Connecticut western news., 1880-04-07

Ives meat market in this place has clos ed for the season
 Miss Minnie Lynehan is visiting her sis- ters in Bridgeport.
 Salisbury people have subscribed $1,30o toward public park.
 A. T. Roraback is improving his yard, painting grape arbors, etc.
 Philip Phillips is to sing in the Metho- dist church next Friday night
 -Jerome Munger, clerk of the Stevens House, has returned to Thomaston.
 "A large and commodious horse shed has been erected near the Stevens House barn. Miss Nellie J Andrus, having closed her school in Lakeville, is at her home in this place.
 Christ church was largely attended last Sunday, there being no service ln the M. E. church.
 The spring term of the public schools opened last Monday morning, with fair at- tendance.
 April put in the first genuine shower last Saturday and kept it up at intervals until Sunday night
 Miss Dora Brewster of Falls Village has been visiting her sister, Mrs. T. F. Watson, in this place.
 James Fitzgerald, for the past two years NIT. N. c. Wards right hand man, is going to Boston for employment
 A number of silver coins were observed lying around loose (?) on All Fools Day, but they had awful long roots.
 -Mr F. Root, formerly resident of this place, was in town the other day. His pres ent home is Lanesboro, Mass.
 There was no preaching in the Cong. church last Sunday. Rev. MT. Gordon of Cambridge, Mass will occupy the pulpit next Sunday.
 We haven't seen ten cents worth of sleighing this winter, although MT. Vennor has been burying some favored communities in several feet of it.
 70. w. Bassett, Wetherells chief clerk, at Huntsville, retired printer by the way, dropped into the sanctum the other day, while enjoying a vacation.
 Another lot of trunks, satchels, etc. just received. Also on hand, all kinds of horse furnishing goods at 444 Centennial Avenue, Lakeyille, Ct. 2w41 J. M. MILLER. Station agent Watson, who represented this town in the last legislature, is again al his post in the ticket office; and Sam. Fergr son, his substitute has retired to the farm. Owing to the sacred concert being aT pointed for Friday even9g, the annual meet ing and auction at the Reading Room will bt held on Saturday at o'clock p. m. It il hoped this will secure full attendance. Le no one who is interested stay at home.
 H. L BoDLEY.
 President
 As Michael Maddan, workman at Peirct Lawrence. X Co.'S. quarryfwa cutting off a fust with a crow bar, the other day. friction caused the powder to ignite, and spark fell into can containing about two pounds of blasting powder, causing an explosion which severely burned Madam and James Reel, about tht face and arms.
 MT J. M. Miller, the popular harness maker of Lakeyille, has just completed ar elegant rubber and gold mounted trotting har ness for Mir. J. L. Richardson of Lime Rock Mir M. always has plenty of work, for the reason that he thoroughly understands his business and keeps on hand supply of goods which people want.
 Attention is called to A. L. HubbelTs adv. in another column. MT. Hubbell clothing establishment at Ct. Harrington hal been improved in the interior, by painting extra lighting, etc, making it bright anC cheerful He has splendid spring stock 0 clothing ready for the public, and at price that can be reached by all. Those in wan of spring clothes will do well to examine MT Hubbelrs stock.
 A fire occurred at Canaan Valley las Wednesday night, which destroyed the barr belonging to George Thompson, and content consisting ofabout 15 tons of hay belonginI to M. B. Tobey four tons baled ray belong ing to Chas. Briggs, moving machine, hors rake and other farming tools. No insurance The fire is supposed to have been incendiary Canaan Valley has reputation for getting u more excitement in the way of incendiary fire than any other hamlet of corresponding cali bre in the state; and if it had fourished il the time of MT. Nebuchadnezzar, that sel sufficient ruler might have brought the obsti nate Shadrach, Meshech and Abednego t time by sending them to Canaan Valley.
 Several removals have taken place here abouts during the past few days, and others we understand, are in contemplation Ovid Gillette has removed into John VanDeusen's house, Chas. Fowler to Judge Granger's ten ement, Geo. Benedict to Whittlesey's. Wm Smith to the Marvin House. Patrick Quinn from the Joslyn place to the Ferris farm, Geo Parmalee to J. L. Bragg's new house, Rev. [. H. Reid to Rye, N. Y, M. Kilmer to Con. ways tenement, Geo. L. Parsons to his new house, VIII. Dauchy goes to Chapinville, Vim H. Hamilton to Celebrook River, Deacon Hinsdale to Winchester, U. H. Whiting to Cheshire, James Curtis to Trescott's on Rene. dict hill, Ben Wade to Wm Bennett's tene-