Connecticut western news., 1886-10-13
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1886.
Local News.

Rye straw wanted-see advertise ment.
 Read Mrs Lee A. French's adver- tisement.
 The Methodist society have $1. 25 excursion to Hartford on Friday of this week. See posters.
 A charming account of "A ride to Bash Bish via Mounts Washington and Everett" is unavoidably deferred this week.
 Last week, plain but very heavy and substantial granite headstone was placed at the grave of Samuel M. Beck ley in the lower cemetery.
 Tho H. 0. W. railroad company have again enlarged their coal bins at this station and have stored therein large stock of coal.
 All makes of PIANOS or ORGANS rented or sold on instalments. Send for LOWEST PRICES ever named to F. B. CAPEwELL, Torrington, Ct. mh24-tf
 -Onl Cornwall Bridge correspondent gives the name of the young man who saved the Housatonic railroad limited express train from being wrecked on the night of September 27.
 MT Edwin McNeill has resigned his , position as superintendent of the She paug railroad and is succeeded by Mir Alexander McNein, late assistant super intendent.
 If you will read Cochrane Brothers new advertisement you will observe that it requires only very little money to prevent your being shoeless, hungry or cold
 During Mrs J. G. Roots illness the telegraph office IS in charge of Miss Patterson of Stockbridge, as the extra operator, Miss Florine Pequlgney. at present has charge of the office at Mil lerton.
 Just 130 tickets were sold for Barnes brothers excursion to Bridgeport last Monday Many were disappointed in not being able to obtain tickets, but as only two cars had been chartered the number of tickets was limited.
 The close proximity of our publica- tion day compelled us to decline the Norwalk Gazette's kind invitation to at tend the firemen's parade at Norwalk yesterday As early as last Saturday ac- ceptances had been received from 31 fire companies with l5 bands end II drum corps. The press had also more fully accepted than at any previous fire mems parade.
 Miss Ida J. Caswell, formerly of Canaan, was married last Thursday after noon to Mir Edward s. Hale of Glider sleeve, Portland.) Conn.,, at the resi- dence of MT J. H. Luddington in Bridgeport The blushing bride was charmingly arrayed in ethereal white fufery, with flowers and ornaments, and notwithstanding she looked too radiant ly beautiful to be approached, yet she underwent 8 fusilsde of congratulatory kisses and cyclone of hand-shaking, emerging from the ordeal as fresh and blooming as at the start. She was the recipient of an extensive and valuable collection of presents. The future home of the happy pair will be in Gildersleeve.
 About 5 o'clock in the afternoon the visitors to the Danbury fair begin to sing "Home, Sweet Home" but they don't all s'get there" the same day, how ever. Several Canaanites shared the fate of the Gittights and Hiveumnights from various places, by not reaching home Thursday night Three Canaanites ''go' left" at Danbury, but two of them sue ceeded in getting as far north as New Milford, where they remained all night as did also 60 others from various place. who got left at Danbury and were com pelled to go to New Milford to get { nights lodging. Four from Canaa1 neglected to change cars at Brookfelt Junction but they reached Falls Villag by the excursion train and then hired livery team to Canaan where they arriv ed about 10 pm. Also four from Egre mont, one from Lee, and one from Len OK did not change cars at Brookfelt Junction and were compelled to remai1 over night at Falls Village. Four iron Lakeville fared worse yet. They dit not even reach the excursion train bu managed to connect with the owl trail or night freight and reached Falls Vii lage about 2:30 o'clock Friday morning s'Such getting up stairs I never di, see," but we believe the pilgrims ar now all accounted for, the last missir delegate arriving home on the Sunda passenger train. Some of them pal rather dear for stealing away to Danbur fair and shirking the duty of attendin brother Mason's funeral.
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 Court for Naturalization.
 The Court of Common Pleas will be l session at Winsted October p, and som day of the week following ct Falls Vii n1ra. alnn November 1sk for natura1iz(