Connecticut western news., 1888-12-26


 Lenox, Mass, in special car attached to the passenger train on the Housa- tonic road last Monday evening. They will remain in Lenox during the holidays.
 A. V. Bartholomew, formerly assistant postmaster at Canaan, writes to have the address of his copy of THE NEWS changed from 533 Harrison Street to 200 East sth Street, Topeka. Kansas, and he adds, "All is lovely in Kansas, and trusting it is the same with you and all, I wish you and many friends at home Merry Christmas.
 Among the Christmas guests in town we notice the following persons: E. D. Norton, F. B. Young, George C.. Peet, Irving Barnes. Robert Peirce, John Rodemeyer, Jr., "Jim" Rode meyer, Miss Mary Rodemeyer, Louise Bragg, Mrs F. s. Spaulding, Minnie Spaulding, Miss Lila Ward, Gardner Barnes, G. B. Gardner and family, and Martin Mcintyre.
 The mercury was only three degrees above zero last Saturday morn ing, but it was 30 above on Sunday morning and since then, including to- day Wednesday, it has ranged in the forties and the bright, sunny days have been delightful. On Christmas day Warren McIntyre's bees were out and flying around same as in summer. and 2 caterpillar was crawling on the ground near Mir McIntyre's house.
 At the hearing of the application of the Housatonic road for an increase of capital stock before the railroad com missioners on Thursday, Samuel E.. Baldwin, attorney for the road, said that $4, 800, ,OOO increase asked, was the minimum, and $6,OOO,OO0 the maxi mum. A petition is to be presented to the legislature for a change in the charter, that permission may be granted to build branches longer than ten miles.
 The rooms in Union depot which have been fitted up at an outlay of S1 ,5OO or more. to be occupied by the H. and o. w. R. R. company as their general offices, will not be used for that purpose as the decision rendered by the officials of the road determines that the offices will be located elsewhere, pre-. sumably in Poughkeepsie. The repairs at the depot are virtually completed, and we greatly regret the change in the plans made by the company.
 Henry Reed exhibited a pen of Black Leghorns at the Western Conn. Poultry Association exhibition held at Winsted last week, and he was awarded the following premiums: First on pen. First on cockerel. First and second on bullet First on hen. Also the special prizes for the best pen of Black Leg horns Frank Stevens also exhibited a pen of Dark Bramahs at said exhibition and he was awarded all first premiums and the special prizes for Dark Bramahs
 As usual, Comical Brown was greeted with good sized audience, and as usual all were nearly convulsed with laughter at his character represen- tations Miss Bragdon's solos were sung in Q remarkably aorF- ---~----,->.aL Ll-- voice harmonized with Mir Rrown's in the duetts, which were rendered very finely. The absence of Mir Dunbar, the basso, was regretted, but the additional numbers introduced by Mir Brown and Miss Bragdon, were received with pleasure by those present.
 Elsewhere is stated the bequests mentioned in the will of the late Miss W. A. Hunt, of Bridgeport. The fact that Minnie Rorabask, wife of A. T. Roraback, of this village, receives S2,0OO, might lead the superficial or inattentive reader to suppose that the church, the library and the school named in the will were located in this village, leads us to call attention to the fact that the church mentioned is Christ church, of Bridgeport, and that pro- vision is made for library and school in the town of Canaan instead of North Canaan, as the last mentioned town already has an excellent high school, and MT Edmund D. Lawrence has recently erected neat and substantial library building and generously presen- ted it to the town of North Canaan.