Connecticut western news., 1890-05-21

Local Bubbles.
 Don't fail to hear Burdett at town hall this evening.
 Fuller & Peet have purchased a bright new delivery wagon.
 The vote on the tariff bill will he taken to-day at Washington.
 MT Eugene Decker, of Falls Village, who is employed by M. l.. Osborne, has been granted pension.
 Julius Corbit's house, barn and other buildings are being painted by H. H. Beardsley and assistants.
 Don't forget Halls excursion the 22d Visitors to Bridgeport can remain until GIG p. m., thus making full half day for shopping.
 =" You pays your money and you takes your choice" tomorrow between Lees circus at Canaan, and Halls excursion to Bridgeport.
 MT and Mrs D. l.. Peirce started on Tuesday, May 13. for Washington, D. O., where they will spend e few days and then go west to Chicago and Dakota, and possibly to Colorado.
 The railroad commissioners examin- ell the New Haven & Derby road yester- day. To-day Wednesday, they will examine the Housatonic road To-mor- row they will examine the Central New England & Western road.
 Officer Charles Planz has parasol, which was left in the town hall after & recent entertainment = New Milford Gazette. If it was an umbrella instead of parasol we should think it belonged to D. E. Soule.
 Geo T. Cousins, of Norwalk, is stopping at the Warner House. He was here last year and stayed about two weeks and fo.nd that Canaan air was l very beneficial to his health, accordingly he expects to stay about month in this healthy locality.
 Rev T. H. Baragwanath, Mrs Julius Corbit and Miss Eva Corbit have been appointed delegates to the Nation al Christian Endeavor convention to be held at Saint Louis June 18th to 18th, inclusive. They. viii go with the Connec- ticut party. They leave Canaan June 9th and will stop on the route at Luray Caverns in Virginia.
 The Central New England & Vest ern road (the Poughkeepsie Bridge route) have been extending their system and connections so rapidly with in the past year that frequent changes ill schedule of trans have been necessary. It is now reported that 8 new time table goes into effect next Monday the 26th inst. ,and that arrange ments have been closed for through train over the Central Nv England & Western direct between Boston and Harrisburg. Pa. The cars will go from Boston by the Boston & Maine's Massa- chusets Central to Northampton and there take Canal road to Simsbury, where they will go upon the Central New England & Western route across the country to Harrisburg, via the various connecting roads-Lehigh and Hudson, Central of New Jersey, and Reading. A train will run from Hart ford to connect with these trains each way at Simsbury.
 Tt is claimed that the water works in Litchfield have paid the whole origi- nal cost in saving property five different times since they were put in two years ago. New Hartford Tribune. Now will tho Tribune tell us how much New Hartford has lost by not constructing water works. There have been several expensive fires in New Hartford and yet there Is not enterprise enough there te construct water works although ar abundant supply of water could be obtained at nominal cost We venture I to say the water works in Canaan have on several different occasions more thar paid their original cost by furnishing . supply of water at the critical momen but we mention only three instances viz :: July 4, 1887, at which time thu roof of Frank Coon's house was ignitet by fire cracker which threatened tn, destruction of said house, the Metho dist church and adjacent buildings About two years ago, when Cummings block caught fire from kerosine lamp Jan 12, 1890. when the Pilgrim churc] narrowly escaped destruction by tn fall of a chandelier containing lighted lamp. f .#-z..