Connecticut western news., 1888-10-03
WEDNESDAY, OCT: 8, 1888.
Local News.

Bicycles are getting quite numer ous in town.
 Of 161 towns in Connecticut, 101 have almshouses.
 Now IS the time to advertise for the fall and winter trade.
 Master Grid Gillette, of Danbury, is spending few days in town.
 Canaan furnished its full quota of visitors to the Ct Harrington fair last week.
 The Rev J. P. Trowbridge, of Bethlehem, will preach in the Pilgrim church next Sunday.
 The schools were closed on Thurs day to enable the teachers and scholars to attend the fair at Ct Harrington.
 We are indebted to Mir Clark W. Bryan for copy of Springisld Illus trated," said number being the Bay State Fair edition, Oct. 4 to II.
 The ladies of the Pilgrim church gave 8 sociable at the residence of D. L.. Freeman on Wednesday evening of last week, and all present considered 1t 8 most enjoyable affair.
 Prof. l.. w. Harvey, of Salisbury, who is now at the New England con- servatory of music, Boston, has accept ed position Temporary in the choir of Dr. Duryea's church.
 -Messrs Junius and Lewis Rhoades have boarded at the Warner House for the past five years, but Oct. 1st they commenced boarding at Mrs H. E. Browns.
 Editor Rodemeyer, of the Norwalk Gazette and Norwalk Record, called on friends in town on Wednesday. On his return to Norwalk he was accompanied by his mother, Mrs John Rodemeyer.
 On and after Oct. 1st, trains Nos. and 15,-which are the trains that leave Canaan at 6:OO 8. m. fer Hartford and leave Hartford at 6:35 p. m. for Canaan-will be discontinued west of West Winsted.
 Miss Mary Bodley is visiting her brother, Rev Fl. I. Bodley, at North Adams. MT Bodley returned on Fri day from Europe, where he has enjoyed . pleasurable tour in company with Bishop Paddock, of Massachusetts.
 If you want anything in the line of Job Printing, such as billheads, noteheads, statements, envelopes, busi- ness cards, posters, dodgers, etc., please bear in mind that the NEWS office is the place to get it. Our prices will be found right every time.
 J. s. Adam & Go. have been expert. menting all summer with oil as fuel for making lime, and after making g number of changes in burners, shape oi kiln, etc, have overcome all obstacles and their kiln is now turning out 90 barrels of lime per day.
 F. A. Farley, of Pine Meadow, Ct. formerly of the 37th Mass. Vols, has the Litchfeld county agency for the sale of Personal Memories of Genera F. Fl. Sheridan" The book is solo only by subscription, but is meeting with ready sale. Mir Farley will soor canvas this town.
 Burton Peirce, of this village, ant Willie Briggs, Charley Roberts ant Theodore Adam, of East Canaan, hav received the appointment of weigher of mails on the postal cars between New York and Boston. Their term o service is for 30 days, commencing Oct 1, and we understand the salary i 80 each.
 In this town there recently wa three jolly bachelors named Prescott One thought seriously of matrimon and concluded to risk it. There IS nor truth than poetry in the foregoing line but we extend our congratulations the one mentioned in the marriag column ]; and to the others would say
 Your brother wins prize,
 Go thou and do likewise.
 On Monday, Sept. 24, four person whose united ages were BOA years sat { se the dinner table at the house of Mis w. A. Beckley, about two miles sout of this village. Their names and age were as follows Mrs Amelia H. StJoh1 of Kankakee, H., 79; Mrs Susan S John, of Sharon, Conn.,, 7S; MT Wn Whitney, of Oneida, H., 72; Miss VI A. Beckley, 75. All three were rel' tives of Mrs Amelia Fl. StJohn.
 -E. I. Webster and family start tt day for Logan, Harrison county, lows where MT Webster will engage in busi r- ness if he finds favorable opportun ' ty. He formerly clerked for hi brother-in-law, A. B. Garfield, at Eas Canaan. but for several years has bee proprietor of the drug store at Fla. Long Meadow, Mass, which he sol out last week to Mir Baker, who hs been his head clerk.
 MT Hiram Briggs, aged nearly years, . lifelong resident of this tow died at his home in East Canaan, ( Saturday last at p. m. For the pa six years he has suffered terribly vii chronic rheumatism. His funeral VI attended yesterday Tuesday, at ? p. T [, at the Conk kational church in -Ea Canaan. Hiram Eddy, D. D. ar Rev T. H. saragwsnath conducted u