Connecticut western news., 1886-02-24
New AdvortisementS. A
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24. 1886
Local News.

The schools had holiday, Monday. Mrs Anson Aldrich is quite feeble with lung difficulty.
 Editor Rodemeyer of Norwalk spent ths Sabbath in Canaan.
 -"Bargains for all" who read and hoe Hubbelrs advertisement. EH. G. Williams, wife end Miss Bod lev speat the Sabbath at Great Barring ton.
 -"Trappers! attention P Furs want' ed. Read w. H. Little & Co.'s adver. tisement.
 The entertainment ct the town hall les Friday night netted ovsr $36 for the parsonage fund.
 Mrs Eunice Roys, mother of Rev E. H. Roys. has purchased the Bettis place on Railroad street.
 The weather clerk furnished pleas ant weather for Wsshington's birthday, and for washing day last Monday.
 Don't fail to attend Floyd Hawleys auction at Sheffield, March 6. See list of property advertised in another col umn.
 -"Sale positive''-See auction notice of sale, at West Norfolk, March 3, of property belonging to estate of the late s. H. Brown.
 Prepare to pay a royalty on driven wells, Col Greens patent has been sus- tained. Rad article, "The Driven We'll Litigation"
 Jacob Smith has large variety of musical instruments at his piano ware rooms in Great Burlington. See ad- vertisement-
 Shadow pantom;me and dime socl- able will be given at Geo. P. Strong's, Friday evening, February 26. All in' vited to attend.
 We woull like to publish all the correspondence that we have received this week but we are compelled to de fer a part of it until next issue.
 Geo. l.. Parsons is taking inven tory. Now is the time to secure bar gains on odd lots of merchandise ane remnants that he wishes to dispose of Charles Adam, jr., is bookkeepint at Barnum, Richardson Co.'S office Il Lime Rock while Porter Burrsu If spending months vacation in Florida There will be supper for the ben eft of the V. I. A., in tho hall, thl Wednesday, evening, beginning at o'clock and continuing until the hungr are fed.
 The Confederate Spy drew an SS house at Norfolk last Friday evening Had the weather been pleasant the hal could not have held the audience, ths intended to be present.
 The ladies of Christ church vii give & dime sociable at the Cowle homestead, s'The Grove" next Tuesda evening, March ?. All are cordially IT .vited..
 Miss Maggie Burke, aged IA year died of consumption at the residence her uncle, Ps,rick Quinn, on Tuesds of last week. Her funeral was attende on Thursday last. ~-
 A full attendance of the memoel of Housatauic lodge No. 6l F. q A. M is reouested at the regular communic tion. Saturday evening February 2 Work, 2nd degree.
 -.Maine claims the oldest Mason New England in Emerson Smith Rnxton. who was admitted to the ord in 1904 and travels mile to attsl each meeting."-Some members Housstonic lodge should initiate his e amp2s.
 A Harwinton correspondent of t Connecticut Farmer says: "There good demand for rye straw now at , to $2O a ton. Why do not the farme grow more Wnen JUG ssla" noAe SA pays for the labor ?"
 Carl F. Shoverling, having finish hacking tobacco in his own interest, W fake tobacco from farmers to sort Q pack on commission. Thus there IS possibility that the tobacco indus' may revive.-[New Milford Gazette. A good-sized audience, conslderl the short notice given, attended Rev
 F. Atwood's lecture, 'The Great Eve and Cheat Men in the His ory Of Lit field County" at Village 1mProvem' hsn, la~t Wednesday evening. MT vood has rs-xritsss ehous hAf os