Connecticut western news., 1884-03-26
LOCAL NEWS.

-MrJ. W. Peet has been on the sick list several days, but is out again.
 MT B. c. Ives and family have nov ed into part of Mrs Pequigney's house. .-Artist M. J. Smith has been paper ing Miss Frank Fuller's house, the past week. ...-
 Don't forget the auction on Satur- day March 29, at the Lyman Wickham place at Huntsville.
 f1-Messrs A. T. Roraback and F. A. :. Peet visited the Art and Loan exhibition in Hartford, last week.
 Rev F. W. Barnett exchanged pull pits last Sunday with Rev H. I. Bodley of North Adams, Mass.
 James Hyde Jr. goes on crutches, having last week accidently amputated one of his toes with an axe.
 Mrs Alice Barnes, who has been quite i'll with neuralgia and sore throat the past six weeks, is improving,
 On account of the rain last Wednes. day, the auction at the Marvin Hoskins place near South Canaan was postponed until tomorrow (March 27).
 Rev E. T. Atwood, state chaplain c. A. R., preached in the Congregation al church last Sunday morning and in the Methodist church in the evening. |, MT David Holmes will start for Ame- nia, Dakota April 2, where he will be employed as blacksmith on the immense farm recently purchased by Nc Neil Brothers.
 The rooms over J. l.. Bragg's store are being fitted up for an office for Dr - J. D. Clemans. An east door has been added and an outside stairway built by H. Schamerhorn.
 Asa " Bartholomew takes W. A. Roraback's position as assistant post master. Ace is good one for that position as he has been second assistant the past two years.
 Jerry News barn on West Maln street is going up fast. There are four men working on it. When he gets his house fixed over he will have a neat looking residence.
 -Barnum, Richardson Go. loose the faithful services of good workman, MT Henry Goodro, who will next Monday engage in business on his own account as blacksmith in Norfolk.
 Dame Rumor says that newly married couple from New Milford re- gently visited Falls Village, and on see- ing the falls at Amesville, supposed they were looking at Niagara falls.
 MT D. L. Peirce and daughters have "done" Florida and are iourneying homeward, stopping at various places of interest They visited Atlanta, Ga, last week and are now visiting relatives at Ringgold, Ga.
 The Winsted Herald of March q, published nine "county and vicinity items'. Brother Vail, six of those items we recognize, but you are always vel como to any quantity of our items if you will only give us credit for them.
 Your attention is respectfully called to J. M. Kellogg's new advertisement. He is selling many pianos and organs and is not afraid to warrant some oi them for ten years. That shows that he knows what the instruments are. Enough said.
 George W. Hall & Go make some changes in thelr advertisement this weel and hoist the flag of ''rock bottom prices" over that new invoice of ladies ; spr1ng wraps, jackets, black and colored cashmeres. .drap and cash de almas, black and colored silks etc.
 A special train on the H. & 0. w. railroad will leave Hartford for Winste6 and way stations, Saturday night, Marcl 29. at II o'clock. The attractions tha evening at Hartford are : Byron at the Opera house American theatre Ar Loan exhibition roller skating rink.
 Rev T. H. Baragwanath, a young man who has recently come from Eng land to enter the ministry of the Metho dist Episcopal church in this country preached in the M. E. church of this village last Sabbath morning and in the Ashley Falls church in the afternoon. MT D. D. Walters started for Penn sylvania last Saturday in response to z telegram informing him of the danger ous illness of his mother, who resides about 75 miles from Harrisburgh NJ H. B Stevens has charge of the mea market while MT Walters is absent.
 MT S. W. Barnes and family having visited about all the places of interes in Florida, are now stopping at Aiken s, 0. They are "achin'" to return t. their Canaan. home and friends, but deen it prudent to remain south while tn cold weather prevails here in the north
 MT Samuel L. Ferguson died at l o'clock last Friday night. His funera was attended at Christ church, Monda. afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev F. W. Bar nett, assisted by Rev H. I. Bodley, con duoted the services. Every seat in tn church was occupied and many follow ed the remains to their last resting plac ct the lower cemetery. The floral tri butes were beautiful and profuse.