Connecticut western news., 1880-02-04

 our friends in the county, or elsewhere. who will send us particulars of any occurrence of Interest which may come under their notice. The South Berkshire Institute has about 50 pupils at present. February is little overgrown this year, having 29 days and five Sundays The mercury stood 60 below zero at Union depot last Monday morning. The cellar wall is being laid for Luman Foote's new house on West Main-st. The presses in the Wolcottville Register office are run by Backus water motor.
 Saturday, the 14th inst. is St. Valen- tines Day. Heavingsl and it's leap year, too.
 -Beartown Beebe will give us cold Feb ruary aud mild March, with plenty of ice and snow.
 Miss Fannie Beckwith of Ct. Harrington is visiting her cousin Miss Ida Caswell in this town.
 Prank Barnum will sell his sporting and camping apparatus at Twin Lakes to whoso' ever will. Common Sense" will find reply to his communication in the Canaan post ofhce. Please call A. Rev. S. B. Forbes of Winsted, gave an interesting temperance lecture in town hall last Saturday night
 --The annual meeting of the Housatonic R. R. Co. is to be held in their office in Bridge port, on the 27th inst.
 The c. W. R. R. double bridge over the Housatonic river has been enclosed, partially roofsd over and timed.
 Geo. Thompson's house at Canaan Val ley, occupied by Mrs. Bunce, was burned the other night; insured.
 "A water pipe bursted in the Warner House kitchen Monday morning, and nearly drowned out the occupants.
 The Dramatic Association's recent spasm of stinspiration" proved 8 miscarriage, and looks like stMuch ado about nothing"
 Mir Uri Whiting occupying the Ferris farm in this place, has bought farm ID Cheshire and will remove there in the spring. A number of the friends of Miss Florence B. New gave her surprise party last night, it being her birthday, and very pleasant &C., cial time was enjoyed
 Hon. John H. Cofdng's farm house known as the Job Ford place at Ct Barring ton, was burned last Sunday night Loss $4o00, no insurance.
 Prof Lawson, the Scotch elocutionis' is giving readings this week at Stockbridg' and Lee. The Prof. says he intends to give Canaan another trial soon.
 The work of stringing the Western Un ion Telegraph Co.'S. new wire from Brldgepor to Pittsfeld, has been begun, and will prob ably be finished next week.
 A checker tournament of 300 games hal just terminated hero between six checkerlsts c. B. Gardner coming out champion, having won s2 games, and lost lS.
 Miss Nellie McElroy is teaching the dis trict school at Chapinville. If the "youne idea'' of Chapinville doesn't learn to shoot now, it's the young ideas fault.
 It is sad that man living in an adjacent part of the town recently celebrated his birth day by going from house to house, soliciting pitcher of cider at each house.
 Suits brought against G. T. Lawrence by Levi Bronson, claiming damages on property belonging to Geo. c E. Thompson, are with drawn, and attachments released.
 -Dr. R. T. Bishop of Ore Hill has "taken unto himself wife, and the happy pair have the best wishes of many friends for their joy and prosperity as they float gently down the stream of time.
 Ice trains are run on the Housatonic K
 daily. The company have large order
 om the Knlckerbocker Ice Go. of New York City, which they supply from the Morewood Lake in Pittsfeld.
 III. P. Lynch, compositor graduate ol the NEWS office, is now engaged on the Daily American at Waterbury. Hen. is a skilled workman, capable of filling prominent posi- tions, and we wish him success.
 Mrs. Clark, the evangelist closed her et' forts at the Methodist church last Friday eve' ming. The meetings, however, are still con- tinued by the pastor, Rev. MT. Mackey, and the interest does not seem to abate. Quite number of conversions have taken place.
 The number of children last year in the various districts in this town, was as follows Dist. No. 1, l25; No. 2, 147; No. 3, 2S; No. A; No. 5, 50. The numbers the year previous was as follows: Dist. No. l, 14s; No. ?, 14s; No. 3, s9; No. 4, ss; Mo- s, A.
 The committee appointed by Prof. Lee to decide upon the improvement in penman' ship shown by the pupils of his late Wrlflng class in East Canaan, make the following re- port Pupils showing the most marked lm' proyement during the term, JuliusxS Coroit, Lizzie A. Adam, Jennie s. Adam, E. W. Giddings, George P. Beebe, Frank c. Peck' Amos Beaujon, Grove 8. Sanford, W. b. Adam, Mary Mccormick. The following show . decided improvement: Carrie E. Hotch- hiss, Theodore T. Adam, Hattie Adam, M. N. Ciata, Minnie c. Beebe, Ellen H. Dunning' Frank Tone, James Keane, w. D. Lawrence, Willie H. Briggs, Marie A. Beaujon.
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