Connecticut western news., 1884-08-20

The Amenia Times says: MT George
 N. Perry of Dover Plains was in the vii
 lage on Saturday last, and made a call
 at our office. Mir Perry has been a
 teacher for 5 years continuously, and in
 all that long period has taught within
 five miles of his first school at Mabbetts-
 vile, This record is certainly very re-
 markable, if not unparalleled.
 The Eastern Duchess fair is to be
 held on the grounds of the society at
 Amenia, N. Y., on Tuesday, Wednesday
 and Thursday, September ?, 8 and 1.
 An effort is being made to secure large
 display in all departments. Purses amounting to S1, ,000 are offered for trot-
 ting as follows: First day, stallions and
 3 minute horses $50 each. Second day,
 ?: 50 and 2:34 classes, S20O each. Third
 day, 40 class, S200; 2:30 class, $500. All purses divided
 Monday was one of the hottest days of the year in New England and New York state. At Eagle Bridge, New York, the thermometer registered 105 deg in the shade, and apples were bak- ed i'll the sun. At Dover. N. H., 100 was reached at Il, A. M., and all busi- ness was suspended on account of the intolerable heat. Mercury reached 9S in the shade at Bellows Falls, Vt. The country about there is parched and in great need of rain.
 The 14th annual fair and fall meeting of the Eastern Duchess agricultural society is to take place on their fair grounds near Amenia, N. T., on Tues day, Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. ?, 3 and 1. . A great many 25-cent pieces, clever commercials. are said to be in circulation. The pieces are dated 1875. On genuine quarters only three claws can be seen on the eagle, while on the counterfeit the eagle has four claws on one foot and three on the other... Samuel Blair of Newburgh sued A. s. Gale, a saloon-keeper of that city, to recover S200 damages for selling his (Blair's) son liquor. The jury found for the plaintiff for the full amount claimed =. When you see man now, during business hours, standing on corner and gesticulating and loudly talking about ''the financial situation of our country" you can bet that if you got him by the heels and shook him awhile you couldn't shake forty cents out of his pockets. MHertoa Telegram.
 There is an unusual number of coun- terfeit 10-cent pieces in circulation. They are mainly confined to the Ital- ians. These coins are brighter than the genuine ones, having q glazed appear ance, as if coated with quicksilver. The wreath is clnmsily executed, and under the words " one dime is engraved two "Cs." The counterfeits thus far seen are dated 1875. They are extremely soft and easily cut with knife. A Newfoundland dog in New York, watch ing in the sick room of his mistress, Sunday afternoon, gave evidences of abject terror about o'clock, rushing about the room, wailing piteously and trying to hide his head under the pillow. | In few minutes the earthquake shock followed, and they imagine the animal had premonition of it. %. It is learn ed from private correspondent in that Henry Leveridge, choris- ter of the Methodist choir ill that place, had stroke of paralysis Sunday while singing, and fell, striking against Miss Alice Baldwin, recently of Waterbury, and the latter tainted. The other mem- bers of the choir finished the stanza without stopping. A letter has been | from Capt Traynor, who is crossing the Atlantic in dory It Is dated July 27, and he was then in lati- Jude 43. 20, longitude 65.10. He reports having had good weather. - Waterbury AmericdH.