Connecticut western news., 1880-03-24

our friends in the county, or elsewhere, who will send us particulars of any occurrence of interest which may come under their notice. Canaan Valley is pressing and shipping considerable hay. -Mr. Horace Laudon of Chapnville is to remove to Salisbury.
 Rev. Mir. Mackey will preach an easter sermon next sunday.
 George K Goodwin is to manage Charles Franklin's farm this year.
 Mrs. Murray G. Hoag died Monday | night, from the effects of shock.
 Rev Mir. Bodley of this place preached | in Gt Harrington last Wednesday night.
 Rev H. H. Hayden will lecture on "Cir- | cumstantial Evidence" in New Milford soon. | MT. Uri Whiting has bought farm near Cheshire and removed there last Mon day. The latest 5ct. cigar at Humphreys, is the "Lyra," with hand organ in one end of the box.
 The Barnum Richardson Co.'S telephone line from the Davis mine at Ore Hill, to Lime Rock, has been constructed.
 The next meeting of the Litchfeld North East Association will be held with Rev. MT. Gleason at Norfolk, in June.
 -P. Bronson, the oldest engineer on the H. R. R. has occupied that position nearly 30 years. He is over 60 years old. 5. Arthur S. Lane, of Falls Village, has been appointed station agent for the Housatonic railroad company at Nest Stockbridge.
 Father Sheridans lecture on the Irish land question at Lakevle last Wednesday evening drew quite number from this place. Miss Cornelia Boardman offers to give the First Episcopal church society of New Mil ford plot of ground and $5,Ooo in cash to- ward the erection of a stone church.
 In the list of aged people in South Can- aan published last week, the date of Mrs. Sarah B. Whites birth should have been April g, l797 instead of April 3, 1796.
 Frank E. Ceaveland, Esq.,, of Winsted, formerly of this place, was, at the Greenback State Convention at Hartford last week, chos- en delegate to the National convention at Chicago.
 Geo H. Brnton of Canaan Valley is un- able to fill orders for the Summit stove pire shelf'' in Salisbury, on account of the mumTs much to his regret, but he hopes to be able to i'll them very soon. R.
 At society meeting of the Congre- gational society held at East Canaan last Thursday for the election of officers, the ole committee declined reelection and Horatic N. Adams Anson Lawrence, and Homer Al lyn were elected for the ensuing year.
 HI. S. Johnson, who has edited the Hills dale Herald s,nce it's birth, has recently pur chased that spicy journal, and it will undoubt edly continue to ''grow in grace" under hi: efficient management. Mir Beardsley, ,latepub fisher, takes charge of the Philmont Sentinel
 Billy Humphrey, despairing of getting his ice house filled from the rivers or lake' hereabouts, and being determined that h' soda fountain should be fired up next sum mer, be the price of ice what it may, purchas ed a carload of the H. R R. Go. last week a $2.50 per ton.
 The ancestors of Secretary Sherman wer, natives of Connecticut. Taylor Sherman, hi grandfather, lived in Norwalk and died there in 1915. Charles Robert, the Secretary father, was born in Norwalk and there lvet until, shortly after his marriage with Mar, Hoyt of that town, when he went to Ono.
 '-G. H. Codding formerly of Egremont who has been studying medicine the past tw' years under the preceptorship of the late Dr Knight of Lakeville Conn, has been offered and accepted. a position in the Kings Count, Insane Retreat, situated at Flatbush, L. I and has entered upon his duties Courier
 The intermediate room of the high school spring term, IS to be taught by Miss F. A Dean of Falls Village. Miss Dean is an ex perienced teacher, college graduate, and ha travelled extensively through the old countries She can only be retained for one term here however, as she is engaged to teach in tn city next fall.
 Frank Gorham, Charles Abbott, an' William Sweet of Ashley Falls, and Jame Hayward of South Canaan, took the c. W R. R. milk train at this station last Sunday for New York, en route to Dakota, wher they will find employment with the Sharon Amenia Land Go. It is said that quite number of young men from Sharon and vicin ity started at the same time.
 The annual meeting of the Canaan Reading Room Association for the electiol of officers &c. will be held in the Reading Room on Tuesday, March 3Oth, 1880, at o'clock p. m. The old files of papers anc magazines will be sold at auction immediately after the business meeting A general atten dance IS specially requested.
 H. I. BoDLEY Pres
 Sarah G. Adam, Sec.
 The following young ladies, late pupils at High school have been engaged to "teach the young idea how to shoot" the spring terms, respectively: Mary Cummings at South Canaan; Lillie Wooster, Sodom dis trict; Grace Langdon, Lower City, (Hunts- yille) These young ladies are all good schol- ars, and will prove valuable acquisitions to any schools withI which they may connect themselves