Connecticut western news., 1883-04-18
LOCAL NEWS.

Measles.
 Josie, daughter of James Reel, has the measles.
 Miss Fanny Mcintyre from Illinois is visiting friends in town. Flowing has begun. Robert Van Deusen commenced April IA.
 Mary Goodwin has the measles and has been dangerously sick.
 Mrs F. W. Barnett remained over Sunday with friends in Newtown.
 Rev David Phillips returned from conference, last Thursday afternoon.
 Mrs Cornelius Lynehan has been very sick for two weeks with lung fever. Rev F. W. Barnett attended the funeral of one of his old parishioners at Wilton, last Friday.
 Sidney Lessel has returned to Mer- iden to continue his trade with his for mer employer, Mir F. J. Wheeler.
 Mrs L. L. Brown and her daughter Jennie have been very sick with the ep- idemic colds, accompanied by sore throat and sore eyes.
 The passenger train on the H. & c. W. railroad due here at 12 40 arrived one hour late, last Saturday, owing to slight breakage of the engine. Please notice that the National Line of passenger steamships have reduced the rate of prepaid steerage fro m BPS to $40. See ad in another column,
 Last Wednesday night. the frogs in the swamp were apparently celebrating the return of spring. Their music could be distinctly heard in this village. -J. L. Bragg is painting his building on Main street opposite the post office. The color of the priming coat is a-wen what do you call it color, but the second coat will be handsome shade.
 William R. Baldwin's store and barn at Southfeld, Mass. were destroyed by fire on the night of April 18th. Only small portion of the goods were saved in damaged condition. Total insurance $31OO.
 Charles Gillette is painting Dr c. W. Camps house. The main color is cream, yes, ssCreme de Ia creme, , with maroon colored border and trimmings. It is copied after Mrs Mark Hopkins house at Great Harrington.
 The amount of freight now moved on the Connecticut Western road is large and Union depot in this village is lively place every noon. Three freight trains are here at that hour and two passenger trains, making five trains here at once. Qulte lively locality.
 The strike at the rolling mill in Springfield, nl., and the riot which oc- cured there on the evening of April 12, resulting in the death of one man and serious injury to many others, lend an interest to an article in another column headed sIabor Troubles Read it. Our space is occupied and we can not publish an account of Miss Minnie Henry's wedding at Morrisania N. Y, but if any of her Canaan friends wish te read an account of the wedding, call al the NEWS office, and read what our ex changes record about the grand affair -Ano ther old landmark has been re moved. We refer to the o Id blacksmith shop on High street It has long beer an eyesore to the community. MT F. A Peet lately purchased it of Michael Cor man and has torn it down. He has als' purchased the lot adioinin g it and vii improve the looks of this part of tn village.
 John Beckley has been sick durin' the past ten days. Last Saturday h had very severe attack of croup. H asked his mother why boy with tn croup was like drunken man? He gay this answer, Because he is tight. Johl is now trying to be in fashion and hay the measles but the rash has not yet ap peared.
 MT F. Jacobs is the owner of na tive COW that produced 300 pounds o OuopSA hOOPVOuUOA 6V, AOOS, 1L' April l, 1883. When this COW was fiv years old, she averaged 40 pounds o milk for 150 consecutive days and whel six years old, 50 pounds for 15O consec utive days. When she was between fiv and six years old, she yielded 300 pounds of milk during the year.
 Horace Holt has entered the emplo of Barnum Richardson Go at East Can aan. He will work in the car repairin. shop and moves into the boarding hous lately vacated by Mir Giddings. He wi keep an excellent boarding house an we think the company is fortunate i securing so skillful workman. W know whereof we speak, for he was on of the builders of ye editors house.
 About every man we meet tells U of new case of measles. It would nee ''train dispatcher" to keep corret account of the cases. We mention th following but presume many name should be added to the list Ada Strong two of Harmon Schemerhorn's childrer Francis and Rosalee Pequigney, Henr Hanchett's two daughters, two of D. I Freeman's children, two of Nelson Ham children, G. B. Taft's little daught< ana John Deeklsy.