Connecticut western news., 1883-02-28
LOCAL NEWS.

U. D. in Shokan.
 Read what E. J. Raymond says in another column.
 The recent thaw about spoiled the sleighing in this vicinity.
 Will Roraback spent the Sabbath with friends in Sheffield.
 Druggist Humphrey has fine lot of Valencia oranges just in.
 MT George c. Peet spent Sunday at his home in this village.
 The freight business on the Con- necticut Western road is reviving. Station Agent J. B. Reed has his new uniform, m,-brass buttons and all. Mrs Van Deusen, mother of Mrs E. W. Warner, visited her daughter, last week.
 -Bluebirds were heard last week for the first time this season. Spring is coming.
 Last Thursday being Washington's birthday, the public schools took holiday.
 MT George Fuller, of Fuller and Peet, has been under the weather for week past.
 Mrs A. T. Roraback has very handsome calla lilly with three flowers in blossom.
 Daniel Spaulding of Falls Village sliped on the ice and sprained his leg, last Monday. Mrs Edward Lawrence and daugh- ter from York State visited at MT Vol colt Adams, last week.
 The singing school still fourishes and is progressing finely. Prof $ winston is first class instructor.
 Several of the Housatonic stock holders took advantage of Fridays meeting for the free ride.
 The Housatonic road has sold one of it's locomotives, ''old number g., to the South Manchester road. MT Leonard Lawrence of East Can aan has been quite sick with pneumonia but is on the way to recovery.
 -vennor says March will probably enter quietly and calmly in the majority of sections but speedily give place to its usual buster and storm by the Sd or 4th. John Van Deusen of Great Barring ton is doing large business at his hay press in thes village. From 60 to 70 tons of hay and straw are shipped every week.
 A horse belonging to Amos Brewer took fright at passing load of hay near Henry Williams and ran, throwing out the driver. The damage to the sleigh was the only injury.
 MT Henry Goodro started for his home in Vermont, Monday, for visit of several weeks. Henry has secured a position as blacksmith in East Canaan, which he will take as soon as he returns. The stage route between this place and Southfield has changed hands once more This time the lucky winner of the prize is gentleman from Middle field, who has bought ex-Stage Driver Baldwin's farm in Southfeld and will run the mail route in connection with it MT Callender of Rockford, Ill, write: to his sister, Mrs Steiner of Sheffield formerly of this place, that it is th' coldest winter that they have had for ov CT 30 years. Week before last the ther mometer fell to 36 degrees below zero MT J. L. Bragg's tenement on Mai street, will be occupied after April 1 b. the families of Frank Van Deusen an' William Smith, one room being reserve by Mir Bragg for feed and meal stor and office of Bragg and Stevens lumbe yard.
 -Diphtheria is reported in severa families in adjoining towns, but fortu natly this village has been free from tn dread disease thus far. It is reporte that several in the family of John Pu yer, of Copake, are seriously i'll with tn disease.
 A gentleman from Ohio was i Litchfeld county last week for a her of thoroughbred Jerseys. He bougl of Starr of Litchfield and Judd ( Thomaston, 20 in all, from calves si week old to full grown COWS; pric from $2OO to $95O
 The Connecticut Farmer says 'sWherever tobacco growing is the pr' dominating industry, there every othe sort of farming languishes p Is this fact If so, it is of the utmost impo tance. A well informed discussion the question would be of interest.
 The Rev William c. Hoyt, one the oldest ministers of the East Ne York conference of the Methodist Epi copal church, died at his home in Stan ford last Thursday, at the age of years. He has been engaged in u ministerial work for forty-fve year