Connecticut western news., 1881-12-07

orotne[, aLu oeIore they return nome, VIII visit friends in Cleaveland, New York, Brook lyn, New Haven and Hartford.
 MT. Hiram A. Smith, agent for Empire Knife Co, Beardsley Scythe Co.,, and others, returned home last week from trip through Vermont, Canada. Northern and Central New ork
 Mir. Walter Reed has changed the cheese room in his house to tenement, which is oc- cupied by George Hart, who is in MT. Reeds employ
 MT. Lyman Moses and Miss Lois Myers have forsaken the paths of single blessedness, and have gone to keeping house in Torring- ford street. Those that have been in the habit of employing Mrs. Moses to do their dress making, hear that she is no longer ln the business, with regret. X. New Marlboro.
 MT. and Mrs. o. A. Gibson have been vis- iting at Rochester and Owego in N. Y. State.
 David Heady has bought all of E. G. Law rence's pine timber on Ball Mountain, and Ralph Sardam and Wallace Garfield are to run steam saw mill to convert it into lum. Der.
 Johl N Shores had COW which has been seriously injured by neighbours dog, and the selectmen have had call to appraise dam ages.
 Lyman Couch has just finished his new barn. It is very convenient. He has brought water from spring some sixty rods above, in iron pipe, which is conveyed to nearly all his buildings. He is worker, Success to him.
 William H. Ellis, who has been in the employ of the American Missionary Association the past three years, at Wood received orders to leave for new field in the interior of the State. He is now at Pekin, ir much healthier location, has larger sal ary, and encouraged in the hope of greater usefulness
 The pouring rain of Thursday, Dec. 1st | though somewhat of drawback on the enjoy ment, did not hinder the wedding so long ex pected Frances Gaylord and Miss Mary filling were married at l2 o'clock, Rev: A N. Benedict saying the magic words. They soon left for their wedding tour. As soon al they return, they will occupy the place Franl has just bought, known as the Town Farm East Canaan. We commend them to all tn Canaanites, as extra good inhabitants, an' we are very sorry to part with them.
 w.. s. Cornwall Bridge.
 The 25th anniversary of the wedding 0 MT. and Mrs. Henry Chapman was celebrate at their residence few evenings since. Tn attendance was large, presents numerous an
 valuable. At the conclusion of a bouutifu
 repast, the thanks of the recipients were ter
 dered by their pastor. the Rev. Wm. G. Gi
 bert.
 The H. R. R. section here have discharge
 six of their workmen, three remaining to
 track duty through the winter.
 The collers have nearly all their coal
 the furnace, and are contracting for anothe
 years work for the Cornwall Bridge Iron Go
 who are running their furnace very success!
 fully.
 Samuel S. Reed, Esq. and wife, also Hor V. C. Beers and wife, attended the weddln
 of Newton Wickwire of Indiana, to Miss En fly Reed of Cream Hill, and report one those weddings that cannot be surpassed.
 Edward D. Blerce is repairing his hou'
 and barn, putting the same in good order. r Tobacco is mostly stripped The tobact ware house will open this week; about ,si; g teen sorters will be employed through u , winter, V. c. Beers of this place and Wn l Miller of New York being the managers g the sorting and packing. . A wedding was reported to have take - place here, but as we have seen no whi }, gloves, wedding cards, cake, cigars, etc., s not take much stock in the report. Il Paul Swift starts on a hunting expedite d this week to Virginia. When he returns d will go to the far west to make it his perm s nent home.
 quirer has so far recovered from his seve e illness as to be able to visit his sister, MI it ". P. Sturges, of this place. w. P. S. s' Goshen.
 e Wednesday evening proved very go y one for the entertainment, as it was mild, a IS the moon shone brightly, the only difficul 2 being that the roads were slightly mudd r This did not prevent the hall from being flu $ and many had to stand up. The Litchfie 'f orchestra furnished music of fine order is the occasion. The melodrama, entitled IT r. Broken Sword" was very we'll received, ( d pecially the part of ''Pablo.' The farce e n titled "A Silent Woman" which compos n the last part of the programme brought do, l. the house. Everybody seemed we'll pleas y with the entertainment, and it has been ) quested by several, that it be repeated; 6 5, cordingly the young people have decided
 repeat it on Thursday evening, Dec. Sth, !, pleasant; if stormy, the next fair evenin
 The proceeds of Wednesday evening amour e ed to $3S., which will help very much iowa d building the tower of Mohawk mountai } Remember, next Thursday evening, D o'clock. Doors open at7. t Ellsworth Barnum, who has been in Broo
 lyn at work some tune, has returned
 Goshen He does not expect to go back e B., as he prefers country to city life. If mo e young men felt as he does, it would be bett
 for them.
 e Our friend, Clarence N. Brewster, was town to attend the entertainment on Wedne l. day evening. His old place of stage ma st ager was filled by Fred Grey, who, by t ;e way, expects to leave us in few days, n spend the winter elsewhere. e Frank Grey has gone to Bridgeport, whe
 he expects to attend school during the CO ing winter. ;. Mir. Peters commenced his school in t