Connecticut western news., 1889-12-25
Local News.

4 Merry Christmas toAl1 Some correspondence is unavoid- ably deferred until next issue.
 Mrs J. A. Underwood has been very ill but is now improving.
 The Pilgrim Sunday school have organized home department.
 -Chrlstmas sermon at the Pilgrim church next Sunday morning.
 Prof Harvey and family spend Christmas ut Mir Wooster's in Winsted.
 Misses Minnie and Alice Peirce were in New York Il few days last week. The sun rose in fog last Friday morning and looked like the full moon, only more silvery.
 Mrs Robert Harris, of Sharon, visited her sister, Mrs G. s Williams, a few days the past week.
 The annual election of officers of Housatonic Lodge, No. 61, F. & A. M. will be held on Saturday evening, Dec. 18th.
 -S. c. Beckley is harboring 8 stray black and white dog. The owner is requested to prove his property and take it away.
 M. Shwartz < Co.,, of Poaghkeep- sic, are closing out all their winter goods at bargain prices. See their new advertisement.
 Peter 4Colligan Is recovering re- markedly fast from the fearful injuries he received by the premature explosion of dynamite.
 Dwight L. Rogers, of West Corn wall, sold nearly thirty copies of $ Wit and Humor of The Age" in this town. He delivered the looks last week.
 The New York Mail and Express of Wednesday, Dec. 18th, contained the largest, most elaborate and finely illus t1ated Christmas supplement that we have seen this season.
 -Ex- Governor Lounsbury, of Ridge field, takes the place made vacant by the death of Hon William H. Barnum in the new board of directors of the Housatonic railroad. Beware of La Grippe, the Russian influenza if it get the grip on ye, then take quiuine, camphor and bella donna. (See prescription of New York Board of Health, ah }
 Ethan Allen once lived in the town of Canaan. The facilities for transport. ing freight have improved since then. See article headed sFacts worth know ing" written by one of our townsmen.
 Miss Louise Bragg is home from Mt Holyoke to remain until September. The other Canaan students are home from their respective schools for the holidays.
 Mrs Julius Corbit was suddenly taken very i'll yesterday forenoon with terrible pain in her head and difficulty to breathe Mir Corbit and Dr Church were summoned in haste.
 We had two lengthy freight trains here Thursday. The Housatonic south bound morning freight left this station with two engines and 40 cars, and the 0. N. E. x w. noon freight came 1T with two engines and AS cars.
 w. Fl. Emmons sends us the clipp ing "A Novel Contest" published else where It shows that {" Will" and some other young people of New Bri tain do not desire to spend their even ings in loafing on the street corners.
 The Misses Norton have famil, gathering at their home to-day. E. D Norton and daughter, of Pitts6eld, Mir Nellie Norton, of Schenectady, cousin from Stockbrfdge and relatives iron Canaan are present.
 For Russian influenza, or "grip"- spray the affected membrane with Il per cent solution of quinine freely ant frequently, and take four or five times day Ia pill made as follows: Quinine, grains camphor, grain extract o belladonna, IA grain. - New Yorl Board of Health.
 Beginning this week the train leav ing Hartford on the Central New Eng land & Western at 2 8. m. will g through to Mauch Chunk, Wilkesbarr and Tunkhannock, arriving there at go p. m. Returning at 7:15 a. m. the trai arrives at Hartford at 9:25 p. m.
 Familiarity with familiar names says "Nute" Bartram, of Sharon, t "Vic" Beers, of Cornwall Bridge, $ believe that Dave Soule, of New Mi ford, owes me wager of S6.0O hat. Says Vic" Beers to "Nute" Bartram "be easy with Dave because it is hard year for tobacco buyers"
 La Grippe, the epidemic of infu enza which within the last few week has kept all Europe sneezing, ha reached this country. Several case have been discovered in New York It is thought there is genuine case i Hartford. The epidemic started in $ Petersburgh, first attacking the imperi; nose of the czar and withing fe weeks it spread all over Europe, visi ing palace and hovel alike. It is SC dom fatal, and only when pneumon ssta in with it The first symptom