Connecticut western news., 1897-05-06

 the lower corner, where they will spend the summer
 Thomas Richards, who has been spending the winter at Lake Hopat- cong, N. J.. in writing to order change of address to Stevensville, N. T., says: "I am late in going home. Have been very sick for eight weeks. The NEWS | has come to us regularly and when I was unable to read, someone has read ] it to me-"
 Here is what an exchange says: Entirely too much small and baseless scandal is afoat in this town. If neither shame nor prudence will restrain cer- tain people from peddling vile second hand scandal their victims should hunt them down and put hook in their jaws. It can be done. Every scandal monger proves to be Q coward and liar when brought to the scratch."
 One paragraph of a letter received last Saturday from Mir Geo. I. Hadsell, of Pennington, the general agent of the Connecticut Building and Loan Asso- citation, reads as follows: "You may not have known that for twelve weeks I have been confined to my bed and am now only able to ride out little, but hope ere long to be myself again. Cause, la grippe in all it's various changes"
 Joseph Smith, of Winsted, has been appointed fagman at the East Main street crossing on the P. R. X N. D. road in the place of MT King. There was no complaint against MT King, but it was thought that Joseph Smith, hay ing lost his right arm in the service of the railroad company, had 0 higher claim. Mir Smith has been night gate man at the Naugatuck station at Win sted for the last five years.
 George E. Hinman, editor of the Willimantic Journal. recently visited his home at Great Harrington. He called at the NEWS office on his route and while here he informed us that Dr H. W. Nungasser who has moved to Falls Village "has been located in Will limantic quite number of years. The doctor is an elderly man, good fellow, brother Mason and his reputation personal and professional is good,''
 -Dr H. L. Ross liberated three pairs of English ring-necked pheasants in the woods south of E. $. Roots house last Saturday. There is heavy penalty for shooting this species of birds in this state. By the way, The Rod and Gun Club has leased all the land lying be- the river road leading from Canaan to Butchers bridge. Hunting Without permission) on said land will subject offenders to heavy penalty.
 Bear in mind that tomorrow will be Arbor Day. Ifyou discover that the work done in past years leaves no op- portunity to comply with what Govern or Cooke recommends, viz, "that the day be observed by planting fruitful and ornamental trees, shrubs and vines in the orchards, along the highways, and around the homes and school houses,' you might give evidence of public spirit by doing gratuitous work on the bicycle paths.
 The Philadelphia, Reading & New England R. R. Go. has just issued its 1897 guide book entitled Summer Homes in the Southern Berkshire and Litchfeld Hills." It is volume of 200 pages giving perfect description of the country and showing scores of hand some views of scenes along the route of said road. It gives fund of informa- tion in regard to summer b boardiDg places in this section, and describes the numerous drives and distances between the principal summer resorts. It is the most complete guide book of this section ever issued.
 The Toll Bridge Go. have located the route for the bicycle path across their property. J. w. Peet has given permission to construct the path through his woods before it reaches the toll bridge The path will leave the highway near E s. Roots barn and by an easy grade reach the road to the old ferry which it will follow until nearly opposite the toll bridge, then turning to the north and crossing the bridge continue in direct line to the high way running north and south in front of Geo. Sardam's house. Work of con- struction begins this week.
 On Saturday, May l, tile P. +. < N B managers made cut in the wages of their employees. The crew of the switcher, Conductor Briggs and James Keenan and Dennis O'Neil declined to accept the cut in wages unless they could have work on full time, as had not been the case lately. This the company would not promise and the men struck work. Mir Briggs cut was from $2.5O day to $2. 35 and that oi
 the others from $1.9O to $175. The men saw they could not work for such wages on half time. New men came
 on Monday and others on Tuesday tc
 take the places of the striking brake
 men but did not stay. Yesterday others
 came to work with Clem Kegler as con
 ductor. Whether they will stay re-
 mains to be seen.