Connecticut western news., 1890-09-03
Local News.

JL. Bragg sold over 50, 900 shingle last week.
 Rev H. I. Bodley returned Mon. day from St Paul, Minn.
 pr s. T. Clemans, of New Milford, is visiting at Dr J. D. Clemans,
 The postoffice has been greatly i'm proved by new paper and paint.
 Thomas Paul. of White Plains, N. r., is visiting at his old home here.
 Fred Lane was promoted Aug 22 to locomotive engineer on the 0. N. E. & w. road.
 We enjoyed call yesterday morn ing from Editor Stevens of the Litch- field County Leader.
 Warren Mcintyre killed four foot rattler on Canaan mountain, Sunday. The snake had nine rattles.
 Fred B. Young, local editor of the St Paul (Minn) Saturday Evening News, is visiting his relatives and friends in Canaan.
 Just think of itl seven bars of the famous Brussels soap (no rosin) for 50 cents. and 8 patent soap tray free, at George l.. Parsons.
 The trains that stopped at Pine Grove station previous to the camp meeting will continue to stop there on signal until Sept 10.
 People will live longer, die happier and keep cleaner if they go to Fuller & Peet's and buy bars of Brussels soap tho rosin) for 50 cents.
 Misses May and Nellie Lefingwell, and Miss Lottie Benedict who have been away from town during the sum- mer, returned Saturday.
 Lawrence Gillette says that on Mrs N. M. Browns premises on West Main street there is 8 pear tree now bearing blossoms and ripe pears.
 -Canfield Brothers, of East Canaan. have decided to embark in the lime business. This is all we are at liberty to state at present concerning their plans.
 Politics, politics, politics. Men talk politics year in and year out but Dr Talmage preached on politics last Sunday. On the first page you will find said sermon.
 Editor Rodemeyer, of Norwalk, Mrs T. Archie Evans, Mrs Leroy Stone and Miss Martha Evans. of Bethel, who have been visiting at John Rodemeyer's returned home Monday.
 Miss Emily Newton commenced teaching the school at West Norfolk on Monday. Forty-three scholars were present the first day but the average attendance will be about sixty.
 Ministers luck. is evidently better than fisherman's luck. Rev B. c. War ren. of Sheffield. was girs-ed Aug g, and was soatched Aug 23. Rev T. H. Barag wanath, of Canaan, was boy-cotted Aug 27.
 As an illustration of the difficulty of running so many trains on single track, we will mention that we are told that the Housatonic R R train dispatch CT issued 100 or more train orders last Thursday.
 Mrs Irene Church has been very ill at the Beardsley House in West Winsted and her niece, Mrs J. w. Peet, has been taking care of her. Mrs Church, was threatened with pneumonia but is now much better.
 MT and Mrs GeoL. Parsons went to Albany on Monday. and on Tuesday sailed down the Hudson to New York. They will also visit Brooklyn, Coney Island, New Haven and Hartford, and return on Saturday.
 -Presiding Elder Travis preached in the Methodist church here last Sunday morning. His text was, ''I am the root and the offspring of David" One of his hearers remarked, "It was 8 grand sermon; and no mistake
 Mrs G. Willis White, of Yonkers, N.Y., is visiting her sister, Mrs Junius Rhoades. Mrs White was married at Canaan twenty one years ago last Mon day Sept 1 and removed to Yonkers where she has since resided.
 Mary B. Hithcock, aged 43, sister of Frank Hitchcock of this village, died