Connecticut western news., 1879-12-24

A MERRY CHR1sTMAsl
 Twill be "white Christmas" after all.
 -"Gift enterprise" and dance in Town Hall tomorrow night.
 Mrs. W. T. Ferguson is visiting her lpa- rents in Winsted.
 John Shields is home from Fair Haven to spend Christmas.
 The schools will close tonight for the re- mainder of the week.
 -Gardner's exhibition of Christmas jewelry makes fine display.
 A Sunday School Christmas tree at Cong. church tomorrow evening.
 Make your friend Christmas present of a years subscription to THE NEWS
 The holiday market is brisk, and dealers report much better trade than last year.
 Jerome Root of Hartford made flying visit to his home in this place last Sunday.
 What has become of Sandtown? They've had neither fire, fight nor rafae for month.
 -Mr. D. L. Freeman's family have moved into their new house near the Catholic church
 -Housatonic Lodge, No. 6l, F. & A. M., held it's annual election of officers last night
 Miss Bena Rodemeyer of the NEWS office spends Christmas with her sister in Cohoes, NY.
 Chambers Encyclopedia is to be placed in the school in this place as rapidly as pub lished.
 Postmaster Sprague of Birmingham, the defaulter, has run away, and his bondsmen will now be liable for $3O,OOO.
 MT. A. E. Ferris of New Milford, fwas thrown from a wagon Saturday, and his shoulder badly hurt, perhaps broken.
 Now is the time to get up sleigh-ride, but ''what thou doest do quickly" as nothing is more unreliable than beautiful snow.
 Dan Rice, the famous circus man, is one of Moody's converts at St. Louis, where Rice has already taken the field as an evangelist
 The Barnum Richardson Co. have pur- chased ll5 acres of timber in Granby, to be made into charcoal for their East Canaan fur naces.
 -Norwalk children dug up while at play Monday the shoulder blade, arm and hand of a woman skeleton in lot near St. Paul's church.
 The children of the M. E. Sunday school are to have party in the basement of the church on Wednesday evening, Dec. sl, (New Years eve.)
 When the Misses Eldridge recently re- turned to Norfolk from Europe, their arrival was sgnalized by the ringing of bells and an illumination.
 Miss Ellen D. Peirce of this place closed her school in Lime Rock last Friday night. Owing to poor health she has decided not to teach next term.
 Prof Lee amused his writing pupils at East Canaan with readings and recitations last Saturday evening, and those in this place on Monday evening. Frank Bailey killed black snake near Peirce & Lawrence's lime kiln on the 18th inst, measuring feet inches. Rather late in the season for those fellows
 B. J. Bradley of West Cornwall is to as. sume charge of the Miller House, Great Bar. rington, about January 1st, Mir. N. Green re- tiring to his farm at Lime Rock, The New Milford National Bank has re- gently received a large amount of gold sent by their New York correspondent in place of currency, which they say is scarce.
 F. T. Barnum has presented Bridgeport with $75O0 bronze fountain, which he had cast in Germany, and which now sdorns his "Waldemere" lawn. It is to be placed in Seaside park.
 The adv. of H. Bundy of Lakeville appears in our columns this week. Mr. Bun- dy is favorsbly known hereabouts as fair
 
 will do the square thing with all who favor him with a call.
 -Lambert Nickerson of Chatham, Mass, 58 years old and captain of coaster, deliber- ately placed himself in front of an express train at New Haven Friday and was killed He had previously been driven from the track by switchman. Twenty hands, employed as sorters at Eaton's tobacco warehouse in Kent on Fri day struck for more pay. They were receiv. ing only one quarter of a cent per pound. Finally their demand for one cent per pound was agreed to.
 Uptown women at Meriden cannot ven ture out after dark without serious danger of being insulted or attacked by prowling ruff ans. A German woman was recently throt- tied, but assistance came before the fellows got any further.
 Mrs. Lucretia Northrop of Danbury was found dead in her room Wednesday morning She had hung herself to the bedpost. Mrs. Northrop was the widow of the late Rufus Northrop, and was about 3years old. She had been sick for long time.
 A deer has been travelling about in Wethersfeld for about month Thursday morning it passed near the dwelling house of gentleman who at once got out Cal" Wha- ples, 8 well-known fox hunter. and with hounds pursuit was made. After about an hour the animal was brought to the ground in Griswoldville. It weighed 100 pounds and was probably doe that escaped from Mrs. Colts grounds some. time ago.