Connecticut western news., 1885-06-10
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LOCAL NEWS.

School meeting next Monday even ing at 8 o'clock.
 The public schools close Friday fol the summer vacation.
 Potatoes have gone up to Sl bushel at Collinsville.
 MT E. ". Wells of Roxbury visited at W. H. Camps Monday and Tuesday. Mrs J. s. New and Mrs Bell will go to New Haven next Monday to remain several weeks.
 Mrs Cornelius Lynehan has been very ill during the past two or three weeks, but is improving.
 The Canaan base ball nine played a match game with the Sheffields at that place last Saturday and won by score of 22 to 5.
 Railroad street is being widened several feet by moving Frederick Wat sons fence, which encroached on the highway,
 For stwo or three weeks train on the Housatonic road has been trans porting gravel from Ashley Falls to point near Brookfeld.
 Samuel F. Adam arrived home last Saturday. He spent the winter in Flor ida and on his way home stopped about four weeks in Newark.
 Pianos and organs rented or sold on instalments. Lowest prices ever named. Send for catalogue to F. B. Capewen, Torrington, Conn. 4w Commencing Monday, June 15, the Monday special train will begin running, leaving Pittsfeld A M, Canaan 7:26, arriving in Bridgeport 9:55, New York 11:45.
 Our Collinsvile correspondent, the venerable MT D. B. Hale, locates sThe Two Villages" the title of Rose Terry Cookes poem which appeared in THE NEWS of June 3.
 Friday last would pass for a rainy day. Frequently the rain fell in torrents and awakened memories of the fearful showers and tornadoes which occurred June and T, 1874.
 Rev Dr Eddy attended the meeting of the American missionary society at Saratoga last week. This is the third season the society have met at Saratoga and Dr Eddy has been present each year. Next week Friday night the schol ars of the High school will give an en tertainment at the hall for the the bene fit of the Village Improvement society Further information will be given next week.
 The Collinsville correspondent ot the Tunxis Valley Herald in mentioning the Memorial day exercises says: The address by George E. Taft, Esq, oi Unionville was delivered extempore. but showed careful thought and study and was very ably delivered. '"
 MT and Mrs George l.. Parsons went to Schaghtlcoke, N. Y, last Mon day to visit relatives They will also visit relatives at Bennington, Vt., and arrive home Saturday. MT L. s. Par sons of Sheffield assists ''the boys' ir the store during Georges absence.
 The New York and Housatonic ex press line will commence running Mon day, June 15, solid trains with drawing room cars on fast, limited express time between New York and Pittsfeld, il either direction, leaving New York a 3.4OP. M. and leaving Pittsfeld at 4. l! PM.
 -Dorance B. Reyes, a cooper em ployed for the last three years by Cha Barnes Sons, died at Mill River las Thursday after an illness of three week with malaria and rheumatic fever. H was brother of Representative Lorrail Reyes. His funeral was attended las Saturday.
 The hose company held an adjourn ed meeting at Mir G. B. Gardner's resi- dence Saturday evening. MT A. I Roraback reported for the committe appointed to draft rules and regulation and they were accepted, with few al terations. A committee was appointe' to solicit signatures to the constitution and by laws, and we understand hay been quite successful The meeting wa adjourned until tomorrow (Thursday night when there will be an election o officers and doing any other bushes proper to be done at said meeting. large attendance is requested.
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