Connecticut western news., 1888-05-30
WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 1888.
Local News.
Circus next Monday, June 4.

Don't default your interest to-day. Appear at East Canaan and meet your obligation.
 Congressman Granger and daugh- ter, Bertha, returned to Washington, D. c. last Monday.
 The frame of The Canaan Lime Co.'S storehouse, near Union depot, was raised last Saturday.
 Mrs Jennie Bierce has fully recov- cred from the measles, but on Monday her little son, Howard, was taken i'll with them.
 Franklin Brown is improving steadily; he walks about the house and will venture out soon as pleasant weather renders it prudent
 Michael Joyce has moved h1s old house up to his new one and consoli- dated them, thus giving him large and convenient house.
 -Messrs J. s. Adam & Go. have stopped making lime for few days in order to change the shape of the lining of their kiln, and to substitute differ ent kind of oil burners.
 The strawberry and ice cream festival at V. I. hall last Friday even- ing was not ouly palatable affair, but it was also social and profitable occa- sion, the net receipts being over 500.
 We are told that Archie Adam, son of Dr Geo. Adam, has the whooping cough, and it is reported that other members of the family also have the whooping cough.
 pr Geo. Adam attended Judge Rockwell's funeral at Lenox on Tues day of last week. Owing to previous engagements other members of the Adam family in this town could not attend.
 General Sheridan has been in criti- cal condition for several days, but yesterday some hopes of his recovery were entertained. He is suffering with heart difficulty or attacks of heart fail ure.
 Tt is reported that @ new timetable takes effect tomorrow on the H. x c. w. road. A train will leave Hartford about p. m. and run to Canaan, and return to Hartford early next morning, same as last season.
 Frank J. Stone has rented the hotel at Bash Bish Falls, near Copake Iron Works, N. r., and opens the same tomorrow. For the past two summers he has kept the boarding house at Twin Lakes and he set most excellent table at very reasonable price. The Bash Bish Falls hotel contains IS good sleeping rooms.
 The advertising agent for Barnum's show says-and he ought to know that the weekly newspaper is the best advertising medium in the world, for it is read by every member of the family through, advertisements and all, and then loaned to the neighbors, while the daily is merely glanced over and cast aside"
 The following conundrum has been going the rounds of the state papers
 elf hen and half lay an egg and a half in day and half, how many eggs will six hens lay in seven days ?"
 Twenty eight is apparently the mathematical answer to the conundrum. Figures will not lie, and hens will not lay (when you want them to). Experi- ence teaches us that "you can't most always sometimes tell' how many eggs six hens will lay in seven days.
 The republican club recently orga- nized here elected the following officers President, Hiram Eddy, D. D.; vice presidents, H P Tracy, l. Cunning, M Tobey, F D Gaylord, F s Goodwin secretary and treasurer, Frank VanDeu- sen; executive committee, F B Young, G E DeHart, A B Garfield, A T Rora- back, Samuel A Eddy. At the meeting held Saturday evening, May 19, an informal ballot for presidential candi date was taken and it is reported that the vote stood as follows Depew 16 Blaine 1, Sherman 1, scattering 1.
 Rev Robert Hunt, of Pawling, N r., called on friends here yesterday while on his way to Lee, Mass, where he attends the Memorial services to- day. During the five years that Nil Hunt was absent from Pawling no obsel vation was taken of Memorial day, bu last Sunday he preached 8 Memoria sermon to large congregation. Yor can rest assured that Memorial day vii be observed wherever Dominic Hunt i: for he has patriotism enough to enthuse the most conservative town.
 A quarryman named Lee, wht works at Charles Barnes Sons lime auarries had 8 narrow escape iron death on Monday of last week. He hat lighted the fuse preparatory to blasting the rocks, but he carelessly threw ava, the match and it fell into can contain ing several pounds of powder. o course the powder immediately explo ded, and Mir Lee was thrown down an, badly burned, but not rendered uncon scious and he had barely time to juml up and make his escape before tn lighted fuse reached the powder in tn rock and sent huge stones flying in al dirse4iouA