Connecticut western news., 1880-12-01
December.

Gold weather seems to have come to stay. Skating is favorite pastime with young America nowadays.
 The ladies' aid society meets to morrow afternoon at Dr. Cummings.
 Pop. girls; pop with care; pop, foi December winds up leap yaire.
 -'Idlewild," of Falls Village has our thanks for basket of delicious apples.
 A. photograph gallery has been erected on Cummings land just north of the harness shop.
 The H. R. R. locomotive 'David Leav- it" is just out of the shops with 9 "lttle red, --One dollar and fifty cents pays for. the NEWS from now until Jan. l, 1SS2-ls Mir. and Mrs. D. L. Proper of Elizaville, N. Y. spent Thanksgiving at Hon. Judge Granger's. MT. and Mrs. Bell, of Chatham, N. Y.. are visiting with their daughter, Mrs. J. S. New, in this place.
 The Pitts6eld Journal in thinking that Thanksgiving was the 329th day of the year, is just one day behind the times.
 A meeting of the citizens is called at Squire Roraback's office next Monday night; for the purpose of organizing fire company -Jeweler Gardner is dipping into the book trade, for the holidays, and is prepared to fur nish any book published, at a reasonable fig. ure.
 About 25 rods of iron pipe, which was being laid for the Canaan water Co. on Church street, froze up last week, causing consider able delay. :. :. .t
 Mrs G. c. Hatch of Bridgeport daughter of the late Supt. N. M., Brown, has been spending few days at Mrs. N. NJ. Brown's in this place.
 James Hamblin of Millerton has assumed charge of News hay and straw baling estah. hshment, in this place, and is buying lots O hay and straw:
 Waiter Paul came home to spend Thanks giving with his parents in this place, bring ing with him his bride,. one of York state's fair daughters. He was in proper frame o mind to give thanks heartily.
 Owing to the fact that other dances were going on in surrounding towns the same evening, the Thanksgiving ball at the Stevens House was not as largely atterded as it should have been, and as the preparations deserved --Chas W. Wood of Supt Stillson's office in Bridgeport, ate turkey at his home in Lake vile last Thursday Charlie's turn in tho matrimonial mill comes next, and he is abou the only unmarried quill driver in the gen. eral offices.
 Billy Humphrey has purchased mucl larger holiday stock than usual, and takes { everything that can gladden. the hearts O children and make old Santa Claus shake hi' sides in laughter
 The season of,the I. D. D. Y. Dancing Club opens at Town hall tonight with a socia hop, and good company is expected. The gatherings of this club last winter were tn, pleasantest social events of the season, anC those of this season will undoubtedly equa them.
 The extensive improvements at Camp drug store ended with the laying of new floor, and now the appearance of the store iE second to none Mir. Camp is putting in stock of holiday and fancy goods, perfectly dazzling. You cannot fail to find gift there that will just suit your most fastidious friend
 IA Sandtowner," evidently laboring un der that pious sense of responsibility fol which Sandtowners are notorious, sends u! an anonymous letter, in which he shows hi: long ears by taking exceptions to ''PeachbloW Snowbalrs" communication of last week, or the Han'cuff an Garter club The communi cation was taken by all the parties mentioned therein by MT. Snowball, as joke-just as il was intended and IA Sandtowner," who by the way is not 8 resident of Sandtowr proper, brays and kicks to their intense amusement V:
 The buildings and valuable machinery belonging to the Maxwell marble works at East Canaan were burned by an incendiary fire last Thursday morning at about one o'clock. The machinery alone was valued at about $6o, ,00O and was of the most ap. proved and modern design, There was no insurance on the property, which was to have gone into the possession O. J. G. Patterson of Hartford, on the same day of the fire, under Judgment of the superior court, against Alexander Maxwell. Mr. Patterson had ar- ranged to have 1t insured immediately upon it's coming into his possession. From this quar ry was taken the marble used in the con- struction of the new State House, the Phoenix and other prominent buildings in Hartford. These works were of material ad- vantage to the mercantile interests of the town, large number of men being employed there when under full headwaY, and the per son who is guilty of the deliberate perpetra- ton of this outrage, is of the sort that would stcut of his own nose to spite his face."l