Connecticut western news., 1888-03-21
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 1888.
Local News.

LOCdl NcWS.
 The blizzard gave us snow enough for six weeks sleighing in March,"
 Some communications are unavoid- ably deferred until next week.
 It is raining powerfully to-day. Wednesday, as we go to press and 8 disastrous flood is feared.
 Mrs Adeline Beckley, of New Hart ford, is visiting at 8 0 Beckley's. She arrived Tuesday noon.
 The Pilgrim church sociable will be held at the residence of D l. Free man this Wednesday, evening.
 Its mighty undertaking to remove the snow and ice in this country, but Fog and Sol will soon accomplish it. George w. Williams, Jr., whose death Is recorded in another column, &C., cidentally shot himself while out gum ming.
 Robert Little has rented his farm to MT Melius and will give possession April 1st. Mir and Mrs Little reserve part of the house and will reside there. Mrs Sarah A. Cogswen has been quito ill at Norfolk during the past eight weeks, but has recovered suffici- ently to return to Kent on Monday of this week.
 The railroad blockade prevented Congressman Granger and daughters. Bertha and Kittie, from starting for Washington, D. O., until Monday, March 18th.
 Quite number of men digging out the buried railway tracks were snow- blinded and. the eyes of some of the men were 8 affected that they required the service of physicians.
 w, Rossman announces by posters an auction at the Page farm, near Dutcher's Bridge, on Thursday, March 18th, when he will sell stock, farming tools, household furniture, etc.
 Owing to the bad condition of the railroads, etc., the meeting of the Conn. Weekly Press Association, called at the Tontine Hotel, New Haven, March 19, will be postponed until Monday, April 2nd.
 A special call has been issued to all the members of David $. Cowles Post No. 90 to be present at their hall We'd nesday evening. Mar 21, as the inspect ing officers will be present and the mus ter service will be exemplifed.
 The mercury was 10 degrees below zero here early Monday morning yet it was above the freezing point at noon, and 43 degrees above zero at night with a slight rain Tuesday forenoon. What sudden changes,
 The Berkshire Courier of March z and IA contains complete history of the rise and progress of the hme busi- ness in Canaan. The review Is ably written and goes into minute details and gives very interesting statistics.
 There seems to be great scarcity of potatoes in thls vicinity. Will some of our delinquent subscribers, who have potatoes to spare, please bring in few, as we are getting tired of turnips and "apple sass" as substitute for the genuine, old-fashioned '.Murphies.
 In our issue dated March 14th we mentioned the death of Leman Cogs- we'll, of New Preston. We would supplement that notice by stating that he died of typhoid pneumonia; that he was the last one left of the Cogswell family, and that he leaves widow but no children.
 The "patent outside" for the News of March 14th should have arrived Tuesday noon but did not reach us until after o'clock Saturday evening. Early Monday morning we started the press on paper dated Mar 4,so if the issue oi March 21 happens to be little late all will understand that it is busy work to publish two issues so near together.
 In consequence of the blizzard last week, Messrs Charles Barnes Sons bank. ed the fires in their lime kilns from Tuesday until Saturday, and Messrs Peirce & Freeman banked their lime kilns from Tuesday until Friday even. ing. Not barrel of lime was shipped from this station last week.
 Concerning the recent blizzard. the stereotyped expression is: "Never have the oldest inhabitants witnessed such g storm" Just for change suppose we say never before have the youngest in habitants witnessed such storm. The latter expression puts Young Americs on an equal footing with their grand parents, or rather ahead of them, fo, then they can boast that they have wit messed greater exhibition than thei, grandparents ever did. Its about time that grandparents stopped boosting about the wonderful events that trans pired when they were young.
 Master John Sede wick celebrated