Connecticut western news., 1884-01-30

them and the publisher r.- Windsor Locks Journal
 Friends, it's very convenient to have newspaper in town to publish free advertisements of all intended sociables, entertainments, lectures, concerts, school exhibitions, fairs and festivals, meetings, etc., etc., and editors also find 1t con- venient to receive subscriptions from those who desire to reciprocate these favors by patronizing home institution.
 Jack Frost keeps George P. Strong and c. c. Callender pretty busy trying to thaw out the water pipes. Jack stole march on them two weeks ago and froze up the main line on Railroad street, which still remains in Jack s possession. And now the main line from Robert VanDeusen's to N. c. Wards is frozen and several families are greatly inconvenienced. Are the fire hydrants also frozen?
 The next meeting of c. l.. s. C.will be held Friday evening at c. H. Briggs The program will open with roll call by the secretary, each member respond ing with short quotation from any author. The discussion of the Philoso- phy of the Plan of Salvation will be continued and the program will be varied by responsive readings from the Chautauquan, music and selections from Richard Henry Dana. Members will please take their Chautauquans to the meeting.
 MT z. T. Adams has purchased the William Phelps place at West Norfolk and will move there April l. MT and Mrs Adams have resided many years ill Canaan and will be greatly missed. ''Dyer"was a leader In every good work, a jealous supporter and liberal contrib utor to every good cause and worthy enterprise until his health failed and he was compelled to retire from business. His health is now greatly improved and he contemplates resuming the coal business at East Canaan and also sup plying the residents of West Norfolk and vicinity with coal.
 MT F. E. Capewell of Torrington, Conn.,, is selling quite number of Bridgeport organs in this vicinity. He was in town last Friday and delivered one of the organs to the NEWS. All contemplating the purchase of an organ are invited to call at the NEWS office and test this Bridgeport organ. The follow ing is description Style of case 60, action 3, nine stops, five octaves. Has four sets of reeds, three octaves of dulciana reeds, three octaves of celeste tor fute) reeds, two octaves of diapason reeds and two octaves of principal reeds, with tremulant.
 The annual meeting of the Housa- tonic milk producers association will be held at the Town hall, New Milford, Tuesday, February 5, at l p m. The convention will be addressed by Maj H. b. Alvord of Houghton farm, Orange county, N. Y, on the subject of the milk supply of New York. This meet ing, following after the great milk meeting at Boston, January %, should call out a general attendance of mill producers. Now is the time to secure some efficient system of cooperation with all those in milk production. The Housatonic road will give free return tickets to those in attendance who have paid full fare. ELI SMITH, President.
 T. $. GOLD, Secretary.
 West Cornwall, Jan. 2l, 1884.
 The adjourned case against Mrs Beaujon and Mary Leighton for shooting William Ivory on the evening of January 12 came before Justice Bennett last Saturday at Town hall. The prosecution introduced only two witnesses, s,-Thomas Dooley, ,who was in company with Ivory when the shooting took place, and Dr Donaldson, who is attending Ivory. Dooley related what transpired in the saloon previous to his and Ivory's exit, described the~manner in which they retired from the saloon, also the conver- sation which took place outside and described the position of each at the moment the shots were fired. Dr Don- aldson described the wound received by Ivory and the treatment pursued in the case and the present condition of his patient. The defense offered no evi- dence. The accused were placed under $3OOO bonds each to appear before the criminal term of the superior court to be held at Litchfeld the first Tuesday in April. They gave bonds and were released. AT. Roraback of Canaan and Smith of Winsted for prosecution; Fenn of Winsted and D. w. Clark of Falls Village for defendants.
 MT Oscar Keith of Boston, the earnest temperance worker and able lecturer, delivered his touching lecture, '"The Bondage of Drink, at Village I'm provement hall Monday evening. A large audience was present and all were deeply impressed by the account of the lecturers bitter experience and the effects of rum which he had observed in a tour of 13 different states It was plain unvarnished sketch of the demor- alizing power of liquor. He lectured at Canaan Valley, January 22,at Monterey, Mass, January 20, at Hartsville, Mass, last Sunday evening and proposes to deliver lectures in this vicinity. He