Connecticut western news., 1889-01-09
Local News.

Local News.
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 John G. Beckley visited friends in New Hartford last week.
 Mrs David Scott is having two- story addition made to her house.
 Mrs Theodore Watson and son visited friends in town over Sunday.
 The Housatonic road have recently painted their bridges, in this secton, a yellow color.
 Congressman Granger and daugh- ters, Kittie and Carrie, left for Wash ington on Monday.
 The carpenter work on W. G. Cargill's new house on Prospect street, was commenced last week.
 To-day, (Jan 9) is the 27th anniver- sary of the engagement at the Big Sandy River in Kentucky.
 The frame of M l. Osborne's house was raised on Thursday, and that of Wm. Drums on Saturday.
 Miss Sadie Williams, of Great Harrington. spent Sunday with her brother, G. s. Williams.
 MT Walter Sanford, of Ct Barring ton, was the guest of MT s. A. Edd! .Lo~< x,x,11 look
 Miss Meta Rodemeyer, who has been spending some time with her parents in this place, returned to Bethel on Saturday.
 The Hon Wm H Barnum continues to improve. and on Saturday last he ventured to walk on his versnda and lawn few moments.
 The Week of Prayer is being observed at the Methodist church b. holding meetings every evening except Saturday evening.
 Isaac N. Beebe, of East Canasa, is slowly recovering from the typhoid fever but for several days has been suffering with rheumatism.
 Miss Ann Blackman, of Newtown, who has been spending short time with her sister, Mrs F. W. Barnett. returned to her home on Thursday.
 Ex-Judge Henry Edwards Parde' died at his home in New Haven ol Friday morning, after an illness of several weeks, at the age of 57 years.
 Last week THE NEWS stated that E.. A. Gillette, of Fort Wayne, Ind, was i'll with pneumonia. This week THF NEWS has the pleasure of stating thai Mr Gillette is convalescent.
 The Board of Relief held an all-day session last Monday, and discovered that their friends are so numerous il will be necessary to hold another reception on Saturday, Jan 18th.
 Mir H. H. Gorton, of Waterford formerly principal of the Canaan higl school, spent several days in town las week, returning to his school in Mantle on Saturday.
 Judge Pitkiu Wright, formerly o Canaan, recently had 8 narrow escape from being assassinated. The particu lars are given elsewhere in the article with the caption of "Another Homici dal Maniac"
 Mir NJ. A. Brown, wife and tw' children, of Lenox, visited at MT Wn Bennett's on Friday afternoon on thei return from the wedding of MT Brown brother, which occurred in Winsted ol Wednesday of last week.
 The West Cornwall corresponden of the Litchfeld Enquirer says: NJ Harry Sedgewick has given up travel ing for the Bowker Fertilizing Co.,. fo the present and expects to be at hom on his farm for the coming year, as hi health is not good.
 -Yesterday Jan 3 was the 74t1 anniversary of the battle of Ne, Orleans. Whats the matter wit Canaan democrats that they failed t observe the anniversary of the gres victory of their patron saint, Andre' Jackson
 The Housatonic road is said to b bargaining for two new mogul freigh engines and two other engines, all burn hard coal It is also said that tn limited express trains for the Berkshir Hills next summer, will run over th Danbury < Norwalk division.-[Nev town Bee.
 The Youths Temperance Banner dated Jan 15, 1889, contains an illu' 4ra4ed temperance story, Be Sure Start Right" written by Mrs Luell Dowd Smith. Mrs Smiths temperate stories have the pleasing feature of enc ing we'll, and leaving the reader in happy frame of mind instead of weel inw over sad scenes when the curtai Arops. Even whom she pictures distress ing scenes in the course of her storit Ahs sorros is afterwards turned to jo. C Al is We'll that ends We'll