Connecticut western news., 1886-06-16
Local News.

vertisement.
 All aboard for The Hartford Spring and Axle company's auction at Norfolk at l p. m. today.
 Colonel J. B. Hardenbergh bought Henry Hanchett's residence on Granite avenue last Monday.
 In the superior court recently held Henry Freeman was sentenced to five years in state prison for attempted rape. IA day at Norfolk" correspondence from Falls Village, West Norfolk and Colebrook, also quite number of items are unavoldably deferred.
 All makes of PIANOS or ORGANS rented or sold on instalments. Send for LOWEST PRICES ever named to E. E.. CAPEwn1, Torrington, Ct. mh24-tf
 Special attention is called to 0. w. Adams's advertisement of monuments and headstones. Specimens can be seen in all the cemeteries in this vicinity.
 The good Children's day
 Had the right of way
 Over the pastors weekly warning.
 Amid flowers gay
 The children held sway
 At M. E. church last Sunday morning.
 Frank Van Deusen will move into his new house about July l, at which time Miss Ode1 will occupy the house vacated by Van Deusen, and then J. w. Peet will remove the Oden house and commence building new one.
 The school exhibition last Friday evening nettsd $29 for the library fund. We were unable to be present, yet were promised 8 report of the entertainment, but said report has not been furnished. We understand, however, that Mrs Roots school did finely.
 -Canaan's appropriation for Inde- pendence day of 1886 proves that "his- tory repeats itself," as will be seen by the following item resurrected from The News of June 23, 1880: "Canaan will appropriate $1O,0Oo for Fourth of July celebration-in horn."
 -Rumor says that last Thursday for $115 ''Blind Justice" was appeased and Michael Haley's offence of selling ''orchard tea" was condoned. "Mike'' dulled in not selling benzine-alias whiskey-lnstead of cider, for appar- entity there is no law in Canaan against selling spirits of turpentine.
 On and after Monday, June 21, w. L Sparks will slaughter his stock of general merchandise at Norfolk. He offers his entire stock for sale and will also lease his store for term of yearl to anyone desirous of embarking in the mercantile business. Read his rousing advertisement in another column.
 Mrs Luther Wright, who died a Winsted June 4, was 6 cousin of Mrs H B. Stevens of Canaan. Mrs Wright hal been great sufferer for the past year Just about one year ago she had large cancer removed from her side, an6 since then has had some seven or eight other operations of similar nature per formed.
 A mission will be begun at St Jo seph's church in this place on Thursda, of this week at 7.3O p. m. by one o more Fathers of the Dominican Order or Friars Preachers. This order has g high reputation for effective speaking There will be sermon every evening The mission will close at the Mass ol Sunday.
 The Norfolk correspondent of tn Waterbury American says: ''Some on reports that McVay's or the fourth min think of challenging Canaan ts play fo fun, marbles or money.-F. B. Catli is indulging in amateur photography and with a party from Albany is drum ming the same trade. Home taler takes two photographs for 50 cents while the oat-of-town charge $3 for tn same number.
 Canaan is in danger of losing il fame as the "land of milk and honey, at least so far as milk is concerned. ] has only one milk pedler and the pric of milk is five cents per quart. Lake vile has three milk pedlers and on Jun 9 the price was reduced to two cent per quart for pure milk. In New liar ford no less than six milk wagons no, furnish the village with the lactael flui and it is said more are to be started.
 Master Mechanic Slngland inform us that he has cautioned the engineer of the Housatonic railroad not to disr gard the rules of the company and lav of the state by running across at u junction here without stopping at u posts, and he thinks the engineers ( tho Fl. < O. w. road had better receiv tho same caution. He thinks there 10 moro danger of the Housatonic trair vnnnine into tho Connecticut Wsste1 1kna etee 4ggseek