Connecticut western news., 1884-10-01

ganized ill that place. The peoples half-hour lessons in temperance" hold meetings at 3 o'clock every Tuesday af- ternoon.
 Harwinton's great free fair will be held October 7, or if stormy next fair day. Torrington brass band will fur nish the music About $200 in pre- miums will be given away.
 The daughter of the late Gov Hub bard, who was married five or six years ago to MT Shepherd, her fathers coachman, but from whom she has been divorced a year, was quietly remarked at her mothers home at Hartford, to Clark l.. Smedley,a New Haven express man, on Thursday, September 25.
 Herbert 0. Mason, formerly treasurer of the Ipswich Mills, Mass, and we'll known Boston business man, commit ed suicide at Stockbridge, September %, by shooting himself with a pistol For the past two years he has had fits of de- pressicn and been considered at times insane. He has passed the summer with his family at Stockbridge. His re- mains were taken to Boston.
 Rev H. T. Bodley of North Adams re- gently gave lecture before the St. Johns guild. Title was "Tongue and Mustard
 The sixth annual exhibition of the New Milford agricultural society open ed yesterday, at Cornetia park, New Milford. They have fine exhibition of blooded cattle. The exhibition of horses, sheep, swine and poultry is large. The display of fruit, vegetables and farm produce is extensive. There is a large variety of manufactured arti- cles on exhibition and the merchants and tradesmen make handsome dis play of their wares. Some exciting horse trotting is expected to-day and tomorrow. Taken altogether the exhi- bition Is Q success and we'll worth visit | ing. Remember the Housatonic rail road company sell tickets at half fare to those attending this exhibition.
 Gems John A. Logan and Joseph R. Hawley will speak at Pittsfeld, Mass, October 10. Excursion trains will be run on all railroads leading to Pittsfeld. The Housatonie railroad will run an ex- cursion train, starting from New Mil ford.
 The New Milford Gazette came out last week with it's news columns array ed in a new and improved dress of type. Editor Bolles has discarded a part of his long primer type and we shall not be surprised if he eventually comes out with patent outside, for that's the only thing needful that he lacks.
 Gen Grant was in Danbury on Satur- day, September 27. and the News inti- mates that Danbury ought to think something of it, as he is the only presi- dent who ever entered the place. . A story has been extensively copied in the state papers to the effect that Sam Pine, the notorious negro criminal, had been detected in an attempt to escape from the state prison. It was first printed in the Danbury Evening News, which said: ''Two bars of the three in his door were found to be sawed through, the third commenced. On his person were found three fine saw blades. They were con- cealed in pockets in his undershirt The pockets were made just the size of the saw blades" The information was said to come direct from prison official. MT Sargent, warden of the prison, says that nothing of the kind occurred. The story is very probably resurrection of that about his attempt to escape from Hartford jail. The cranberry picking has been begun in Plymouth county, Mass, and on Cape Cod, and it is found that the June frosts did less injury than was anticipated, although, in some To- calities, the damage was serious. The great meadow at Mashee will not yield @ fourth of it's usual crop. The same may be said of many of the bogs in Dennis, Harwick and Brewster, yet in Plymouth there will be a good crop ; IA ten-year-old son of Roger $. Aus tin of Wallingford wrapped worsted round the head of @ pin and fired it through a blow pipe at various objects, with more or less success. At last he sucked it back into his throat Sixteen doctors tried to get it out and failed, and the boy was sent to the New York hospital, where the operation of trache- otomy was successfully performed, but the pin was not found, because it had gone too far to be reached with any of the usual instruments. They kept the
 boy alive, however, while speclal in
 strument was made in Philadelphia, and o when it arrived they captured the pin. The boy returned to his home on Satur. . day, September 27, after having beer
 nearer to death than he is likely to be = again until his end actually comes.-
 Hatford Cowant.
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