Connecticut western news., 1890-05-14

having Q host of friends who wish her every success in her new position.
 Local News.
 Gardner W. Barnes remains about the same.
 -Wm s. Deming moved ito Norfolk last Thursday.
 The recordS6f snow storms the past season will .ppear next week.
 -Mrs Adeline Beckley, of New Hart ford. is visiting friends in Canaan.
 Mrs T. Archie Evans, of Bethel, visited at John Rodemeyer's over Sunday.
 Mrs s. L. O. Harvey, at The Grove, is improving both mentally and physi- cally.
 Mrs E. H Barnes is more comfort able and is doing as we'll as can be expected.
 Mrs Rev Dr J. G. Oakley, of Goshen, N r., is visiting at Rev T. H. Barag- vanath's.
 Miss Sadie E. Williams, of Sharon Valley, spent Sunday with her brother, G. s. Williams.
 Editor N. B. Stevens, of the Litch- field County Leader. made us a short call Thursday morning.
 -Messrs Robert W. Adam, of Pitts field, and Robert Rockwell, of Lenox, visited relatives here yesterday.
 Mrs M. Calleghan, who has been visiting relatives here the past two weeks, returned yesterday to Lime Rock.
 Mrs Edmund D. Lawrence and Mrs Lyman Dunning expect to start for vineland, N. J., next Monday to visit friends.
 MT T. B. Strong has been housed up all winter. but has SO far regained his health as to walk about his premises in pleasant weather.
 Mrs Hiram Eddy, Mrs s. A. Eddy and Miss Sarah Eddy returned Friday from New York, where they had been spending few days.
 M. l.. Osborne is building a summer residence at Norfolk for J. H. P. Chamberlain, the furniture manu- facturer of New Haven.
 Frank Coon has fitted up shop in the basement of his house and he now makes whip lashes and leather washers for carriage and wagon axles.
 MT Horace Stevens has carload of potatoes at the depot and will be there to attend to customers every day this week except Thursday forenoon.
 The next meeting of the Housatonic Christian Endeavor Union will be held at Warren, May 2Oth. Ex-President Fl. N. Kinney, of the Connecticut State Union, will deliver an address.
 Frank Van Deusen had charge of grading the grounds at the Pilgrim church and at Christ church. The inn provements show that Frank was the right man in the right place.
 The men in this town seem to have . mania for shaving of their boards or mustaches. You are constantly meeting someone who has thus transformed their looks.
 Washington Rhoades, of Ashley Falls, has been afflicted for some time with rheumatism, but is improving under the skillful treatment of Dr F. H. Lee, of this village.
 -Georee Whiting, of Ct Harrington, visited friends in town over Sunday, and started Monday morning for Hart ford, where he has accepted position as clerk with large wholesale drug house.
 -Chas Lees Great London Shows will exhibit here May 22d. Admission 25 cents. At the afternoon exhibition children under ten years of age will be admitteafor 10 cents. Evening perform ance 25 cents for everybody.
 The post-ofice employees were last week engaged in counting, weighing and classifying the matter handled by them, according to 8 late order issued by Postmaster General Wanamaker Red tape is getting so plentiful that wt are inclined to say " cheese it..
 The Monumental Bronze Co.,, O Bridgeport, are about to ship $2, 1O( family monument to Auckland, Eng land. White Bronze IS becoming knowI abroad as we'll as in the United States They recently shipped fine monu ment to Hayti.
 The new time table of the Housa tonic road is mighty inconvenient fol people wishing to make connection a Canaan in the afternoon or evening tt or from small stations on either the O N. E. < W. road or the Housatonit road.
 On Sunday all the ministers in thii place exchanged with out of tow1 clergymen. Rev F. w. Barnett witl Rev Wm F. Bielby, of Kent D. O Stone with John O. Goddard, of Sails bury; and T. H. Baragwanath witl David Phillips, of Lakeville.
 The wedding of Miss Rose Fay ant Theodore Thomas. the famous orches trs leader, took place Wednesday even ing 1t 8 o'clock in the chapel of th Episcopal church of the Ascension Chicago, which was beautifully decora ted with flowers and crowded witl repreeentatives of Chicage's prominen