Connecticut western news., 1883-01-03
LOCAL NEWS.
happy New Year to all '!

A happy New Year to all
 A sore throat epidemic is prevalent hereahout
 John Davis of Winsted, is visiting in town.
 -Housatonic railroad employees on passenger trains are to be uniformed.
 Preparations are in progress for the drama, ''Ticket of Leave Men," by home talent
 Read the advertisement of H. M. Van Deusen of Southfeld. He offers $50 reward for the return of money lost.
 vForty-six communicants participat- ed in the celebration of the Lords Sup per at the M. B. Church, last Sabbath morning.
 Leave your cuffs and collars with Scidmore the barber, and he will send them to the Chinese laundry, at Bar rington, for which he is agent.
 An addition of about hundred new books have been made to the Doug les Library in this place. A catalogue suppliment will soon be issued.
 MT Fred. Watson has been seri- ously ill for few days, but is now i'm proving. The casue of his illness is understood to be general debility. . The young ladies of the M. E. soci- ety held festival at Improvement Hall, Thursday evening, Dec. 21, the pro- ceeds of which amounted to nearly $35. .-"Will" Colepaugh, our former bar Der, was in town recently, and ''did the square thing" on the little s'shaver" which appeared in his household few weeks since.
 His sssisters, and his cousins and his aunts," and other invited guests, ate Christmas turkey with 'sDave" Walter, Christmas day. The s'feast was fit to serve a King"
 The ice harvest was taken advan- tage of week before last, by several of our Canaan people, and their ice-houses were filled with cakes averaging nine inches in thickness.
 The coming week is the week oi prayer. Services will be held in the Canaan M. E. Church, commencing Monday evening, Jan. 8, and continuing each evening during the week. We learn that the operations of MI Frank A. Peet of this place, in stock and petroleum the past season, have netted him from fifty to one hundred thousand dollars, which he has invested in four per cent. bonds.
 Hosea Green has so far recovered from his accident, as to be able to be out. Mir Green was in Canaan last Fri day. and although at present he is quite weak, his restoration to health is 8 mat ter of but few weeks.
 An important reduction in the freight tariff took effect on the Housatonic R R., last Monday. On frst-class freight { reduction of 12 cents 8 hundred Ii made from Canaan to Bridgeport, and il that proportion to all stations on th' road.
 We have received the annual seed catalogue of Hiram Sibley & Go. O Rochester and Chicago, Ill. It is beau tifully illustrated, containing severa plates of flowers and vegetables and i really an interesting and instructive vol umn. This firm is among the larges seed dealers in the country.
 There will be sociable in the hal tomorrow evening for the benefit c the V. I. A. The orchestra will furnisl music, and MT Taft has kindly consent ed to give few chemical experiments which with cake and coffee at 10 cents ought to give us an enjoyable evening Doors open at o'clock. Admission l cents.
 A Miss Allyn from New York, sen out under the auspices of the Womeni National Christian Temperance Unior 1ectured at the M E. Church Tuesda evening. The speaker favored the CT actment of prohibitory state laws as means of remedying the evil of inten perance. Miss Allyn is ready speak CT and seems well adapted to her work
 Martin Mullen, of Falls Village while lying upon the Housatonic trac near Kellogg's crossing about mil above Sheffield, was struck by the dow train Thursday afternoon, and instantl killed. He was native of Sheffield at which place he was visiting when | met his death; was 50 years old and ul married. His remains were buried Sheffield.
 AThe ladies of Christ's church al indefatigable workers and the Rect' must consider himself fortunate in ha ing such helpers in the good caus The decorations for Christmas we elaborate, tasteful and beautiful, ar the Christmas tree service, Tuesds evening, was very pleasant affair, we arranged and managed, and the childre seemed to enjoy the same very mucl The address of MT Barnett to the chil ren was very appropriate and excellel one, plain, simple, and to the point.