Connecticut western news., 1888-11-07
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 2, 1888.
Local News.

LOCdl NcWS.
 -E. R. Lorraine and family returned from Bristol last week.
 -E D. Norton, of Pittsfeld, was in town over Sunday.
 N. F. Loomis wants 200 bullets. See advertisement.
 Irving Barnes returned to New York yesterday. s Miss Meta Rodemeyer arrived home from Bethel last week.
 -S. R. Gillette, of Winsted, visited hia parents here over Sunday.
 The president has designated Thurs day, Nov 29, as Thanksgiving day.
 Ferdinand l.. Beckley was the prohibition nominee for representative. Robert Girling. of Ct Harrington, called on friends in town last Thursday. Mrs Geo R. Wilcox visited friends in New Haven and Bridgeport last week. MT and Mrs H. J. Holt, of Norfolk, Conn, and Hays City, Kansas, visited friends in town last week.
 The Canaan Lime Go have their second lime kiln nearly completed, and will soon set it 8 humming.
 "A large stock of silverware of new and elegant patterns has this week been received at G. V. Capron's jewelry store at Canaan.
 The M. B. society are painting their parsonage. Henry Beardsley and his assistants are doing the work.
 Mrs Sarah A. Cogswel has gone to Great Burlington, to remain during the winter with her daughter, Mrs Evans. Mrs Mary GriHen has opened 8 store. fo7 the sale of bakery goods and candy, in the room next to the post office.
 The republican caucus held Mon- day afternoon at A. T. Roraback's g office nominated Cullen E. Holcomb for representative.
 - James O'Bnen, train dispatcher on the Fl. and 0. w. railroad, has rented rooms in the house owned by Mrs David Scott, on West Main street.
 The democrats here hired the town hall intending to hold meeting last Monday evening, but on sober second thought they abandoned the project.
 
 The Rev H. B. Mead, of Falls Vil- lage, administered the Sacrement of the Lords Supper at Pilgrim church last Sunday and also preached in the evening. =..-. The Red Bandanna glee club of this place accepted an invitation to furnish music at the democratic rally ! in Norfolk, on Friday evening of last . week.
 Mir Harry Goodwin will be s2 years of age on Friday next. Nov 9th. He is 6 genial as ever, and always greets you with a smile and a hearty hand shake.
 The Hunts, Lyman Iron Co.'S furnace, ct Huntsville, went out of blast last Monday, for repairs, but will be started up again in about three ! weeks.
 ' The large number of primary scholars has neeessitated the opening of the fourth room in the graded school, which will be in charge of Miss Emma Rodemeyer.
 The real estate and personal property of the late Henry Drum will be sold at public auction on Pine Grove Camp Ground, Friday, Nov 9th., at 10 o'clock . ID. For schedule see large posters. . Twenty seven calves were purchased . here yesterday, at prices ranging from 5 to cents per pound. It is difficult to estimate the number of voters purchased but good judges think the price averaged about 10 cents per pound.
 Julius Corbit has placed neat and substantial wall on the highway line in front of his house and graded the ground uniform slope from the top of the wall to his house. The wall is built of Norfolk granite. Stiles Stevens quar- -Yied the granite and also built the wall e -Ms Geo Adam returned last week from Atlanta, Ga She brought he, niece, Mrs H. 0. Hammond, with her 1n Hammond is convalesing from tho breakbone fever, and was so weak that she was unable to sit up, and wa: brought on bed the entire distance from Atlanta.
 The excursion train from Canaan to Norfolk last Wednesday evening carried about 125 persons to hear Gen AJoseph R. Hawley speak. The excur ion train from Norfolk to Salisbury last Friday evening carried about 9t persons to hear General Samuel F Oaxey and Hon A. M. Card speak.
 With rocks and rainy weather t, contend with, the work of laying tn water pipes on Prospect street progresse 4ut slowly. It has taken nearly tw asnths to lay the pipe from Main stree . the Hsthodist parsonage, and it will Aake e much more time to reach tn Episcopal rectory.
 Al the democratic caucus to nomi naAs representative, held at town hal 4ese Saturday afternoon, the first ballo nfpod Edwxrd & Roberts 57, W. H 6hnp ~, Geo. H. Rood IA, D. |