Connecticut western news., 1880-12-15
LOCAL NEVIS.

;. LOCAL NEWS = We shall feel greatly obliged to any our friends in. the county, or elsewhere, wh' will sand us particulars of sany occurrence O. interest which may come under their notice. . Considerable interesting matter is una xeidably crowded out of this issue. :. 1.-The first dance. of the,Ashlsy Falls club was attended by about 80 couples. . :, M. and Mrs. E..w: Warner spent the Sabbath with friends in Lime Rock. Gardner is doing rushing trade in the jewelry line as the holidays draw nigh. -Mr. D. L. Peirce has returned from his visit to Illinois, after. an absence of about a month. --The old Readers in the schools in this place have been discarded, and new edi- : ton adopted. Those who have recently received billa from this office will confer favor by remit ting the amounts due. -The ladies' aid society of the Methodist church will hold .. fair in the basement of their church tomorrow night.
 s-James A Bierce, IT,, who spent the sum nier and fall in Bridgeport, has taken up win ter quarters at the Warner House.
 -Landlord Macdonald and wife attended the 6remen's ball at .Winsted last Friday night, and report an enjoyable time.
 The second dance of the l. D D. Y club comes of at Tow Hall to- night, and the outlook IS favorable for large attendance.
 W. H. Camp has fine assortment of Florida oranges, bananas and lemons which look awfully tempting at this season of the year.
 : Owners of ice houses hereabouts, learned something from last years experience, and will fill their ice houses with the first ice that comes.
 We present each of our readers with an interesting and exciting supplement this week. Read and ponder, and go thou and do likewise.
 Extra copies of the NEWS in Lakeville will be for sale hereafter by Thomas J. Mar tin. at the depot, instead of Cornell < Hoyt as heretofore. :,
 -Jenson Emmons of Canaan Valley butchered last Thursday, seven hogs whose aggregate weight was 32os pounds, an aver age of over 457 pounds each.
 The adv. signed IS. J. Knickerbocker' In another column, is inserted by Mrs. K. in- stead of her son, as might be inferred by a local in this column last week.
 Foreman Connor of the Winsted Herald and White of the Press made us call Satur day afternoon, while on their way to Ct Harrington to spend the Sabbath.
 The Congregational society's Christmal tree entertainment promises to surpass an! occasion of the kind ever held by the society The church will be elaborately trimmed: The ore train yesterday narrowly escap cd running into 6 loaded ice team on Humph rsy's crossing. Perhaps after somebody get killed at that point fagman will. be station ed there. h-l..
 -An accident to the freight train at Miller ton caused the east bound passenger train t' be over three hours late at this station Mon- day morning. and put the freight train severa hours behind time
 = Tflton's lecture in Ct. Burlington las Thursday night did not attract many iron this way, their experience in waiting until o'clock in the morning for the return train after Coughs lecture recently, dampenint their ardor somewhat.
 The passenger receipts of the H. R. R for the months of October and Noyembe show an increase over those of the cores bonding months last year, of $7, ,000, yer gratifying indication of the growing popular U of the road as direct and safe route c travel. .-
 -Sandtown let go only to get bette hold. Now they are getting ready to enjoy scandal in which connubial infelicity, jealous and perhaps gory gore will figure prominent ly. The storm is brewing, breakers ahead and the devil wags his tail and smacks hi lips in anticipation.
 -G. L. Parsons announces large an varied stock of useful, as well as ornaments goods for holiday gifts, and he's got lem toe 1t will repay you to just look over his stock and select something that will not only please but will also be of service to your sisters an your cousins and your aunts
 "A Collinsville man, who had little diff culty with the O. w. R. R. Co. about tn payment of fare, has settled amicably, and the Sentinel says he ''speaks very highly c Mr Jones, the superintendent" In that re gard he is just like everybody else who eve had any dealings with that genial super
 An explosion occurred in Lawyer Rora backs office last Monday night which, com pared to the usual disastrous results of sucl occurrences, was 8 narrow escape. As Mr Roraback was blowing out his lamp, prepar atory to leaving the office for the night, it ex ploded with deafening report, into thous and pieces, knocking Mir. B. across the room completely covering him with minute particles of glass, and slightly cutting his face Int oil remaining in the bottom of the lamp be came ignited, but was carried out in tht bracket in which 1t hung. No damage wal done to any of the furniture excepting the car pet, which was saturated with oil