Connecticut western news., 1888-03-14

many places and the only commnnica- tion possible was ny telephone, from Monday until Thursday evening.
 The stage fir m Southfi rld arrived here- a@,pEt on time Monday morning, but dil not attempt to return until Thursday afternoon. and We doubt if they got very far then.
 The first delegation from Elst C,naan arrived in town Thursday afternoon, pretty large stories about snowdrifts, some of which eclipsed anything we have here.
 Mrs Brown, of West Main street, at tended church on Sunday evening, and after services went to her sisters, Mrs s c. B .ckley's, to stay over night, where she was obliged to remain until Wednes- day afternoon.
 All business was practically sus- pended on Monday afternoon and we heard "The Bauker" remark that he had just receive a telegram from his brokers in New York to the effect that i the country had all gone to the al.
 There was great demand for old boot and shoe boxes on Tuesday and We.lnes- day, which were made into snowsho-s of various sizes, styles aud kinds. Thi~ Is the first time within the recollection | of the proverbial "oideSt inhabitant" when snowshoes have been a necessity in this section of the country.
 Almost everybody that had team and every man or boy that could get a shovel have been at work on the high ways slnce Wednesday, but the snow l. packed down solid and but little pro- gress has been made in breaking out the roads. The roa l north as far a> Ashley Falls is passaI'le, but to the south the only way to go would be on snow shoes.
 The Editor started on Saturday even ing in response to telegram that his brother James was just alive at Ben nington, Vt. He telegraphed Sunday afternoon that his brother died Satur- day before he reached there.
 LATER. The funeral party left Benn- ington Monday noon but did not reach Chatham until Thursday after. noon, being over 73 hours on the route. The funeral was held a, Chatham on Friday at II Q. m. Burial in James Beckley's family plot in tl' cemetery at that place.
 Numerous subscribers about tow, have been looking sor the NEWS sine Wednesday morning and wondering why it did not issue papers enough f"' about town subscribers, which would as many of them expressed it-mak life endurable for little while at leas, but with the rest of humanity We war, snowbuund, and on arriving at the off 7 Wednesday morning found about 10 fee of snow in "ur outside hallway, and aft" exhansting our energies in removin- that and reaching the composing room found the press surrounded by two fe. nf snow, the ink keg buried unler sev' .ral feet of the "beau iful stuff," typ cases filled with it. and the ''devil' L, pay generally, which so discouraged tn pro tenn editor that he immediately wen out and took situation shoveling snow on the railroad.
 l Trains on tho H H,usat ,nic road wer, entirely abandoned from NJ 'ndav morn ing, the special goiug north about O. time M 'nlay anl the 7:09 train snutl went down abnut on time, but the 9:4, train dil not reach here until near, noon and only ran as far as Falls Villag' where they were obliged to remain. A engine was started with suowplow iron the Falls Monday morning, but ouly g' as far as this station, where they ran o
 to the side track and remained there ul, til Wednesday night, being completel
 showed under. They supplied thei
 boiler with water by means of a hos
 run from the kitchen window of tn
 Warner House to the engine, and thu
 kept the machine from freezing up e,
 tirely The first signs of life from th
 sonth was the appearance about noon O
 Wednesday of two engines. a snowpln,
 and 40 or 30 men, which started frni
 Falls Village. making the run from th;,
 station tn the rock cut just below Ca, a,,n without much diff 'ulty, bnt her they encountered drift that took thr'
 about three hours to get through. The
 left this station about o'clock and ra as far as the B ,rnes turnout, where th., again came to halt, but after strue gle of two hours or SO they raache Ashley Falls. where night overlook thel and they gave up the battle and return -d. Thursday morning they again starr ed with three engines aud after har
 days work succ-edel in reaching Gr-s , Burlington, about o'clock, where tn , gang from Pittsfi,.lh met them an hou later thns opening the main line fro.
 Falls Village to Pitt~ti'li, SD that tral was run down about o'clock Frila F. afternoon, being the first that had bee seen since Monday. The situation sout
 of the Falls was still worse X ga, , started from Bridgeport W.'dnessla morning ai,d another from New Mllfnr s and did not get a chance to shake hand , with each ether unti! late Thnrs,l, l evening, when they met at Brookfiel
 Junction, We believe At this writi, , (Fri,lay moruing) the H"uSatonic is su)