Connecticut western news., 1881-06-01

our friends In the county, or elsewhere, Who will send us particulars of any occurrence of interest which may come under their notice.
 Camps drug store holds up it's new chimney like sore thumb.
 "A "praise service" was held in the Meth odist church last Sunday night.
 Judge Granger is in attendance upon the supreme court in Norwich this week.
 James Mccormick has moved into A. T.. Rorabacks tenement on Maiden Lane.
 The small pox scare has subsided, and quoit pitching is the popular epidemic.
 M. W. Prescott is loading three carloads ofbaled hay, to be shipped to Hartford.
 The annual meeting of this school district will be held in the school house tonight.
 Decoration day in this place was as free from public demonstration as the day before it.
 The surplus muscle of the ''lords of ere. ation" is beng expended in punishing car pets.
 A large white oak tree near Chester Demming's was stripped by lightning Monday night.
 Miss Nellie E. Richardson of Chapinvlle spent the Sabbath with Miss Jennie E Brown in this place.
 Mrs. Sedgwick, mother of Mir. Harry Sedgwick, is visiting at Hon. Geo. W. Peet's in this place.
 The East Canaan district schools will give public exhibition in town hall on Fri day evening, June 10th.
 Stephen Malloy, at Barnes lime kiln has bought James A. Garrahan's black horse and carriages fine turnout.
 That ornamental horse trough on the desert back of the depot is dry again, the pipe being probably plugged up.
 Butts is again Ion deck," at the Warner House, and now livery rigs are sent out in ship-shape, and at short notice.
 -Messrs. Robert and Harry G. Cheney, of -. the Cheney Silk company, of South Manches- ter, were in town over Sunday. : The c. W. R. R. is having a large xfreighting business, conductor Bills being often obliged to make extra trips. .. "A meeting of the camp meeting associa- ton was held on the Pine Grove last Thurs. 2 day, and there was a large attendance.
 United States Senator David Davis Of Illinois was in town last Thursday, visiting at Mir. Wm. Adams, to whom he is related
 "A little bird" whispered to us the other day, that we can publish wedding announce. ment soon, that will be quite surprise party to most folks.
 Barber Colepaugh is wrestling with an attack of the ague. He is laying off this week, and Mir. Julius Mentz of Ct. Barring ton oficiates in his stead.
 Rev. M. R. Lent, former pastor of the M. E. church in this place, who was stationed here the year the church ediice was erected, was in town last Thursday.
 Mir Geo Brnton of Canaan Valley, who has suffered acutey with an ulcer on his right eye ball, has gone to New Haven to consult celebrated oculist.
 Notwithstanding last years apple cror was enormous, and this season was to be "off," large crop is in prospect, providing the blossoms do not get blasted.
 -Tronson $ Fritz are handling some splen- did specimens of shad, at their market. They showed us a par the other day, that weighed 14 pounds, or seven pounds apiece.
 The c. W. R. R. milk train has blossom ed out in a new spring dress of deep green, just to keep abreast of the season, and Con- ductor Pollard thinks it shows off well.
 A fine collection of stuffed birds, squir- rel, etc. mounted, in glass case, is exhibited for sale, at the post office, by Prof. H. M. Adams, who is quite skillful as taxidermist.
 Lawyer Arthur D. Warner of West Cornwall was in town last Friday, probably looking for a job of wood saving, to exercise that 10 cent buck. saw he bought here at a recent auction.
 MT. James A. Garrahan is spending a few days in town, having resigned as man ager of the Dudley House in Falls Village, a position which he has most acceptably filled for several months past.
 A union band excursion and picnic at Seaside Park, Bridgeport, is being arranged by the H.. R. R. cornet band, and the c. c. 5. is to be invited to participate. It is to come of about the middle of this month.
 MT. Charles Franklin of this place has in his possession steel tobacco box which was once owned bya carpenter, and which bears the date 1773, and representations of saw and ax, together with the name of the first owner.
 The West Cornwall cornet band, on their retarn from Norfolk, last Monday evening, stopped at the Stevens House long enough to entertain our citizens with few selections, which were rendered in their usual fine style.
 The c. 0. B. announced that they would give an open air concert in town last Saturday evening, but owing to the sickness of F. P. Barnum, their bass hornist, and the unavaid- able absence of two other prominent pieces, It was deemed best to postpone the concert to nsxt Saturday evening, when, unless "cir.