Connecticut western news., 1890-11-19
Local News.

pr Ross will be absent from Nov 26 to Dec 1st.
 Don't forget the G. A. R. supper z, and fair at Armory hall on Friday evening.
 Mrs W. J. Thomson has suffered greatly with neuralgia during the past week or ten days.
 M. l.. Osborne and NJ. L. Osborne, Jr., go to Bridgeport and New York tomorrow on business trip.
 The Farmers League will meet in Sodom district on Saturday evening Nov g. A full attendance is requested.
 Miss K. 0. Lawrence will soon move into her new house. The grounds have been nicely graded during the past week.
 The 0. N. E. & w. Railroad Go. has made arrangements to receive calves for transportation to New York as late as II a. m. This will be great accom- modation to farmers.
 The Indianapolis Journal of Nov l5 says: s. G. Beckley, contracting freight agent of the Kanawha Dispatch, with headquarters at New York, IS in the city on business.
 A large delegation from Canaan and vicinity attended the annual meeting of the Woman's Auxiliary to the Mission ary society of the county of Litchfield, held at Winsted yesterday.
 Last Wednesday evening 2S2 per sons sat down to the dinner given by the Western Massachusetts Fox Club, in the Gem Opera House at Westfield. Eight foxes were killed in the first days hunt
 Noah advertised the flood. He lived through it and the fellows who laughed at him got drowned. Ever since then the advertiser has been getting along. and those who didn't advertise have been getting lefs.-Press and Printer.
 Remember the Lotus Glee Club. of Boston, appears at the opera house in Winsted on Friday evening of this week. Trains leave Lakeville 6.4S, Canaan I'll, Norfolk 7.33 p. m. Return ing train leaves Winsted at 1O.3O p. m.
 The next lecture of the Scientific Course will be given Tuesday evening of next week (Nov 25). Subject, Japan, or s.the Land of the Mikado." It will be an illustrated lecture by Prof J. H. Chapin, of StLawrence University, NY.
 ID. D. Walter has nearly finished grading his grounds; at least all he will do this season. One ledge of rocks southsof the house will not be removed at present The interior of the house is entirely finished and is handsomely papered and painted and is furnished very neatly.
 The white bronze monuments manu- factured in Bridgeport are becoming known abroad The company shipped a few days ago a fine family monument to Porto Rico, West Indies, and have just received an order for life-size statue to be modelled from photograph and ship ped to one of the same group of islands. New adv't in this issue.
 pr I. F. Barnes came home from New York last Monday evening to take charge of Dr Lees patients while Dr Lee is away on bridal tour. Dr Barnes is one of the surgeons in the Manhattan hospital at New York city, but got leave of absence to accommodate his friend. He started out early yesterday morning to visit Dr Lees patients.
 On Tuesday, Nov II, The Norfolk (Neb) Daily News issued a "red letter edition in honor of 8 great victory won, viz, the securing the location of the second beet sugar factory in Nebraska, which will be 25 per cent better than the one at Grand Island. The new factory will be the largest sugar factory in the world. The entire pages of the Daily News of said date, including a large supplement, are printed in red ink, and are illustrated with pictures oi the officers of the sugar company and plans and elevations of the factory.
 Mir s. C. Bradley, general agent for the U. s. M. P. Association, of New York, was in town last Friday, looking after the interests of the association and the subscribers. While in the army dur. ing the war of the Rebellion cannon ball passed so close,to MrBradley s head to destroy the sight of one eye. Since then i.e has suffered untold pain until recently he had the sightless eye remoY- ed. He has recovered from the opera. tioa and with the remaining eye he has no difficulty in finding those who try to avoid paying their honest debts. He is the right man in she right place, and many who have found it impossible te escape him and settlement have sub seouently given him bills to collec against other parties.
 Last Saturday morning Mothcl Hubbard engine on the c. N. E & w road got stalled with heavy trail while coming up the grade from Malt bie's furnace to State Line. A man wa sent back to flag another freight trair which was following and descending the grade near said furnace. Soon al the engineer of the approaching trair saw the flag he blew the whistle sharply for brakes. A brakeman by the name O