Connecticut western news., 1890-10-22

MT William D. Adam and family, of Pittsfeld, Mass, are visiting at Miss s. w. Adams.
 -One hundred and eight excursion tickets to Hartford were sold last We'd nesday, as follows: Canaan 6S, East Canaan 27, Norfolk 13.
 Undoubtedly more Canaanites stayed at home last Sunday and read Talmage's s sermon in THE NEWS than attended the Protestant churches in this town.
 Mrs Edward Bailey, of Jamestown, N. Y, who has been visiting at her fathers, Rev Dr Eddy's, for nearly two weeks, expects to return home on Friday.
 MT Edwin W. Spur, of Canaan, (Falls V1llage) was unanimously nomi- mated by the republican senatorial con vention for the Nineteenth district, held at Falls Village last Thursday.
 The Litchfeld County Sunday School Superintendents' Association will hold meeting in the Congrega- tional church at New Milford on Tues day, Oct 2S, commencing at 1O.30 a. m. About 90 names were added to the list (" to be made" but only 50 or 60 will pass muster. The registrars dropped about 60 names from the old list, con- sequently the revised list will not vary much from the old list.
 Salmon Barlow owns excellent springs of water on the hill west of the Blackberry river, and he has recently laid pipe from them to the new houses near Church street. There is 50 feet fall and the water runs with great force at all the houses.
 Henry Roraback appeared as prose- cutting attorney in the Amill Grosload case, tried at midnight of Oct 14th. This was Henry's first attempt as attor- ney and he acquitted himself with credit but neither he nor any who at tended the trial will ever forget the case or the testimony introduced.
 The report of the democratic sena- torial convention held at Falls Village, Oct IA, appears on page four, which was printed last Saturday, before it was announced that Senator Bartram had declined the renomination. By the way, what's the reason those resolutions won't answer tomorrow for Sid as we'll as they did last week for "Nute ?"
 The train from Hartford due at Canaan at 1920 (noon) lost its connec- tion with the Housatonic train for Albany every day from Oct 10th to 18th inclusive. Under the new time table in effect this week, the 0. N. B. & w. trains "get there Eli, {" but all the north bound trains on the Housatonic road were late Monday afternoon and evening
 The body of William Vanson, a freight brakeman on the o. N. B. & w. road, was discovered lying alongside the track between Gallatinville and Ancram last Friday morning. The head was completely severed from the body and one arm was cut off. It is supposed the unfortunate man fell asleep on top of the cars and then rolled off between the wheels. Vanson had relatives at Chatham and at White Plains and he resided part of the time at each place. He was about 30 years of age, and first came to the o. N. E. & w. road during the strike on the Harlem road, where he had been employed.
 MT Amill Grosload was brought before Justice Bennett, on Tuesday night of last week, on the charge of in- toxication, assault, and raising Sheol generally at the home of Paul Tournier in this village. The trial occurred about midnight and was rich, rare and racy one. The Justice, the interpreter and the prosecuting attorney were all called out of bed to try the case. Grosload was fined $5 and costs He claimed he had no money to pay his fine, consequently Sheriff Richmond took him to Litchfeld jail the following day. After staying one night in jail, Grosland concluded that Canaan was more pleasant place than Litchfeld, so he pulled out roll of bills from his inside pocket" paid his fine and the costs lat least all that the mittimus called for, but "thereby hangs tale which we dare not telD and reached Canaan before Sheriff Rich mond did.