Connecticut western news., 1895-01-03

All kinds of Sleighs and Harness at Cargill's.
 Services were held st St. Joseph's church on New Years day.
 If you want an "Old Comfort" Portland cutter go to Cargill's.
 A fine boar for sale. GEO. A. ScovIILE. Cornwall Hollow, Conn.
 John W. McKenna. lineman on the Reading road, and Miss Della Qnin- Ian were married at Wiusted, Tuesday morning.
 The Whist Club meets tomorrow evening. Mrs George s. Fuller will entertain with Mrs s. O. Beckley at the home oi the latter.
 On and after next Monday (7th)the North mail will close at 9.25 a. m. in- stead of l2 23 p n, and the South mail will close ut 32 p. m. instead of f B p. m.
 There was High Mass at St. Joseph's church on Sunday, the Misses Bannon, Murphy and Nc Cauley, from Lakeville, composing the choir. Miss Ramon played the organ.
 -George Beebe was admitted to the bar of New York at Brooklyn on the 10th ult. The next day he was ap- pointed to position in the office of the city attorney of Brooklyn.
 MT Martin Rood has been appoint ed secretary of the Wangum Club in place of F. N Brown resigned. At meeting of the club held Saturday evening three new application for mem- bership were favorably acted upon.
 Eugene Rowe, who has been clerk in the store of G l.. Parsons X Son for four years. leaves to-day for Spring field, Mass, where he will enter Childs' Business College. William. H. Elm mons has taken his place in the store.
 We have received notice of recep- ton to be held at the home of Mir and Mrs H. c Warner, in Ct. Burlington, on Friday evening. January 4th, in honor of the marriage of their son, Clarence w. to Miss Minnie Water bury of Matteawan. N. Y..
 Young Master Garfield May has fine pointer dog broken to harness, with which he and Master Drake drive about the village on sled. One of the prob- lens awaiting solution has long been how to utilize the abundance of dog power now running to waste in this town and offering serious menace to the health and lives of our citizens. Master Mays idea is especially worthy of consideration by parties living in the suburbs and desiring cheap, rapid tran sit to and from the business part of the city.
 About 10 o'clock last Saturday night an east bound freight train on the P. R. & N E. road broke in two near Twin Lakes station and three cars load ed with coal were piled up into space of one car length A wrecking train was sent to the scene of the accident and by Sunday noon the track was clear ed. Ouly about ton of coal was lost but two of the cars were so badly wrecked that they were burned up to get them out of the way. None of tue trainmen were injured.
 Henry Wbitbeck. of Salisbury, made New Years call at the NEWS office and left four dollars, which pays his subscription some time in advance He says he has taken the NEWS continu- ously for pearly 24 years; in fact since it's first issue, (which was printed in Salisbury. "Bully for him." He gave us graphic description of his horses running away recently in Salisbury ;how he held on to the reius and was dragged 3 long distance but finally the horses got away from him and tore the harness to hear him tell about his chasing chicken thieves recently; how he heard the chickens '.squall' in the night and how he leaped out of bed and barefoot and with not even his pants On gave chase to the chicken thieves and over hauled them, and how said chaps twho proved to he Ira Sardam and William Sardam, cousins were brought before Justice Barton at Salisbury on Dec. 18 who fined Ira seven dollars and costs and 30 days in jail. and fined Willi ,m five dollars and costs, and how both were taken to jail, although Mir Whit beck says William preferred to go to jail to keep Ira company, and in fact the principal fault with William was that he was caught in bad company All this and recitals of many other ad- ventures did MT Whitbeck entertain the editor with until the train arrived for Salisbury whereupon Mir Whitbeck darted out of the office and ran for the train, and as his ulster flew around the corner we did not wonder. that his bursts of speed were sufficient to over take chicken thieves and railroad trains.