Connecticut western news., 1890-06-11
Local News.

Strawberries, bananas and other fruit at J. l.. Braggs.
 Mrs l.. W. Harvey is visiting her parents in Hartland.
 R. R. Smith, of New Hartford, spent Sunday at Robert Little's.
 Principal Adams and pupils will picnic at Twin Lakes next Saturday.
 Mrs Adeline Beckley is at Ran- dolph Frisbie's in Kent, where she arrived yesterday.
 Rev MT Houghtaline, of Ashley Falls, will preach in the NJ. B. church next Sunday morning.
 -F. R. Collin has a new stock of gold rings and ladies and gents gold watches. Just drop in and see them.
 -George s. Clark, formerly of East Canaan, has moved from Exeter, ,Sumpter County, Fla, to Winsted, Lake County, Fla.
 Miss Mott, of New York, neice of Mrs R. 0. Newton, is expected to arrive Friday at Myrtle hill to remain several weeks
 Saturday of this week 14th) is flag day. Let every banner wave ''oer the land of the free and the home of the brave"
 The Village Improvement society is erecting several new street lamps and more are to follow. Already 39 lamps are in use.
 Outing cloths, batiste, white dress goods and full line of gents, ladies and chiIdren's tennis shoes just received at Parsons.
 There are 75, 900 idle men in Cali fornia. Leader. Two of them are Canaanites, but they work hard when they are home.
 Frederick s. Lawrence, of New York, visited relatives here over Sunday. He is now bookkeeper for the New York Silver Plate Go.
 Mrs Hiram Eddy has sold J. s. New an acre of land opposite his coal bins. The land is on the south side of the 0. N E. & w. railroad track.
 -Ex-Mayor Vessels and wife, and MT Joel Farrist and wife, all of Bridge port, arrived at the Warner House last Saturday for an indefinite sojourn.
 Rev Dr Eddy and wife, MT Samuel A. Eddy and wife, Rev D. 0. Stone and Mrs George Adam attend the Rudd weddings at Lakeville this evening.
 Two eggs were left on the desk Monday by Georgie Russell of Wea- togue, one Shanghi's weighing OF. and the other Bantam's weighing less than oz-
 Several locomotives on the O. N. B. & w. road have run so fast and so far that they appear. to be wind-broken, at least we judge so from the tone or pitch of their "exhaust."
 The interest in the meetings of the. Agassiz society continues unabated. A meeting was held on Tuesday night of last week at which M. B. Tobey read 8 very interesting paper on ornithology.
 The Housatonic railroad depot at Newtown was struck by lightning, last Thursday night, and the building and it's contents were burned. The loss is placed at $6. 800.
 -J. N. Van Deusen is building 9 concrete sidewalk from the postofice to Prospect street. We understand that Mrs Junius Rhoades gives $50 toward it and Christ church pays the balance.
 The Canaan News records the birth of "a son to Charles and Emma Cash dollar" He may live and die without 8 cent to call his own, but he'll never be without dollar to his name.-Norwalk Record.
 Miss Irene c. Stevens, of Keokuk, Iowa, who has been spending the past year at Horace Stevens, went to Pitts field on Monday, from which place she starts for her home tomorrow (Thurs- day.)
 The thunder shower of last Thurs day evening was the most terrific one that has visited this section in 16 years, yet the damage to roads, gardens, trees and buildings proves to be less than was first supposed.
 The appearance of the interior of M. Callahan's B vacant house on Prospect street indicates that quite circus has recently been held there-not paugh's more than four paws evidently par ticipsted, but the exact number is not yet known.
 During the storm last Thursday evening lightning struck an an ever. green tree directly in front of the house occupied by Miss Bridges on High St. A chain was suspended from said tree to another evergreen tree standing near. The electric current followed the chain and thus shattered both trees.
 As R. D. Peirce was driving across the culvert between MT Anderson's and Mrs Branch's the planking gave way and one foot of the horse went through, throwing the animal down on to his head. The horse was somewhat scratch. ed and bruised, and narrowly escaped g broken leg.
 Rev and Mrs Baragwanath, Mrs Corbit and daughter. Eva, left this place Monday morning, all except Mrs Barag wanath going to St Louis to attend the