Connecticut western news., 1884-06-04
HERE AND THERE.

The walters in one of the Omaha ho, tels serve the tables on roller skates.
 A book-keeper for fertilizer firm has absconded, taking every (s)cent with him.
 The Greenwoods mills at New Hart ford are now running but five days in the week.
 Three hundred dogs have been hcens- ed in Pittsfeld so far About 150 are yet to be heard from.
 A million shad fry, matched May g, were placed in the Housatonic river at New Milford, May 24.
 During the first three months of this year there were appalling disasters by which 2,154 lives were lost.
 The capitol at Hartford is undergoing the usual spring cleaning, and several of its offices are up in heap"
 A premium of S1OO is offered by the town of Cosmopolis, Wyoming, for the first woman settler that arrives there
 The streams which are tributary to Lake Buel, Berkshire county, have been recently stocked with 1000 handbook ed salmon.
 The oldest Baptist church in the state Is in Mystic, and for 137 years of its history the pastor was one of the Wight man family.
 The first honors have been awarded to Edmund Brown of Norfolk, who is stadying in the scientific department at Willston seminary.
 Housatonic rolling stock injunction case has been further adjourned until Friday, May 6. S25O, 900 worth of this stock IS owned in Newtown.
 A New Milford stable floor fell one night recently, and the owner found in the morning an OK and a steer dead, hanging by their necks in the stanchions.
 Hon B. G. Northrop, formerly secre- tary of the State Board of Education, has declined an invitatio1f to be pres l ident of the State University in North ern Dakota.
 At special town meeting at Great Burlington, last Wednesday, it was vot- ed to build new iron bridge over the Housatonic river on Water street, the price not to exceed $4500. | Cards are issued for the marriage of Catherine G., daughter of ex-Governor Andrews, to Dr Charles O. Belden, at St Michael's church, at 2:30 P. M., June l1.-Litclfeld Enquirer.
 The Terry Clock Go. of Pittsfeld is now doing an immense business, in fact the largest since its establishment. Among other large orders recentlyreceiv- ed, was one last Saturday, for 500 clocks
 H. T. Oatman, who has for sometime past been the local editor of the Pitts field Eagle, has resigned his position there, and goes to New York to engage entirely in stenography. - Berkshire 1 Courier.
 Wiusted's daily paper, the Afternoon Mail, " which the Press gave week to die in, is still on the war path, notwith- standing the insults it has had to bear from other papers. It is difficult to tell how long it will ive,-it's small, but Oh dear.
 Our lady readers are beginning to realize that hens may. be little back ward in laying eggs, 5ut they never fail to come to the scratch where flower beds are concerned. - Woodbuy Report er.-They have quite fete when they get there.
 A number of officials of the H. < CIV. railroad met in Lakeville on Saturday, May 24, it is said for the purpose of taking into consideration the changing of the present time table and running the trains on the old time, but as the meeting was private no one here knows what was done.-Telegram.
 A wealthy farmer and trader of Lee, lost his purse last week containing S4,000 in currency and current funds It was picked up by young man, who promptly restored it to the owner. The latter rewarded honesty with five cent cigar -Eagle -" Honesty is the bes policy"
 The Empress of Austria can set type -Ec. We have been fortunate enougl to obtain proof sheet of a doze1 society" items set by the Empress and present herewith a specimen of he composition "Tqe BeautiJul maMi Krowskie WHO Dresses trIth sucl 7 exseIlen4 tasto' is visilinS her f..ient l Lu!lie JaMbrokeski !'-NorriSt0tCn Her dld
 The Progress swears that it know f that "girls swear as they smoke cigar !, cites, when nobody is about, and becaus L. they think it does them good. Ther s may be other girls to hear them but girl
 do not count with girls as anybody whe c beaux and dress are not in dispute n They keep the swearing as 8 secre l. qualification. "- Waterbury American. J. Mir Naples of the Norwalk Hour, tn l. paper which got off the foolish jok [. about the run on Norwalk bank, ar J. nounces that on July l, he will pay a e the interest lost by depositors in tn ' bank who drew out money in that panic r: He adds that he did not sufficiently nc v tice the item and should not have allow !. ed it to appear. This is very cred1tabl