Connecticut western news., 1885-08-05

B. work. l. Il. B. Merriam of Hartford remain l. ed several hours in Canaan last Satur r. day, and appreciated the disconnectio1 l. of railway trains at this point. In jus :" tice to MT Merriam we would state tha
 he has always desired close connections : and harmony with the Housatonic rail
 road.
 The Sunday mail service com :. menced on the Housatonic road Aug. : All post-ofices on the route except New.
 town, Long Hill and Gaylordsvllle ex- change mail with the Sunday train from Bridgeport to Pittsfield. Canaan post office remains open for one half houl after arrival of the train.
 Nathaniel Ruggles, son of Mrs l.. w. Beckley, visited Canaan last week. He
 has been away six years. He lives in
 Chicago, keeps store, employs three
 or four men and has accumulated sever
 al thousand dollars by his industry and
 business talent. We must not omit to
 mention that he has also got married
 since he located at Chicago.
 The second annual fair of the young
 ladies' mission circle will be held in V.
 I. A. hall Friday evening Aug. 7 begin ming at o'clock. The usual variety of
 fancy articles will be offered for sale.
 Ice cream, cake, bran pudding, grand
 cake walk and Gypsy fortune-teller will
 be attractions but the greatest magnets will be the charming young ladies as- sembled there. ..5
 Last Wednesday we published 8 | notice of the Munson family reunion at New Haven, August 21. We prefer to have you call it newspaper enterprise, for on second reading of the original notice sent us we discover the reunion does not take place until August 21, 1887. We must say however that we have given due and sufficient notice of it.
 Grand excursion ! only $1.25 to Bridgeport and return, from Sheffield, Ashley Falls and Canaan, Monday, Au- gust 10, on early train leaving Sheffield 7:13, Ashley Falls 7:21, Canaan ;26 A. M. Procure tickets early from the station agents. Leave Bridgeport to return at 5:25 P. NJ. The excursion is under the auspices of David s. Cowles post of North Canaan.
 -"General Grants Funeral March" by CD. Blake has an elegant Autograph title of Americas greatest soldier, to- gether with etchings Illustrating some of his great battles during the late war. The music is of medium difficulty, and | not of the trashy order; but is fitted to the subject, solemn and impressive. Price 40 cents postpaid. White, Smith & Go. l publishers, Boston and Chicago.
 -AprppoS with the balloon ascension at Winsted we clip the following from the Springfield Republican of August B. 'FW. l.. Smith and A. l.. Talbot ascend ed in two balloons at Chiltenham beach, near Chicago, Saturday night for race in mid air. When up about 1900 feet the machines collapsed. Talbot came down with his wreck comparatively but Smith fell the whole distance, striking some telegraph wires before reaching the earth. He still lives but will die.
 This is the Sun cholera mixture the valuable recipe. which the New York Sun has published annually for over 30 years. It will be well to save it for future ref erence, or have your druggist prepare you bottle of the mixture for use in case of emergency: "Take equal parts of tincture of cayenne, of opium, tinct- ure of rheubarb, essence of peppermint, and spirits camphor. Mix we'll. Doses fifteen to thirty drops in wine glass of water, according to age and violence of the attack. Repeat every fifteen or twen- ty minutes until relief is obtained"
 The Western Union telegraph com pany on July % subscribed $500O to- wards the fund for g. monument to the memory of General Grant. The Grant Monument association appointed by the mayor of the city of New York, having 1 resolved to erect such monument from 1 funds received from the public at large, the Western Union telegraph company, through its representatives, will receive 1 any and all contributions for that pur- pose, giving informal receipt therefor, which will subsequently be replaced by ] receipts from the committee. Contri- 1 buttons of any sum, large or small, will be received by A. W. Root, manager, etc., Western Union telegraph company, 1 Canaan Conn.
 Rev E. F. Barlow preached memo rial sermon in the Methodist church, | Sunday morning July 26. His text was the last verse of the first chapter of IT Samuel, "How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished. The | speaker recounted number of lessons l to be learned from the life of General Grant, and also paid glowing tribute to his memory. The Springfield Re publican of August 3 published brief of the sermon which Pastor Simons preached at the Florence-Street Metho- dist church in Springfield, Sunday even ing August 2. It is worthy of mention that the title of Pastor Simons' sermon | was Meditations on the death of Gen. -ra1 ,T~ant." The text was the identical | t. -b;ob 6av D. F. Barlow selected |