Connecticut western news., 1885-08-12

Dlter OcGeG Ser6naQeQ the MeSSFS Eldredge, Thursday evening.
 One of our ''infant" hines went to Canaan Thursday, and were badly de- feated.
 Captain Allen l.. Bassett of Newark, N. J. has been spending ten days or so with his nephew, John D. Bassett.
 There is every prospect that the ''lus- trious" Herald man will be driven in- sane over our base ball nine, which IS doing pretty well, having lost only three games out of eight, regardless of the sore headed ex-pitchers, etc. Leavens- worth, the present pitcher, is small and in feeble health but is doing the best he can under the circumstances ; in fact, the boys are much more successful of late, recently defeated the Burrvilles 12 to in five innings.
 The services on "The Green" Satur- day were very appropriate and impress sive. The day was perfect one. Prob ably no town in the state enjoyed as fine music, and few if any, as good speaking. The following was the memo rial program :-
 1 Overture, Reissiger 3 Selection, "Huguenots," introducing
 Luther's Choral, "A MightyFortress
 is our Lord," Meyerpeer a. The Chapel, kreutzer b. Vox Angleorum, Khelnberger 4 rn,3a Ok 1uh coming
 niSht,a Cummings 5 Andante, from Organ Sonata, volkmsr Mater ,, Rossini
 EUpHoNIUM SOLO, MIR FRANCES X. DILLER.
 "a. Abide with me. R. Batten 1b Nearer nv God to Thee. L. Mason
 ooRNEr SOLO, HERR THEoDoR nocH' 8 Pilgrims Chorus, from "Tannhaeuser.'
 REMARKS, REV J. W. BEACH.
 g Funeral March, from the oritorio of
 "Saul," Hitler REMARKS, REV N. J. BURTON, D. D. 10 Song of Mourning, Beethoven
 Oilers cornet octet of NewYork were in town during last week, giving concerts every morning and evening on "The Green" which, if possible, surpassed any previous season and were largely attended, more coming from adjoining towns than formerly. The following gentlemen comprise the octet = FrancisX. Diller, Conduct'r, SoloBaritone Adolph Nichols, Eb Cornet .Theodor Hoch, Solo Cornet John G. Pfeifer, Bb Cornet Ernest Jordan, 1st Eb Alto Adam Schmitt 2d ED Alto Anton Track, Baritone Louis Mueller, Basso Tuba MT Francis X. Diller, the conductor, and Theodor Hoch, added greatly to the concerts, he being one of the finest cor netists in the world. We clip this brief description of his instrument from one of the programs :-
 "The beautiful cornet used by Herr Theodor Hoch interested large numbers | of the audiences to whom it was cour- teously shown by the owner. This in strument is probably the finest of its kind in America, and is without doubt the most costly. It is made of gold and silver, and contains 26 fine diamonds. The exterior is engraved in various beautiful designs, prominent among them being the lion of Bavaria, the ca gle of Prussia and @ landscape. This engraving was done by Mir Gardner, who spent two months on the work. The interior of the tube contains engraved representations of the flags of the coun- tries from which he has received orders. The countries thus represented are Eng land, France, Russia, Germany, Austria, Sweden and others. Each of the flags is crossed by an American banner This is an appropriate combination as the cornet is of American manufacture, be- ing the work of c. G. Conn of Elkhart, Indiana, one of the most celebrated manufacturers of this class of instru- ments in the world"
 The Rev John H. Barbour of Hartford will conduct the Episcopal service il Village Hall next Sunday. The service will be at six o'clock.