Connecticut western news., 1890-01-08
Local News.

-J. Sedgwlck Tracy returned Mon- day to his studies at Mt Hermon, Mass. Mrs H. NJ. Adams was quite ill last week, with erysipelas, but is inn proving.
 Ernest c. Spur, of Chapinville, spent the holidays in Hartford with his brother Arthur.
 Miss Minnie Quinn came home on Monday suffering from severe attack of La Grippe.
 -Dr J. D. Clemans and wife visited the Dr's mother at Brooklyn. N. r., over Sunday.
 The right man in the right place would be Conductor Colt as General Passenger Agent of some railway.
 Lawyer s. A. Herman has been very ill with bilious fever at his home in Winsted but is now convalescing..
 The Pilgrim supper and observa- ton party at town hall last Wednesday evening netted between S65 and S7O.
 -Tbe last day of the old year saw fair skating, almost the first of the season. Enquirer. Roller skating
 Edward s. Roberts and Frederick Bronson shipped carload of tobacco yesterday to H. O. Warner at New Milford
 Miss Dorothy Beach, of Columbus. Ohio, spent her vacation with Miss Louise Bragg. They were room mates at Mt Holyoke.
 The grip" and McGinty" arri- we'd at New Milford at about the same time. It is hard telling which is the worse.-[Gazette
 Miss Mary and Meta Rodemeyer, who have been at their home in this village for several weeks, returned to Bethel last Saturday.
 Mrs J. N Parmelee and sons have hired the rooms in the Pequigney house. so-called. recently vacated by Wm Waller and family.
 For the present, Conductor Madden runs the milk train, leaving here at D. a. m. for Hartford and reaching Canaan, on the return trip, at 300 p. m.
 The second annual meeting of the Connecticut Weekly Press Association will be held at the Allyn House, Hart ford, Monday, Jan. 20th. There will be an address by the president, discuss ions. good dinner and other interest ing features.
 Dwight Lefingwell and family have moved into P. 0. Cummings house. MT Cummings breaks up house keeping, after nearly 34 years exper fence, but reserves two rooms and will board with MT LeAingwell.
 The only extra meeting in this vii lage during the week of prayer wa. held last evening at the Pilgrim churcl At the regular Thursday evening praye meeting it will be decided whether tt hold extra meetings or not.
 Don't get the impression that al the building lots in this village hav been gobbled up. Salmon Barlow ha eighty desirabls lots for sale and ye h.ve plenty of land left on which t. erect mills, shops or stores.
 -Chauncey l.. Bunce, of Buffalo, N r., has won his case against Georg Thompson, of Canaan Valley, Conn The judgment is for Bunce to recove $3O and costs and that the injunction be made perpetual under a penalty o $3OO.
 As an illustration of the unseason able weather, we mention the fact tha on Dec 31 William Bennett found streaked snake crawling in the highwa near his barn. Such unseasonabl weather is unhealthy even for snakes; a least it resulted in death to the snake
 Each new issue of the Cosmopol tan shows what progress it is making and 1t we'll merits recognition as one C the leading magazines of the day. It finely illustrated and its low price $2.4O year, brings it within the reac of everyone. It is published monthl by the Cosmopolitan Pub. Co.,, 36 Fifth avenue, New York, and edited b John Brisben Walker
 The Reporter Journal, of Towandf Pa, issue of Dec 18th, contains a elaborate sketch and eulogy of the lat Ahria Wickham, who was a native ( South Canaan. Mrs Wickham wa formerly Miss Mary A. Dayton, of Ne Preston, Conn. The New Milfor Gazette of Jan. 3d copies the abov mentioned sketch, but we have nc room tor it as 1t requires nearly column.
 We have received copy of tn Saint Paul (Minn.) Saturday Evenin News, of Dec 28. 1889. At the hea , of the paper appears the name of Fret B. Young as local editor We congrat, late MT Young on his preferment B is a practical printer as we'll as an excel ent news gatherer, and is we'll qualifie for ths position he has accepted. S1SdrFSzse sszss s