Connecticut western news., 1888-08-15

leaving Bridgeport at 4:32 p. m. for Pittsfeld, will make stops only at New town, Rawley1ille, New Milford, Kent, Falls Village, Canaan, Sheffield, Great Burlington, Stockbridge, Lee and Lenox, For other important changes, affecting the main line and branch trains, consult pocket time e-tables, which may be obtained from ticket agents at stations.
 A. F. Rood and wife spent Sunday in Lime Rock.
 Mrs S: Stoddard of Salisbury, visit ed friends in town last week.
 Adams X Ellin have nearly com pleted the repairs and changes at their lime kiln and intend to start the kiln this week.
 Mrs H. P. Tracy and the members of her Sunday school class, with several of their friends, are enjoying rural rec reations at Twin Lakes, where they are camping for short time.
 The annual picnic of the Christ church Sunday school will occur this Wednesday, afternoon at Twin Lakes. A cordial invitation is extended to all members and friends of the parish to attend.
 The edition of the memorial pam phlet issued in memory of the late Rev Wm. G. Peirce is not quite exhausted, and friends of the deceased who have not received copy will be supplied on applying to Mir D. D. Peirce.
 MT D. Emmons, wife and daughter, of Huntington, W. Va, were the guests of Mir and Mrs Jos w. Peet for short time last week. Mir Emmons for many years was connected in business with c. P. Huntington, but has now retired from business circles.
 The Warner House is full to over flowing with summer boarders, includ. ing guests from New York, Brooklyn. New Haven, Yonkers, Bridgeport and Norwalk. \ Among the guests are ex' Mayor Wessells, of Bridgeport, A. N. Nichol, wife and child, of Yonkers, Wm W. and w. B. Martin, of Brook lyn, and Mrs w. Lee Buxton, o1 Norwalk.
 President J. H. Vaill has appointed Allen Wiley, of the Hartford Sunday Globe, as essayist at the next meeting of the Connecticut Weekly Press Asso citation, which is to be held in Hart. ford, Monday, Sept. IF. Editor Wiley is well-known as versatile writer ot much ability and his paper will be full of terse facts and legal points. The subject - newspaper libel laws-ha. recently agitated the press of the state and country at large. Every editor il the state should hear MT Willey's paper and the discussion that will follow. 4 committee will probably be appointed at this meeting to draw up revision of the state law of libel to be submitted to the next legislature. T Rockville Journal.
 One of the city boarders at tht Warner House while out amusing him self by shooting little birds one da. last week loaded his rife with shot am instead of going off as he expected the. melted and stuck fast in the gun, an he then put in cartridge to clean out, but it didn't clean out worth cent, but stuck fast also, and by thi time he had two or three inches of lea in the barrel of his rifle. Not beinl able to get it out he went to the black
 smith shop and the knight of the any
 suggested that he load the thing full (
 powder, put on cap and fire and n
 doubt it would clean the thing ou
 Accordingly he loaded it with half
 pound of powder and held it out of th
 window and pulled the trigger, the,
 was aIterrible report and the youn man emerged from the cloud of smok with a small piece of the gun stock
 his hand and asked the blacksmith loan him a broom and dust pan gather up the rest of it with. It needless to add that the rife VI was thoroughly cleaned out, and her after the young man will probab kill the little birds with stones.