Connecticut western news., 1888-11-28
Local News.

uc lOCo1 UC6oh iuhh ing on the Derby extension on Monday last.
 The Hon William H. Barnum continues to improve but does not venture out yet. #. Miss Mary Parsons is home from Wilbraham academy during the Thanksgiving vacation.
 Miss Edna Cosswell, of West Stock br,dge, Mass, has been visiting Miss Ada Strong since Saturday.
 pr F. H. Lee and Dentist H. l.. Ross have had their offices connected with the telephone exchange.
 Mrs Frances P. Bigelow, former resident of Canaan, has recently re- moved from Altoona, Dakota, to Knox vile, H.
 During the absence of the pastor, the NJ. E. pulpit in this village was supplied last Sunday by Rev T. Richards of Ashley Falls.
 The house located on West Main street owned by J. E. Conway, of 5 Sheffield, has been purchased by John Doten of New Marlboro.
 The children of Martin Sulz, whose mother is in the insane asylum at Mid dletown, have been sent to the county home in Canaan Winsted Herald.
 The Rev Hiram Eddy, D. D., has been having tussel with the shingles. He was confined to his house two weeks . but ventured out last Monday.
 Joseph L. Parsons has been quite ill with bilious fever since last Thurs day but it is expected the fever will begin to subside in q day or two.
 Rev T. H. Baragwanath and family went to New York last Thursday to visit Mrs Baragwanath's parents, Rev J. e. Oakley and wife. until after Thanks giving.
 Quite a number of our villagers have mouth for pie, as the Pumpkin Pie sociable at Geo. P. Strong's last Friday evening netted the M. E. soc1e- ty about SIS.
 There will be Praise and Thanks giving service in the Pilgrim church next Sunday evening in which the Sunday School choir and the congre- gation will all join.
 Brakeman Murphy of the Housa- tonic road lost S8O and won S25 betting on the election and he says that Brake man Casey must have lost some $20O in bets.-[Newtown Bee.
 Thanksgiving services will be held in Christ church Thursday at 1O:30 a. m. This will be the only public service in this village tomorrow as the pastors of the other churches are absent.
 The sidewalk from Peirce < Free ms1's lime kiln to the railroad crossing south of the brick yard has been covered with locomotive cinders which will eventually make firm and dry walk
 -"Lo" Lawrence wants to know ii Editor Rodemeyer of The Norwalk Record had his mustache shaved off in payment of his election bet, and if SC was the operation painful one and did they chloroform him
 Frank DeForest, who attended the Yale business college last winter, and has since been employed in different places, has returned to this village, and is engaged in making cigars in the facto " with his father.
 -E. F. Sanford, of Ore Hill, Samue A. Eddy, of this place, and George Landon, of Plymouth, were appointed as the Litch6eld county executive com mittee of the Connecticut Sunday school association.
 Mir W. J. McConville, of Hartford who has served as assistant clerk ant clerk of the house, will no doubt b' chosen clerk of the senate this year il accordance with custom, and Mir s. A Eddy, of this place, assistant clerk o the house two years ago, will be chosel clerk
 Last Monday evening we received another copy of The Norfolk Summit We supposed The Summit had subsidet or been superseded by The Norfoll Tower, but it "bobs up serenely" a ever and evidently is Ca thorn in tn flesh" to some Norfolk people as wei e certain residents of Winsted. I handles some questions without gloves
 -E. Hollister & Sons Thanksgivin, proclamation will be found in anothe column, and yet the word Thanksgivin, does not occur in it, yet the stock O furs, cloaks, jackets and winter good which they place within the reach 0 all calls for expressions of thanks an, Thanksgiving sentiments from all wh must contend with Jack Frost fo several months to come
 Charles Lazelle, 8 brakeman on tn New York and New Haven railroad, wa killed last week by his head coming i contact with bridge while the trai was running rapidly. He was plumbe by trade and last summer he worked ss month in Geo P. Strong's shop 6 Canaan, then he secured 8 job as brake man on the Housatonic road an remained there until few days az when he went on the N. & N. B oad. Hie home uas in Worcestss, NAal s, =