Connecticut western news., 1883-03-14
LOCAL NEWS.

George Smith was home over Sun day.
 Thomas Riley is home for few days visit.
 -Dr William Camp of Copake was in town last week.
 Peter Boiney will work his fathers farm this summer.
 The schools closed, last Friday, for two weeks vacation.
 John O'Brian is painting and paper ing the Methodist parsonage.
 Stevens and Bragg are moving their lumber to the new yard on Main street.
 MT Robert Van Deusen has closed out his meat market under the Stevens house.
 -Housatonic Lodge, No 61, F. & A. M. regular communication, March A. Thipd degree. A well known real estate broker in New Haven has valuable letter in an- other column.
 Probably the last shipment of to- bacco was made the Sd inst. It consis- ted of two carloads. MT J. H. Drake, for few months past Norfolk's busy blacksmith, has re- moved to East Canaan.
 Calves moved lively, yesterday, at 8 to 8H cents. Two extra good ones brought 8A and 9 cents. -.-.. The ragged edge of what might have been Wigginss storm showed it. self, Saturday and Sunday.
 Revival meetings are being held in East Canaan by Rev Mir Phillips They are reported very successful.
 Lyman Dunning of East Canaan has the contract for repairing the roads in town the coming year.
 -Scidmore's prospective rival in the tonsorial art has decided that it would not pay him to open shop here.
 The selectmen have purchased road machine manufactured by s. Pen- mock & Sons, Kennel square, Penn.
 The engine on the ore train on the Connecticut Western road blew out 8 cylinder head near Lakeville, last We'd nesday.
 Professor Swinston will wind up his singing school with a concert, which promises to be first class in every particular.
 A car on the switch at Peirce, Law renee & Co.'S lime kiln, broke loose, Monday afternoon, and made extra work for the train hands.
 Miss Cornelia Crissey, the young est daughter of Representative Crissey, of Norfolk died of pneumonia at her home, last Thursday.
 Thirty six hundred freight cars are transferred to and from the Housatonlc and Connecticut Western roads at this station during the year.
 The gravel train on the Connecticut Western road ran 12 cars off the track Monday morning, and delayed the noon train west, about an hour.
 The Housatonic night freight due here at 1145 p m was delayed about nine hours, last Saturday night, waiting for cargo of hogs at State Line.
 pr Samuel Camp of Great Barring ton, who has been confined to his bee from injuries resulting from being thrown from his sleigh, is improving The largest crop of tobacco raised by one man in the Housatonic valley II 1882 made F, $50 pounds and has jus been sold by M w. Toohey of Marble dale.
 Some of P. T. Barnums circus car passed through here, last week, on thu way to Bridgeport with some horse and camels which have been in winte quarters in Duchess county.
 The familiar form and features o Butts, who has been rusticating a Rockwell's hotel, Canaan Valley, again seen in our streets. He will offici ate at the old stand once more. -'sSile" Knickerbocker has given tn interior of Fuller & Peet's store a ne, coat of paint. They have recently pu in ceiling of matched boards and oth erwise improved the looks of the store
 Mir Marshall Wright, who has bee in the employ of Barnes Brothers fc the last three years, has accepted mol lucrative business at Falls Village where he intends to move, April l. H will be missed by the best citizens ( our town as sober industrious an trustworthy man. May the chang prove good thing for himself an family. He has the good wishes of tI many friends he leaves behind. B