Connecticut western news., 1881-04-06

MT. D. A. Riksr of winsssd, former pro- prietor of the Stevens House in this place. was in town last week in company with law yer F. E. Cleavsland, and on hearing the band play, complimsntsd them on thoir prog. ress, and offered to present them with some new music.
 -s'The Editor of the Connecticut Western News is born newspaper man. His items are full of wit, and he gets up an exceedingly fine local paper The Canaan people have no reason to be ashamed of him. They should g,ve him all the sncouragspsnt in their power. ."-NsU Nyord Rag.
 A gentleman on the train the other day, remarked to . companion, in discussing the sanding of varous druggists, that Camps p larmacy of Canaan stands in the foremost ranks of the ugsatorSs in the state, outside o. the large cities, both for the amount Of business, and quality and quantity of stock kept.
 Conductor Lane's passenger train was stopped last Monday evening near Kent, by . large stick of timber placed across the track, evidently by some evil disposed person. The stick was caught by tho forward wheels of he locomotive and slid along on the track, irmly wedged against the pilot. No damage was done.
 -The new daily mail route between th's p acs and Southfisld is to be established July lst, and bids tor the route are now in order The mail is to leave South6eld each day at "a. m, come down through Mill River and Clayton. arriving at thls place at 9.l6, in time to connect with the morning trains east and south. Leave here at p rn., after the ar. rival of the trains going west and north, ar- irving in Southield at 3 30 P. m. The dis nee from this place to Southfsld is 10 miles, which is to be doubled daily.
 At the meeting of the reading room a.. sociation held last Friday night, Misses Min nie Peirce and Nellie Andrus were appointed IS g committee to solicit subscriptions for continuing tho organization for another year, and the meeting adjourned to meet next Fri lay night, when the committee will repor , and if the necessary amoHnt-4l00.-is raised officers will bo chosen for the ensuing year The periodicals of the past year will bs sold at auction next Friday night, aS they were not on hand at the last meeting.
 An up country" bridegroom, who, witf his bride took the train at yhiS place . few lays ago, stepped up to Rsub. Mcintyre. thu baggage master at the depot, and dsmandst that his baggage bo checked. Rsub. asket him where he was going, and wss told tha rs WAS none of your darnsd business whsr' where I'm a'goin'; you check my baRgsgs ]! and it took fully five minutes to convince hin that it was necessary to tell whore hs wal going, in order that the proper check nigh ,e put on his baggage, while the bystandsr chucklsd
 A magnificent large monument in nv SC tions has been unloaded in the rear of sh o,d freight house, for the burial plat of Hon G. W. Peet The shaft is of Italian marbit Surmounted by large urn. The base is abou i've feet square. and the second section COT tains the tablets bearing the names of Mi
 peet. wife and two children, with data {
 births; only one death is recorded, that (
 Mary Georgiana Peet, who died at sarssog'
 Aug, 29, 1879 at the age of l9 years. I'll
 monument is a masterpiece of workmanshi
 and will add greatly to the appearance of o' already beautiful cemetery. Accompanyir
 the stone IS the material for pretty and sut
 stantial iron and stone fence, for the plat.