Connecticut western news., 1889-11-13

The SOclable at O. r. Roots last Wednesday evening was we'll attended. We have not learned how much the receipts were.
 -DrJ. w. King, of Bridgeport, for merly of Canaan, stole away from his practice awhile last Monday and made few brief social calls on old friends in this village.
 The Connecticut Sunday-School association is certainly an active and efficient organization. Elswhere will be found 8 brief summary of it's work during the past year.
 The Pittsfeld Weekly Journal says: "The president has appointed Thurs day, November 28, as day of fasting, humiliation and prayer" What glad tidings for the turkeys if the Journals statement is correct. See?
 | Miss Lucy Smith was recently pre- sented with purse of $20 as little token of appreciation of her services as organist at the Pilgrim church. Only few were aware that such purse was being raised otherwise more shekels would have dropped into it.
 Fair warning. The special notice concerning the American Farmer ex- pires with this issue, but we will give you one more week in which to secure that premium. On Thursday, Nov. 21, we shall send check with list of names to the American Farmer, and that will close the deal for this season.
 The Housatonic railroad will on Wednesday and Thursday, Nov. 20 and 21, sell excursion tickets from all sta tions between Pitts6eld and Canaan to Bridgeport or New Haven at $2,00 for the round trip. Tickets good going on above days and good returning until Saturday, Nov. 23d, 1889. For further information apply to nearest ticket agent.
 The Pawling Journal says: The general passenger and freight office of the Hartford & Connecticut Western railroad at Hartford has been moved to Poughkeepsie, under the charge of MT. Turner, general passenger and freight agent of the Central New England & Western railroad.
 Only seven weeks ago, THE NEWS was called upon to record the marriage of MT Charles B. Peck of Litchfield, to Miss Adella McArthur, of Ashley Falls. The marriage took place Sept IS at the home of the bride, and THE NEWS of Sept 25 published full report of the happy event. Now it is the painful duty of THE NEWS to record the death of the bridegroom, which sad event occurred Nov l. Unlimited sympathy IS expressed for the widow who only six weeks ago was happy bride. The Litchfeld Enquirer speaks as follows of the deceased:
 "The death of Mir Charles E. Peck, af.er few days illness, on Friday Nov l, takes from Litchfield one of its most able and enterprising young business men. He has been for several years engaged in the business of buying and selling oxen and beef cattle. His deal- ings have been large and constantly increasing and were very shrewdly and successfully managed. His death is attributed by his physicians to blood poisoning. The first symptoms came in Liberation of the throat. Then fol lowed Liberation of the bowels, which occasioned his speedy death. His physicians guess that the infection may have come from the common practice with butchers of occasionally holding the knife with which they are dressing beef between their teeth"
 Miss Della Eliza Watson died at the home of her brother, Charles F. Watson, in Springfield, nl., about 10 o'clock last Wednesday morning, Nov. 9th, after an illness of only three days. The cause of her death was heart failure Funeral services were held at Spring field and her remains were brought to Canaan for burial, arriving here at 3.45 p. m. on Sunday. Relatives and friends were at the station awaiting the arri-al of the train and at p. m. the funeral cortege proceeded to the lower cemete- ry where the remains were laid beside kindred dust. Rev F. w. Barnett con- ductedthe services at the grave. The deceased was daughter of. the late William D. Watson of this town. She was born Feb. 13, 1916, on the Watson homestead in this village. She taught school many years in this and neigh boring towns. She first commenced teaching school in Weatogue, when she was about 20 years of age. At one time she kept select school in the house where Rev Dr Eddy now resides. Some of her pupils still reside here but many have "gone the way of all the earth. D About 30 years ago she removed from Canaan to Springfield, Ill. She was highly esteemed and her death will be mourned by all who knew her.