Connecticut western news., 1885-02-04
LOCAL NEWS.

LOCAL NEWS.
 Prepare your bids for road con tract. See selectmen's notice.
 Mrs Dr Wilson is suffering witl cankered sore throat and is unable te sit up.
 George l.. Parsons was housed uI from Friday until Tuesday with se- were cold.
 Mrs Mary Gillette. who for several weeks has been visiting relatives in New York, returned last week.
 70. L. s. 0. will meet at Mir H. N. Adams Thursday evening, February 5. Miscellaneous quotations.
 The mails will be weighed that are carried on the Houstonic road for thirty successive days, commencing Feb. Il. It is currently reported that B. 0. Ives has written home. stating that he is at Jacksonville, Fla, aud earning $1.75 per day.
 Meetings are held in the NJ. E. church every evening this week, except Tuesday evening and possibly Saturday evening.
 The annual meeting of the stock holders of the Housatonic railroad com pany will be held at Bridgeport, Feb. .27 See notice.
 The mercury has been below zern neatly every morning during the past week. The sleighing is fair and the ice crop abundant. Sherwood c. Cummings was in Ga naan over Sunday and Monday morning his wife and daughter returned with him to New Haven.
 Frank Smith, son of William Smith, was taken with pneumonia last Friday night and is very sick. but is doing as well as can be expected.
 Miss Ina Fitch attends the High school at Hartford and while in that city she has been very sick with scar let fever, but has nearly recovered.
 Harmon Schamerhorn has been il two weeks with hard cold and las Saturday was taken with pneumonia He was more comfortable yesterday. -Messrs George s. Fuller and George D. Beebe are serving as jurymen at New Milford. Levi F. Bronson was alsd drawn, but is on the sick list and could not attend.
 Rev L. H. Reid of Lakeville wa. taken quite i'll last Wednesday ant threatened with pneumonia, but we art pleased to announce that he has nearly recovered.
 Miss Anna Rudge, who has beer spending the winter at Twin Lakes ant at her home in Sheffield, returped tC Canaan last Thursday and is boarding at S. 0. Beckley's.
 The outlook for business through out the country is encouraging. Durin, the month of January over 125, ,O00 mel have gone to work in the manufacturing establishments and mines that have bee idle for some time.
 A meeting of the Housatonic mil association will be held at New Milford Tuesday, Feb. 10, at l P. M. Lectur by Dr Lewis on Contagious Disease of Domestic Animals" Free retur given by Housatonic railroad.
 Tonight Wednesday, at 7:3O tn V. I. A. have another lecture in thei hall MT Chas L. Bristol of Pougl keepsie is the lecturer and Water is tl subject. The lecture will be illustra ed by some interesting chemical expe iments. Admission 15 cents.
 William Sardam's large barn opp site his house at Canaan Valley VI burned Saturday night The origin the fire is unknown. A quantity of ha. grain and farming tools were destroyet but the live stock were saved. The lo has not been aacertained. There was small insurance on the property.
 Just four weeks from to-day the i au yuration of President Cleveland tax place. Is the palace car yet made f the Canaan delegation and have tn, paid their $5 for a ticket to the inaugur ball ? Perhaps some will go with coach-and-fou same as couple of d tinguished Canaanites visited the ce tennial in 1876.
 w. H. Camp went to Hartford y, terday afternoon to attend the amt meeting of the Connecticut Pharmace tical society, which takes place to-ds Last evening the Hartford druggists C tertained the society with banquet Hsublin's, and Will accepted an invi tion to attend and 10 doubt enjoyed t occasion tip-top-much.