Connecticut western news., 1883-04-25
SALTSRURY.

We are in the midst of spring weather and spring mud.
 Fred A. Jewell, Esq, of New Hartford spent Sunday in town.
 The frog family have given us several free concerts within the last few nights.
 The funeral services of the late Mrs Pliny l.. Barton were largely attended from St Johns Episcopal church.
 The Episcopal sewing society met at the Maple Shade on Thursday. The ladies had lively time and executed much work.
 Mrs H. P Atherton has returned from Hartford, where she has been spending a few weeks with her sister, Mrs Henry A. Patterson.
 The Maple Shade hotel has been un- dergoing extensive repairs, painting, pa- pering, etc., and is greatly improved thereby. A party of 15 from New York have already engaged rooms for the summer.
 The Litchfeld North West conference of Congregational churches was held in Norfolk on Tuesday, the 17th. Many from our town availed themselves of the pleasure and benefit of being present at that meeting. The pastor, Rev l.. H. Reid, and MT John Macarthur as dele gate represented the church. Mrs George Selleck has been quite ill, but is rapidly recovering under the skillful treatment of Dr Atherton. x
 A valuable heifer belonging to Henry Walton, Esq, was butchered by some unknown party on the night of the 16th and left hanging in his barn minus the hind quarters. Other parti IS in the vi cinity were visited and clothes left upon the line were taken the same night. No clue as yet to the villains.
 There is a strong feeling of opposition to the law prohibiting fishing on Wo- nonscopomoc and Washinee lakes.
 The remains of Percy Cook, son ot the late Albert Cook, were brought from cemetery.
 Peter P. Everts, Esq, met with seri ous accident near his home on the 17tl inst. His horse became frightened overturned his carriage and threw hin violently to the ground, striking upor his head and infiicting bad wound besides breaking his arm. Deep sym pathy is felt for him in his affiiction.
 EAST CANAAN.
 Frank Holsapple is no better.
 John Fox is confined to the house.
 T. Toussant has moved into the Char ter Oak house.
 The concert by the singing class wa well received and deserved 8 larger audience. Receipts were about SIS.
 Milo Crocker's dwelling house wa burned last Thursday afternoon. Mos of the property was saved. Fully in sured.
 Homer Allen has seen the animal him self, this time, but your correspondent has not learned anything definite in re gard to size or color. Rumor has that this animal lives in the ruins of tn steam saw mill burned several year ago, which would account for the sin gular fact that it's hind feet are tn longest.
 We live in expectation of having bel ter roads, as we saw new Pennock roa machine pass, Saturday, which is to be gin operations at the Norfolk line unde the management of R. Curtiss.
 Our community was startled, las
 Thursday, by the cry of fire and it wa soon ascertained that Milo Crocker
 house was on fire. AS it was 8 terribl windy time, the house could not b saved, but most of the furniture wa' What came near to serious if nc
 fatal accident occurred last Tuesday
 Miss Minnie Briggs, her aunt and Mis ] Lena Roberts were on their way frol this place to Norfolk. In crossing gulley which the water had cut acros ! the road near the residence of Willial Hayes, the forward axle was broken, le ' ting the forward end of the buggy ! the ground and throwing the ladies hea 2 first at the horses feet in such a pos U tion that if the horse had run, nothin : could have saved them from horrib mangling, if not death. But the hors , stopped and the ladies extricated then ' selves without serious injury. TT | buggy was rather hard looking veh >: cle. They have raised the price of ths ! horse since the affair.
 ' Prof Swinston's concert, which can , off Wednesday evening, was quite we
 
 Y dered, particularly My Cottage Hom. understands his business, as the cla f fully shows OCCASIONAL. a FALLS VILLAGE. Mir James Peirce of Lime Rock we !. out to his barn Friday morning to fet a his stock and it was his misfortune f find his 32 year old colt dead in the st o ble
 o One night recently some person or pc lt sons went into MT Erastus Goodwin y barn and appropriated all the grain > had stored there and made off with g without being discovered. , The large attendance and list of pre- ,f ents embracing so large Q variety al , possessed of so much intrinsic value mu f have been very fattering proof to \ l. and Mrs s. Judson Adams of the estee " " with which they are held by their 6 70 quaintances in this town and Cornwa " As your much esteemed West Cornw. | correspondent "Anon" was present ' ', leave it with him to enumerate the l d of gifts.
 l. One of the most agonizing deaths th ,r has occurred in this place for a lo1 l. time happened last Wednesday nigl # A child of Irving Ayres was standi1 s- near a pan of dead grass which had be q set on fire. Her clothes caught the fam e and in few minutes, before any a k could be rendered, she was complete s. enveloped in flames and literally roast It alive. It happened in the yard of Jo n Prince of Amesville, several rods fire le her home. She lived from o'clock ,r l 30 at night, but as the flames we h down her throat, she was insensible h any pain, though she was burned