Connecticut western news., 1888-07-04
WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 1888.
Local News.

ing, at O. P. Roots.
 Miss May Adam, of Pittsfeld, is visiting relatives here.
 -Messrs Louis and John Crane were at Saratoga over Sunday. Miss Mary Adam, of Pittsfeld, has been visiting friends in this place. Editor Rodemeyer. of the Norwalk Record, was in town over Sunday.
 Messrs Joseph and George Futile, of Newark, visited at J. l.. Adams from Thursday until Sunday.
 Every livery should be equipped with such wagon as Rev l.. H. Reid offers for sale. See adv.
 -Ex-Senator Wm. H. Barnum has been reelected chairman of the Nation al Democratic Committee.
 For wagons, carriages, fine surries, etc.. you will save money by calling on WA. Durham. Ashley Falls, Mass.
 w. B. Hall & Co.,, of Bridgeport, pay return railroad fare to all who pur- chase $25 worth of goods at their store. -RAsE BA11-The Canaan second nine waxed the East Canaan second nine last Saturday, on the grounds of the latter, by score of 25 to 12.
 Mir and Mrs J. D. Clemsns and Mrs s. NJ. Humphrey visited the Cats kill mountains last week and had most delightful excursion.
 J. L. Bragg has placed large show windows in the front of his store, removed partitions and is fitting up the room in convenient and attractive shape.
 Miss Minnie Demming, in compa- ny with Mir Wilbur Demming and fami- ly, of Winsted, has been spending short time at the seaside near New Haven.
 The Springfield Republican has been |" thinking it over" and with a long editorial under the above quoted cap ton 1t came out on Monday for Cleve- land.
 Last Wednesday evening the atmos- phere was quite chilly and the ground damp, nevertheless the attendance at the lawn party in Wm. Bennett's grove was larger than many expected for such weather, and the net receipts were over $3O.OO
 CHANCE OF DATE-The time for the Norfolk summer concerts has been changed from Monday, July 30, to Monday, July B, the first to be given on the evening of the last named. This change has been made to accommodate Lakeville people, who will have the Diller octet with them during the following week.
 How often, oh how often must we remind the public that there is no route agent on the Housatonic railroad train leaving Bridgeport at 10:O5 8. m. Last Wednesday some of our advertisers and some correspondents were disappointed in not seeing their contributions appear in that issue, when in fact their letters were not received until o'clock Tues day evening, or three hours after the usual time for closing the NEWS forms.
 A CORRECTION. NEWS was in error last week regarding the new time table on the Harlem road. The passen- ger train leaves Chatham at S.30 8. m. instead of 830 p. m. We were led into the error by an exchange, who after stating that passenger train left New York at 3.45 p. m. also stated that a train left Chatham at 8.30. The ex- change inadvertently failed to place the letters 8. m. after the figures S:30, hence we were misled.
 The first campaign flag displayed in this village this season was hung out Saturday afternoon by Geo. l.. Parsons. It was not "old bandana" but it was old glory" and it bore the names oi Harrison and Morton. The significance of upfurling said banner should be measured by the fact that four years ago Mir Parsons was mugwump, SO. called,
 Mrs Ava Root, residing on Canaan Mountain, went down cellar one night last week to get some potatoes. Hearing noise she held her lamp to see what it was and she discovered coiled uI about foot from her hand, large rattlesnaks, darting it's tongue at her She set the lamp down to keep the snakes attention, and then she ran and called her husband, who took large stick and killed it. The snake measured feet 10 inches and had eight rattles Two days after large rattle snake wa, killed in the little pine grove opposite the school house.
 Mrs Amelia StJohn, of Kankakee ILL, arrived last Wednesday and vii remain an indefinite time. She is . sister of Mir Horace 0. Beckley and Mis- W. A. Beckley of Canaan. This is he native town, but it is Is or more year. since her last visit here. She is quit, we'll and active, although in her 80tl year. She was accompanied east b, Mrs John M. StJohn and two children of Chicago; who have since gone tt Sharon for brief visit with relatives previous to short sojourn at Troy, N r.. on their homewArd trip. sEsxS sE.s ssszss