Connecticut western news., 1886-06-02
Local News.


 June.
 Summer.
 President Cleveland's wedding day. Don't forget the strawberry festival at V. I. A. hall on Friday evening of this week.
 Some ministers preach same as the Irishman fiddled, not by note but 'by main strinth."
 The Canaan second base ball nine will play the Millerton second nine on Saturday at p. m. at Millerton.
 The strawberry festival, last We'd nesday evening, under the auspices of the young ladies' mission tcircle netted about $17.
 All makes of PIANOS or ORGANS rented or sold on instalments. Send for LOWEST PRICES ever named to F. D.. CAPEwEL1, Torrington, Ct. mh24-tf Rev Robert Hunt delivered the ser mon at the union Memorial services at the Congregational church in Lee, Mass. last Sunday evening. A large audience was present.
 pr White Cloud and the Kickapoo Indian combination went to Dalton, Mass, Tuesday morning, after having gwen six entertainments here and sell ing over $500 worth of medicine.
 Special attention is called to the advertisement of the Connecticut Mu- tual Life and Reserve association. You oct your insurance at actual cost" If you doubt it let Milton Roraback explain it to you.
 When you are in Great Harrington stop at c. H. Lilies drug store and see the latest and choicest articles in the way of perfumes and toilet goods. He keeps the best and only well-selected goods. may12 4w Sixty feet of the H.& CIV railroad tressel at Twin Lakes were burned last (Tuesday) evening. We cannot tell how long it will take to replace it, but in the meantime passengers, express and the U. s. mails will be transferred at that point.
 [F. G. Capron, one of our compositors is housed up" to-day by an ulcerated tooth which is giving him excruciating pain, fearfully swollen cheek, closing one eye, rendering him hardly recogniz- able and also causing The News to be late to press.
 Summer is here and B. Hollister is prepared for it. Having personally in- spected his assortment we can endorse his statement that his stock is attractive and of exceptional value. His new ad- vertisement only partially enumerates his extensive assortment.
 It is rumored that an attempt will be made to induce the Rev T. J. Lee of New Milford to fill the pulpit made vacant by the resignation of the Rev MT Atwood. - Waterbury American. It does not seem as if this would he a wise, compatible or congenial engage ment.
 Capitalists and manufacturers at- tention! Now is the golden opportunity to purchase at private sale or at auction the valuable plant and personal property belonging to the estate of the Hartford Spring and Axle company located at Norfolk, Conn. See notice in another column.
 Whenever Horace Greeley's edito- rial corps urged him to place pictures o1 roosters at the head of election returns in the Tribune he invariably replied, "Boys, g1ve them the figures; give them the figures, boys" A. s. Fassett agives them the figures" this week 1T his new advertisement.
 The cards are out for the marriage of Editor Edward s. Rogers of the Lee Cleaner and JessieE daughter ofTheror L.Foote, at the latter's residence, June g at Il m., RevL. s. Rowland officiating -Sprinqsezd Repubhcan-W We congratu late our esteemed contemporary that in stead of giving him his footthe old gen tleman gave him his Foote, even "gav' him Jessie.
 Several mild thunder showers wis ited this place Sunday afternoon an( evening and about 4 p. m. a rattlint hail storm. doing no damage, however About 11.30 p. m. Q heavy thunde shower arrived. The lightning splin tered several telephone poles on Churcl street and followed the wire to Camp drue store, where 1t shattered the COT nice and corner boards, doing no furthe damage, however,
 Our columns arc full of good advel tisers, but we take special pleasure calling attention to new one appear ing this week for the first time. Ou readers arc we'll acquainted with MT H. Case, 335 Main sreet, Hartford, an avery one knows that he carries th largest stock of iewelry that is carrie tr Inc date of Connecticut, and wha ev,r he says in regard to any articl <x " 1o als1xnnp bo 1e1ied upop.