Connecticut western news., 1890-12-03
Local News.

Editor Van Keuren, of the Winsted Evening Citizen. was in town Saturday evenin.
 The mercury was down to zero at some places in this town yesterday morning.
 Smith Hillard has been quite ill with the grippe the past week and is still housed up.
 Suppose woman were built by nature with hump on each shoulder, as they pretend to be.
 There will be sociable in the parlors of the Pilgrim church, this "Wednesday evening. All cordially invited
 -Dr Page, of Mt Vernon, N. r., wis tied bis mother, Mrs Johnson, at the Warner House from Friday until Sun day afternoon.
 On account of rush of through freight the Housatonic road was obliged to run double-header extra from State Line south, Monday.
 The fourth lecture in the course, will be given Dec g, at the town hall. Subject. "The Housatonic River and the Phenomena of Water.
 Nearly all of the Canaan young ladies and young gentlemen who are away at school or employed out of town came home Thanksgiving,
 pr and Mrs Whittlesey are yet at 'The Grove" They intend to leave soon for Jamaica where the climate agrees better with the doctors health. The boy with wisdom past his years
 Now looks about with care to see
 Which of the Sunday schools appears
 Most likely for Christmas tree.
 Washington Post.
 The first church of Lynn, Mass, known as the Mother of New England Methodism." has voted 211 to 34 in fav- or of admitting women into the general conference.
 -Inquiring guest - How did you guess that was 8 newly married couple who just came in?"
 Hotel Clerk-Saw the rice in their hair.-Binghampton Republican.
 -E. J. Prescott, of East Canaan, is having fine family monument, of White Bronze, made in Bridgeport, to be erected on his. plot in the cemetery. Hon P. T. Barnum has just had a medallion of himself, heroic size. execu- ted by artist McKellar, of The Monu- mental Bronze Go. in the same material Day before yesterday Photographer Deming rented W. F. Chipman's photo' graph gallery at Thomaston. This en- tirely changes Mir Deming's previous plans and he has concluded to leave his photograph car at Canaan for the pres ent instead of moving it to West Corn wall. He will until further notice be in Canaan on Fridays and Saturdays as usual.
 -E. Hollister & Son.. at the Berk- shire store, Ct Harrington, Mass, are offering extraordinary bargains in linens for the holidays, including fine hem- stitched table sets, napkins, carving cloths, towels, fine handkerchiefs, etc., down pillows, pillow covers, rugs and an endless variety of other useful articles. Their new advertisement was received too late for today's issue.
 In our recent summary of licenses, we accidentally omitted those full icen- ses granted to dealers in towns having less than 5000 population, which by an absurd provision of the law, pay but $lOO each. An attempt to correct this incongruity was defeated in 1889 by pocket veto of Gov Bulkeley. The omit ted licenses are the following
 Canaan Falls Village) Joseph Wick wire, E. J. Dudley, Charles E. Ford.
 Cornwsll-Charles A. Miller.
 Barkhamsted- B. Fonda.
 Sharon = Solomon Kirby, George Handlin. n.-Litchfeld Enquirer.
 Isaac Lawrence, a brief sketch of whose career appears elsewhere, has many relatives and old friends in this town who sincerely mourn his sudden and unexpected death. Only two weeks ago, THE NEWS recorded the fact that his intended Thanksgiving visit to Canaan had been prevented by his being thrown from his horse. A telegram was received last Thursday or Friday stating that he had been strciken with paralysis Nov 25, and on Sunday eve ming & telegram announced his death on Sunday morning.
 The 0. N. E. & w. road had quite