Connecticut western news., 1890-03-05
Local News.

 is visiting him.
 The restaurant at Union depot open. ed on Monday.
 Mrs Muuson, of Bethel, is visiting her brother, Rev D. 0. Stone.
 A. l.. Strong's store at Vail, Iowa, was recently destroyed by fire. The loss far exceeds the insurance.
 Mrs J. J. Capron, of Amenia, N. Y.. visited her daughter, Mrs Geo. s. Williams, two or three days last week. -. Wonders Lever cease," but this week we omit wonders" in order to make room for letters from old friends. U B. Reed is agent for the United States express company, aod J. s. Reed is agent for the Adams express company. The Danbury Evening News has enlarged to eight pages and is now printed ou a new Hoe Web perfecting press.
 Editor Vaill, of the Winsted Herald, has finally come to the wise conclusion to let the supreme court decide the Biun case.
 A new and convenient time table will go into effect on the O. N. E. & w. railroad next Sunday, but the copies have not yet been distributed.
 Elsewhere will be found very in terestlng letter from Kansas, written by Mir Henry J. Holt, formerly of West Norfolk, Conn.
 The Winsted Citizen of March 3d, says: "Mr James E. Dean, the coal dealer, is quite seriously ill at his resi- dence, on Main Street, with rheumatic troubles" -.... The Winsted Citizen and THE Nxws are honest (?) enough to steal from each other and not squeal, but when the Winsted Herald "gives away" THE NEWS the Citizen protests.
 J. s. Adam thus classiies the Black berry river carp: Sensotilus buAaris-fall fish--silver chub, largest of the cypri- nidt1e family, to which the dace, sinners, minnows and chubs belong. There are nearly 1000 species of them.
 MT and Mrs Lyman E. Howe will soon commence housekeeping at Falls Village. Mrs Howe left Mrs Julius Cor bits employ March l. and Miss Addie Kellogg, of Falls Village, is her successor. -. John Russell, of Weatogue, brought to our sanctum late last Thursday an egg, about the size of robin's egg, which weighed less than half an ounce, and was laid by full-grown Plymouth Rock hen.
 Miss Carrie E. Smith, of East Canaan, IS confined to her bed and is very feeble. She requests THE NEWS tc state that she has received many letters of sympathy from kind friends but she is too weak to answer them.
 The New Britain Herald has been sued for libel, and the amount of dama ges claimed is $1O,0OO. The Herald published an article which virtually in sinuated that E. I Webster, formerly of Bristol, was responsible for fre which burned out his store. Hence the suit.-[ -[Winstsd Citizen.
 Prof Harvey was quite ill all las week and threatened with pneumonia but by exerting all his will power h. kept his engagement at Bristol on Wed nesday evening, and at West Cornwall on Thursday evening. He has not full. recovered but is attending to bushes again this week.
 Don't forget to attend the auction on March 18th, at the late residence O Alexander Gordon, in Sheffield, Mass One roan mare, five COWS, severa wagons and slsighs, large lot of agri cultural implements, household goods and variety of other personal propert. will be sold.
 -S. w. Barnes and family went fror Canaan, Conn, to Palatka, Fla, in les than 57 hours We don't know wha hour on Monday MT Barnes letter lei Palatka, but it reached Canaan at 2 F ID. on Wednesday. Surely this is tn age of steam, rapid transit and excel lent postal facilities
 John A. Decker, of Hartford, pres lent of the Connecticut Life and Re serve Association, renews his suhscrip ton to TIE NRws, and under date c Feb. 27th writes as follows;
 "We cannot do without THE NEWS The children cannot sleep until the hear the thoughts contained in its Go umus. It is our household joys wit the girls and boys. What is hom without mother ? So we say, what family without THE NEWS ?"
 John P. Hubbard, who fell from load of ice at Sandisfield, Mass, Eel 24th, ard soon expired, was victim heart disease His neck was not broke by the fall, as first reported. but th fall caused an attack of heart failure which proved fatal in few moment Mr Hubbard WAS born in Sandisiel and has always lived there. He was prosperous farmer, kind and accon modsting neighhor, and could not q too much in the way of obliging h friends. He leaves wife and seve children, four girls and three boy the two youngest boys being the onl ones unmarried. He was 67 years age.