Connecticut western news., 1884-06-25
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LOCAL NEWS.

Rain, beautiful rain.
 John Rodemeyer, Jr., of Bethel was in town over Sunday.
 All aboard for the opera, Olivette, at Sheffield this evening.
 Mrs Chas Lewis, who has been quite ill for some time, is gradually failing. Our citizens were serenaded last Thursday afternoon by travelling brass band.
 pr Geo Adam has been sick for sev- eral weeks with neuralgia, but is now improving.
 The gross receipts of the strawber- " festival at V. I. hall last Friday night, were $31.00.
 Mir s. A. Eddy attended the com mencement exercises of the Storrs agri- cultural school at Mansfield, last Thurs day.
 The excursion train to Hartford on Buckingham day, on it's return, did not arrive at Canaan until 2 o'clock, Thurs day morning.
 -Dr s. D. Merriam, the great Indian herb doctor, will be at Ashley Falls, from July 1 to 21. See his full column announcement.
 Squire Roraback's tank of ice water at the post office has received as much patronage the past week, as any institu- ton in the place.
 Mrs David s. Proper and children of Elizaville, N. Y, arrived in town last Wednesday, and are visiting at Judge Changers.
 Rev E. P. Hammond, the evangel- ist, visited Dr Eddy this week, and spoke at the Lakeville Sunday school convention, Tuesday.
 At the school meeting held last Fri day evening, D. l.. Freeman, A. T. Ror- aback and J. B. Reed were elected com mittee and s. A. Eddy clerk and treas urer.
 Don't forget that its we'll manag ed railroad that can pay dividend, es- pecially during panic. See notice of Housatonic railroad company, dividend No. 67.
 -Rumor says that the wedding of MT Charles H. Preston and Miss Nellie J. Andrus takes place tomorrow, (Thurs- day) at P. M. at the M E. Church, this village.
 -RevW. G Pierce of Champaign, H., has accepted the invitation of the Con- gregational church at East Canaan, to supply their pulpit during the month of July.
 -Seventy-two excursion tickets to Hartford and return were sold at this station, Buckingham day. In addition to this quite number started for Hart ford the previous day.
 About II o'clock last Saturday fore noon, fire was discovered in Smith s woods northwest of this village. About 50 persons turned out to fight it, but 15 acres or more were burned over before it was subdued.
 The Canaan base ball nine played g match game of ball with the East Ca naan nine last Friday afternoon at East Canaan, and the score stood 35 to 30, in ia vor of the East Canaan nine. They will play another game at this place next Fri day afternoon.
 -C. L. s. c. goes on picnic to Lake Buel, Friday of this week. All mem bers are expected to go and any member may invite such friends as will add tC the pleasure of the occasion. All star at eight o'clock and meet at the lake The ladies will furnish rations.
 -Barnum, Richardson Go. are run ming only one furnace at East Canaan Another furnace has just been repaired and was expected to start this week, bu last Thursday it was decided to let it re main idle until an improvement in tn iron business takes place. The compan will discharge part of their help, retain ing only men who have families to sur port.
 MT Patrick Manogue of Housator ic visited relatives in town last week. ] is five years since he visited Canaan. H is 57 years old, came to Canaan when h was 25 years old, worked nine years fc Mir William Adam and two years fc Forbes Munson. He afterward lived z Falls Village, removing from there Housatonic, where he and most of hi family are employed by the Monumer Mills company.
 The Yellow Spasm, vol l, No. appeared last week. The Winsted Pre- also appeared June 19, and Editor Pil ney says, 'FThe cash receipts at this o fee since June 3, have been exactl $2.5O" Shakespeare evidently carrie an editors purse when he wrote:
 "Who steals my purse, steals trash,
 But he that filches from me my good name
 Robs me of that which not enriches him,
 And makes me poor indeed"
 Rodemeyer will not steal Pinney purse, but we shall not wonder if soon robs him of the honor (?) of pu' fishing the wickedest paper in Connect cut. Rodemeyer can also boast of puI fishing the Yellow Spasm in the pun tanical town of Bethel. that 52 yea ago jailed P. T. Barnum, for publishir the .sHerald of Freedom"