Connecticut western news., 1886-03-31
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31. 1886.
Local News.

Local News.
 Mir and Mrs J. W. Peet are board. ing at Dr Camps.
 Thompson Barton of Kent spent the Sabbath with friends in town.
 Geo A. Boinay, the tailor, is very ill with disease of the stomach.
 T. I. Fergerson and wife of Housa- tonic spent the Sabbath with friends in Ashley Falls and Clayton.
 The furnace property at Chatham, N. r., will not be sold at auction April l. The owners have made other ar- rangements.
 Mir and Mrs Jerome Root have moved from Camps block into the pleasant rooms in the east wing of Union depot.
 The Tobacco Growers Mutual In- surance company will hold their annual meeting at p. m. today Wednesday, at J. B. Hardsnbergh's office.
 -Ex-Senator W. Fl. Barnum has nearly recovered and would venture out now if the weather was favorable.
 Mrs William Crowen and daughter of Lime Rock will occupy part of J. L. Bragg's house after April 15.
 Mrs Julia Capron from Copake, N. r., and her son. F. G. Capron who is our foreman. will occupy 8 part of Frank Coon's house after April 16.
 All makes of PIANOS or ORGANS rented or sold on instalments. Send for LOWEST PRICES ever named to F. B. CAPEwE11, Torrington, Ct. mh24-tf
 -E Hollister, at Great Harrington, makes speciality of farm and garden seeds ct this season of the year. Read his half column advertisement. Be wise and purchase genuine seed.
 -Dr Eddy will preach in the Metho- dist church next Sunday at 1O.30 ., m. There will be no preaching services in the evening, but the young peoples meeting will be held in the lecture room at 6 p. m.
 Special agents of Hartford fire in- surance companies visited our town on Monday, to investigate our facilities for sxtinguishing fire, which we trust they found sufficient to give us the benefit of lower rates.
 F. P. Perry & Co.,, the Great Bar rington shoe dealers, are offering an inn mense stock of goods at pr1ces never before heard of. We know they have the goods for we have. seen them; now sec for yourselves their advertisement in another column.
 The Millerton correspondent of the Amenia Times says: ''The purchase of the Dover ore bed has been fully ef- fected by the Dover Iron Mining Co.,, from the Boston Ore-bed Go. Those composing the new purchasing com pany are Wm H. Barnum, Geo Williams and Geo Frink. The mine is one of the most productive in this part of the country"
 -Dr s. R. Welles of Waterloo, N. r., visited Mrs Jane W. Branch last Wed nesday. Dr Welles and the late W. B. Branch had been partners in the drug business since 1862 under the firm name of Welles & Branch. We are pleased to note that w. B. Branch was an affec- ionate, devoted and dutiful son and he has made ample provision for his moth CTS support and comfort during he, life.
 -PERsoNAL-Rev E. F. Barlow leaves to-day Wednesday, for conference. Rev Robert Hunt of Lee, Mass, on hii way to conference, called on friends ir town, Tuesday =. It is said that Pre- siding Elder Ferguson will retire from active work at the end of this confer ence year .... Judge Hitchcock oi Winsted was in town Monday ID. l. Freeman and wife returned Friday from a sightseeing ID Washington where they went on the Raymond excur sion.
 70. Fl. instead of Fl. O. Soon afts the NEWS was published last week VI discovered that Postmaster Rowley' initials had been transposed in tho iten about the jewel presentation to him Nearly all our readers probably discov cred the error and it would be unneces sary for us to call attention to it were i not fact that Postmaster Rowley o Lime Rock has brother by the nam' of Fl. c. Rowley. The latter resides at Sharon, is Judge of Probate, and q nearly every issue of the NEws contain some legal notice with his signature. i hes become second nature for us t write the name "H. o. Rowley," an that doubtless accounts for the erro last week.
 We quote as follows from 8 lette dated Kankakee, M., March 19, write us by Mir A B. St John:-
 "I wish to say I appreciate ou fast mail system. For ono imagine mo reading the Com Wnsr1m NBws of March IT at noon Q lfneph 18th. 1t was not really dry frol - neo1A \ A1ao 1oad wi1h seerot th