Connecticut western news., 1886-09-22

An old teaser of 8 frost yesterday morning but no equinoctial storm.
 Base ball. At Salisbury September 15. Salisbury 15. Lime Rock 6. ~ -Cassimere Boinay will soon build 8 new house on the site of the one recent ly destroyed by fire.
 All makes of PIANOS or ORGANS rented or sold on instalments. Send for LOWEST PRICES ever named to F. E. CAPEwELL, Torring ton, Ct. mh24-tf
 Circumstances compel us to defer some correspondence and abridge others. The cause Is obvious, and we trust our correspondents will cheerfully acquiesce.
 The officers and congregation of the M. B. church has insisted that Rev B F. Barlow rest during the ensuing two Sundays, but the pulpit will be supplied.
 Forty excursion tickets to Hartford were sold here last Friday and at 9.15 p. m. 40 weary e1cursionists returned from dedicating the soldiers and sailors memorial arch.
 The 'Lend Hand Club" will give . dime sociable at the parsonage In East Canaan on Wednesday evening of this week. The tableaux, etc., of Friday evening will be repeated.
 J.RJohnson of New Milford has an enormous sunfower, measuring 19 inches in diameter and 57 inches in circumfer- ence and weighing nine pounds, which was raised in his garden this season.
 Regular communication of Housa tonic Lodge No. 61, F. & A. M. on Sat urday evening, Sept. 25. "A full a.t- tendance is requested as important bus iness is to be trsnsacted" says an ex-high muck-a-muck-high-o-hign.
 M. E. Tobey, the Great Harrington jeweler, has increased his assortment and made some changes in his advertise ment. Drop into his store on your way to the fair ground and feast your eyes on his attractive display of jewelry, sil- verware, etc.
 George w. Hall of Falls Village writes us that he has bigger and bet ter assortment of clothing and gents furnishing goods than ever and at prices that are right. Next week his new ad- vertisemsnt will give you printers ;nk1;n, of his assorfmanf
 Commencing Sunday, Sept. 19, g through sleeping car will be run on the Housatonic read leaving Pittsfeld at 9:30 p. n. connecting at Bridgeport with train arriving in New York at 6:25 .. m. This train will be run every Sun- day night until further notice. Tickets for passage and berths can be obtained from conductor on train.
 The democratic caucus held at town hall yesterday afternoon elected the fol lowing named delegates to the several conventions: State-Dr c. W. Camp, Dr J. D. Clemans congressional H. Camp, F. A. Peet; county-J. C. Richmond, ,H. G. Williams, E. M. Rood, H. K. Prescott; senatorial-E. s. Rob- erts, B. J. Prescott.
 AS Fassett takes full column this week to give you an idea of the bargains It the city store in Great Harrington, and yet the half has not been told. Peo- pie ask "where do you expect to find purchasers for all of these garments 9 MT Fassett knows that his bargain prices will attract customers and distribute his goods all over the hills of Berkshire and Litchfield counties.
 The Pittsfeld Sun says: Franl Adams, the I'boy preacher" spent some time in the waste places of southern Berkshire during the summer. and his meetings were so successful that he has located in Sandisfeld to work in the vineyards of that vicinity.
 R. Giring, clothing dealer at Grea Harrington. deals on the square. Hi greeting to the public is cheery ant cheering for he states that his prices ar' below any and all competition. Yol will find his greeting but not his DOT trait in another column; the picture re presents his clerk tossing the change t' . man who has just purchased nobb, suit and rendered him $20 greenback
 George Thompson of Canaan Valle, was convicted before the superior cour ss Litchfeld last week of selling into1i eating liquors and cider without . Ii cense. The fine and costs amounted t. $202 or equivalent to 4O4 days in jail un less pald. He is now in jail He evi dently is as blind as Justice" is. Fl, failed to see that $2OO would have pait for . druggists license for 20 years t, come.
 The fire which started on Canaan mountain. September did not surren der unti. overwhelmed by the heav. thunder showers of last Friday night The firs ragged Wednesday
 "'Wty up on tho mountain top, tip top,
 psscending down below" buta force of men prevented it spread inaA below tho lodges. The rain o
 hszday put . dAmper on it, but it re < f1i HddaH nfS1t,s shnndar shower