Connecticut western news., 1891-05-20

The date of w. B. Hall & Co.'S. last free excursion is Friday May 22~
 Miss Kitty Taft, of Pittsffeld, was the guest of Miss Sara Eddy over Sun day.
 The Canaan Citizens band gave an excellent open air concert Monday even- ing.
 E. D. Norton, the Housatonic R R. station agent at Pittsfeld, visited rela- atives here over Sunday.
 u. s S,nat' or O. H. Platt was the guest of the Hon F. Miles few days last week.
 The ladies of the NJ. E. church will have strawberry festival in the church parlors, Friday evening May p. All are invited.
 The Young Ladies' Mission Circle of the Pilgrim church will give 'Pine apple Tea" at the church parlors on Friday evening. May 18th.
 The May frost, which was to arrive on the seventeeth, the anniversary of the February fog, failed in its appear ance. though we had the scare on the eighteenth.
 It is said that Mrs M. W. Wards house and 50 acres of land near this village were purchased yesterday by the county commissioners who will re- move the Litchfeld County Home children from Winsted to said farm.
 The Y F. s. O. E. of the Methodist church and the Y. P. s. of the Pilgrim church have received invitations to at tend the tenth meeting of the Housaton- ic Christian Endeavor Union to be held at Falls Village, Wednesday, May 27
 Mir Lucius Bissell, an old and res pected citizen of Winsted. was instantly killed yesterday at Winsted while walk ing on the GIN B &W. track. He step- ped from the Naugatuck track to avoid train on that road and was struck by the O. NE & w. train due there at 11.30. MT Bissell was 73 years old.
 What may prove to be one of the largest enterprises started in this vicinity in 8 long time has been formed at An cram Lead mines, N. Y. A New York Company has opened there what is supposed to be one of the richest ore beds in the country. They propose to spend $50. GOO at once in developing it. It is stated by one of the company that if it pans out as expected, they shall ship 500 cars daily by the Poughkeep- sic Bridge into Pennsylvania.
 Maitland Osborne, Jr, who has been foreman of THE NEWS since last August is taking needed rest. Last February he had tussel with the chicken pox and the so called scarlet fever. He recently wrestled with the grippe and had not recovered his strength when he returned to his work. He was obliged to give up work again last Wednesday at which time he had symptoms of a fever or nervous prostration. He is now improving and few days hence he will go to Maine for change of air and a visit with relatives.
 Mir Grove Knickerbocker, aged 3S years, died, of consumption, at his home in this village on Sunday afternoon at o'clock. He had been in poor health for several years and for the last three months had been confined to his be22 While his death was not unexpected yet it came suddenly from hemorrhage. Grove Knickerbocker had many friends and will be missed in this village whore he has resided about eighteen years. The funeral will be attended this (Wed- nesday) morning at 1O-3O o'clock at his late residence. Burial in the family lot iu the cemetery at Salisbury.
 The change of time table on the O. N. B. & w. road reported to be made about June l, is that the New York ex press which was to run from Winsteo via Millerton and Harlem road is to rur from Boston instead, passing Canaan al 6 a. m. The Boston and Philadelphia express trains are to be put on then, anc will be provided with Pullman cars The night express trains will have eacl way through sleeper betweenWashing ton and Bar Harbor, Me. There wit also be train run each way daily iron Hartford to Rhinecliff, connecting witl the N. Y. c. & H. R. trains and the day line steamers.
 On last Friday special car owe, the 0. N.- B. & w. road conveyed Railroad Commissioners, Seymour Hayward and Woodruff, on the semi annual inspection of the road iron Hartford to State Line. They passed through this station at about 12 m ano were accompanied by Superintendent Fowler and Ass't-Supt- Hook; returning at 1: 30, they were met at the statiol on the Housatonic road by Vlce-Presi dent and General Manager W. H. Stev inson. Supt W. K. Lyon, Supervise
 Cogill and Roadmaster Clark, an d i'm meditaely started south on the inspec tion of the Housatonic road.
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