Connecticut western news., 1881-03-02
March marched in with snow storm

There is to be considerable moving in town this spring we understand.
 John P. Shields of New Haven, made a short visit to his home in this place last week.
 MT. and Mrs. Frank Strong of Hinsdale Mass, are visiting at MT. George P. Strong's in this place.
 About half dozen people from this place attended Beecher's lecture in Winsted last Wednesday night.
 Miss Lillie B. Wooster having closed her school in Sherman for the present, is at her hems in this place.
 The Canaan-Ashley Falls telephone project is to be carried out as soon as the weather will permit.
 Mir. Sheridan w. Barnes contemplates connecting his residence by telephone with that of his brother Henry,. near their lime kilns, . distance of nearly two miles.
 Mrs. W. T. Ferguson of this place has gone to her home in Winsted, where she will remain for 8 couple of months before joining 2 her husband who has assumed his duties at Balls, Falls Village
 The fowery Item man, writing of Mir. G. E. DeHart the leader of the Canaan cornet band, gives vent to the following beautiful sentiment that he twill become goll durned good player at 10 distant day."
 The last club dance of the season, held last Wednesday night, was very pleasant affair, but.not largely attended, about twenty five couples being present. Suppers were provided by landlords Warner and MacDon. a1d.
 A man, always in for joke, went into the Warner house tEe other day and laid down hundred dollar bill in payment for two 5 cent cigars. He ''grinned and bore it" when the change was promptly counted out to him in trade dollars.
 MT. J. A. Underwood has for the past two weeks been suffering from erysipelas in the head, and for few days last week his life was despaired of, but we are pleased to say that he is now out of danger. and in the way of complete recovery.
 -Wm. H. Colepaugh took possession of his barber shop yesterday, Charlie Fowler retiring gracefully. MT. Colepaugh comes well recommended, and will undoubtedly do a good business. Charlie will not take possession of his shop in Winsted until April first.
 At the stockholders meeting in Bridge port last Friday, the old board of directors and officers were reelected, which shows that the stockholders do not think that "change is needed" and the annual report shows that their heads are level in retaining their old -oficers.
 Route agent Charlie Gorham, of the morning train on the H. R. R., was taken vii olently ill the other day, and was compelled to leave his duties. He is now convalescent. Charlie has hosts of friends along the line, who don't want to see him "laying off, any more than the flaw allows"
 The communication in another column, Ion Getting Along in the World" is from the pen of MT. Newton Reed of Armenia Union, who was teacher in the old district school house in this place upwards of 50 years ago, and will be found interesting and in- structive to old as well as young.
 At preliminary me eting of the citizens. : held in the reading room last Thursday night, to consider the question of organizing So oisty for the Promotion of Good Morals" a committee was appointed to draft bylaws, etc, and meeting appointed for tomorrow evening, at the reading roon, to hear the re- port of the committee, and to perfect the or .Ganization. A full attendance is requested
 The band concert was not largely at tended last Friday night, nor was it hardly as satisfactory as the previous one, for various reasons-lst, MT. Willard Underwood, whose vocal and violin solos were among the most attractive features of the programme, was prevented by the sickness of his father, from being present; 2d, three of the principal horns belonging to the band were also absent Sd, all the boys were afflicted with hard colds. headaches, etc, and 17thly, most of oH0tl "oiO OooALuIj O0ILS OO4SCu IO bIG on the stage during the entire entertainment, | suffered considerably from stage fright and the embarrassing consciousness that their hair was not parted straight. Net proceeds, s1o.
 John Riley of this place was killed in the N. Y. & N. E. R. R. switch yard at Hartford | last Wednesday morning while coupling cars. He was walking backwards behind the back ing train, within few feet of the car to be coupled to, his right foot inside the rail, when the foot caught in guard rail, and failing to extricate it instantly. the wheel struck it, wsdging it tightly between the rails, knocking him down and horribly crushing the leg and right arm. The engineer heard his cries, ard the train was stopped as quickly as possible, and it was found necessary to draw the spikes and take out the rail before the poor fellow could be released, which operation took fully t half an hour This occurred about midnight He was taken to 8 hospital where he died at Eve o'clock Wednesday morning. The re- mains were brought to his home in this place, md the funeral was held on Friday, the in- t