Connecticut western news., 1879-01-08
Good sleighing ?

Good sleighing
 Snow such thing.
 The Advents are holding series of meetings in Wlnsted.
 Ives, the butcher, is out with bran new meat wagon gorgeously painted and lettered.
 Revival meetings are being he'd every night this week in the M. E. Church at LRkeville.
 Thomas Ryan, a grinder belonging to the Winsted Hoe Co.,, died of grinders con- | last week.
 "A little girl, daughter of Mrs. King Of Housatonic, was fatally burned last Friday while playing with fire.
 Some of the young people of Winsted have arranged for series of social gather ings, to be held once in two weeks.
 The house and barn known as the Judge Walker placs, Lee, owned by one Comstock. was burned Jan. 3. The property was in sured.
 Two more dummy" engines for the New York Elevated railway, passed through here on the 0. w. R. R. freight train yes terday.
 The ice-houses in thls place are now being filled, and contracts are taken by Comstock & Co.,, Boinay & Sonss Maybe Bros. and others.
 Rev. Mir. Free, formerly of Southfeld. is talked of to deliver @ lecture in town hall, on the subject of ''Work and Play" sometime in the future.
 John P. Shields, Cansan's ''learned blacksmith" and superannusted poet, has gone to Riverton to sharpen drills in stone quarry. and will probably stay the rest of the winter.
 Sherwood Cummings, who has been braking on the c. w. R. R. during the past week in the place of the regular brake. man. resumed his duties in Camps drug store Monday.
 The District Court opened at Winsted Monday, with the prospect of quite lengthy session. The first case is that of Lyman Dunning, administrator, vs. one Levinus Cunning.
 Aaron A. Hall, who is remembered in this region as dabbler in bogus checks, has been heard from in Suff1eld and Dur ham recently. where he was still engaged in the same business.
 | If one man can walk 857 miles In six
 days, two men, with an over-reaching SCOT
 CT, can make 521 miles in the same time.
 Sports champions should reAd about his
 Bridgeport record" in another column.
 A dime party is to be held at the resi- dence of Geo. P. Strong tomorrow CThurs
 day) night. The dominic tells us to invite
 all the boys and girls to come. We did
 that once and got lecture from him for -
 We invite the attention of our readers to Hubbelrs advertisement of ready made
 clothing in another column. Hubbell hal !, an immense stock of clothing which h' wishes to thin out before inventory, and of | fers it at surprisingly low figures. :, Richard A. Reilly, for twelve year clerk at the New Milford depot, died Thurs day night of consumption after lingerinl
 illness, aged 27. He was also secretary o
 the Water Witch hose company. He wa
 very popular aud his death is regretted b!
 all.
 David R. Stevens of South Britain wa : bitten in October by adog belonging t , Henry Fenn in Roxbury. On Friday, tn 3 27th ut. he was attacked with hydrophO , bia and died the following Sunday. Tn : dog also bit son of Mir. BeardsleY, an' , several animals.
 -Rey. J. H. Lane is to give lecture il . the Methodist church Wednesday evening , Jan. 18th, on the subject of '.Artichokes. ! Mir. Lane was formerly pastor of thi church and was well liked, and there is n doubt full house will greet him. The sd 2 mission is small-only 20 cents, childre n half price.
 The next meeting of the Canaan Tenn = perance society will be held in Town Ha next Saturday evening, the llth inst. G T. Harrison Esq. of Litchfield is to addres g the meeting. MT. Harrison is powerfr ' speaker and an earnest temperance worker xUiM niuo Nho D sound talk.
 The following is the list of jurors fo '. the town of North Canaan for the currsu
 year: Elisha M. Rood, Daniel L. Freeman Henry G. Williams, Rollins M. Rood, Her
 ry A. Smith. Martin w. Prescott, Henry ]
 Mead, William P. Pelton, Samuel A. Ben
 nett, Henry 0. Barnes, Edward s. Roberts
 John o. Richmond, Nelson I. Clark, Will
 liam Adam 2nd.
 e The young people of this place hay y nearly perfected their arrangements for d dramatic entertainment to be given for th D benefit of the Village Improvement Associ z ation, and have decided on the patriot - drama, "One Hundred Years Ago." repre- o senting the patriotism and se ntiment pr }, vailing during the Revolutionary war. an r is replete with mirth, gravity and patriot l. valor.
 70 Mrs. Cornelia E., wife of Frank A Peet and daughter of Jay A. Underwood s Esq. of this place, died at her resideDc . Jan. 7th, after protracted and painful i'll Y ness. She bore her sufferirgs with fort s tude and resignation. and when at last th s summons came, she passed calmly an h peacefully away. The funeral will be hel q at her fathersa reaidanea tO-mOrrovv At on