Connecticut western news., 1881-02-23

The poem, ''Fiay Years Ago" will ap- pear next week.
 Turn out to the meeting at the reading room tomorrow night.
 Gardner has 6 good trade in green gog- gles, on account of sore eyes, etc.
 "A few Canaanites attended Landlord Reyes ball in Mill River last night.
 A horse, belonging to Landlord MacDon- ald died Monday morning, from over driving.
 The Zimmerman brothers, of Troy, N. Y. are in this vicinity buying up the tobacco crops.
 Excursion tickets to Winsted tonight sell for 70 cents. Special tram leaves thls place at 6 45.
 If George Washington had not died he would have celebrated his l49th birthday yesterday.
 -"Penny ante" is the latest craze here abouts, and is "all the rage" with the average Young American.
 The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Housatonic R. R. takes pace al Bridgeport next Friday.
 Don't forget the concert next Friday night, at Town hall. Sale of tickets begins ct Camps drug store to-day.
 -ColonelJ. B. Hardenbergh, the NEWS respected proprietor, is spending few days at his old home in Kingston, N. Y.
 The closing dance of the I. D. D. Y. Club takes place night, instead of next week, as announced in our last issue.
 "A genuine double. back action blizzard struck this place last Wednesday night about o'clock. It was short but-oh!
 James Fitzgerald ofthis place, who for the past year has been employed at Boston, returned homo for short stay last Friday.
 Floyd Hawley will sell at auction on Wednesday, March 9th, his span of black horses, farming material stock, household goods, etc.
 -Messrs. Underwood, Camp and Mcintyre of this place assisted in the orchestra at the dramatic entertainment in Falls Village last Friday night.
 Those who attended Landlord Benja- minis second anniversary ball ar Sheffield last Wednesday night report good time, but com paratively small attendance.
 
 Will Ferguson is taking it easy this week. preparatory to his duties at Halls store in Falls Village. Ills successor in Full Ter < Peet's store in this place is young man named Fren, from Housatonio.
 Those of our readers in want of @ nice coffin or other furniture, will do well to see what G. W. Scovllle, Norfolk's genial furni- lure man and undertaken can do for them. Read his new ad. Tn another column.
 The annual report of the directors of the Housatonic R. R. Go. just issued, is one of which that board may well feel proud, as it shows an unprecedented increase in the busi- ness of the road, which is probably owing more to the indefatigable efforts of Supt. Still. son and general ticket agent Averill than 10 any other cause.
 Walt McGinnis got drunk again, kicked his wife, and abused his mother at the Sand bank" last Monday night, and took his child away from it's mother, refusing to give it up, until the interference of muscular Isaac Ter rnond-who means business when he sets out to do thing-convinced him that he didn't need the child very badly.
 At an adjourned meeting of the citizens of Canaan, Friday evening the 18th inst, the undersigned were appointed a committee to call meeting of the citizens of the village of Canaan aud vicinity to take measures to es- tablish permanent organization for the Pro- motion of Good Morals. Therefore in accor- dance with said appointment meeting is called Thursday evening 24th inst. l-2 o'clock at the Reading Room. A full attend ance is desired.
 H. M. ADAMS, G. P. STRONG, J. L. BRAGG.
 -George H. Ives, of Scranton, Penn.. whose father owned and managed the Un. derwood sash and blind factory in this place some years ago, in renewing his subscription to the NEWS, sends an interesting letter to eye local" from which we take the liberty to extract the following for the benefit of our readers, many of whom are acquantances of Mr. Ives family. George spent . week call- ing on old friends in this vicinity last Sep tenber, making his home at Judge Changers during his stay.
 meant to have called in to see you snvain when was in Canaan, but time got very scarce somehow.
 n had always been my wish to go back to nv old home once more, and go all over the country around. This did, and the visit was very pleasant. Father is always up in arma when anything is said about Connecti cut people. Although he has been away so lon0 | think that both he and mother would like to 20 back there to live. q. . The place here is in good working order since the revival Tn business. The coal mines are not running on full time, but most all the other works are.
 We have just had two horrible murders here, within twenty-four hours of each other' The papers say it would be pleasant if they could publish something besides reports from the cororer's inquest.
 All of our military companies are making preparatioas to attend the ceremonies at Washington transportation and lodgings free nakp tt quite an object.