Connecticut western news., 1884-09-17
LOCAL NEWS.


 About time for the equinoctial storm.
 Mrs Adeline Beckley has been quite ill since last Saturday, but is improving.
 MT and Mrs Charles Palmer of New Haven visited at Tobey hill last week.
 MT Luman Foote has commenced enlarging his house by addition of an. other story.
 Mrs Mary s. Bowen and daughter of Jersey City, N. Y., were guests of Dr Eddy last week.
 Rev F. W. Barnett's mother has been sick about three weeks with fev- CT, but is convalescing.
 George R. Wilcox of South Canaan has purchased the Martha Hawley farm near Pine Grove camp ground.
 Rev W. J. Thomson will preach in the NJ. E. church, this village, next Sunday morning at 10:3O.
 Editor Addis of the Windsor Locks Journal was looking bright as button when he called at our sanctum yester- day.
 Mrs Maria Adam of Bridgeport, formerly of this place, has been stop ping at the Warner house since last Friday.
 Willard Underwood has been sick two weeks with low fever, but on Monday the fever subsided. He is now slowly improving.
 Builder E. R. Lorrain has contract ed to build the large block at Winsted, which will consist of stores, the armory and skating rink,
 William Weaver, who lives on H. J. Nead's place in Canaan Valley, has been.sick three weeks with typhoid fev- CT, but is improving.
 D. K. Colepaugh of Winsted and the Merriam boys of Falls Village shot eight coons in three nights last week, in the vicinity of Falls Village.
 The Canaan Valley Sunday school have picnic to-day "Wednesday in the grove at Canaan Valley. The East Ca naan Sunday school are invited to par ticipate with them.
 Miss Lena F. Gillette of Falls Vll- lage has been visiting her aunt, Mrs s. O. Beckley, returning home last Mon- day. Her brother, Irving, had previ- ously made his visit of few days.
 -Revs D, Philips and B. N. Lewis started Tuesday morning for drive in to New York state to visit friends and then expect to make tour of the Cat skill mountains and will be absent 10 or 12 days
 MT A. J. Hunt of Great Burlington Mass, whose advertisement appears in another column, is in Boston and New York this week purchasing harness goods and general assortment for his store
 4Nr George Fuller is improving Granite avenue by having the rocks in the side walk in front of his house dug out. He will use the stone for the foun- dation to kis wood shed, which he in tends to build soon.
 Jack Frost never steals march on A. L. Hubbell or R. I. Taylor, those enterprising clothing dealers of Great Harrington. They have purchased their fall and winter stock of clothing. Read each of their advertisements.
 The hot weather and sudden cold wave caused considerable sickness in town. Warren Mcintyre, Ella McIn- tyre, Mrs Coggswell, Gardner Barnes and several others were quite sick last week.
 Those interested in organizing the c. l.. s. c. for the coming winter are requested to meet at the conference room ins East Canaan, Friday night of this week at half past seven o'clock. Those wishing to join but unable to be present will please send their names to N. s. Stevens, East Canaan.
 -George S. Booth has left at the New Hartford Tribune office stalk oi corn raised in his garden measuring 104 feet high. GeorgeF. Bartholomew ot Ashley Falls, Mass, left at the NEWS of flee last Wednesday, stalk of western corn measuring 134 feet high. Frank Ford of Woodbury has stalk of corr IA feet high. Next
 We are told that D. Soule, of New Milford last week purchased from tht following named persons, their 1884 crop of Havana tobacco, at the price, mentioned per pound: F. Bronson, 21 cents, Charles Morris 164 or IT, Sabine Ives IT, E. NJ. Rood 16l, Dr c. " Camp IS, E. s. Roberts, price not stat ed. It is not known whether 0. H Briggs sold his tobacco or not.
 Rev and Mrs F. w. Barnett were agreeably surprised last Thursday by several ladies of Christ church parish In the afternoon vehicle stopped a the seetory and young gentleman took thefsfrom and left on the Rev. door-steps sh>elegant black walnut din ing chairs. THAexcuse that he gave fol blockading the reeSSry door was this .''Several ladies are aNere that this i. the 9th anniversary of Mrsnd Mrs Bar nett's marriage.
 The funeral of Miss Sophia NEvitt was attended at the M. E. church >ol Sunday at 1O:30 A. M, There was hard