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Connecticut western news., 1891-06-10
KENT.

MT. and Mrs. James Gregory of Meri- den, Conn.,, are guests of Miss Annie Knapp. .... MT. and Mrs. R. M. Gibbs now of Derby, Conn.,, have returned to Kent for few days .... Rev. F. W
 Barnett of Canaan conducted service at St. Andrews church Sunday morning and evening. The Congregational Sunday School are preparing for a Children's service to take place next Sunday evening. The morning service will also be appropriate for Children 8 day. ..... The first of series of revival meetings was held in the town hall Sunday evening, conducted by Rev. D.
 J. Santmeyer, an evangelist, who has been very successful in revival work at Bulls Bridge recently ..... Grand con- cert at Congregational church this "Wednesday evening .... The remains of Miss Ella Fuller were brought to this place from Bridgeport Saturday last, and impressive funeral services at tended at the Congregational church. Rev. B. M. Wright conducted the Ser vices and his most excellent remarks were followed by Rev Mir. Walker of East Bridgeport who had visited Miss Fuller often during her long, painful illness and spoke in highest terms of not only her remarkable patience and fortitude but of the high religious stan dard she had attained which gave her perfect peace even in suffering. Until the last two or three years Miss Fuller had always lived in Kent and was muci, beloved by her many friends. s>ho mourn that her bright and useful life should thus early come to close,
Connecticut western news., 1891-06-10
DO TROUT HAVE. .sCALEs9

The Poughkeepsie Sunday Courier of May 3Oth says: MT M. B. Vosburgh, of Millerton, still adheres strongly to the theory that brook trout have scales. There has been an active discussion in that village the past week over the sub- ject, and the Millerton Telegram pub, fishes the views of different sporting men pro and con. Fifteen were of the opinion that there are scales on trout while six are sanguine that there not Good authorities confirm MT Vosburgh's views.
 After reading the above paragraph the editor of THE NEWS called the atten- tion of J. s. Adam to the subject, and after looking up the matter MT Adam produces the following authority: In the Synopsis of the Fishes of North America by Jordon and Gilberet, pub lished in 1882 by the Smithsonian In = stitute, the Salmon family is described as "body elongated covered with cycloid scales. In this family we have the Sel- velinus Fontinalis, brook trout, ,speckled trout, the best known of our trout, abounding in all clear cold streams from Pennsylvania to Dakota and north ward to the Arctic Circle and south ward in the Alleghsnies to the head waters of the Savannah, Chattahooche, Catawbs and French Broad
Connecticut western news., 1891-06-10
THE FOR BALLOTS LEGAL.

The Superior Court in session at New Haven last week handed down a decis- ion in the celebrated Branford contested elections case which, though not at all connected with the contest for the governors s seat in this state, throws con- siderable light upon the controversey. The case in question arose out Of town elections in Branford last fall. The claim of the plaintiff in this case was that the ballots cast for defendant were illegal because they contained the words ''for Judge of Probate, Henry H. Stead
 man," while it will be remembered that thedisputed Prohibition ballots of which III were thrown out in the state election as follows, "For Governor, Phineas NJ. Anger, it being claimed that the word ssfor"lnvalidated the ballots. Inthe case before stated the Judges of the Supe- rior Court unanimously agreed that the word .ifer' ,iid not invalidate the bal lots A similar decision on the contest ed Prohibition ballots would bring Judge Morris much short of his cldimed majority,
Connecticut western news., 1891-06-10
ASHLEY FALLS.

MT. Harvey Decker, who was taken sick with pneumonia on Decoration Day, is still living but no hopes are enter tained of his recovery. "Fred' Sackett who has been spending week at home returned to Winsted Monday |. .. Mrs 0. Wall spent few days last week at MT. J. F. Homarn's leaving Friday for her new home in New York City . :. |. Miss Nettie Peck entt rtained friends from Sheffield last Sunday ... Miss Mary Van Deusen arrived home Friday evening from Macon, Ga., where she has been teaching the past year .. -. MT. and Mrs. Geo. Wood returned last week from 8 carriage drive lover the hills" to Wes field, Southwick, ar d Sufield. =. .. Walter Van Deusen spent Sunday at his home in this village. =. =. Miss Matti. Sackett has gone to re- side at Sh' fiji i. the family of Mr. Cyrus French. .Kittie l.. Cutting returned Friday from a visit with rela. tives in Pittsfield .... Mrs. l.. D. Moore has gone to make an extended visit with her daughter. Mrs. Geo Cornwell, in Troy, N. Y...... Mir. and Mrs. Wm. Abbott having been absent about month returned home last week. ME Abbott visited h1s son George in Virginia, Mrs. Abbott remain. ing with her daughter, Mrs. T. L. Fer. guson, in Bridgeport.
Connecticut western news., 1891-06-10
CORNWALL BRIDGE.

Beers Brothers have set their piece of tobacco and it has commenced to grow finely. The cut-worm does not trouble as yet. Potato beetles are thick and Paris green will be in great demand. The last rains have thickened up grass and the hay crop looks more favorable .... .Children's day was ob- served Sunday last in the M. E church here. The church was beautifully trimmed with ferns and flowers. The exercises consisted of singing, speaking recitations, and responsive readings. Much praise is due Miss Grace D.. Robinson for the active part she t, ok in the training of the children, also ia the arrangement of flowers. The music was finely rendered by Messrs John J. Carl, organist, and Rollin B. Willard, violinist. The interest taken by all rendered 1t success. Mir Edward D. Bierce has purchased nice horse
 ::.- Miss Maggie Dougherty of Falls Village visited at her fathers over Sun day ... Wilson H. Sturges lead the Christian Endeavor meeting last Sun day evening. The society has many young members who make these meet ings quite enteresting. ;. Miss Mary Gibbs of Kent is waiting her sister here, Mrs Sarah E. s. John.
Connecticut western news., 1891-06-10
HUNTSVILLE.

Mrs. Eliza Crossman of Hudson, N. Y. with her daughter, Mrs. Hill of Torrington, have been visiting relatives here. =. Last Tuesday there was a family gathering at the home of Nelson Howe, consisting of Mir. Howe and his three sisters, Mrs. Crossman aged 80, Mrs. Samantha Judd 82, Mrs. Harriett Hillyer 72, and Mir. Howe 66, whose combined ages amount to 300 years. Mrs. Crossman and Mrs. Judd each walk with crutch, but are very active and in the best of health. Some two years since while visiting here, Mrs. Crossman did some good work with the hook and line. Had she remained longer she would probably have given some of our old fisherman some practi- cal hints as tosuccessful angling ..... Mir. Oakley Reynolds of Philmont. N. Y., has been spending the past week at w. l.. M1llsrds. .. MT. J. NJ. Page and daughter are taking drive through the country visiting relatives in Litch- field and Hartford counties ... Charles Chase has become the owner of trot- ter in the shape of fine Hambletonian Wilkes colt.
Connecticut western news., 1891-06-10
DEDICATION AT SALLSB URY.

The program for dedication of the Soldiers Monument at Salisbury, June IT, 1881 has been arranged as follows:
 10.45 a. m. Parade of Grand Army Posts from Great Harrington, Millerton, Sharon, Canaan, Litchfield, New Hart ford, accompanied by camps of Sons of Veterans and other invited guests under command of Gen w. B. Rudd, chief marshal.
 11.3O Exercises on Village Park, presided over by Hon D. J. Warner and consisting of:
 Prayer by Rev Hiram Eddy.
 Report of Town Committee on monu- ment; presented by T. l.. Norton, chair man.
 Response on behalf of the town, by Hubert Williams Esq.
 Response on behalf of the Grand Army of the Republic; by Henry N. Fanton, Department Commander.
 Singing of Dedicatory Hymn, com posed for the occasion by Hon Lyman D. Brewster.
 Grafton by Hon Joseph R. Hawley.
 Short volunteer addresses.
 Singing of "America."
 Benediction, Rev J. c. Goddard.
 Collation at the town hall to Grand Army men and other invited guests.
Connecticut western news., 1891-06-10
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE

Editor of he Ne,rs .--
 Canaan seems to be an attractive place, people seem to like to come here. They say it is clean. healthful village, filled with nice people. This being the case,it i, worth while to keep it so. In fact if we would continue to attract people to our village we must keep 1t clean and neat. When we dump rubbish and gar bage on our rosdsides we spread to the gaze of the public what we have thought unfit to keep in the back cor ners of our back yards and the dark re- cesses of our cellars.
 The bridge over the Blackberry on Elm street once found place as an ill- ustration in "Picturesque America" but 1t is doubtful if it would be thought suitable for such purpose at present fianked as it IS on either side by heaps of dead brush, ashes, tin cans, broken orockery and even things that "smell to heaven"
 People find difficulty in procuring places here for summer board and it .oems too bad that the neighborhood of one of the few places where bosrders may he accommodated should be so polluted e is the south end of the nackborry bridge. Oid1en.
Connecticut western news., 1891-06-10
NEW MARLBORO.

Mrs. Voorhees, is having her cottage painted. Elihu Hubbard does the work :. Miss Nellie McCarty had the misfortune to break her arm one day last week =. Mrs Wright, widow of the late Deacon Wright, died last Thursday after an illness of few days. She was one of the oldest persons in the town having passed her ninety-frst birthday last March. Mrs. Wright leaves three children, Mrs. I. N. Futile, for merly of this place but now of Kansas City, Mo-, s. w. Wright who was post: master here for many years but moved to Michigan, where he now resides, and Mrs. Benj. Wheeler, with whom she lived the last years of her life. ... About five o'clock lastn Tuesday afternoon. as John Bentley was returning from his work he found the body of Roger Car roll. He had been dead several hours. MT. Corroll ate his dinner as usual and started to go to 8 field about mile from the house. Evidently he never reached it. It is supposed he died o1 heart disease. He leaves wife and one child
Connecticut western news., 1891-06-10
Le00L Notices.

DIsTRICT of Sharon, ss. Probate Court, lI May 18th, 1891.
 In the matter of the application of John H. Cleaveland conservator of Charles A. Skin her of said Sharon an incompetent person, for the sale of certain real estate belonging to said Skinner
 Upon the application of John H. .Cleaveland, of said Sharon, conservator as aforesaid praying that a certain tract of real estate be- longing to said Skinner may be sold the same being bounded as follows viz, all that certain tract or parcel of real estate situate in the village and town of Sharon on the east side of Sharon Street so called and bounded generally as follows: Northerly and Easterly by lands of Myron F. Whitney Southerly by lands of Broderick s. Carter and Westerly by Sharon Street, containing about four acres of land be the same more or less, as per application on file more fully appears 1t is
 Ordered that said application be heard and determined at the probate office in Sharon ,on the 18th day of June, A. D., 1891, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, and that notice be given of the pendency of said application and the time and place of hearing thereon, by publishing the same twice in some newspaper having circulation in said district, and by posting copy thereof on the public sign post in the town of Sharon, in said district.
 A. M. CARD, Judge. Certified by Willard Baker, Clerk.
Connecticut western news., 1891-06-10
CLAYTON.

Last Tuesday evening in the thunder shower, John Curtis and son were re- turning from their days work with Q loaded wagon. As they crossed the bridges east of the village it was quite dark, and probably all being blinded by the sharp lightning, they went g little too far to the right and one wheel went off the end of bridge nearest the village which pulled the horses, and one being tripped by the log on the side of the bridge went over into the water pulling the other after him. MT Curtiss jump ed and had lively business to keep the horses heads out of the water until his son procured light and assistance. They cut the harnesses and freed the horses with but little injury. Mir Curtis was bruised and sprained some, but it was a narrow escape from serious injury to all. The town settled it by paying MT Curtiss $40. The bridge has been con sidered unsafe for some time and MI Ferguson said they were expecting to repair it soon ...... George Rood's family went to Ct Harrington last Fri' day night and returned Sunday night
Connecticut western news., 1891-06-10
FROM VARIOUS SOURCES

Henry Hilton claims that the so called &ish heirs of A. T. Stewart have formed syndicate and sold shares in their scheme to break the dead millionaire's will.
 Rev. J. R. Berry, of Rhinebeck, N. Y., Is dead
 The statue of Hon. John s. T. Stranahan has been unveiled at Prospect park in Brooklyn.
 At Norriston, Pa., handsome monu. ment to ex-Governor Hartranft was un- yelled June 6.
 Congressman Daniel N. Lockwood, of Buffalo, is being pushed as the Democratic gubernatorial candidate by his friends.
 Rev. Phillip Ernstein died of heart dis. ease at Buffalo, aged fifty-fve years. He has m1nistered to congregations at San Francisco, Montreal andWinchester, Mass
 By the destruction of flint glass works at Findlay, O., 15O men are thrown out of em- ployment. Loss, $s5. 900; insurance, s65, 900.
 Luther H. Cary, the famous sprinter, ran 100 yards in 9A seconds at the Prince ton tnter-class games, breaking John Owen, Jr. s, worlds record of 4-5 seconds made at Washington last October.
 George Mouser, eighteen years old, who has probably been engaged in wholesale swindling of clergymen, tried to kill Rev. Dr. Clark Wright, pastor of the Fremont Methodist Episcopal church, New York. His only provocation was that the clergy man would not give him the financial aid for which he had asked.
 Baccalaureate sermons were preached to students of Princeton, Columbia, Vassar and the University of the City of New York Sunday.
 Secretary Blaine was scored at the meet Tn nf ho r5o hr;e Temperance union at Washington for having asked our South American con- suls about the beer trade in their countries.
 The Pennsylvania State Medical society will ask Governor Pattison to appoint 8 lady member of the board of charities in the event of a vacancy in that body. The society adjourned to meet in Harrisburg next year.
 The plant and franchise of The Daily Continent at New York have been sold to John A. Cockerill, who proposes to begin the publication of one cent daily news paper to be known as The Morning Ad- vertiser.
 D. w. Wood, of Lubec, Me-, was fined $500 and costs in the United States cir cult court at Boston for smuggling opium into the country. Wood was arrested several months ago on a charge of being in conspiracy with Chinese merchants in New York, who were supposed to be car rying on extensive smuggling operations in opium.
 Francis F. Emery, boot and shoe manu- facturer of Boston, has assigned to Joseph B. Lincoln and Hon, Frank Breed
 Wright & Schmidt, Philadelphia cloth ing dealers, are embarrassed.
 Frank Tracy, the horse thief arrested at Brownsville, N. Y., was sent to Danne- more prison for two years and ten months
 Abner A. Hornbeck, we'll known and re- spectacle farmer, of Rochester, Ulster county, N. Y., was arrested charged with forging note held by the State of New York bank at Kingston. The arrest has caused sensation.
Connecticut western news., 1891-06-10
WEDNESDAY. JUNE 10, 1897.
TEMPORARY HOME.

Hearing on the Injunction Case. Call
 for County Convention.
 The hearing on the motion to dissolve the injunction restraining the county commissioners from the purchase of the "Douglas Place" for the County Tenn porary Home, came up in the Superior Court at Winsted last Thursday morn ing at o'clock, Nickerson and Will Hams appearing for plaintiff and War ner of Salisbury and Stanton of Hart ford for defendants. In the trial of the case Judge Robinson declined to enter into the question of extravagance in the purchase, but to consider merely the question whether the commissioners had exceeded their powers. After the statues had been read by the attorneys upon which they grounded the rights of their clients, the judge decided that their was merit enough in the cause for the injunction to continue it until June 18th at II 80 8. m., when the motion to dissolve will receive it's final argument.
 Previous to the hearing upon this matter the following call has been is- sued:
 Pursuant to the action of the County meeting of the Representatives and res- ident Senators of Litchfield County, held ct Hartford on the 25th day of February, 1891, and adjourned subject to the call of the chairman, hereby call 8 meeting, and notify you that there will be meeting of the Repre- sentatives and Senators resident of said Litchfield County, at the Court House in Winsted, in said County, on Satur- day, June 18th, 1891, at II o'clock g. m. for the following purpose, to-wit,
 WHEREAS, the County Commissioners of Litchfield County have negotiated for, and are about to purchase. an ex- pensive residence and tract of land in the town of North Canaan, in said Coun- ty, for the purpose of temporary home," and are about to Obligate the County in the sum of several thousand dollars to pay for the same, and for the payment of which no appropriation of any kind has ever been made, and which purchase if completed will sub- ject the County to large annual ex- pense, and
 WHEREAS, an injunction has been issued and made returnable to the Su- perior Court of said County, by 8 tax payer of said County, in which it is . sought to restrain said County Com missioners from making such pur- chase until they shall be authorized so to do by the Representatives and Sena- tors of said County, and until an appro- priation shall be made for the same.
 THEREFORE, such meeting is here by called for the purpose of taking in- to consideration the foregoing, and taking such action as may be considered proper and reasonable in the premises and doing any other business proper to come before said meeting.
 JOHN H WADHAMS
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Central New England & Vest
 ern R. R. Go.
Poughkeepsie Bridge Route.


 Commencing June 2, 1891.
 TRAINS GOING EAST. Loyd9.2 Highland 9.35, Poughkeedsie9 945; arrive Hartford 2.35 p. m. Leave Campbell Hall 5.05 p. m., Modena 5.59. Lloyd GIG, Highland 6.25; arrive Pough- keepsie 6'35 p. m. Leave Campbell Hall 1l55 D. m.-Daily Ex- press from Washington, Baltimore and 12.42 a. m., for through passengers only; Poughkeepsie LOO; arrive Hartford 435 a. m. Boston $40 a. m. Leave Campbell Hall Sunday only) 7.45 a. m. Modena 8.23, Lyod 8.41, Poughkeepsie 800: arrive Hartford 6.30 p. m.
 TRAINS GOING WEST. Leave Norfolk 6.22 a. m. ]; arrive Poughkeep- sic 45, leave Poughkeepsie 9.1O, Highland SIS, Lyod 9.27, Modena S.42; arrive Gamp. bell Hall 1915 o. m.
 Highland 5.sO, Lyod 5.39, Modena 5.59: aro rive Campbell Hall GAO p. m. Leave Hartford O5 p. m.-Daily Express for Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Poughkeepsle ID a. m.; stops at Lyod at 1.15 for through passengers only; arrive Campbell Hall 1.57 a. m. Leave Hartford Sunday only) s.35 a. m.. Poughkeepsie 5:A p. m., Highland 5.52, Lyod %, Modena 6,17; arrive Campbell Hall 6.55 p. m.
 CONNECTIONS.
 At Hartford with Y&NERR, NY,NH x H R R, Hartford X Valley Divisions. At Simsbury and at Pine Meadow with N Y. N H Fl R R, Northampton Division, At Wlnsted with & H R, Nauga- At Canaan with Housatonic R. R; at Miller ton and Mt Riga with Harlem Division N YO H R R R at Boston Corners with Harlem Division N & H R R R. and N Y x M R R: at Poughkeepsie with NYC& H R R R; at Rhinecliff with N Y 0 X H R R R, Hudson with the Ulster & Delaware R K for the Oats- kills: at Maybrook with Lehigh & Hudson River By; at Campbell Hall with NYOAW By, N x " R R., PP& B R R and Waikiki Valley R R.
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Connecticut western news., 1891-06-10
Meeting of Mining Engineers.

The fifty-ninth meeting of American Institute of Mining Engineers at Gin cinnatti was inaugurated on the evening of June 2nd. by an address given by Secretary R. w. Raymond at Association hall. It was big time for the members of this institution ;they were entertained in elegant shape; carriages were placed at their disposal and they were given the freedom of the city. In Cleveland paper we notice the name of s. B. Rob- bins of Great Falls, Min, among the prominent arrivals at the Institute.
Connecticut western news., 1891-06-10
THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER.
What Editor Kirkland of the Deep
 River New Era Thinks of the Public's

 What Editor Kirtland of the Deep
 River New Era Thinks of the Public's
 Duty.
 A newspaper man has no business to aspire to or seek office anywhere. It's his business to try and get office for the other fellows, to sound the praises of the candidate and keep quiet about his failings; to whoop'er up for his man and then let the man forget all about him after he gets elected; to defend his candidates against the unjust at- tacks of the opposition and then to see whatever favors his candidates have to bestow go to the other fellows. It's his business to boom up his town for all it is worth week after week and to see $10O worth of job printing go out of town every month because 8 dollar or two can be saved by so doing. It is the business of the newspaper to give every local enterprise enthusiastic and fre- quent send-of and then to catch sheol because he failed to record the fact that prominant citizen has had his delivery wagon newly painted. To subscribe literally to every public, charitable and church enterprise. adver- tise them for nothing, pay his own way to every thing and then be called preju- diced and mean spirited because col umn is not devoted to that particular affair. Do you wonder there are so many cranks in the newspaper business? It is bound to make either 8 crank or a philosopher out of man. Happily our temperament is such that it has made something of . philosopher of us about what. to look for and we are not very often disappointed.-Deep Rive, New Era.
Connecticut western news., 1891-06-10
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 ABSOLUTELY PURE
ABSOLUTELY PURE

One answer to the question of New England's decadence is found in our treatment of the servant and labor question The farmers of our hill towns have been and are now employing help, cheap in every sense of the word The American boy has been driven from the farm, the foreigner, Polander. Irishman, German, and even Italian, have been taken to do the work of the farm, be- cause they could work for less money and would drudge without complaint. And the farmers son has been driven from the soil to the city to seek g. for tune, while the farmer hired the first tramp that came along because he would work for low wages Rev. c, H.. Smith.
 4 Good Definition.- -Tommy-"What does Col. stand for, papa?" MT. Bjones-"Any gentleman south of the Ohio. ."- Hd'vtn'd Lampoon.