Connecticut western news., 1890-11-05

-Dr and Mrs Adam go to Newark, N. J. to-day for a few days visit.
 -Clem Kegler and family have nov ed into the house recently vacated by George s. Williams and family. Some of the local party workers have lately done considerable tramping and on Monday we noticed that they actually limped.
 -Yesterday morning was the coldest of the season; in fact it was "cold day" for all candidates who "got left " throughout the state.
 A number of Percheron horses for H. K. Bloodgood's stock farm at New Marlboro arrived, by palace horse car, at Canaan last Friday.
 At tine democratic caucus held Monday afternoon to nominate repre- sentative, 62 votes were cast and D. l. Peirce's name appeared on every vote.
 The Poughkeepsie News-Telegraph says: A dispatch was received in Pough- keepsie Thursday requesting the arrest of one John Lindley of Canaan, Conn, {, having stolen S25.
 George Bushnell, who lives short distance (" lover the Line, dld not have very much of an apple and pear crop this season, yet be picked about seven hundred barrels of apples and three hundred barrels of pears. .-Millerton Telegram.
 This item is to remind you of the State Sunday School Convention to be held at Danbury, Nov II, 12, and 13. The program is very practical and attractive one. The list of speakers in cludes some of the ablest and most elo- quent in the country.
 An appreciative though not very large audience listened to Prof A. L.. Kirk, the elocutionist, at town hall Fri day night. The program was first class and Prof Kirk rendition of the pieces was fine. The scholars of the high school sang three very good selections during intermissions in the program.
 The Western Massachusetts Fox Club have issued elaborate invitations to hunt to be holden at Westfeld, Nov 18th and 18th. At 6.30 o'clock on tho evening of the 18th dinner will be giv en by the club to the guests at the Gem Opera House. George w. Roraback is president of the club, and F. s. Gross is the vice president.
 MT James l.. Bragg has bought n building lot on the proposed street lead ing from the Tone house on Railroad street to Harmon Schamerhorn's on West Main street, He commenced dig ging the cellar for house last Monday Mir Bragg has built so many houses and other buildings in this village that somo street should be named after him, therefore we propose that this new street be named Bragg Street.
 An exchange says new scheme is being worked by man and woman who are going through the country, getting married at convenient points Their method is to give the minister a twenty dollar bill on each occasion and receive ten or fifteen dollars in good money in exchange. At last advices they had been joined in the '.holy bonds forty nine times and were again engaged and were on the hunt for a preacher to tie the fiftieth nuptial knot for them.
 In the cemetery south of this vil- lage, neat and substantial monument of Barre granite has recently been erect ed to the memory of the late Rev Wn G. Pierce and wife. MT Pierce was chaplain of the 77th Regiment Illinois Vols during the war of the Rebellion, and that fact is recorded on the monu- ment. The style or design of the mon- ument is entirely different from any in this section, nevertheless we think it is one of the neatest monuments in that cemetery.
 The second lecture of the scientific society's course of lectures will be given at the town hall, on Wednesday evening Nov 12, by Mir Isaac Holden, president of the scientific society of Bridgeport, Conn.,, subject: Southern Florida and the Bay of Biscayne" It will be illus trated by numerous stereopticon views. It is something quite new and cannot fail to be very interesting and intructive to the audiences. Doors open at 73O, lecture begins at 8 o'clock Tickets at the door, 25 cents.
 On Tuesday of last week, Calvin B. Barnes met with singular and pain ful accident. The horse that he was driving stepped into rut in the high way and suddenly fell. or rolled out of the wagon shafts. Calvin was firmly holding the lines in his left hand, con- sequently he was pulled out of tho wagon when the horse fell He struck on his right arm and shoulder with sucl, force that he still carries his arm in a sling and the doctor thinks the collar bone was cracked if not quite broken.
 -MoRE GUM DROPS. The essay "The Relations of the Public to the Editor" read before the Connecticut Weekly Press Association, at Hartford, Sept 29th, by $. c. Beckley, seems to have strnck a responsive cord in many bosoms. The Seymour Record pro-