Connecticut western news., 1885-11-04
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1885.
Local News.
Snow squalls yesterday.


 And didn't it rain Sunday night and Monday morning,
 Right men in the right place-doc- tors in the legislature.
 W. H. Camp purchased James X Holmstrom piano last week from R. s. Frary of Winsted.
 pr Camp says 1t is Florida atm os- phere in his house when that new Vic tor heater is in operation
 Our New Hartford correspondent gives a comprehensive account of the great fire which occurred there last Thursday.
 Ono hundred and sixty four tickets, all told, were sold for the excursion to Hartford last Friday, 70 of them being sold at Canaan.
 President Cleveland issued a pro elamation November designating aud setting apart Thursday, November 2G, as Thanksgiving day.
 Where, oh where is our Ore Hill correspondent ? We hear indirectly that Mir P. P. Everts is in very poor health and unable to see visitors.
 Henry Drum has just completed 100 feet of sheds at Pine Grove camp ground, which gives him additional fa- cilities for sheltering and feeding horses. Three things to remember-Alvord warrants all of tue Richmond goods, Alvord pays your car fare, And Alvord he pays the freight" See his new ad- vertisement.
 The man who gets the maddest at a newspaper joke on himself is the same individual that goes around with the paper showing it to everybody he meets when the joke is on some other fellow. Principal Sanford is on the sick list and his department of the high school is closed this week. He has not felt we'll during the past month and last weel; he wls unable to teach portion of the time.
 Not fish story this time, but hog story--see Collinsville correspondence Now get J. A. Underwood to tell the story about Joseph Corbin's butchering hogs and remarking "Golly, what hcads!' ...- ....
 Frederick Johnson of Newtown was guest of w. H. Camp last Wednesday and Thursday while en route to attend the 39th annual meeting of the Con necticut state teachers association at Hartford
 The Millerton Telegram camo out last Friday with ''Volume X' at the head of its columns It "Van Scivers' around quite lively and is full of fun notwithstanding one of its editors is a Deacon"
 The Sheffield correspondent of the Pittsfeld Sun says: "Rey Dr Hiram Eddy, for the past two years acting pas tor of the Congregational church, has resigned and will live on his farm at canaan, Conn.
 The ladies' aid society of the Meth odist Episcopal church will hold m oyster supper and sociable at Village Improvement hall Wednesday evening, November II. Supper served from to ID o'clock P. NJ; price B cents.
 -Coud uctor Thomas of the Housa- tonic road wears new cap of design somewhat more elaborate than those of the other employees on the line. It is a sample and will, perhaps, be adopted for all the Housatonic conductors BiiEqepoJ7 Ftumer.
 -Builder F. R. Lorrin has taken the contract to build large barn for Henry A. Leavitt at Brookside," Great Bar. rington, Mass, on the site of the famous SlG0,0O0 barn which was destroyed by fire July '. He commenced building 1t last Thursday.
 Not Gidcon's band but Gibbie's hand, diiaS the resurrected Canaan cor net band, intended to treat our yillager; to an opcn-air concert last Saturday evening, but the severe weather prevent ed, for they have not vet learned tC play with mittens on.
 Tho Society club, also the Minue club. both of Winsted, have engaged tho Barker X Leversidse orchestra to fur pish music for them the coming winter Don't neglect to attend the cocert 9iyer by the orchestra at Town hall, Canaan Friday evening, November 6.
 The Housatonic railroad company arc building at their shops at Falls VII lage new signal to be used in thi, place at the crossing of the two rail roads. It will be placed on the cupol; of the union depot and be operated b, levers on the platform below.-C,moa' corresDoudence in Waterbury American At the recent auction at the Coucl place one of the bidders examined al account book kept by the late Harvey Couch and came across the following unique entry:
 l3I6. Aniruw Blcnn, Dr. Mlrctl T5one one-ttorse harness lent
 III the winter of 1856 aud
 never returned but often
 requested, for which I
 charge $500, it being well