Connecticut western news., 1889-09-04
Local News.

Miss Huldah Anderson is sick with & fever.
 Miss Lena Gillette of Falls Vll- lage, is visiting at 8. c. Beckley's.
 -Uriah Whiting was guest of J. l.. Bragg, over Sunday.
 Miss Pearl Ham is teaching the district school on Canaan mountain. Henry Beardsley and his men are painting A. A. Hubbard's house and William Drums house.
 -J. Sedgwick Tracy left yesterday for Northfeld, Mass, where he expects to attend the Mt Hermon school.
 Frederick s. Parsons has entered Wesleyan academy at Wilbraham, Mass. He went there last Wednesday.
 MT s. w. Barnes is gradually im- proving and is careful not to overtax his strength by sitting up too long at a time.
 The switch engine No IS was de- tained four hours, up at the lower fur mace, Friday, by the tender being derailed.
 The Norfolk Sunday school passed through hele Friday. on their picnic to Chestnut Grove, N. Y. They had spe- cial train of five cars. Charles Judd, of Chatham, N. Y., read service in Christ church last Sun- day morning and evening, Rev F. W. Barnett being at Norfolk.
 Harper and Florence Vroman, of Brookfeld, Ct., stopped over Sunday with D. l.. Peirce. They are on their way home from three weeks trip in the Adirondacks. ..e
 The Litehfeld North association will meet at Colebrook, September 10 and II. The exercises open, with a business meeting at 5 p. m., ,on Tuesday and close at noon on Wednesday.
 -Messrs Lyman Cunning, of East Canaan, Henry Chapin, of Lakeville, and Theodore Chapin and E. E. Barnes, of Great Harrington, were at Saratoga Springs from Monday until Thursday of last week.
 w. F. York, furniture dealer at Waterbury, Conn.,, made an assignment August 23, naming N. R. Bronson as temporary trustee. Two days previous to his assignment, MT York was made director and the treasurer of the Pine Grove camp-meeting association.
 Mrs Susan Simpson has bought the building lot north and adjoining Thom as Buffers premises on Railroad street Frederick Lawrence has bought the building lot adjoining Mrs Simpson' lot and he will soon erect neat cottag, having already contracted with Builde Lorraine to do the work.
 The high school building has jus been equipped with two large hot al furnaces, and chimney about four fee square, with five compartments reach ing from the cellar to the roof, whicl it is expected will furnish ample venti lation for every room.
 Mrs Rev Mason Noble and daughte Rosa, from Oriole, Fla, arrived at D Geo Adams last Friday evening. Afte visiting Canaan and Sheffield friends few days Mrs Noble will return to Fla Her daughter, Katie, will accompan her but Rosa will remain north.
 An exchange says:
 s'Persons who have a superstition dread of Friday, will not be pleased hear that this is year of Fridays. came in on Friday, and goes out on Fr day, and will have fifty three ill-omene days. There are four months of thi year that have five Fridays each; chang of the moon occurs five times on Fr day, and the longest and shortest day of the year occur on Friday"
 Rev Chas Oakley, son of Rev Dr G. Oakley, of New York city preache at the NJ. E. church in Millerton c Sunday evening Aug 25. The Mile ton Telegram says:
 'He showed, by the handling of b subject, the careful training he has r ceived at the hands of his ilustrio1 father. Charles has clear voice, ar will make his mark"
 The village schools reopen ne Monday. Reed < Kellogg's gramm will be used and in the High scho room class will begin Maury's phy. cal geography. All scholars not in reg lar classes in the High school depal ment, either in the district or out, a requested to meet at the school hou Friday afternoon between 2 and o'clock to make all necessary classifc tion and avoid further embarrassmel
 The Rev Eliphalet Whittlese whose death is mentioned elsewhel was son of the late Eliphalet Wh tlesey. who for many years was deac of the Congregational church at Sal bury, Conn. Deacon Whittlesey had family of twelve children, of wht = only two are now living, viz, E Elisha Whittlesey, of Canaan, Con and Mrs Worden of Copake II Works, N. T., widow of Dr Worden, Salisbury.