Connecticut western news., 1880-10-20


 Fall leaves fall.
 --s2e new subscribers wanted right away.
 -only 12 days more, and how the roosters will flop!
 Miss Lllie Wooster is teaching school in Sherman.
 "A little earlier if you please, dear corres- poudents.
 "A. T. Roraback of this place talks poli- tics at Sharon tonight.
 Several children in this place are aff1ict- ed with the whooping cough.
 w. Mcintyre is erecting a barn in the rear of his blacksmith shop.
 Tho Methodist ladies' aid society meets tomorrow p. m. at Mrs. Fuller's.
 Eugene s, Root and family have returned from protracted visit to Michigan.
 MT. Frank How'd of Falls Village has our thanks for donation of delicious grapes.
 -Lakevilles s'Rod and Gun club" is en- camped on Canaan mountain, and of course having glorious racket.
 Rev. Mir. Bostwick, who is officiating at Christ church, spends the greater part of the time in Norfolk for his health.
 Thomas Riley, who has been employed on railroad in Maryland for some months past, returned home last week.
 MT. S. c. Beckley, who is experimenting an ore bed in Dover, N. Y, spent the Sab bath with his family in this place.
 A horse belonging to Sidney w. Russell became strayed or stolen last Tuesday morn ing, but was subsequently, restored.
 Sheridan Barnes house on Railroad-st., occupied by J. s. New, is being repainted by the veteran painter, Charles Gillette.
 MT. G. P. Strong spent the Sabbath with Mir. H. K Smith at Philmont, N. Y, where his wife has been visiting for some days.
 Mrs Looms of Hartford, who has been spending the summer with her son Frank, 0. W. R. R. agent, returned home last week
 The young republicans of this place eel ebrated the Indiana and Ohio elections by firing of big cannon on Town Hall hill las Wednesday night.
 Miss Minnie Peirce is visiting friends 1T Penn. Tan, N Y., and will probably extenc her visit to Champaign, H., where her uncle Rev. Wm G. Peirce resides.
 MT. c. James, late of the Wolcottvill' Register has purchased the Thomaston Ex press, and taken charge. Mir. James will un doubtedly make red hot campaign paper O. it.
 George Smith, brakeman on the ore train got one of his fingers smashed while coup ling cars the other day, the third case of sim liar nature on the same train, within & short time.
 Stephen Riley has been promoted to the position of engineer. and runs the locomotive Simsbury, on the 0. W. R. R. freight train. Steve will make a careful and faithful engi- neer.
 About 20 from this place attended the Grant reception in Hartford last Saturday The excursion train on its return did not ar rive here until about halr-past twelve Sunday morning.
 At the Greenback meeting last Thursday night, Frank E. Cleaveland of Winsted, and Samuel Mellor of Bridgeport addressed a small audience, who spoke of both orators as good takers.
 The new watering trough in the rear of Union depot, consists of large iron basin mounted on pedestal of masonry, and at such height that horses can drink without be. ing unchecked
 A drop of hot lead spattered into Chas. Callender's eye last Saturday, as he was tink- ering the watering trough, and it was removed Monday by Dr. Camp who found that it had burned into the eye-ball "A republican meeting was held in Town hall last night and addresses were made by Messrs T. L. Norton and D. T. Warner of Salisbury. Music was furnished by the Can- aan cornet band, and singing by the LakeVille glee club.
 John s. Lane, for several years roadmas- ter of the Housatonic R. R. has resigned, and and will accept similar position on the N. r. 6 N H. R. R. with headquarters at Hartford, His brother Charles will un- doubtedly succeed him.!
 MT. Leonard Lawrence of East Canaan brought into our office the other day an enor- nous apple, of the 'Norway Spy" variety. which, so far as size is concerned, looked more like pumpkin than an apple. It weighed pound and half.
 At the last regular meeting of the Can aan cornet band, G. E. DeHart was appointed leader to train the boys in the absence of their teacher W. R. North. Cat is naturally a fine musician and the band showed good judgment in making their choice.
 MT. Fl. H. Cogswcll at his lunch rooms over Union depot has several strawberry plants of different varieties, set out in boxes, which are thriving and growing rapidly, and there seems to be no reason why they should not mature and bring forth good fruit even in Itis an experiment with MT. cogswell, and he is watching them tenderly.