Connecticut western news., 1883-05-09
LOCAL NEWS.

Professional gentlemen abound.
 Umbrella menders are plenty.
 Tramp printers are numerous.
 Hand organ grinders come next.
 Robert F. Rogers is clerk at the Stevens house.
 Read the obituary of Theophilus Fenn, in this paper.
 Alfred Moon is clerking at Hum phrey Brothers drug store.
 R. J. Orr was confined to his bed all last week with malarial fever.
 Miss Nellie Collins is in the last stages of consumption, and is very feeble. John B Davis has resigned his DO sition in the plating shop at Wlnsted, and returned to Canaan.
 Miss Bena Rodemeyer returned from Bethel last evening. She will make two weeks visit in Canaan.
 Both drug stores have ice cold soda water on draught. Hot soda would lately have been more seasonable.
 Last Friday, George Rood purchas ed from Noble Turner, of Housatonic, Mass,a valuable span of carriage horses.
 Miss Fannie James of South Canaan is working in Miss s. P. Norton's dress making establishment, and learning the trade.
 When the Humphrey Brothers com plete the improvements which they ar, making at the drug store, we will write up the subject.
 Ovid Gillette visited Rhinecliff last week to complete his arrangements for procuring shad. He spent one day in shad fishing, and says it is more fun to catch them than to peddle them.
 The concert of the North Canaan singing class, Professor Swinston, Di- rector, will be postponed till Friday evening, May 18, on account of Bishop Williams holding services at Christ church, on the evening of May II.
 Conductor D. W. Bills of the H. & 0. w. railroad, has been very low with pneumonia for number of days at his home in Rhinecliff, but hopes are now entertained of his recovery. He IS fa- vorite with the railroad men, and with the public, and we are glad to hear any improvement in his condition.
 -Z. T. Adams is making arrange ments to resume the coal business at East Canaan. We hope he will be well patronized. Poor health forced him to give up business. His health has i'm proved and now friends, we want you to live, and help Dyer" also to live.
 We wish to call attention to the ad vertisement of Mir A. l.. Hubben oi Great Harrington in another column. His advertisement was received last week just as we were going to press, sorry it could not appear last week, but friend Hubbel will be pleased to see you at any time and offer you some rare bargains.
 The large cistern in the rear of J.L. Bragg's store, caved in last week. MI Bra0g had quite vexatious job in pump ing 1t out, shovelling out the dirt anu placing a new covering on 1t. Before It was finished, he wished he had filled 1t up with dirt. We can appreciate his feelings. We had just such a picnic last year with our hundred barrel cistern.
 Mir Horace Beckley has left on our desk copy of the "Connecticut Cour- ant" dated October %, 1764. The Courant has been taken in his family over 7Oyears. His father was subscriber for 60 years. We refer to this ancient pa per in our editorial column. Many have endeavored to purchase this olll copy of the "Courant from MT Beck ley, but he has always refused to sell it, for it is the first number ever issued.
 Last Thursday evening, before the north bound passenger train on the Housatonic railroad had come to 8 full stop at Union depot, man attempting to jump from the cars fell between the platform and the cars. He would have been crushed beneath the wheels hac not a train man grasped him by the col lar and supported him until the cars ceased moving. Twice within & week men have barely escaped a fatal acci dent at Union depot. We doubt If the travelling public will ever cease attempt ing to get on or off the cars while in mo ton.
 The North Canaan singing class under the direction of Professor James Swinston, will give 8 concert at thu Town hall in this village, on Friday evening of next week. The program will consist of choice selection of sa cred and secular music, anthems, quar- tetts, glees, duetts and songs, alst Gloria, from Mozart's 18th mass, witl Miss Sarah Adam, Miss Florence New and w. H. Camp as accompanies, anC the assistance of several of Canaan's ex perienced singers, this concert canno fail of being rare musical treat. Tn, Professor needs no introduction, as hi musical talent is well known in this vi cinity. Admission 25 cents childre1 15 cents. Doors open 6:30; com mences 7:30.
 Mrs E. G. Wilson, 8 sister of MT D. L.. Freeman, has been doubly be reaved. and the whole community sym pathize with her in her great aff1iction Within less than three months her bus band and only child have died. Sh formerly resided at Laconia, N H, wher her husband, Doctor E. G. Wilson, ha required an extensive practice. M Wilson died Feb 8, with diphtherif Since his death she has resided wit her sister in this village. On Thursda last, her little daughter Alice, died, afte short illness. Alice was first take with measles, which terminated in a affection of the brain Until an hour C two before her death, no alarming syml toms had appeared, and MrsWilson ws wholly unprepared to receive the bite cup of sorrow. Last Friday, the It mains were taken to their last restin place at Conteecook. village near Cor oosd. N H