Connecticut western news., 1880-12-01
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. improved by age. COIIimsviIIe.
 Orrin B. Freeman, NJ. D. died in Collinsville Nov 2Oth, aged 84. He married Orinda, sis ter of Hon. Abijah Catlin, of Harwinton. Seven couples were married in the month of November, in Canton. w. H. Hawley received a IA ID. wild tur key from Michigan, for his Thanksgiving. Timothy Green had 25 Plymouth Rocl l fowls stolen from his premises recently. ! The recent cold weather has put an em bargo on making cider. l Many thousand bushels of apples are frog en in barns and sheds.
 People are greatly troubled for want water in wells and springs. D. B.H. DnnbAry.
 The Meeker Bros. hat shop in this plac
 = nearly destroyed by fire, on Sunday, tn Was = +'- fire originated is not fo Fist inst, How L,,>> -~ had jus a certainty known, as the watchmaA left the building to attend to the fires in the boiler room, and on coming out soon after | saw the fire starting out the side of the build I ing near the leather room. The total loss is | estimated at from $l2, 1000 to $l5, 900, and is supposed to be covered by insurance. Abou 200 hands are thus thrown out of employment but the firm will erect a temporary building so that the men can work until the mail building can be rebuilt which will probably be done as soon as the insurance is adjusted
 Thanksgiving passed off quietly here, more | so for the reason of the snow, which fell here to the depth of about two inches. The Arbuckle Company, with Prof. Ar buckly as leader, gave concert here in tht Taylor opera house on Thursday night. The new gas house here is nearly complet ed, and will be fine one, and one that Dan bury should be proud of. New pipes hav' been laid, and when the new gas is used tt it's fullest extent. will give good satisfaction DIXIE. 1 Clayton.
 Miss Kitty Taft was home from North ampton to spend Thanksgiving. Mrs. Weston Barnes of Reading, Conn ,anC 1 MT. Geo. Mcintyre of Hyde Park N. Y. spen Thanksgiving at c. E. Barnes. Mir and Mrs H.R. Bunnel have been wis | ting in Dan5ury AsTERIsK. Ct. Harrington.
 Rev. MT. Scudder exchanged with Rev. MT Mallory of Housatonic, last Sunday morning who gave his hearers an interesting sermon from the history of Joseph, the young He brew, who was promoted from slavery to emi hence, for his integrity and virtue. Quite stir was made by the church bel being rung very loud and rapid about 8 o'cloc Sunday morning, which soon filled the street with men, when a fire was found in the ciga shop of W. B. Bliss, on Railroad st., whc was soon subdued, being discovered before had got much headway. Loss small. z. Kent.
 Rev. MT. Colwell preached at the Congrega tionaI church last Sunday morning and eve hing.
 l A very nice time was enjoyed by eyer one at the town hall last Thursday evening at least, as far as appearance went, we shoul judge.
 The ladies' sewing society meet at tn church Wednesday, afternoon for the pur pose of sewing for the poor of our town. Col I lation will be served at o'clock. MT, Luther Eatons house is mostly finish ed, and gives the street quite an aristocrat appearance.
 The leveling of Bridge Street hal I commenced. LOT. | Salisbury.
 | The second annual "promenade concert an, hop" given by the Salisbury Dramatic Asso citation on Thanksgiving evening, was yer, | pleasant and successful affair. About forty couples were present, and took part in th dance, keeping it up until the ''wee sma ! hours" were no longer "sma'" The music was furnished by Prof. Decker's full orches tra, and was very fine, as Decker's music al ways is. The supper, furnished by the ladie of the parish and society, was bountiful re | past, to which all did justice, notwithstanding | previous Thanksgiving dinners, and all were
 
 l thing in charge.
 Mrs. M. l.. Graham of this village is dan | gerously i'll with typhoid fever, and is not ex pected to recover. Ours. ChapinviIIe. Mrs. Sarah Ostrom and brother, went last | week to Albany, to attend the wedding oi l their cousin, and returned Saturday. A little invalid daughter of MT. John Van Deusen, has been taken to hospital in Al bany for medical treatment. Mir George Goodale will soon move his family to Falls Village.
 Mrs. Sarah Gray intends spending the win ter with her son in Ramspo, N. Y, MT. Andrew Humes, late of West Virginia, has gone to Millerton to work in moulding shop for Mir. John Scutt. Two men caught over seventy pickerel through the ice, on the lake near this place last Saturday.
 The mason work on the furnace will soon be finished. VERITAs. South Canaan.
 Thanksgiving services were held at South Canaan, the Key. MT. Belcher preaching the sermon, and showing there was always cause for thankfulness in all conditions of life, for things never were as bad as they might be-
 Miss Sarah Prentice is suffering from in- famatory rheumatism.
 Foxes are quite numerous in this vicinity just now two have been shot, but there are more left.
 There is great slaughter of pork going on today. x