Connecticut western news., 1890-04-23
Local News.

Local News.
 -J. s. New is enlarging his house. Mrs M. l.. Osborne is quite ill with malarial fever. .-..
 Westport is being surveyed for pro- posed water works.
 Rev T. H. Baragwanath and family returned last Saturday.
 Passengers are now carried over the Poughkeepsie Bridge for 15 cents.
 The Arabs captured part of the last line of the second column on first page. MT Samuel l.. Lewis seventy-ninth birthday occurs next Sunday, April 27. Miss Catherine E. Hunt, of Bridge port, called on Canaan friends last week Mrs Rutheda P. Hunt, of Lenox, visited friends in Canaan and Winsted last week.
 of Mrs B. J. Hunt. is very feeble with heart dropsy.
 Rev James H. George, of Salisbury, exchanged pulpits with Rev F. w. Bar nett last Sunday.
 Mrs O. w. Camp returned from New York on Thursday evening where she has been spending few days.
 -Dr Hurd will be absent from April 28th. to May 3d., attending alumni meeting of University of Penn.
 Theodore F. Watson gave up his position last Wednesday in the o. N. E. $ W. railroad general offices at Hartford. -Silas Knickerbocker has recently painted Patrick Commin's new house, and is now painting Charles Emmons house.
 Mrs s. l.. O. Harvey, widow oi General Harvey, who was stricken with partial paralysis, March II, does not appear to be improving.
 The alteration sale of dry goods is still going on at B. P. Hunt & Co.'S at Great Harrington. They are offering positive bargains throughout the store -"Shame water" is what the Afri cans of Congo call New England rum And yet there are some who think the African race is not quick and bright Hartford Evening Post.
 During the past week the east side of Prospect Street has been neatly graded, each resident grading the street in front of his premises. It is a practical illustration of village improvement, and is worthy of imitation.
 Paul J. Lorraine and family, for. merly of Canaan, have moved from New Milford to the west end district O. Bridgeport, where MT Lorraine has . good opportunity to work at his trade as 8 carpenter
 Michael Madden has built addition to the Cogswell house, SO called, whicl he recently purchased, and has moved his family into part of the house, whil Stephen Riley and family have moved into the other part.
 Mrs R. 0. Newton and daughter Emily, from New York, are expected t, arrive this (Tuesday) evening at s. c Beckley's. Mir Newton will follow il two or three days with their househol. goods, and soon the Newtons vii occupy their recent purchase, the D A. A. Wright place so called.
 When we go on shopping "exe, tions," we should not become so greatl interested in discussing the suppose peculiar propensities of fellow travellers that the " Promised Land'' is passe unnoticed, and anxious hearts, wit lighted lanterns, search in vain for us
 MoRAL-It is we'll to remember th beams, notes and stumbling block even in social life.
 "A Now Milford man recently dram half glass of kerosene, supposing it t be water, before he discovered hi mistake. That is common occurenc in New Milford, the place that suppor, 15 saloons more or less. It indicate how unacquainted with water som New Milford men are. and anything le, fiery than New Milford whiskey supposed by them to be water.
 Charles S. Trowbridge, aged for years and three months, son of lille Trowbridge, died of membraneous crou ct Lincoln, Neb., April 16. MT Trov bridge formerly resided at Canaan, an for several years was in the employ the Conn Western railroad. He was C the ill-fated excursion train whic plunged into the Pennington river Tariffville in January 1878, but | escaped with slight injuries.
 There appears to be an epidemic spurious silver coins. principally dolla and dimes. Tidings from different SC tions of the country indicate that son excellent commercials of these coins 8 in circulation. It would be we'll to ket sharp lookout.-[ Millerton Telegrar Good advice, but how can an editor te the difference between counterfeit al genuine coins unless some subscribe pay up and send him genuine coins be used for comparison with u counterfeits afoat
 Rev Robert Hunt, of Pawling, Y., exchanged pulpits last Sunday wi Rev J. s. Allen, of Patterson, N.