Connecticut western news., 1899-12-21

' VI | Bridgeport.
 | The Millerton Telegram rays that the Sharon ore mine at Sharon Station is being re-opened by the present own CTS, the Colonial Ore Company.
 An effort is being made in Lake vile and Millerton to form young mems recreation clubs, similar to the one al ready in successful operation in Canaan The graphophone concert on Sat urday night drew only very small audience. The operator had very fine instrument but his appearance was poorly advertised. .- Rev Henry Utterwick and Rev & A. Burnaby exchanged pulpits last Sun day morning. Mir I!tterwick delivered an excellent discourse, replete with pearls of thought and illustration His theme was s'The Silent Christ. His text was St. Matthew xvi, 63 "But Jesus held his peace"
 The newly elected officers of the Woman's Relief Corps are: President Emily Sackett; seniGr vice pres Heller Morse; junior vice-pres. Ella Hall secretary, Ella Briggs; treasurer, Saraf Caldwell; chaplain, Glare Lepyon; con ductor, Jennie Schamerhorn; guard Louise Morse; asst. conductor, Nellie | Schamerhorp.
 J. l.. Bragg says that the last quar- ter of the moon rules the other three quarters in regard to weather. The weather for the past three weeks has been the same as during the last quar- ter of the November moon. Since Aug. ust every last quarter of the moon has been practically dry. The last quarter of the December moon, which begins on the 24th inst, will rule the follow ing three quarters in regard to weather Just observe the weather in future and see if this rule holds good.
 Word was received here Monday from the Chief of Police in Bristol say ing that he had confined in the jail there, one Michael Gleason who wa. crazy or else suffering from tremens Gleason had been in jail there since Friday He had worked here in Ga naan the past year and boarded at Mrt Collins. He had been employed by Road Contractor Burke and by Sectior Foreman Finnegan. He was tall, very thin man, about forty years old. W. have not learned where he came iron to Canaan. He left here about ter days ago. Gleason was committed te the Middletown asylum on Tuesday.
 Rev A. J. Palmer, D. D. delivered the second lecture of the Y. P, s. O. E entertainment course in the Methodis church last Friday evening and wal greeted by good audience who listen ed with pleasure to his manifold illus trations of what constitutes hero. Dl Palmer's subject was My Hero," and many in the audience expected wort painting of some eminent character lik, Abraham Lincoln or William E. Glad stone, but Dr Palmer did not confnt his lecture to describing any one per son. At the outset he made the asser tion that "a hero is a person who car die for others" and then he proceeded to mention the heroic deeds of apostles missionaries and warriors, but especial ly soldiers of the civil war.
 Saturday night four drunken ne groes arrived on the 7.04 train, having gotten on at Falls Village. They wer. in four different stages of intoxicatior and one wanted to play the banjo, an other to sing, one wanted to be let alone, and the other did not. They made things unusually lively at the union depot for about two hours, witl the whiskey they had brought in thei stomachs and more that they had 1T bottles. Two gradually relaxed int, insensibility and the other two were persuaded to try and get one of tn, ''gone" ones home. They took him al far as the tin shop where they left hin lylng on the track. Station Agent Reet and force got stretcher and brough him back to the station. After consid erable maneuvering an officer was depu tized to arrest the drunks who wer, identified as "Bill" and "'Bert" John son of Ashley Falls. They were lodged in the lookup till Monday morning when they settled their cases and de parted.
 A number of days ago Charley Full Ter bought of John O'Hara beef "crit ter" It was bull and of a nervou temperament and Charley had an in spiration that he had better pay for de livery as OHara lives up on the nortl shore of Twin Lakes aud Charley live in this village. The bull was brough as far as Tom O'ESra's and there it es capped to the woods on Toms Hill Tn bull was of such timid nature that n one could get near him and Charle gave permission to anybody who could to shoot 1t. Accordingly the hunter hereabouts have been after the vii, bull, and they say the sport has had al the zeal of deer hunt. On Saturda five mighty sportsmen set out, the pa, ty being the famous moose hunter Harry Andrews; the great deer hunts, Dr Ross; the we'll known rabbit hunter Chas. Rodemeyer; the successful fisher man, Howard Bierce, and Garfield Ma who had once before had experience i catching wild cattle. The bull had