Connecticut western news., 1889-11-20

Certain newspapers wear the belt for telling the champion fish, snake, dog or bull stories, but the Milton correspond ent of the Litchfeld Enquirer takes the honey on a bee story, as follows:
 "James Conlon found swarm of bees hanging on small birch where they have been working all summer in the open air with no protection from storms whatever, He sawed off the bush and hived them in barrel"
 The cider-beer tilt between the Litch6eld Enquirer and the New Mil ford Gazette waxes warm.. Neighbor Hickox like the Southern Confederacy) asks his contemporaries to '1et us alone" Neither of the nrincipals in this dis cussion will be satisfied until Brother Bolles goes up to Litchfield and drinks all of Brother Hickox's cider while the latter goes down to New Milford and drinks all of the formers beer. We mistrust that's just what they intend to do, and not divide the beverage with their brethren, hence the cry let us alone"
 If any of our readers know where our Thanksgiving turkey roosts, they will greatly oblige us by taking him In and caring we'll for him until the day before Thanksgiving and then returning him to us. A suitable reward will be paid.-LW Woodbury Reporter.
 We hope that Editor Wisegarver will be as fortunate as we were last Novem- Der when "Bert" Egleston gave us nice, large, live turkey, about two weeks before Thanksgiving. For sever al days we allowed the turkey to roam about our premises. In the meantime, "Jimmy" Quinn and "Reub'' Stewart won several turkeys at rafae, but one of "Jimmy's" turkeys escaped on the way home that dark night. A day or two later Reub" saw turkey roaming about our premises, and supposing it to be the missing turkey he gave chase and finally captured the turkey and carried it to "Jimmy" who kept it until the day before Thanksgiving, when he discovered that it belonged to us. He then returned it with many apolo- gies, and we promised to "keep still" about it, and we did so, but somehow the joke leaked out. If Editor Wise- garver owns Thanksgiving turkey, no doubt either "J1mmy" or Reub" would be willing to care for it in order to get that suitable reward"
 Michael Bion. alias Louis Buino, was arrested at Sharon Valley, Conn.,, last Saturday afternoon, on peace warrant sworn out by Lyman Dunning, of East Canaan. Sheriff Perry, of Lakeville, made the arrest and brought his priso- ner to Canaan Saturday evening where he was brought before Justice Bennett, who adjourned the hearing until 10 8. m. Monday, and subsequently adjourn ed it until 7:oO p. m. in order to give Bion the opportunity to procure coun- sel. The hearing was held in Village Improvement hall which was crowded with listeners. J. B. Hardenbergh, of Canaan, and Wellington B. Smith, of Winsted, together with State Attorney Huntington, of Woodbury, appeared for the plaintiff l.. J. Nickerson, of West Cornwall, appeared for the defen- dant. MT Dunning testified that he was afraid of the defendant, and he thought his life and property were in danger. In the course of the hearing Bion's known record was reviewed, also MT Dunning's experience with Bion, not withstanding Bion's attorney most em- phatically objected to such 8 proceed ing and he claimed that Bion had already paid the utmost penalty for the offences of which he was convicted years ago. Bion sailed for France in 1883 and has not since been heard from until a few weeks ago when it was discovered that he was working in 8 coal bush, near Pine Plains, N. Y., for the Sharon Valley Iron Go. When he came to Sharon Valley after his pay Sheriff Perry nabbed him as before stated. Justice Bennett placed him under $5, ,0OO bonds to keep the peace. Bion was unable to give said bonds, so on Tuesday morning Sheriff Perry escorted him to .Litchfield jail.