Connecticut western news., 1885-05-06
LOCAL NEWS.

Henry Hanchett arrived home Mon day evening from Shelby Iron Works Ala. .....
 -F. E. How'd of Falls Village has { fine Holsteia for sale. See advertise ment.
 John Van Deusen is making con crete walks around George s. Fuller'i residence. ....-.
 Tuesday is market day at Canaan and yesterday 54 cents per pound was paid for calves. ......
 Samuel Alexander of Norfolk, for merly of Canaan. has five children sick with scarlet fever.
 Rev F. W. Barnett will exchange pulpits next Sabbath with Rev H. I. Bodley of North Adams, Mass.
 Sunday evening service at the Meth odist church and the Thursday evening prayer meeting will commence at 7.30 o'clock until further notice.
 It is currently reported that Mrs William Warner has a fortune in the ''old country" provided she is willing to pay the expense of getting it.
 -Rarnnm, Richardson Go. now have two furnaces in blast at East Canaan. Fire was put in the second furnace last week and the first casting was made on Sunday morning.
 -Monday last one of Aleck Boinay g horses died in consequence of being kicked by its mate. Mir Boinay has since purchased horse of Henry Joy ner at Ashley Falls. ."
 The advertisement of R. L Taylor, clothier. Great Harrington. Mass,, ap- pears this week. Read his bill of fare and rest assured if you trade with him you will receive fair treatment. The Great Harrington polo team, the ''Regulars," played the New Mil ford '.Blues' at Park rink, New Mil ford. on Wednesday evening, April %, the score standing, Blues 8, Regulars 6.
 The ladies of the Methodist church are invited 10 attend missionary meet ing at Mrs George P. Strong's on Thurs day afternoon at 3 o'clock. Mrs Hawkes., district secretary, will be present and deliver an address.
 Special attention is called to A. l.. Brown & Sons advertisement. They are agents for the ''Economy" warm air and steam combination furnace. They are now placing one of these furnaces in Rev Dr Eddy's residence.
 Last week we mentioned Mrs E. M. Rood as one of the surviving children of the late Jacob Rood. We should have said MT E. M. Rood instead of Mrs E. M. Rood, but in hurriedly reading proof we failed to discover the error.
 It is time to be making preparations for Memorial day. We expect to pub fish next week extracts from the circu- lars just issued by Frank D. Sloat and E. F. Atwood, department commander and department chaplain, respectively, G. A. R.
 Prof. l.. W. Harvey of Lakeville and his pupils from there and adjoin- ing villages will give musical recital at the residence of Hon Nj. B. Richard son. Lime Rock, Conn, Friday evening, May 8, commencing at q 30 O clock. The public are invited.
 -Messrs Brinton & De Hart of Can- aan Valley have just finished physi- cian's carriage for Dr Camp, that for workmanship in any and every respect cannot be excelied It weighs about 200 pounds and is g. model of elegance, comfort and beauty. ...
 -Messrs Hutchinson & Hubbell of . Millerton, N. Y., have made arrange. ments with Mir Thomas Richards of ter. sey City, N. J., for the manufacture and sale of their combined buckwheat ma. chinery, hulling, separating and granu lating, preparatory for manufacturing into superlative buckwheat four.
 Notwithstanding the rain the Han overian family drew large audience last Friday evening and all admit that they were greatly pleased with the en tertainment and the musical talent dis played by this celebrated family. Ever that portion of the program designed to please the children was enjoyed by the older ones and ''The talking dolls and ''The girl on the bob-tail horse created much merriment.
 We never could see the propriety 1T clubbing John Belden. deacon. He hal many of the good qualities of deacon but lacks the austere, forbidding, mel ancholy manner and doleful visage O the representative puritanical deacon on the contrary he is jovial, winning smiling, whole-souled and popula young man. He has been clerk tho past year at G. H. Clark's store in Sal isbury, but has returned to his olG ouarters at Hall X Co.'S store at Fall Village. What is Clark's loss is Hall l Co.'S gain, and with Deacon John" ana {; George Brown both again residents O Falls Village it will seem like old times
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