Connecticut western news., 1889-08-28

SoN@ Boston, and if he finds business that suits him will probably engage in it.
 Burton Pierce is travelling through the west on prolonged trip. He sets no time for his return and may be gone months
 -Christ's church Sunday School hold their yearly picnic at Twin Lakes to- day Wednesday, They leave on the 12:30 train and return at 7:05.
 Burglars visited two dwellings in this village last week, but the inmates were vigilant and frightened away the intruders before they gained entrance.
 J. S. Grlggs, Jr., of New Haven, formerly of Lakeville, is visiting Canaan friends. He returns to his 'studies at South Bethlehem, Pa., early in Sept.
 The Litchield Southwest Sunday School Union will hold their third annual meeting in the Congregational church, New Milford, on Wednesday, Sept 4th, at 10 a. m.
 Sidney K. Spencer, who for the past seventeen years has been conduc- tor on the main line of the Housatonic railroad, has resigned to go into busi- ness in Pittsfeld, Mass.
 W. H. Emmons has accepted the position of brakeman on a passenger train running between Hartford and Hopewell Junction on the New England road. He commenced his duties last Thursday. ... ... #--.
 The village school opens for the fall term Monday, Sept g. Any students out of the district desirous of entering the High school department should make immediate application to the com mittee or to the principal.
 Commencing Tuesday, August 27, and until Tuesday, September 10, inclu- sive, the following trains will stop at Pine Grove station, to leave and on signal to receive passengers : Trains Nos. 9, 13 and 17 going North, also trains Nos. 8, IA and IS going south.
 We are indebted to Ex-Congress- man Granger for the bound volumes of the Congressional Record of the 5Oth Congress, 2d Session. The Judge does not expect that we shall read them through at one sitting but he knows, and we know, that they are valuable books of reference. ......
 The railroad commissioners of Connecticut have in the main approved the layout of the Hartford & Conn. Western branch from Tariffville to Springfield. The commissioners leave few details to be adjusted between the H. X 0. w. Go. and other parties, but in case said details cannot be amicably adjusted the commissioners will render their decision on those questions.
 Those Jolly Johns, viz: John Rodemeyer, Jr., of the Norwalk Record, and John Wade, of the Norwalk Hour, made flying visit to Pine Grove, Ct Harrington and Canaan last Wednesday. MT Wade left Norwalk last Saturday for Detroit, where he will attend the annual meeting of the National Edito- rial Association.
 Mrs M. w. Ward returned Satur- day from her western trip, much i'm proved in health. She visited relatives in several western states and sojourned awhile at Pueblo, Colo. She visited her brother. H. ". Watson, in Canaan over Sunday but we have not learned whether she has yet gone to her home in Hartford.
 It Is due Secretary Hall of the Con- necticut Sunday School Association that we state he cheerfully complied with our request that he furnish THF NEWS with 8 brief report of Sunday School day at Pine Grove. His concise but excellent report appears elsewhere. He modestly committed his signature but inasmuch as he deserves all the credit, we have taken the liberty to ap. pend his name to the report.
 The last legislature passed resolu. ton whereby holders of trust funds can legally invest in per cent debentures Thus said holders will receive greater rate of interest than in savings banks ol government or state bonds, and at the same time be as safely and as legally invested Williams x Hallett, o1 Winsted sell such securities, as will be seen by their advertisement published in another column, and they will cheer fully give all desired information con cerning such securities.
 At eight o'clock Monday morning the vestibule train on the Santa F' route running between Kansas City ant Chicago, was thrown from the track, b, the spreading of the rails, at Kinsmon 0 small station fifteen miles north O of Streator, Ill. Three coaches, tw' Pullman sleepers and the dining ca went down an embankment, 8 distanc of forty feet About fifty persons were hurt, and though none were killed out right, several are in very dangerou condition. Mrs s. s. Johnson, of Nor folk, Conn.,, mother of Druggist Geo T. Johnson, was badly hurt internal. and head and face cut.
 At the annual meeting of the stock holders of the Pine Grove camp meet ing association held Wednesday, Aug 21, the following officers were elected