Connecticut western news., 1888-09-26
Local News.

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 Some correspondence Is unayoida- bly, deferred until next week.
 -S. w. Barnes will put steam heater into his residence and then defy Jack Frost.
 ID. L. Freeman is taking business and pleasure trip through the Western States.
 "A. E. Mallory is preparing to build . barn west of his residence on Church street
 w. NJ. Deming has purchased new bicycle which he was learning to ride while in town last week.
 No one denies that the equinoctial storm arrived on time last week. It was . copious rain and no damage done in this vicinity.
 Miss Fanny Dunning, of Farming ton, is visiting at Miss s. W. Adams. Mrs J. E. Dow, of Pennington, was also there over Sunday.
 The railroad commissioners will examine the Connecticut Western road to-day, the Danbury and Norwalk on Thursday, and the Housatonic on Fri day.
 The Barnum Richardson Co. are enlarging their office at Lime Rock and when completed it will be the finest and most convenient business office in the county.
 Mfr Hiram Briggs, of East Canaan, has suffered many years with rheuma- tism and other chronic difficulties, and he is now very feeble. He is nearly 72 years old.
 -Messrs Junius Rhoades and l.. A. Caldwell, of this village, and Charles Wright, of East Canaan, will start next Monday for Maine, where they will hunt deer for two weeks.
 The Reid-Bowen school in Hart ford opened last week Wednesday. The number of pupils enrolled is thirty eight Of these twelve are boarding pupils. All of the Lakeville boarding pupils are in attendance. MT Nichols, an Amherst graduate, is assistant teacher. =4
 The Hon. Wm. R. Barnum has been afflicted with bowel complaint for . month or more, and for two weeks remained at his home in Lime Rock, but it affords us pleasure to state that he is improving and on Saturday he ventured out to Salisbury and Canaan.
 About two weeks ago Rev Dr Eddy was badly poisoned with sumac, which he encountered while walking through <, field. His face and hands were terri. bly swollen for several days and his strange appearance made him the tar get of many friendly joke, but now Richard is himself again"
 We quote as follows from a letter written us Sept 19, by s. Mansfield, of Nichols, Iowa:
 V0 aAC A0Nluh AnO WCotACA, uO frost yet. Corn good, more than an sverage crop this year. Oats damaged with the wet weather as we had good deal of rain in harvest. Hay crop is good. All other crops are good.
 Rev E. Fl. Roys and family, of Spencertown, N. r., have been visiting relatives in town for several days. Last Sunday morning Rev Roys preached an excellent sermon in the Methodist church in this village. His text was IT Timothy, 47. "I have kept the faith. !"
 The carpenters and painters are putting the finishing touches on the interior of Julius Corbit's new house. A number of the rooms are already finished, the carpets down and furniture arranged. MT Corbit and family will move into their new home next week.
 ID. W. Lewis, who is canvasing in the interest of the Berkshire Hills, " the new weekly paper published at Pittsfeld, Mass, visitea our sanctum last Saturday. He says daily edition of the Berkshire Hills will be launched this week. Surely Pitts6eld will be we'll supplied with reading matter.
 The marriage of Mir Barney Smith, ~ of Falls Village, and Miss Maggie Maloney, of Canaan, will take place at St Joseph's church in this village at 10 o'clock this Wednesday, morning. Both parties receive sincere congratulations, Mir Smith on having won the heart and hand of gentle, lovely and highly esteemed lady, the primrose of Canaan Miss Maloney on having secured a noble, industrious and genial gentle man of excellent habits The bride and groom have furnished house await z ing their arrival at Falls Village.
 The selectmen have posted notices upon the public sign-posts warning the annual town meeting for Monday, Oct. l. The license question is not men toned in the warning, consequently North Canaan will remain a no-license town another year. One of the articles in the warning refers to accepting the new library building, which is offered e . donation to the town, also te appoint . committee of three to have supervision of the library. Another article refers to appropriating reason ! able sum to defray the expenses ot Decoration day. We think every ta1 peyer will cheerfully and gladly vote t,