Connecticut western news., 1888-05-16
WEDNESDAY, MAY Is, 1888
Local News.

-Sors eyes are epidemic at Wassalc, NY.
 Little Michael Finnegan has the scarlet fever. ..
 Mrs Jennie l.. Bierce has the measles in Q mild form.
 Mrs M. A. Peet moved into Mir Callehan's house last week.
 The frame of the Pilgrim church edifice was raised last week.
 The cellar and wall for J. s. Corbit's s new house are nearly completed.
 ID. L. Peirce is expected home to- day from weeks sojourn at Chicago. Genie Van Deusen, daughter of Frank Van Deusen, has the scarlet fe- yer.
 Rev Dr. Eddy will deliver the Me- morial day oration at Stockbridge, Mass.
 MT J. J. Capron, of Amenia, spent Sunday in town, visiting his daughter, Mrs G. s. Williams.
 George l.. Parsons recently sold his old black horse and bought handsome young sorrel,
 The State Board of Health has sent out a small pox warning to all the phy- sicians of the state.
 Congressman Granger and daugh- ters returned from Washington last Sat urdsy evening. The Misses Mary and Meta Rode meyer are home from Bethel during the dull season in hating.
 A few cherry blossoms ventured out last Thursday but the apple blos- soms have not yet appeared.
 The 25th annual meeting of Litch- field North Western Sunday School Un- ion will be held at Falls Village in June Editor Stevens, of the Litchfield County Leader, made us fraternal call yesterday, while on his way to Salisbury and Lakeville. ...--
 The veteran soldiers are fast pass ing away. This week we record the death of three who have recently died in this section.
 Rev T. H. Raragwanath was in New York all last week, attending the Methodist general conference. He is also there this week.
 We are requested to give notice that the hose-house is now locked and woe be to the boys should they unlock it again and congregate there to loaf and smoke.
 George l.. Parsons has just placed in the center of his store large and convenient boot and shoe counter with drawers on each side, each drawer being large enough to hold case of boots.
 Again the
 ''Gay little dandelion
 Lights up tho mead"
 It hardly seems year since we reprint. ed that beautiful poem, Little Dande lion, and yet it has been a memorable year of fires, cyclones, blizzArds and floods.
 INV. Watson contributed his pro portion of cash to meet the expenses ot the second annual live stock exhibition any compensation for the use of hi. land and for the hay which he furnished He certainly deserves thanks, at least for his public spirit.
 Mir w. R. Sill, local editor of the Winsted Evening Citizen, was in towr Saturday looking after the interests O. the paper. They having experienced some little difficulty in getting theil papers here on the evening of publica tion he tried to ferrit it out and SC, where the fault lay, but after interview ing our assistant p. m. for about al hour he came to the conclusion ther could be no fault here.
 -E. R. Lorraine has graded tn, grounds around bis residence on Pros pect street. J. B. Reed has graded the grounds around his house occupied b, J. s. Adam, and Mrs. David Scott ha also graded the lawn in front of he house on West Main street. Reed St has also been greatly improved. Wat son street is now being graded and vii soon be in apple pie order.
 The Pilgrim church has called council of nine neighboring Congrega tional churchs to convene in this villag on Tuesday, May 9, at 10 A. M. an consider the e1pediency of ordainin Rev. D. c. Stone and installing him a pastor of the Pilgrim church. It is ez pected that the formal exercises vii commence at l, P. M., and that the Rev Lewis O. Brastow, D. D., professor i the theological department of Yale Un iversity, will preach the sermon.
 We recently purchased the Greer woods Co.'S job printing establishmer at New Hartford and removed all thei printing material to our office. The outfit added to ours gives us one of th best equipped job offices in the count. We have just added new shafting an pulleys and now all our presses are ru by power, SO bring on your job wor and have it done with neatness and di patch. Remember we can print an, thing from . visiting card to full she, poster, and we have the largest an finest assortmsnt of type of any prin inR eGlee in this seetion.