Connecticut western news., 1890-10-08

Frederick s. Lawrence, of New York, visited relatives here last week.
 MT and Mrs Clarence Vroman, of Brookfeld, were guests at D. l.. Peirce's last week.
 Elsewhere will be found very time- ly article entitled GA New Libel Law Needed"
 The 0. N. B. x w. road received three new engines last Wednesday. Two of them are large consolidated freight engines. and one is heavy passenger engine.
 A stranger in Canaan recently, re- marked upon the cleanliness of the peo- pie. He probably didn't know what a large quantity of Brussels soap our merchants have been selling lately.
 Mrs Frank Gray, of New York, call ed on friends here last Friday. She has recently visited her brother, "Kib !" Cogswell, at Detroit, Mich., and reports Kib" and family as now enjoying good health.
 A we'll known Canaan woman re- marked in Fuller x Peets store recent ly; ;"I have always used two bars of rosin soap for weeks wash, but one bar of Brussels soap does the same work and the clothes look winter than ever before."
 District Deputy Grand Master Geo s. Spencer, of New Hartford, will make his official visit to Housatonic Lodge, No 61, F. X A. M. on Saturday evening, Oct II. A supper will be provided, ,and 1 pleasant time is expected. Brethren 1 of neighboring lodges cordially invited. The dreaded grip which caused SC much pain and suffering and so many deaths in this country, last winter, has again broken out in some cities in Flu. rope, being almost epidemic in Paris and it is also reported as prevalent ir some localities in this country, there being for instance in Easton, Pa, some l 200 cases The attacks are said to be more severe than they were last winter
 The dramatic cantata of Esther drew full house last Wednesday eve ming and the receipts were $52.3O The costumes were elegant, far superior to those used last December. 'Practice l makes perfect" is trueism even in this case; the cantata was finely rendered last winter but the practice which the leading actors have since had was man ifest last Wednesday evening, and made it impossible to suggest any improve ment.
 -LastWednesday evening tive smash ups occurred on the 0. N. B. &. w road, one at Weed Mines and the othel a mile west of Copake. A freight trair coming cast had partly entered tn, siding at Weed mine when, owing to { misunderstanding of signals, the mai train going west did not come to full stop until after it had dashed into thu freight train and cut it apart. Two O.
 
 three cars loaded with flour and grape were smashed and thrown down tn embankment. The engine was throw from the track and badly broken up The three rear cars of the freight start ed down the grade towards Copake a a high rate of speed. About a mil west of Copake they collided with tn east bound passenger train, The engin 1 ger of the passenger train saw the re' 1 light rapidly approaching, so he shu of steam and had brought his train to standstill just as the crash came. Tn three runaway cars were telescoped ant the locomotive was derailed and consid erably damaged. None of the passenger were injured on either train, bu Mir Keene, superintendent of cars MT Burnett the express messenger, Con 1 ductor Vermillyea, and brakeman b the name of Halpin, received sever l bruises and were badly shaken up. { 1 wrecking train was sent out from Hart ford and the track was cleared befor morning.