Connecticut western news., 1888-10-31
Local News.

LOCdl NCWS. Halloween.
 -Cabbages, cabbages, cabbages.
 Election next Tuesday.
 Conductor Samuel Arnold is back on the Housatonic road.
 Mrs Mary J. Gillette is visiting friends in Sharon.
 Leonard l.. Grotta, of New York, was in town over Sunday.
 Mrs D. l.. Freeman IS visiting friends and relatives in Griggsville, Ill. Mrs Henry Chapin. of Lakeville, is the guest of Mrs Sabra Humphrey for . short time.
 Sixty mine new voters have been made in this town and there are two more to qualify.
 Lyman Dunning says he expects to climb the iron post at Union depot next Tuesday evening.
 Au6 xeof lAAAAC, OA 4NC" A0VCu, preached in the Pilgrim church last Sunday morning,
 MT J. J. Capron, of Amenia, N. Y., spent Sunday in town, visiting his daughter, Ms G. s. Williams.
 -Thirty-nve calves were purchased at this station yesterday, at prices rang ing from 5 to 6i cents per pound.
 Tomorrow morning you will probably not find mama on your door step but you will probably find cabbages there.
 Henry Barnes has had his house repaintec light shade of drab which adds much to the appearance of his residence.
 Mrs Colby, of Alameda, Cal, widow of the late George Colby, former resident of East Canaan, visited at Julius Corbit's last week.
 -F. A. Peet and family have taken their meals for several months at O. P. Roots but commenced housekeeping again last week.
 Captain P. O'Farrsl, of Washington, D. C., will address the people of this vicinity at town hall. Thur sdav evening of this week. Every one invited.
 Rev B. F. Kidder called at the town clerks office on Monday and copied the list of new voters. Wonder s how many Prohibitonists he found among them. ..-.
 Walter Lane, telegraph operator at Hawleyville, who has been spending two weeks vacation with his sister, Mrs A. B. Mallory, returned to Hawleyville Monday.
 The Connecticut Real Estate Record of Oct 24th., contains a complete description of the new Derby railroad and it's successful opening, illustrated with cuts.
 The Primary department of the Canaan Graded school which has been closed for two weeks, on account of the illness of the teacher, Mrs J. M. Root, will be opened on Monday.
 The H. and c. w. railroad company have abandoned their project of build ing new passenger depot at Hartford and will run their trains into the new Union depot when it is completed.
 -Messrs F. E. Dodge, Henry Wreaks and ". o. Ordnay, of Brooklyn, N. Y stayed at the Warner House Sunday night. They were making an equestria trip from Brooklyn to Lenox, and that day had ridden from Kent to Canaan. The legal day fer the sitting of tht Litchfeld county commissioners tt grant liquor licenses is the first Tuesda. in November, as that falls on election day this year, they will probably mee on the following day, the 7th.
 At the eleventh hour it was learned that Ma,or 2. K. Pangbourn had bsel assigned to speak elsewhere las Wednesday night, and that Messr Gunton and Maxham were to be sen here instead.
 Conductor George Brown, of tn Housatonic road is taking vacation c three weeks, and with his wife, is CT toying 8 western trip, stopping g Chicago and other points in Illinois, an going as far as Walnut, Iowa.
 For several weeks the freigh traffic on the H. & O. w. railroad ha been unusually heavy, and there stl continues to be an increase in th business of the road in that line Nearly all of the freight trains requir two engines to haul them, and th running of extras is often necessitated
 A special excursion train for Nol folk will leave Canaan this "Wednesday evening at o'clock sharp, to COT vey those who wish to hea General Joseph R. HawleY speak { Norfolk. The Harrison and Morton gle club of Canaan have accepted an inv tation to be present. The train wi return promptly at close of the meeting Tickets for the round trip from Canaa and East Canaan only 50 cents.
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