Connecticut western news., 1883-12-12


 cities, including Pittsburg and Easton, Pa. He says he went more than IA miles but got back before morning.
 A large fire was noticed from the village on Saturday evening, which
 rs1ssaa.-ss-a~a-s~as----~-a-- belonging to Henry Brinton and others. The loss is about $3, ,OOo, but the insur- ance has not yet been adjusted on account of some dispute in regard to ownership.
 George ". Hall and wife spent a pleasant time in New York last week. They were entertained by Col Isaac Morris, John c. Northrop and others. Col Morris is the owner of Dutchman, the celebrated trotter, and Hall is negotiating for the horse so as to enable Connors to get past John Decker, the fiddler, without running his horses.
 A rather bold attempt was made to burglarize the store of William H. Jenks one night last week and it was undoubtedly engineered by professional cracksmen. A dark lantern was flashed in the face of sister of Mrs Capron, probably to see if she was awake. Miss Bump promptly gave an alarm and the would-be burglars fled. William says he has now an immense stock of goods of the finest description for the holidays and wants to have those gentlemen try it again and he will try one of those ''Parkers" on them.
 Remarks have been made possibly because we are not Idlewild) that the circulation of the NEWS in this town would be reduced. Let us say this much in regard to that Our correspond ence will contain news,a least to few. and it will also endeavor to abstain from ipecacic puffs for snide entertainments Readers, we ask your kind indulgence for few weeks to see if we cannot fill a position that Idlewild has so satisfacto- rily filed for some years past. Not that we shall attempt to equal him An, no. Talent is in most cases heaven born. We do not lay any claim to it.
 AJAcKs.
 SOUTH CANAAN. s~-
 The new Sunday school books have arrived and present an attractive ap- pearance.
 Mir G. l.. Wilcox had valuable COW severely injured while in the stable, but 1t is recovering.
 The fall term of the school closes with this week. Miss Elsie Adams, the present teacher, is expected to return for the winter term.
 A disastrous fire occurred in this vicinity on the evening of the 9th in yolving large loss of property, con. suming 8 large barn of hay, also large tobacco barn. The hay barn was built within few years by MT Henry Brintor for storing his hay and stabling his COWS when he was in the milk business The building was 80 feet long, half of il was used by MT Walter Dixon for stor ing his hay and contained as was esti mated 20 tons of hay, which Mir Dixo1 had sold to G w. Hall & Go, who hat sold the same to D. Spaulding & Son only two loads had been removed b, MT Spaulding on the day of the fire. Or the barn floor was moving machin' and hay rake belonging to MT Dixon also 8 moving machine belonging t. MT Henry Howe. MT Brinton's par contained mow of hay and mow o oat straw. The tobacco barn was short distance from the other barn an, was built by MT Brinton for curin tobacco. It contained the entire cro of tobacco raised by MT Dixon on be tween two and three acres of land. Tn, fire was discovered about o'clock an must have been smoldering for som time as it burned with great rapidit when the flames burst out and it WE impossible to save anything. We hay , not learned whether the buildings an contents were insured, but in any cas 1t must result in heavy loss. The fiji was unInistakably the work of a incendiary.
 Another account of the fire says, ssth fact that the buildings were quite , distance apart and so far from any hous t and that they were burned so as to fa in at nearly the same time makes it yer , evident that they were set on fir, Footprints of the supposed incendiar were found and followed by an excite crowd to the foot of Ruel hill, whel , all trace was lost. Ed
 LAKEvHLLE.
 7 Grand opening of holiday goods |. John M. Cornell $, Lakeville, Conn. Tl , improvements on. the store have jul been completed and it is now 25 fee front by 80 feet deep and three storie high, making the largest store in tn: part of Connecticut Having just comple ed the largest purchase of holiday good we ever made, we will display this set son the largest and most elegant stoc live have ever exhibited, both useful an ornamental, embracing greater variet
 than ever before shown. Dolls, dresse