Connecticut western news., 1885-03-25
LOCAL. NEWS.

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 LOCAL NEWS.
 Fifty calves were purchased and shipped at this station yesterday.
 Mrs E. ". Warner starts to-day for visit with relatives in Albany and Troy.
 Mayor Hall of Sandtown now occu- pies his new mansion and has raEed his former ons.
 Mrs William Warner. who has been spending the winter in Vermont. return cd last Thursday.
 -Ass Sperry, aged over 96 years, the oldest person in the town of Richmond, 1ass., died last week.
 -''Among the Poets" said . little mouse while making A nest of the spring poetry in our waste basket
 -Landlord Warner will soon enlarge his hotel by raising up the wing part and making more sleeping rooms.
 -Georgs H. Cook of Norfolk has this winter, shaved and delivered 30, GOO bar rel hOopa to Psircs Lawrence < Go.
 We hear that D. l.. Freeman has been building pagodA, summer house OF some kind of ornamental structure on his lawn.
 B. Grotta closed his tobacco ware- house last Thursday. having sorted all the tobacco on hand. amounting to 950 cases or mofp.
 Charles Lake and wife moved their household goods to Winstsd, Last Mon. day. Mir Lake is now employed on the Naugatuck road.
 The annual meeting of the Second Eoclesiastical society will be held at the conference room in East Canaan on Fri day afternoon at 2 o'clock.
 Miss Anna Rudge went to Brook lyn, N. r.. last Monday, where she will remain about three weeks, the guest of her sistes, Mrs William Douglas.
 --Grove Knickerbocker has been sick week or moro with pleurisy liver com plaint or a complication of diseases. He is better, but still unable to leave his bed.
 Owing to Jacob Rood's illness, MT and Mrs E. M. Rood shortened their visit at New York. MT Rood returned last Friday and Mrs Rood IS expected home to-day.
 Prof F. Fl. Baldwin ia spending his vacati n at his home h Stamford. He left here last Friday, going via H. < 0. ". and the Harlem railroad to Bedford, whore he intended to visit day or two with relatives.
 -Remember the auction to-morrow aE the EverArdus Ives place in East G. AaAn. A large amount of live stock, farming implements, household furni- tnrs and other personal property will be sold to the highest bidder.
 Saturday last s. A. Eddy purchased asplendid pair of black horses of Pratt & Thompson of LitchReld' The horses arc we'll matched, weigh 2070 pounds, and will i'll the bill equally well for . carriage or farm team.
 Jacob Rood, aged 66, one of the oldest residents of this town, is in very poor health. He is able tO sit up most of the time. but frequently his mind wanders and he gets past and present events greatly mixed.
 Rev Dr Eddy and Miss Sarah W. Adam will remodel and greatly improve their residences. Builder J. T. Levi of Lime Rock commences work to-day on Dr Eddy's house and next week will also have number of men at work on Miss Adams house.
 The Poughkespsie Eagle says: "A few evenings ago Rev R. Hunt of the M. E. church of Fishkill Landing. vas presented with purse containing slOO in gold; and Mrs Hunt was presented with $25. Phe presentation was made at the close of the prayer meeting"
 At the M. E. church, Sunday morn ing, March 20, Rev David Phillips will give An historical sketch of the church and society here in Canaan. Previous to 1873 the church records were imper- fectly kept, but from various sources Mr Phillips has obtained historical in formation, which is of deep interest to the society and in fact to all residents of Canaan.
 A few dollars kept in circulation pays host of debts. If our delinquent subscribers will only shell cut we can easily meet our April payments and 'he money thus put in circulation pas sa from hand to hand around the circle. paying numberless little bills and soon returns again to our snbscribers' pock- cts. having made every one feel happy hw mawsmm Ahais indmhA@dm@@@.