Connecticut western news., 1889-08-14
WEDNESDAY, AUG. IA, 1889.
Local News.

Local News.
 Miss Lulu Leffingwell suffered a relapse last week but is now improving. Prof s. A. Weaver of Westield, Mass, called on friends here yesterday. -F. NJ. Miller of the Pittsfield Eve ming Journal made us faternal call last Monday.
 Rev Samuel F. Adam, of Glaston- bury, preached in Christ church last Sunday morning and evening.
 Mrs J. J. Capron, of Amenia, N. r., spent Sunday in town, the gues. of her daughter, Mrs G. s. Williams.
 Patrick Finnegan's cottage on the corner of Gillette and Reed streets, looks very neat with its new piazzas.
 Commencing with this issue, Dr Talmage's sermons will appear in THE NEWS unless majority of our subscrib- CTS object to them.
 Henry 0. Barnes returned Monday from Saratoga Springs, but Edmund D. Lawrence will visit friends in central New York before coming home.
 A concise prayer, said to have been offered by an earnest New England deacon, was as follows: :. Lord, give us grace to know thy will, and grit to do it"
 Pine Grove camp meeting begins next Monday. The daily children's meeting in the tabernacle will be con- ducted by Miss Anna NJ. Tyson, of Brooklyn.
 As early as last Saturday over 40 cottages were occupied at Pine Grove camp ground. Ex-Presiding Elder Sanford preached there last Sunday af- ternoon.
 Mrs Rev William Strickland and daughter of Camden, N. J., are visiting relatives in town. It is several years since Mrs Strickland nee Julia Gillette visited her native place.
 Michael Madden has recently been promoted from conductor of freight train to conductor of the milk train on the c. N. E. & Western railroad. Good enough for him-he deserves it.
 Mrs H. G. Williams returned last Friday from a visit at Rev H. I. Bodley's in North Adams. MT Bodley and two children have been taking an outing at Nantucket but arrived home last Thursday.
 Mir Maitland Osborne has taken the contract to build house for Willie l.. Barnes, son of Edwin Barnes. The house will be located on Barnes farm, on the west side of the road leading from H. N. Adams to ED. Lawrence's
 If the weather proves favorable to- day Wednesday, the Pilgrim Sunday school will picnic Tn Holley's grove at Lakeviile, and the Methodist Sunday school will picnic at Twin Lakes. Both schools leave Canaan on the 12:30 p. m. train
 An exchange voices our sentiments by saying: Reader, if there is any thing local you know, that is worth knowing, that we ought to know, and you know we don't know, please let us know and we will let our readers know all about it.''
 Joseph l.. Parsons is enjoying his vacation by taking pleasure trip. He started Monday morning for Boston and will visit Providence, R. l., and New York city, then sail up the Hudson River to Poughkeepsie, inspect the great bridge and return home via O. N. E and w. railroad.
 Miss Mary Cummings still remains in critical condition, yet many of he, symptoms are favorable. During the "A hours ending Monday morning hel fever had apparently subsided. Mon day afternoon she had chill of severa minutes duration followed by 8 sight fever. At this writing (Tuetday after noon) she has no fever but is very weak
 George W. Hall of Falls Village proposes to close out all of his straw hats and summer clothing regardless ol cost in order to make room for fal goods. We have not time to-day te change his advertisement, but you need not wait week or minute for Hall, bargains, they are ready for you, gral them.
 Last Saturday morning when the editor returned from the postoffice ht found card on one of the tables in th' sanctum. On the card above the sigma ture "L- W. H." was written "L. w Harvey and Mir l.. c. Colt, of Winsted called to pay respects-nothing else. We can assure these gentlemen tha they have not established a precedent Others have done the same thing be fore in fact "'twas ever thus" witl certain subscribers-indeed "the wood are full of 'em."
 MT and Mrs B. s. Chapin, o Brooklyn, N. r., were guests at Rev D Eddy's over Sunday. Mrs Chapin ant the children are spending the summe It or near Stephentown, N. Y. NJ ChApin assisted the Pilgrim churcl choir Sunday morning and also san, two bass solos, 'sThe Palms." and "Fol svsr with tho Lord." A bass sol Auzing vozhip i something new [ 6hnnan1hes, but # wns better to have