Connecticut western news., 1884-12-31
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HAPPY NEW YEAR.
 Fred Bartlett of Torrington strucl town last Friday.
 Examinations at Canaan, Jan 3, fol State Normal school.
 -Dr Clemans and wife are going tc New York tomorrow to be absent z week.
 The pay of the trackmen on the H. X c. W. railroad has been reduced tc $1.12a per day.
 About 30 attended the social shake. your-heel at Village Improvement hall last Friday evening.
 Rev W. J. Thomson is still confn- ed to his bed but is slowly improving from 8 recent congestive chill.
 James Roberts and family from Millerton, N. r., have moved into s. w. Barnes house on Railroad street.
 The guild will give dime sociable at the rectory on Thursday evening of the present.week All are cordially in- vited.
 The Hartford Courant of Dec. %, under the heading, Local Finances, 7" says, Hartford & Conn. Western rail road stock has sold at 20."
 The c. L. s. 0. will meet with MT O. Adam on Friday evening of this week. Quotations from Mfrs Drowning It is expected that this meeting will be very interesting one.
 Jamie B. Adams of Blair, Neb., and Herbert Adams of Ansonia, Ct., spent Christmas in town with their parents, Mr and Mrs H. N. Adams. It is 24 years since Jamie visited home.
 Arthur P. Freeman came home last Wednesday from Wilbraham, Mass, to remain during the holidays. His ehum, Irving F. Barnes, is again on the sick list and was obliged to come home be- fore Arthur did.
 To our correspondents. We intend- cd to publish this week several commu- nications that were crowded out last week, but the report of the two anniver- sary weddings robs us of the space in tended for deferred correspondence.
 The Village Improvement associa- tion will give an entertainment at their room in the Town hall building some evening next week, yet to be decided oE. Look out for posters giving date and program of the entertainment.
 On and after Monday, Jan. 5, 1885, freight train No. 4, on the Housatonic road, leaving Great Harrington at 5 A. M., Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and freight train No. 1, leaving Bridge port at 5:30 A M., Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays will be discontinued.
 The new time table of the H. < C.. < w. railroad took effect Dec. 25. Both of the night freight trains are discon- tinued. The milk train from the east now arrves here at 2:40 P. M., in time to connect with the passenger train south on the Housatonic road, and re- mains here until 3:45 P. M., when it proceeds to Boston Corners.
 B. c. Cummings and wife of New Haven, arrived in Canaan last Wednes- day noon. During the evening Mrs Cummings presented her husband with beautiful daughter, ss a Christmas present. MT P. c. Cummings is thus 4 crowned grandfather, and he can appre- cistss the sentiments expressed by Chas. Dickens, in letter to friend: "Anoth. or generation begins to peep above the table. once used to think what . horrible thing it was to be grandfath- CT. Finding that the calamity falls up on me without perceiving any other change in myself. I bear it like a man. ,
 At the annual communication o! Housatonic lodge, No. o1, F. < A. M., held Saturday evening, Dee>. 27, the following named officers were elected and appointed for the ensuing year: E. J. Prescott, W. M; O. H. Johnson, s w.; M. K. Belden, J. w.; G. B. Gard ner, treas; O. P. Gillette, sec'y.; J. H Drake, s. D.; W. H. Chopper, J. D. G. E. DeHart, s. s.; H. E. Holt, J. 8. Rev D. Phillips, chaplain; 8. O. Beck ley, marshal; Smith Robey, tyler. Al of the newly elected and appointed of ficers who were present were duly in stalled.
 W. W. Underwood has decided t. part, with his favorite violin, which M Canfeld purchased for him at the cen tennial exhibition at Philadelphia. Ev 4 cry one in this vicinity knows this is valuable instrument and Willard ha frequently charmed and delighted au diences with music-drawn from this vic lin. It will be sold for about one-hal its cost and less than it's value. On hundred tickets at 50 cents each will b sold, each ticket entitling the holder t. one chance in drawing for the violin khe drawing to take place when tn I tickets are all sold. It hes been left fo sale with Elisha Benedict.