Connecticut western news., 1885-04-08
LOCAL NEWS.

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Mrs 4. F. Watson of New MILFORD
spent the Sabbath in town.
%. w. Barnes children are sick with
colds and are under the doctors care.
The schools in this district com
menced their spring term last Monday
Professor Baldwin and family re
turned from Stamford last Saturday
evening. g.
IF. A. Bartlett of Torrington shook
hands with many friends here and al
Falls Village last Friday.
Mrs A. P. Briggs of East Canaan
was very i'll the last of the week and
narrowly escaped pneumonia.
DIR Merriam and wife returned to
Ashley Falls last Monday from a two
weeks, trip in New York state.
DIR J. D. Clemans has been "hous-
ed up since April with severe cold
and neuralgia, but he is improving.
X H. Eddy; NJ D.. of Jersey City,
N. J., SON Of Rev DR. Hiram Eddy OF
this place, spent the Sabbath in town.
Arrived on time-the annual story
of o very small crop of maple sugar.
Now bull the price, molasses sugar in
cluded.
The Housatonic railroad company
are selling western tickets from Canaan
and principal stations along their line
ut very low rates. + -r.
superintendent Yeomans of the
Housatonic road is dangerously i'll with
pneumonia, at Bridgeport, and his re-
covery is not expected.
William, aged about II years, son
of Daniel -Malan, died April 1 at Union
City, this state. The family formerly
resided OF East Canaan -,.
Thirteen dollars were the net re-
ceipts of the orange festival and supper
last Thursday evening by the young Ia
dies of the M. E. church.
The principal feature of the v. 1. A.
entertainment April "a will be a talk on
the New Orleans exposition by the Hon
7. 8. Gold of West Cornwall.
"A rare opportunity to secure long
established, profitable business. Read
J. A. Undsrwood's advertisement OF
mandatory and mills for sale.
Many got rich? April by picking
mp bundles on the street. Some found
their match (empty match box), or an
empty barrel of -four to make their hog
q hen roost. -
All the passenger locomotives and
cars end the freight engines on the Hous.
atomic road are trimmed in mourning to
the memory of the late David s. Draper,
who was vice-president of the road and
one of its ablest financiers.
Frederick Watson's residence has
lately been quite hospital. Mr. Vat.
son is nearly helpless, Mrs Watson and
little Mary have had hard colds and
sore eyes and Marcella Ferris is on the
sick list, and "Uncle Bill was about
down sick with cold.
The Berkshire County Eagle says
ga distribution of the estate of the late
John E. Potter of New Marlboro, where
by the preferred creditors will receive
the amount of their claims in full, and
all others 81 cents on the dollar, has
been ordered by the probate court.
A state and local examination oil
teachers was held at the Center school.
house in Litchfeld March 81 and %,
Several vacancies occur in Litchfeld
schools for the summer term. Miss Ina A
Roberts of East Canaan, having passed
the examination, will occupy the vacan
cy in North Farms school, which begins
April 6.
The M. E. church was cleaned, car
pets taken up, busted, mended and put
down again last week. AS usual, thu
same four or five ladies and two younf
men were allowed to work themselves
about to death and now that the work i
done the rest of the congregation vii
undoubtedly say, "Oh, how neat an'
clean the church looksv This hits tn
writer as well as others.
The ann ual meeting of Chris
church parish was held at the churcl
Monday evening. The following officer
of the parish were elected: Joseph W
Peet and Miles T. Granger, wardens
Henry @. Williams, 8. A. Bennett, ]. B
Hardenbergh and W. H. Camp, vestry
men; H. G. Williams, clerk and treas
nrer; 8. A. Bennett, delegate to tn
convention.
A Hartford compositor name
.Georoe Post was entered as insane o.
the police register yesterday, althoug
his condition was probably only an AZ
proach to tremens. --Sprangf'eId Hep"of
can, April l.
George was aeompositor on THE NEW
IN the autumn of 1877. He was plea
ant fellow and good printer. How SO
IL il that he has such an appetite for LII
nor. for otherwise he could have hlle
a position of responsibility and trust an
been an hcnored and valuable memb'
Of scciety, AlAal 10 might have bsel