Connecticut western news., 1882-03-15

"A party of six German immigrants ar- rived Tn this place from New York last Sat- urday night. They were bound for East Canaan where they were engaged by the Barnum Richardson Go.
 The Fl. R. R locomotive; wv. H. Bar mum" is just out of the shops, handsomely and equipped with the red stack She was smashed up in the Parlor Rock collision year ago last August.
 MT and Mrs. J. H Ferris, late of Port land, passed through here the other day en route to Joliet, Ill where he is to be engaged as greeuback journalist "Uncle' Solon" will have to look well to his Name laurels
 -.F. Millspaugh of Falls Village, was in town last Wednesday afternoon. inspecting the building operations in progress on his eon-in-law Hauchett's property near the High school, and was well pleased with the location.
 -J. Frost is preparing to leave town. bag and baggage. s c Beckley dug in several places in hls garden last Wednesday, but failed to ind particle of frost and his gar den is situated on one of the coldest spots iL town, too.
 The annual meeting of the Village I'm provement Association will be held ill Village Improvement Hall next Saturday night. and it IS hoped that all who are interested in the beautifying or improving of our village, will attend.
 The free sociable in Village. Improve ment Hall last Friday night attracted quite a large attendance; number of tableaux were presented, and the young ladies' art gallery created great deal of merrlment. Another sociable of the same sort is to be given soon
 MT. N B Mead, proprietor of the Canasr book store, has moved his business into the West room of Watson's h'ock, which give; more elbow room, ard better chanee to dis play his goods It will pay any one desiring books or stationery of any kind, to call Nr. Meads and select.
 Prot J. M. Lee, the "colossus of penmal and autocrat of writing teachers" made us soc,al call at the sanctYm yesterday en rout to Ct Harrington and Housatonic, where h l intends to form classes in penmanship ant drawing He is as happy and jolly as. ever We hope he may h;ve as good success il Massachusetts as in Connecticut.
 l Local attention is called to the adv. 0 I'H. J. Baker < Bros. fertilizers, for whic Milton Roraback is agent in this place The are said -lsy the Conn. experiment Station be the only article of the kind whose averag Eestimated value exceeds average cost price Geo. ". Hall is agent for Falls Village, al Cochrane Bros. for West Cornwall.
 -Thls is one of the "oH'' weeks for news The minute an item sees reporter, away goes out of reach. then stops and puts it thumb to it's nose and waves its four finger
 de6antly. And yet. the paper must be "a
 ways sharp and spicy" or the readers grow
 Put yourself in hls. place" and you'll se
 ,chy an editor will be entitled to go right | the judgment seat with d. h. pass m h
 pocket.
 MT. J. A Macdonald has taken u agency for the White sewing machine, an has quite number at his hotel, which
 will sell ar low prices, He is also agent ft
 TeuRyck & Co.'S copying house. specigmer ] of copied pictures may be seen at the Steyer House. which are magnificent. Those ha ing pictures of themselves or friends, whie
 they would like copied. should not fail to SC
 them. Read Mir. Ms. adv. in another column | &The magic lantern show, Illustrating tt
 "I, of Ehriss" and ''Ten nights in a ba room." ID Tswn hall last Friday night was
 sim ahaiS. and had ss large an audience as
 deserved-thers being about bakers doz' spectators present, most of whom left | hall before the show closed. The plctur
 were indistinct bIurs, and were explained q the boss, who misquoted scripture and ''spo d his pieces" in drawling, camp meeting whi that soothed some of his hearers 10 slee :. If overripe eggs had been plenty, we fear t lantern,st would have been sadly in need O
 path that night.
 Tho "Bloomfeld" locomotive which we
 down the mountain at VI est Norfolk the ott night has been placed on the track again, a
 lowed to Hartford. A track was laid fri + where she fell, running gradually up the si r hil, to the main track; last Thursday s e was turned right side up. placed on the r'
 and pulled up the slope by another locon tive, but when within 70 feet of the mi IS rack, the tackle rope broke, and away s r, vent down the bill sgam. ID worse posit
 than before. The second attempt, made l
 Sunday, was more successful, and resulted '- bringing her up on her old path.
 IT VICINITY.