Connecticut western news., 1881-04-13
LOCAL NEWS,

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 LOCAL NEWS We shall feel greatly obliged to any O. eur friends in the county, or elsewhere, wh, VII send us particulars of any occurrence O. 2 tnte<ess which may come under their notice. .s .-Easser next Sunday. ..is a-Our April showers seem to have come out of a corn pepper.
 The band have decided to hold their free concert about Thursday evening, May 18th
 .-Houss cleaners can be supplied with old ;nbwspapers at this office for 10 cts. dozen.
 Miss Sarah Eddy has returned to her home in this place, from school in Amherst, .s..Aass.
 -Sandtown anticipates a big time when Peter Boinay,s silver watch is rallied of next month.
 E .-Mr and Mrs c. E, vroman of Irondale, # N, Y. spent the Sabbath with D. L. Pierce in this place.
 -Mrs Gallagher died last Friday, at the : residence of her son-in law, F. Pequigney, :. sssd ss years.
 MT. Marvin Haskins of South Canaa1 died last week, after an illness of only six days, of pneumonia
 The work of putting up the poles for the telephone line from here to Ashley Falls, be gins this week. Hello!
 -J. o'Brisn of Sheffield, a painter, has moved into the south side of the Conway house on West Main-st.
 -Photographsr Barnes started Thursday has purchased him farm.
 ,z.r-Qh, come now, old Vennor; that old : anow game is too thin. Just call of your weather, and give us a rest.
 MT. David Walter, the meat market clerk, has moved his family from East Canaan to the Ferris house on Elm street. Alvin Ferguson has joined the working gang of Barnum's ''only biggest" and shook the dust ot Canaan of his feet last Friday. "A new iron bridge is on the ground, to be placed Q, CT the Blackberry river on the Housatonic R. R. just south of Union depot
 Two more souls are tapering toward z = 'aingle thought" more or less. (To be con = tinued in oxr next-week's marriage column s;. if nothing happens)
 The mails along the line of the Housa- E. tonic road are to be weighed for 8 month. be ginning the 27th inst by weighers appointed from Pitt.feld and Bridgeport. W. H. Loomis of Wnsted has secured { position as travelling salesman for J. D. Bar mum, stationer, of Amenia, N Y, and Will' tin cart is in charge of another man.
 -Rev. Mir. Phelps of South Egremon preached in the Congregational church las Sunday. Next Sunday the desk will be oc- cupied by Rev. Mir. Bassett of Warren.
 The invitations are out for MacDonald' calico masquerade at the Stevens House or the 20th inst, and good time is in store fo those who are so fortunate as to receive .shid."
 The remains of Walter VanDeusen, for :, merly of this place, and brother of Rober VanDeusen, arrived in New York last week from Rio Jansiro. South America, where h = disd over five years ago. The law of tn country requires that body must be buris $ i've years before 1t can be removed from tn . country. They were inferred in Woodlawl cemetery in New York,
 - At the meeting of the reading room asso ciation last Friday night, the committee ol subscriptions reported $83. collected which = with the $9. % realized from the sale of thu periodicals, will undoubtedly insure the carry ing on of the room another year. H. M Adams was elected president and J. L. Bragg vice president, the remainder of the board be . ing the same as last year.
 It is reported that crowd of fellows cam, from Falls Village to sandtown, last Sunda. night, and filling themselves up with cider proceeded to make themselves obnoxious t. the residents, smashing in the windows a Coon's house, and also at Steadman's. Mayo Han should take immediate action towar' stepping such disgraceful proceedings. Sand town can keep itself in a jangle continual. without help from outside bummers.
 Hobart w. Watson of Bridgeport, wal elected an alderman at the annual city cleo ton, April 4th. He is we'll known the entire length of the Housatonic R. R. as the gsntlsmanly bearer of ''stamps" on the lOtt of each month. His friends in this vicinity will learn with pleasure of the advancement to the aldermanship of one so fully compe tent in every respect to discharge the duties of that position. MT. Watson is brother oi Mrs. Franklin of this town.
 Frank Goodwin, our skillful and success ful sheep raiser who lives up in Sodom, takes tho front seat this spring in the increase his flock he has thirty-two ewes, out of whic' he had thirty-nine lambs, there being sever pairs of twins among them. If MT G. show as much skill and sound judgment in cbosins and securing him lie partner. 1t will caus' his neighboring bachelor friends to stand with eyes full of wonder and admiration, anj ery, Eyangsline, ohi Evangeline, whither ar shon gone? ss.
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