Connecticut western news., 1879-02-12

%S& We shall feel greatly oDuGOO " Sny VA our friends in the county or eiSsMnSs., .. aIT oS interest which may come under their notice.
 -s.The Octoroon" is hourishing.
 And 90 aint the prospects for sleiehing. -1s this February edition of the Janu- ary thaw3
 Mark Smith, at East Canaan is improv, ing in health.
 -"East Lynne" comes of at Salisbury next Friday night.
 To morrow night the blue ribbon ball comes off in Town Hafl. "
 The Venture is out again, and is much improved in appearance.
 Amy Stone is lowering all around uS with the ''Two Orphana."
 The Ct. Burlington Methoalsts ere holding revival meetings.
 James GarrahAn is president of the Mill River literary society.
 The oldest inhabitant of Salisbury is Samuel Rice. whose age Is los years.
 If you think of making carpet, read M. 0. Deans s.sd' in another column.
 -Old Grimes is desd.- WSnstsd Preas. Good gracious! Pinney, tell us about it,. :
 The tobacco crop has been sorted. and all the New Milford warehouses; closed last week.
 Miss Greenwood of Brooklyn speaks on temperance at South Egremont next week. Where is the Canaan temperance un- ions ''committee on retaining the fallen f'' He is wanted.
 -'Kib" Coggswell, engineer on the c. w. R. R., is confined to his house in Mil- lerton with bolls.
 -Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Holt of West Norfolk, soon leave for Kansas. March l, to remain year.
 Mrs. ID. A. Riker took sleigh load of people from this place to the Tucker band concert last Friday night.
 It is said that Stanley Barnes of Ash ley Falls is to rent the farm of Mir. Chas. Franklyn at East Canaan.
 MT. J. A. Stannis, route agent for the Adams Express Company. has been assign od tn the Dauhrpu nf{3Na
 -Kev.A. K. Sanford, presiding elder oi the district will preach in the Methodisi church next Sabbath morning. -St. Valentines day comes next Friday. and Cupid is busy as hornets nest, griEd- ing his arrows and tightening his bow.
 A slelgh-ride from Hartsvllle drove to this place last week calling on Mr. c. w. Stiner. who formerly lived in Hartsville.
 No school was held in the upper room the latter part of last week, on account oi the indisposition of tho teacher. MT. Adams
 A donation for the benefit of Rev. E Fl. Barden is to be given At tho old tavern stand, Clayton on Wednesday evening oi next week.
 If the aleighing holds good till nex Friday night, the ''octoroons" of this place contemplate making up load to go over tt Salisbury and see ''East Lynne" The Nations Hope, on amateur pape published at Willington, Ct. gave up ta' ghost after printing two editions. There Ii no moral connected with this story. {! A New Haven printer has recently come into possession of e75o. 900, left hin by wealthy East Indian merchant whom he had befriended several years sgo.
 In consequence of the funerals in Ash ley Falls to-day, the mite society snnounc ed to be held at Mrs. A. Leroy's. will bt postponed until Wednesday of next week
 The philanthropical Millerton Telegram last week passed along' another polished fraud who s'took i'm Nillerton and othel places in that vicinity to the tune of $500
 -Some correspondence received las night is unavoidably left out. Correspon dents will confer favor by sending theil communications to us on Mondays if possi ble.
 The school-tax delinquents are request ed in other columns to psy up before 1aKcl l. If they don't respond by that time. Col lector New will make it interesting fo them.
 70. W. Bassett has sold his llsh am oyster business to Ovid Gillette of thi place, and we understand will engage in tn, mercantile business with G. W. Hall O Falls Village.
 -Eunice McArtbur. wife of Joseph Can dee of Sheffield died Saturday, Feb. sth aged 29. She was daughter of Mrs.. Nc Arthur, and granddaughter of John Put. yer of Ashley Falls.
 The locomotive .sLakeville," Yecentl, purchased by the Housatonic Railroad com pany from the 0. W. R. R. has been Attet up. and named ''A. B. Mygatt," ln homo of the New Milford director.
 A little boy and girl, while eoasting il Hartsville recently, narrowly escaped seri. ous injury. by running under team o horses. One of the horses stepped his full weight on the boys leg, without breaking 1t.
 The death of prisoner at the Pitts field jail set Q rumor going down town ant nearly over the county Friday that Sheriff Root was dead. The sheriff is no wors' fhav ,,susl and ia fhor10hf to ho aloxvlv -