Connecticut western news., 1890-07-23

taking weeks outing at Plne Grove. Mir and Mrs Wm Brown and family of Brooklyn, N. Y., are visiting at Miss Bridges.
 The Y. P. s. 0. B. of the Winsted M. B. church held picnic at Twin Lakes on Saturday of last week.
 George Dedrick, with the assistance of two ladies, captured three pound bass at Twin Lakes one day last week. MT J. B. Reed has been taking a vacation for the past week, and Mir T. F. Watson has been doing duty as station agent.
 -E. J. Lorrain has taken the con- tract to build large dwelling house at West Cornwall, for Mir Cartwright, of East Canaan.
 MT and Mrs A. D. Wait, of Birming- ham, arrived in town Friday evening of last week for visit of few days at Mir John Rodemeyer's.
 pr H. A. Church is having build ing erected between the old Warner House and Camps drug store, which he will occupy as an office.
 A party of 15 or 20 young people from this place went to Twin Lakes last Friday and pitched their tents to sojourn until the first of August.
 Hereafter the Wheeler & Wilson band concerts at Seaside park, Bridge port, will be gwen Sunday instead of Saturday evenings. The merchants com plained that the concerts drew too many customers away from them. = Waterbury American.
 It will now be in order. for the minis ters of Bridgeport to raise 8 similar objection to the concerts.
 A scheme is in progress to build stone walk from MT Bragg's to the poetofice. MT Bragg has taken hold of the experiment and is going to build 8 rod of the walk between Mir Parsons store and Fuller & Peet's store to deter mine the cost. A few have agreed to contribute for this cross walk. In order to have the walk the entire distance from the postofice to MT Bragg's it will be necessary to have more money, so here is a chance to contribute towards good cause.
 The express train which was so late last Wednesday caused little delay in the Wilcox and Cleaveland wedding at Lakeville that afternoon, as said train had on board the maid of honor, also inconvenienced others from this place who attended the wedding. nevertheless they all got there all the samee-as it was warm day-and witnessed the ceremony in which the happy pair were made one. What is gain to MT Wilcox is loss to the NEWS, as he takes from us valuable correspondent.
 Saturday, July 18th, Mrs Julia Allen, of Canaan, swore out warrant against her husband, Frank Allen, for non-support Saturday evening Officers Raifstanger and Cooper drove to the place, about four miles north of Lenox, where Allen was working, arrested him and brought him to this village. In the court Monday morning the case was briefly heard, the little evidence put in | showing that, MT and Mrs Allen s domestic relations having been any thing but pleasant, the husband had given up trying to live with his wife and gone to work at Lenox. Mrs Allen said he chad never given her ten cents," that she went to where he was staying in Lenox, vainly tried to get him to return home and cried all night under his window, that all she wanted was to have him return to her "bed and board" This he refuses to do but offers to contribute to her support. The case was continued to the 18th inst, at which time Allen will probably be discharged.-l Berkshire Courier.
 The concert given last week Tuesday night for the benefit of the Episcopal church is unanimously cited success in every particular. The participants won much praise for their fine selec. tons and the admirable manner in which each one was rendered. The humorous recitation entitled "The Human Melodeon" caused much merri ment. Much credit is due the directors for their successful efforts. A delectable feature of the evening was the refresh ments passed during the intermission The net proceeds of the evenings enter tainment was 1852. Following is the programme which was given
 PART I.
 1. Piano Solo-Selection.
 MISS THOMSON.
 3. Duet-"O Omnes Sacri Angeli."
 MRS BIERCE AND PROF HARVEY. 3. Solo, Over the Downs." l MISS NEWTON.
 4, Violin Solo" Liebeslied."
 MIR VIM CAMP.
 5. Duct" The Burial at Sea-
 DR CHURCH AND PROF HARVEY. 6. Recitation.
 MISS MABEL WATSON.
 INTERMISSION- -"CAKE AND CREAM"
 PART II.
 1. The Human Melodeon.
 2. Piano Solo" Evening Star Song." I MISS LARREMORE. 3. Cornet Solo" Rhine Polka.'' l MIR JOHN G. BECKLEY. 4. Solo" The Old Street Lamp"
 MISS LARREMORE.
 5. Duet -" Echoes"
 MRS DIR CAMP AND MRS VII. H. CAMP. 6. Solo and Chorus.
 MISS BARRYMORE.
 The government officers find that the decrease in shad in the Connection river is due to poison by chemicals ant other refuse matter, distributed in th' river by the various towns and cities through their sewers, factory streams | .tc Annthar prime factor the oficials