Connecticut western news., 1883-10-17
LOCAL NEWS.


 Miss Jennie Adam of East Canaan visited New York the past week.
 Dick Hadley-state's prison.
 "Thou vert so near,
 Yet still so far"
 Rev D. Phillips and Rev ". J Thomson will exchange pulpits next Sunday.
 Ensign W. Peet visited his brother George In Bridgeport last week and the fremen's parade.
 MT H. B. Stevens is purchasing po- tatoes and shipping them by the cal load to New Haven.
 Most of the paper is set solid and still much correspondence is condensed and some crowded out.
 The Litchfeld county branch of the Woman's missionary board will meet in Lakeville tomorrow.
 MT Charles I. Connolly of South Canaan has purchased the George Kel- logg place near Winsted, Conn.
 Miss Nellie Andrus has resumed her position of teacher of the informed fate department of the High school.
 -G. B. Gardner, A. T. Roraback, Frank Van Deusen and Luman Foot are visiting the foreign exhibition at Boston.
  Miss Dorcas Vosburgh of Chapin- vile, will please accept thanks for Q large pail of blood peaches, presented the NEWS last week.
 MT George l.. Parsons has filled up his store with fine assortment of goods for the fall and winter trade. All ex- cept burglars are invited to give him a call. D. -.. All person desiring the aid of the secretary in purchasing Chautauqua books for the ensuing year are request ed to hand the name to R. T. Fuller on or before October 19, 1883.
 Miss s. P. Norton was in New York last week purchasing her fall and win ter stock of millinery goods, she has a splendid assortment of goods which are selling like Coney Island sandwiches. Take in that dime entertainment at Village Improvement hall tomorrow fThursday) evening by the guild ol Christ church and learn of the accom- plishments of the celebrated Peak sis ters.N
 Telephone poles near this village huctuate like stock; sometim es they are up, but more times they are down, yes, cut down. The north side the high way has been an unhealthy location fo1 them. A change was deemed advisable and they have been placed on the south side.
 -Messrs H. H. Coggswen and Will lard Underwood went on fishing and hunting excursion to Sherman, Conn. last Monday Willard returned last evening, but Hiram is missing and it is feared some ssDeuell" has befallen him as he has relative by that name in Sherman.
 Master John w. Russell, who lives near Twin Lakes, says that near his home there is a strip of land that was covered with snow the 24th of last April and he enjoyed sliding down hill there on that day and at the same place, the last week in June, he picked dande. lion that was feet and 2 inches higE and he showed us bright, full blowr dandelion which his brother, Georgie P Russell, picked there October 12.
 MT s. A. Weaver, the singing teacher, has commenced taking voca lessons in New York, where he goes ev cry week, of Reinhold l.. Hermann who ranks among the accomplished voca teachers in this country, Miss Henriet ta Beebe, the well known singer of Eng fish glee music being one of his pupils MT Weaver has already been througl the Boston conservatory, but still sigh for other schools in which to get hi voice conquered We know many mal who is perfectly satisfied with his voca abilities who can't sing more thar 7-16ths as well as Weaver. - Winstet Herald
 The Housatonic Valley Methods ministers dSSOclaUlOn nelQ 8 moeGln{ last Monday at the Methodist church il this village. At the morning session Rev G. D. Townsend read an historica paper on Cardinal Woolsey Afternoon session: hymn, "Jesus Lover of my Soul" prayer by Rev Dr Hiram Eddy essay, aExpediency of religious novels, by Rev W. H. Evans followed by dis cussion parcipitated in by Revs Scott Van Arnum. Spriggs, Humphrey, Eddy Townsend, Hermance and Roys. Essa, on s'The decline of class meetings b, Rev B. N. Lewis followed by discussion parcipitated in by Revs Scott, Stevens Belcher, Humphrey, Phillips, Edd, and Spriggs. Rev B. H. Roys pronoun ced the benediction. The evening ses sion was devoted to discussing the bes method of promoting revivals Presid ing Elder Ferguson was present at tn morning session.
 Just received at the Salisbury har ness and trunk emporium, Lakeville, splendid assortment of blankets, Japal wolf and lap robes trunks and satchel also on hand Scotch, Concord WOO and farm collars, nice lot of sale har ness and all kinds of saddlery and hors furnishing goods. Harnesses made tt order the coming winter at reduced rate of the best custom tanned oak leather Yours courteously, JOHN M. MILLER.