Connecticut western news., 1889-04-17
Local News.

LOCdl NCWS.
 Editor Rodemeyer was in Canaan over Sunday.
 Thomas Butler is building a barn on his premises on Railroad street.
 John Doten and family have moved from New Marlboro to this village.
 The spring term of the schools in this district commenced last Monday. John Hoag's house, on Church St., was raised on Wednesday of last week. -Mrs,M A. Peet, has been quite ill with dyspepsia and fever. but is i'm proving. Es
 Mrs Mary Dow and Miss Fanny Dunning, of Pennington, are guests at Miss s. W. Adams.
 The death of Mrs Frein IS the first which has occurred among the member ship of Pilgrim church.
 The filling for the H & O w side track is completed and the steam shovel was moved to Ore Hill last Monday.
 Tt is rumored that J. l.. Bragg has bought lot on Prospect Street and proposes to bore an artesian we'll if practicable.
 Mrs Nelson Ham and family moved from Clayton to this village last week, and occupy rooms in the Roys house on Railroad street.
 Franklin N. Brown is clerking at Humphreys drug store in place of Frank Stevens, who goes to South Britain to complete his pharmaceutic studies.
 Mrs David Scott is having 8 two- story addition built on her house on West Main street. George Moon, of Danbury. is doing the work.
 The parish of Christ church will hold their annual parish meeting at the church on the evening of Easter Monday, April 22d, at 7:3O o'clock.
 F. A. Peet is improving his premi- ses on High street, by building new fences and he has also built substan- tial stone wall around his barn yard near the street.
 Rev T. H. Baragwanath has not yet returned. He is on the sick list and has been "housed up" at Rev Dr Oakley's, in New York, since April 9th. Rev Dr Eddy supplied his pulpit last Sunday morning.
 In this village, on the 18th inst the 18th child was born to MT and Mrs John Cain. The children are all living, and elbow room is at premium when they assemble around the Thanksgiving table.
 Preserve for reference this issue of THE NEWS containing the Conference appointments. It informs you where many old friends remain salted for the ensuing year and which ones find themselves in new pickle.
 The largest and best lettuce we have seen this season was raised by J. G. Camp, of Norfolk. Mir Camp has our thanks for generous box of the same, left at our sanctum last Friday. The same quality of lettuce can be obtained at D. D. Walters market in Canaan, where MT Camp has establish. ed an agency.
 The officials of the Housatonic road will come here Thursday noon, and the officials of the H. & 0. W. road vii come here Friday noon to consult with the selectmen and other citizens ir regard to establishing gates at the rail road crossings in this village. It is hoped that all interested in the matter will be on hand promptly at the time appointed.
 J. s. Adam & Co.'S loss by fire last week was not quite as serious as repor ted. They saved about 5000 gallons ot oil and instead of blowing out theil lime kiln they shut off steam for few hours then resumed operations, anG have since received new supply of oi which will enable them to keep making lime.
 The Chicago, Rock Island ant Pacific Railway Go. give notice that M John Sebastian has been appointed general ticket and passenger agent O. the combined lines of that company east and west of the Missouri river with headquarters at Chicago. Tn, appointment will take effect April 9th . Now that the Rev M. R. Lent ha been transferred from Highland Mills Orange county, N. Y., to Wings Station on the Harlem railroad, we hope he vii frequently visit his Canaan friends "Dominie Lent" was instrumental il building the NJ. E. church at Canaan and he will always be welcomed here.
 In this world, sorrow frequentl follows joy. Within less than four year TIE NEWS has been called upon t record the following brief history c MT Julius Frien's family Mir Juliu Frien and Miss Lizzie M. Barnes wer married May %. 1885. A daughter wa born to them Feb 27, 1886. MT Erie died Aug 2, 1886. Mrs Frien died Apr ls, 1889.