Connecticut western news., 1879-10-29

 that time.
 Mrs. Ovid Gillette is visiting her parents in Amenia.
 The Talcott mountain tower will be closed November l.
 ,-Millerton witnessed two wooden wed- dings last week. '- ., The ladies aid society meets Thursday at Mrs Caldwell's. Three young Canaanites took in" New York City last week.
 The Putnam Phalanx have target shoo, at Lakeville tomorrow.
 MT. Wm. B. Curtis is running the Conn, Western R. R. gravel train.
 So the village park is to "winter it" in its present incomplete state, is it7 :- All over town-mud. (This is wet weather g-o-a-k at high school.)
 -Elizur Smith of Lee has just received 10 Hambletonian horses from Kentucky.
 Out of 60 boys in Pittsfeld school, 35 between the ages of II and 16 use tobacco. Rev. T. De Witt Talmage lectured in Hartford Monday night, on Big Blunders." !" The 0. W. R. R. Co.'S. picnic grounds at Twin Lakes, are in charge of F. P. Barnum. A plucky woman in Lee frightened of an insolent tramp with shot gun the other day.
 A peach was recently picked on the old Ward farm measuring inches in circumfer- ence.
 Frank Barnum runs fish and oyster wagon through Clayton and Ashley Falls each week.
 HI. P. Barnum last week sold two tons of tobacco to New Milford man for l5 cents a pound A stuffed and mounted loon in Humph. reys show window. attracts the attention of passers.by.
 Mrs. Caswell of Middletown, N. Y, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Charles Hinckley, l in this place. '~r .~' ,.'
 -Dr Baird of the American College of Health, is at the Stevens House this p m. for consultation.
 Charlie Decker of Wetaug recently had considerable pork, fruit, potatoes, etc. stolen from his cellar. ] There have been 75oO cases Q5oo tons of tobacco sold at New Milford, Danbury and Bethel this season. !! Instead of the usual services ''praise servlce" will be held at the Methodist churct next Sunday night.
 -Chas H. Fowler is to remove his famil, from Prescott hill to MT F. Watsons tene ment on Church street.
 The Maloney house, recently unpeoplet by diphtheria, has been renovated and paint ed by the board of health.
 Mrs. Safronia Sardam of Wetaug will re move to Millerton and live with her son Merchant Pomeroy Sardam.
 The house of Misses Gaylord in Norfoll was robbed by burglars Sunday night of silve and china valued at over $l0O
 -Dr Knight of Lakeville was announced to lecture on temperance at the Congregation al Church, East Canaan, last night.
 A couple of leakages in the main pip' necessitated tbe shutting of of the water a the H. R. crossing the other day.
 Geo L. Parsons will shortly begin th' erection of house on the building lot recent ly purchased by him on West Main street.
 Van Amburgh's circus, which has win tered for some years past, in Amenia, vii take quarters the coming winter in Kansas o Missouri
 The new trial of William Bucholz for th' murder of John H. Shulte at South Norwall last December, will begin at Bridgeport No vember l.
 Greens atlas and diary almanac for 189t and the two last months of 1879 is out, ant is the neatest thing in the shape of an alma nae we have seen.
 MT. Charles Ostrander, foreman of thu Philadelphia Sunday Journal office, made us call the other day, being in town on visit t. his sister, Mollie Bailey.
 Henry Howe of South Canaan entered pair of oxen in the draft oxen sweepstakes a the Wolcottville fair last week and took secon' money, $l5. His oxen drew 5000 lbs. of p iron on boat. ) The sportsman of the Warner Hous gave his friends game supper recently. ? is said the few cartridges and squirrels re maining on Church hill are to hold an indig nation meeting.
 On the first Friday evening of each mont Rev. MT. Mackey will deliver lecture ol Scriptural topics, at the Methodist Church The subject for next Friday night is tn Suffering Savior" A Hartford machine shop has order coming in so rapidly that l5o machinists ar l wanted immediately. Goods on hand for ex hibition and samples are being sent off t. l supply part of the demand. Mir. Adams and pupils of high school who have just completed survey of Canaan Mountain, find the elevation to be 928 it., inches, from the surface of Blackberry Rive to the summit of the mountain.
 The stake carried on the rear of She paug locomotive, recently hopped out of 1t