Connecticut western news., 1890-12-17
Local News.

-Seventeen excursion tickets to Bridgeport were sold at this station last ; Thursday. "*. : About sixty new books have re- gently been added to the Methodist Sunday school library.
 A colony of peddlers have estab- hshed their headquarters in Miss Roys' tenant house on Railroad street.
 The !" January thaw of last Thurs day was of short duration, for on Satur- day morning the mercury was again down to zero.
 Fox & Arno's comedy company appeared at town hall last Saturday and Monday evenings and drew slim houses on both occasions. ---
 .-Dr Talmage's sermon concerning the Cedars of Lebanon "opens mine of encouragement for those who think their present lot is hard.
 -Horace Johnson, the MiddleHaddam weather prophet, says that the winter will be . severe one, and the facts, so far, sustain the prediction.
 Miss Roxy Stevens went to Stock bridge, Mass, yesterday, in response to . message which stated that her sister, Miss Laura Stevens, was very ill.
 "A. dangerous counterfeit silver dol lar has appeared, dated 1883, and with . ring as sharp as that of the genuine coin. It is made of sntimony and glass;
 A western editor lost ten subscri bers by saying Many of our readers require an effective soap, and Brussels is just the thing they have needed for g long time"
 The funeral of Miss Laura Stevens will 6e attended at Christ church. in Canaan, at 1 o'clock tomorrow (Thurs- day). The interment will be at the cemetery in East Canaan.
 By request the Cornwall Bridge chorus will repeat the concert given Nov 25th., at the M. B. church in Els worth on Thursday evening, Dec 18th. Receipts for the benefit of the church.
 Owing to the sudden illness of MT Henry George, the lecture which he was to deliver at Winsted on Friday evening. Dec 18th, has been postponed until . later date of which due notice will be given.
 Charlie, tvo-year-old son of Frank and Cornelia Munson, of Hawleyville, and grandson of K. J. Munson, of Mill lerton, died at Hawleyville Saturday Dec 6, of convulsions. Funeral Tues day; interment ct South Canaan ceme- tery.
 -Christmas will be observed by the churches in this village but at this writ ing their programs have not been fully arranged, yet the little folks can rest as- sured that SantaC Clans will get there even if he has to come with his lumber wagon instead of his sleigh
 Louis Spencer. one more of the Massachusetts, family of railroad Spen- cers, is braking on the New Milford special, where his cousin, Clarence, IS conductor. Louis is brother of Sid K. Spencer, formerly of the Housatonic, now running New England freight. - Newtown Bee.
 The Bridgeport Standard is respon- sible for the statement that Colonel William H, Stevenson, vice-president and general manager of the Housatonic road, will succeed Mir Bostwick ss pres- ident of the New York & New England road. The report IS now very widely ciroulated that the latter will resign and take European trip, as his health re- quires long rest from active business.
 The New Hartford Tribune says: 'Returns are in from .699 Methodist churches of the country, giving the re- cent vote in that denomination on the question of admitting women to the general conference as lay delegates. The result shows IT, 33S affirmative and 10,619 negative votes. It remains to be seen what action the conference will take in the matter now that the mem- bers of the churches have expressed themselves aAirmatively, although by a light vote.
 An item in the last issue of THE NEWS read as follows: "On Monday last, little Harry Waller, son of William Waller, fell down the cellar stairs and broke his arm." We published said item as given us, but we have since learned that Harry broke his collar bone instead of his arm. Dr Church attends him. Perhaps it is not too late to say that Q few days ago, little son o1 Alfred Edelman broke his arm while performing on horizontal bar. Dr Ohnrch was also called to attend this case.
 Quite a smash-up occurred neal Pleasant Valley on the c. N. E. & w. road last Friday night. A heavily loaded freight train coming east broke in two, thus causing little delay before the rear part of the train could be re covered and the train got under mott or again. A man was sent to flag another freight train which was following anG dr.wn by Mother Hubbard No. 129 The engineer did not observe the dan ger signal until the Aagman threw hi' lantern through the cab window thu! giving the engineer a''suspicion"of dan ger. He shut off steam, and then b. and his fireman jumped for dear life