Connecticut western news., 1883-01-31
LOCAL NEWS.

Goshen.
 The dime party at Rev MT Barnett's last week netted $26.
 George Strong has steam boiler to thaw out water pipes.
 Will Roraback is suffering from the prevailing influenza
 The Housatonic road are filling their ice house in this place.
 James Beckley of Chatham visited at Mir S. c. Beckley's last week.
 Mrs Milo Knickerbocker has been quite i'll, but is now convalescent.
 Read New Haven Assistant Post master Hale's letter in another column. MT. E. F. Gillette of Sharon is the happy father of daughter one week old.
 MT Park Hoffman of New York spent few days last week with MT Strong.
 Mrs Henry Abbott of East Canaan, fell on the ice last week, and broke three ribs.
 The Methodist parsonage is nearly finished and will be occupied by Rev MT Phillips, April l. -Pepoon Jacobs lost a pet cat the other day and in burying it found but about four inches of frost.
 The infant son of MT Calvin Barnes of Clayton, died, Monday evening, aged one year, of congestion of the lungs.
 MT Fred Thoms is as happy as 8 king and smilingly informs us that 1t is a girl and arrived Wednesday morn ing.
 George c. Peet, formerly of this place and lately employed in Ansonia, has accepted a position with T. Hawley < Go of Bridgeport.
 Engine number 15 on the Connecticut Western slipped an eccentric at this station, last Friday delaying the eastern freight about two hours.
 -Charles Calender has been appoint ed inspector of water pipes to see that the water is not wasted, as it is already getting low in the reservoir.
 -J. G. Cans Son & Go of New York report sales of 730 cases of seed leaf tobacco for the week ending January 25. Tobacco of 1880 and 1881 brought from 1-2 to 25 cents.
 The steam saw mill in South Nor folk was destroyed by fire, last Tuesday; loss about $1O,OO0 and partly insured It was formerly occupied by the late George Dudley of Winsted.
 The Housatonic railroad company are building two more drawing room cars and will run four next summer. The new cars are larger and more expen- sive than the two run the past season.
 Those interested in the dramatic enterprise under way report everything progressing satisfactorily. It will be presented on the boards soon after Lent. ."The Ticket of Leave Man is the title. The pupils of the high school and intermediate department had another sleigh ride, last Wednesday. They started off in fine style, but one sleigh caved and left it's occupants in a rather sorry plight.
 Please look at the figures printed on your wrapper or paper If the date has passed it is bill, if the date has not arrived it is a receipt If it is a mistake it will be cheerfully reetifed at this office upon application by postal card or otherwise.
 MT R.L. Taft of Clayton has return ed home from three-weeks trip through Florida. He reports the orange grove fever as raging fearfully on the peninsu' la It is like striking file" in Pennsyl vania to become possessed of Florids orange grove.-Courie'.
 -Dr Hiram Eddy lectured on life 1T Libby prison at Ashley Falls, last Friday evening, to large and highly apprecia tive audience, receipts over $20. Will not the doctor deliver his lecture here We are sure the proposition would meet with the hearty approval of all.
 The boys and girls have taken ad vantage of the icy condition of Granite street during the past week and con tinuous line of sleds, jumpers and dou ble rippers rushing down the hill a lightning speed has been the result ant made pedestrianism dangerous.
 The recent loss by fire of Danie Pratt, Esq, of Salisbury is not as bad & might have been. The property wa insured at the agency of A. T. and M Roraback and has been settled by Ad justor E. O. North, special agent of the Commercial Union, to the full satisfac ton of both parties.
 Prosecuting Agent Smith arrested George Thompson, Jim Schultz and F Pequigney, Monday, for violation o the liquor law. He served papers fo 10 counts against Thompson and fvs on Schultz. There may be hole through the milestone, as we understand tho fee is Sl0 on each count.