Connecticut western news., 1879-06-25


 A 'sgrand" time is in preparation for July 4th near Clayton. This number ends Vol. of the Con necticut Western News. Mrs. N. M. Brown is moving into her new house on West Main st. Gardens are looking finely, notwith- standing the backward spring. A new ticket office is being built at the steamboat landing at Lakeville. R. Ball and D. T. Warner of Salisbury are rusticating at Columbia Springs.
 Local talent of Lakeville will present ''Above the Clouds" next Friday night.
 The M. E. ladies' aid society meet at Mrs. G. P. Strong's to- morrow afternoon. The Hillsdale Herald has an associate editor, c. L. Vanderpoel of Philmont, N. Y.
 Several parties from this place will ''take in" the Coney Island excursion on Friday.
 Fairfield will celebrate July 8. the cen tennial anniversary of it's destruction by the British.
 Miss Laura Roys of New Brunswick, N. J. is visiting at her old home in East Canaan.
 Rev. Mir. Mackey spoke on temperance in the school house at District No. 5, last Saturday night.
 Mir. D. L. Freeman has commenced the erection of barn on his lot near the Catholic church.
 Four coach loads of Emerson Chorus" of Hartford enjoyed an excursion 10 Lake vile last Saturday.
 A fine monument has been erected at the Salisbury cemetery by the family of the late Rev. Dr. Reid.
 Conductor c. P. Lane, who was iniur- ed some weeks since. has fully recovered and resumed his duties. The V. l. Association have made 8 good start toward clearing out Gillette's grove for public park.
 No fire-crackers are for sale !n this place. Young America will have to go out of town to declare independence.
 Mir. F. H. Giddings, formerly associ : ate editor of the Winsted Herald, is at pres- ent editorially connected with the Berk- shire Courier.
 The Sunday-school of Christ Church of this place held picnic on Church Hill, in the rear of Rev. Mir. Bodley's residence. last Wednesday.
 J. w. Parrott. who sued the Housatonic railroad for $50, 900, because spark from an engine fired his ice.house, has been awarded $1.2OO.
 | Miss Julia Gillette, a teacher in fe- male college at Bordentown, N. J., ie vis- iting with her father, MT. Lawrence 0il- lette, in this place.
 A five years-old Bridgeport boy re- gently shot cat with revolver, his three years-old brother holding the animal in his arms for the purpose.
 -S. P. Crofut of Canaan Valley has a bullet, which recently laid two eggs in suc- cession, measuring respectively 6l2x 734 and 3-4x73-4
 New Haven's Fourth of July celebra tion will be two miles in length. The eel ebration will probably be the most immense ever seen in the State.
 -Col. s. B. Sumner of Bridgeport, the well.known poet of all important lecal oc- currences and celebrations, has just receiv- ed pension of $3, 3,OOO.
 Mir. John H. Peet, of the late firm of Whittemore, Peet, Post & Co.,, has connect ed himself with the house of James F. White & Co.,, New York.
 The Methodist society will hold a strawberry and ice cream festival in the basement of their church on the evening of July 4th. Supper from till 10 m.
 HI. Barney spoke on temperance Tn town hall last night, to rather small audi ence. The singing was fully up to the standard. No meetings will be held in July.
 It has been deemed advisable to remove MT. William l. Taft of Clayton, who, after a severe attack of braln fever is much en- feebled in intellect. to the Northampton h. zane Asylum for treatment.
 -"Dr." Clark. salisbury's gifted double tongued miracle working humbug has "gone like dresm," having administered a dose of poison to citizen of Salisbury. preparatory to performing an operation.
 Waiter Clark, an employe of the Heus- atomic railroad, engaged in laying the steel rails from New Milford north, was acci- dentally struck under the right ear by an iron bar and seriously injured. He was taken home to Falls Village.
 Frank Barnum, at Twin Lakes, is pre- pairing for good time July 4th. Dancing, music, foot racing, boat racing, tub racing. greased pole climbing, etc. are to be fea- lures of the occasion. Frank has plenty of boats to let, and refreshments and temper snce drinks will be for sale on the grounds.
 'The world unto an end will come, in eighteen hundred, eighty-one" Mother Shipton said few hundred years ago. That wouldn't be surprising-nothing is surprising nowadays. Just read the de- ings of home talent in the Marriage" col umn-and still there are omnibus whis- perings of ''more to follow" There are lseveral on the s'anxious seat"