Connecticut western news., 1884-01-16
Hon F. Miles wife and daughter

A. Beirce, for several days.
 In another column MT F. B. Catlil
 of Norfolk, makes a statement that vii
 interest many of our readers.
 The Housatonic railroad compan7
 will commence cutting ice to-day a
 Morewood lake near Pittsfeld.
 -Yick's Illustrated Monthly Maga
 zine for January is a very interesting
 and handsomely illustrated number.
 Prayer meetings are held this week
 in the lecture room of the Methodist
 church on Tuesday, Thursday and Fri
 day evenings.
 MT NJ. s. Spaulding keeps so cows.
 At present he is milking GO COWS and
 daily sends to New York Ii forty-quart
 cans of milk
 MT J. L, Bragg has been appointed
 collector for the Methodist society
 Please hand him your pew rents with
 out further asking.
 This town must look out for it's
 self, or it will get an unsavory rep
 utation for illegal liquor selling, brawls, shooting affairs and other disturbances.
 MT Sherman Pease and family are now residing at Benson, about 125 miles from St. Paul, Minn. Mrs Pease is
 daughter of Levi w. Beckley of this town.
 The Christmas number of Truth, or Barnum in Bitishland is an illustra- ted magazine of over 80 pages and will keep you laughing all winter. Ask your newsletter for it.
 The initials N. Y. x N. E. are gen. erally supposed to mean New York X New England, but some of the West Shore railroad men interpret 1t New York Narrow Escape.
 Contractor and Builder E. R. LOT rain has contracted to build a large house in Bloomfield and has arranged 1 with Mir J. T. Levi of Lime Rock to l finish the new town hall ut Norfolk.
 It is reported that a fracas occurred one night last week at James Flakes place, near Huntsville, and during the melee John Toole had leg broken and Fred Blake's hand was badly injured.
 A donation visit for the benefit of Rev E. H. Rows will be given at the res dence of Nr Philo Parish, Mt. Riga, on evening, January 16, 1884. All are cordially invited to attend.-Ha- erton Telegram.
 We acknowledge the receipt of cal ,ndars from Wild and Stevens, manu- lecturers of printers rolls, Boston, Mass, lnd from Milton Roraback, insurance tgent, Canaan, Ct, also the receipt ol llmanacs from The Independent of New York and the Poughkeepsie Eagle.
 -Rumor says about dozen persons , t Julia McCarty's last Saturday lad a high old time. Some one placed nitro-glycerine cap on the stove, which xploded, wrecked it and scattered he pieces in all directions. Several ] were slightly injured and Dr Camp was to dress their wounds.
 -The Danbury Item suspended pull cation last Saturday, January 12. It Iessrs Robert Erwin and w. A. White. d bout six months ago MT White pur t hased Mir Erwin s interest. The Item t as an excellent paper and deserved l etter patronage that it received. MT White will continue the job printing | uslness at Danbury. The Winsted Heralds foreman, MT T Villains, has been very sick, threaten !. l with pnuemonia, but is now conva- scent. Editor Vaill thus had double F ork placed on him, but he managed pull through a few hours late Naill C as good staying qualities and when he $ hts that big meerschaum pipe you Ill calculate he can work six nights in s ACCESSION If necessary. | The ladies of the guild will give .Gncake party at the residence of Rev F IT. Barnett, Thursday evening, January t, f, to which everyone Is invited to be fl resent and indulge ill square Il Il leal." Supper will consist of numel- n us courses oI slap jacks with the usual z llads, dressings, etc, and will cost only J cents plate. he limit has been e laced at 25 cakes for each person. Any 7 ue consuming more than Z5 cakes will s e charged at the rate of two cents for t1 lch one. A physician will be ill atten- o nee. We have received from an advertis- W lg agency ill New York the proposition d , advertise four inch electrutype at a le-thlrd our regular rates and take our Q, ny Ill garden sreus AS the Item js ' OT running farm IL conuectlOn with a $ regular business, we must respectfully Il ecllue. The check of some of these n ivertIsing agents Is unequaled even by a Boston suOe drummer DtWbm,y Item. Al We have @ similar proposition, probA- ly from the same agency. It eau go the waste basket along with the prop 5ition of Boston broker, who wants ~ 50 inches of advertising and offers nln- '> lg stock as payment.
 Several young ladies of Canaan and e last Canaan inaugurated for that local.- V ' the custom of giving Leap Year Y eigh ride and supper, going to Great C darlington Monday evening of this V eek. Whether the young ladies chose b ) go in single tealns-so as to take toll la etc, etc, or whether they Il