Connecticut western news., 1891-11-05
Local News.

pr Whittlesey has not been as well in some respects during the past week,
 Philip Ham, clerk in J. H. Bar num's store at Lime Rock, was home over Sunday.
 We wonder what has become of our Norfolk, Lakeville, Sheffield, and Lime Rock correspondents.
 Charles Gillette was "housed up'' nearly two weeks with very heavy cold but now ventures out again.
 Mrs Brooks and two children, from Belleville N J., arrived last Thursday at s. w. Barnes for few days visit.
 MT H. M. Adams Is having more trouble with his wound and he has been confined to his bed since Friday.
 -Jefffey Purcel recently erected a S2OO OO monument on his lot in the Roman Catholic cemetery north of this village.
 On Friday last, D. D. Walter pur- chased 8 Behr Bros upright piano from Jacob Smith of Ct Harrington. The catalogue price of the instrument was S3OOOO.
 MT and Mrs w. D. Adam and daughter. of Pittsfeld, Mass, arrived at Miss $. W. Adams last Saturday. Mir Adam went home Monday, but Mrs Adam and daughter will remain all the week.
 Within day or two we have re- ceived several unsolicited and unex- pected communications. They will ap- pear in the next issue of THE NEWS We could not spread them before our readers today and publish the paper on time.
 Madame Rumor says that John Lermond and Miss Flora Benedict have eloped and are somewhere Tn New York state. We don't propose to write 8 sensational article about the affair. We presume they will return ere long and rything will be serene.
 Yesterday morning the mercury registered l2 degrees above zero In this village, but only 10 degrees at some places in this vicinity. It was the cold est morning ot the season-a decidedly cold day for the politicians who "got left" nevertheless the sun rose bright and beautiful on tue wreck of political hopes.
 -Inasmuch as frequent accidents oc- cur to the freight traius of the c. N. E. x w. road, thus delaying both freight aud passenger traffic, it is suggested that the railroad company equip every train on the road, passenger trains as we'll as freight trains. with chaplain whose presence might keep in check some of the profanity which such vex- ations delays cause. Men who do not swear when putting up stove pipes would make good chaplains.
 The first meeting of the Literary society for this season was held in Ar mory hall last Friday evening. The program was an interesting one and we'll carried out The first part of the eve- ming was devoted to papers and conver- sation on Shakespeare and his life at Stratford on the Avon, following this : the debate on the subject: Resolved. That the annexation of Canada is desir- able," was taken up by $. A. Eddy and G. A. Adam affirmative. and l.. H.. Adams and Frank Brown negative. The weight of argument was decided by the ell air to be for the affirmative.
 About 10 o'clock Monday evening as freight train No 9 of the o. N. E. X w. road was approaching Lakeville, a truck of an empty car jumped the rails and ran about three-fourths of mile on the ties and safely crossed the long bridge east of the station but when it reached the small bridge west of the station the ties showed together and rip ped the truck from under the car but the train was stopped before much dam axe WAS uOu6 AltSl oOluO oCloy. thc train proceeded on its westward course but near Mt Riga the engine and nine empty cars were thrown from the track by bent axle, or by broken rail, and blocked the road for nearly "A hours. The Boston expresses both ways trans. ferred passengers but the day trains were sent via Millerton and the Harlem railroad to get around the wreck. Nc one was injured by either accident.
 Tuesday as George Anson was hunting in the woods near the cemetery at East Canaan his dog scented the re mains of man lying on the ground un der tall chestnut tree. MT Anson fol lowed the dog and on arriving at the tree was mortified to behold the body ot man but in so putried and mangled : condition as to be unrecognizable. Dogs or some other animals had eaten the flesh from the face and limbs. MT An son notified the neighbors, and an in vestigation was begun. The tree was very tall one and the nearest limbs ar' nearly 30 feet from the ground but ul iu the branches at least 50 feet abov' the ground was vest. On the ground near the body was a pair of shoes ant underneath one shoe was hunting-cast silver watch. The clothing left on th' body showed the garments were origi nally of good material, and in one pock ct was found IT cents in change. Medi