bullard of Kent spent the Sabbath at his home in this place.
 -Dr George Adam purchased val uable span of carriage horses of P. P. Blinn of Clayton, last week.
 Il. B. Merriam of Hartford visited our sanctum last Saturday. He has long been friend of ye editor, and expressed kind wishes for our success.
 The Rev Howard s. Clapp of Weth- ersfeld, who recently married ex-Sena- tor Barnum's daughter, has accepted the rectorship of the Episcopal church at Norwalk. Edward Hawver, former tenant of the Franklin farm, south of this village, has returned and will occupy the same, the coming year. MT Lafogue has moved to New Marlboro.
 
 The Danbury News appeared last week in an enlarged form and in new reading type. It contained eight pages besides supplement, and was overflow ing with news items, indicating a com mendable enterprise on the part of the management.
 John Gibson of Great Harrington, travelling salesman for Isaac Newlin, teas and coffees, Al Front street, New York, called on us last Saturday. Years ago, ye editor used to purchase dry goods of John when he represented l.. NJ. Bates $ Go, of New York.
 We have received communication from person in Falls Village taking exception to the article signed "Zero " in the NEWS of March 28. We fail to discover that any reflections are cast on any one. We do not know the intention of the writer, but no one connected with the NEWS suspected an injury was intended. We do not see how such 8 construction can be put on the article. The Winsted Herald entered on its 31st year, last week. Its editor has been connected with it 15 years and says, s' Its circulation exceeds that of 15 years ago notwithstanding the fact that nine or ten papers have been established in the country in the meantime. We congratulate Brother Vail on his contin- ued prosperity. He has long been friend of the present editor of the NEWS, who, years ago was an occasional cor respondent of the Herald.
 Whoever stole D. c. Whittlesey' $ horse on the night of March 29, un- doubtedly attempted to burn the Cowles house. A lantern was found resting against the wood she'd The globe had been removed and the wick turned up several inches above the burner. A pile of leaves had been placed around the lantern, which were found to have been ignited and died out in consequence oi their dampness. It is hoped the guilty party will be discovered and receive Z just punishment for such fiendish at tempt to destroy property and place the lives of the Cowles family in jeopardy.
 George Moon has completed vio lin which for unique design cannot b. beaten. The violin, which is intended to represent mermaid, is built on { new principle, an original idea of MI Moon, and has sounding board whicl passes through the violin parallel witl the top. The head and neck are carved out of one piece of wood and IS hand some piece of work the body of th' violin is also carved to represent tht scales with which the mermaids are sup posed to be clothed. Mir Moon has had the instrument ''strung up" and profes sionals pronounce it success, both il finish and tone. The entire violin wa! carved with an ordinary iack-knife.
 At the April term of the superio court held at Litchfeld on the 4th Judge Granger presiding, John Corners Albert Freeman and Andrew Freeman of Norfolk plead guilty to the burglar, of A. B. Garfeld's store on the night o January 29, 1ss3 Each received sen tence of years in state prison. Con ners also pays A. B. Garfield 5000 a damages. Alonzo Freeman and Charle Freeman were discharged. John Con ners pays OEgen Gibson $50 and cost of suit in the sheep stealing case, an pays L. M. Stannard s25 and costs i suit for stealing carpenter and join