Connecticut western news., 1885-10-21
Local News.

-EmDlemS Of human lHe.
 John T. Hubbard of Lime Rock started for Florida last Monday.
 Rev E. F. Barlow and wife spent 8 portion of last week in Albany and with friends in Pittsfeld.
 Counsellor John T. Hubbard has located at Litchfeld, to which place he moved from Lakeville October 12.
 The Bridgeport Post says that in some parts of Litchfeld county cider apples are sold at two cents bushel.
 Don't forget the humorous lecture by Dr J. Jay Villers at Town hall to- morrow evening. Procure your tickets early. a Miss Alice Partridge left town on Monday for Canaan, where she will en- gage in dressmaking. .-Ne,O AEigford Ga- zeHe.
 On October 13 Mir Park of New York city made Junius Rhoades pres ent of 0 double-barrel shotgun costing $125.
 James Willard of Cleveland, O., and his neice, Miss Hattie Willard, of Rock ford, Ills, are visiting at P. 0. Cum mingss.
 Julius Corbit and wife have return ed from 8 pleasure trip to the Yellow stone Park and other places of interest in the western country.
 George T. Johnson proposes to paint up and light up the dark corners in Norfolk and surrounding towns. See his new advertisement.
 Clip the condensed time table of the H. & c. W. railroad and carry it in your pocket book where it will be con- venient for reference. ...
 Steady employment during the fall and winter on salary is offered in another column by the Van Dusens of Geneva. They are an old and reliable firm.
 70. M Halls millinery establishment at West Cornwall is now open. The la- dies will rush there, same as ''Goshen farmers come to town after pork barrels two on horse.
 Rev D. Phillips of Hillsdale, N. r., called on friends in town last Monday and in company with Rev B. F. Barlow left for Lakeville in the evening to at tend the Centennial temperance con- vention.
 The New Milford correspondent of the Litchfeld Enquirer says: "Consid- erable tobacco has already been bought by local buyers at prices ranging from 13 to IT cents. We hear of one sale at 20 cents. ...s -Misfortunes never come singlY. T. F. Watson, whose four years old boy had his leg broken last week, has felon on one of his hands. An operation has been performed on the felon and we trust that the popular station agent will soon be feeling as we'll as ever.-Neao MigfoTd Gazette.
 It is impossible for us to escape, on Tuesday evenings, from the newspaper treadmill, therefore we were unable to attend the wedding of Mir Charles l.. Rood and Miss Hettie N Heaton, but we acknowledge the receipt of gener- ous box of wedding cake. We extend congratulations to the happy couple.
 
 The Middletown Herald relates that in Q manufacturing town an employer paid his workmen $700 in crisp new bills that had been secretly marked. On Monday morning $40 of these identical bills were deposited in the bank by the saloon keepers. When the fact was made known the workmen were so startled by it that they helped to make the place 8 no license town.
 The household furniture and other articles at the Couch place, opposite the residence of Rev Dr Eddy, will be sold at Auction on Saturday, October "A, at 1P. M sharp. Also at same time and place another lot of personal property, consisting of 70 dining chairs, 3 cook stoves, farmers stove and kettle, 8 large lot of crockery, tinware, glassware, knives, forks, spoons, etc., will be sold at auction. See large posters.
 Rev w. A. Mackey preached most excellent sermon in the Methodist church last Sunday. His text was John, xiv, 12. An unusually large audience was present and previous to the sermon MT Mackey affectionately addressed his former parishoners. In the course of his remarks he assured them that it af- forded him great pleasure to meet them apain, and he said that Canaan would always be remembered as the brightest and dearest spot in his ministry.
 Joseph Priest, attorney-at-law at Albuquerque, New Mexico, after an alb. sence from Canaan of 27 years, is visit ing at Sidney Russells and calling or old friends. Many of our old residents will remember MT Priest. He married Maria Russell, daughter of the late Will liam Russell; she died about three yeart after their marriage. leaving no children MT Priest is living with his second wife. by whom he has had Il children, sever of whom are now living.