Connecticut western news., 1891-12-10
Local News.

grippe.
 Mrs Julius Corbit has returned from Rockford, Ill
 The dude Is not fatal every time he thinks he Is killing.
 -Get your good resolutions ready, it will soon be time for them.
 Christmas goods ars ripe. These columns will, tell you where to find them.
 Mrs Soules, who had typhoid fever, is said to be getting we'll. The fever has left her.
 -Mr James Quinn has had what seems to be the grippe since Tuesday of last week.
 Mrs s. A. Eddy is visiting her rel asives near Utica, N. Y. She will Le away for 8 fortnight.
 Prof Adams is yet at the hospital in Hartford but Is recovering nicely from the surgical operation.
 An exchange says it will soon be time for the consistent horse owner to prepare for the winter by clipping his animals and raisiug full beard himself. la some parts of the town there is but little use for local newspapers. The village gossips take the conceit all out of the irrepressible newspaper reporter, and it's all free.
 A fair will be held in the chapel at East Canaan on Friday afternoon and evening (Dec II ) under the auspices of the young ladies. Refreshments will be served from to 10 p. m.
 The Canaan Academy has already 8 good number of scholars, but the pros pect now Is that the next term will open with as many as can be accommodated until the new arrangements are compile ted, which will be before long.
 The dime sociable at the rectory last week was very we'll attended, and, ss the sociables always are, very pleas ant gathering. Conversation, music, whist and refreshments were the attrac- tions. S25 % was the sum realized
 The outside pages of THE NEWS were printed before Photographer Cos tello's holiday advertisement was receiv- ed. However, we will state that Costel- To announces new styles and that all sit tings made up to within three days be- fore Christmas will be finished for Christmas.
 Fuller & P.et congratulate them selves, and they are receiving congrat- ulatioEs, that the mild and unreasonable weather has enabled them to complete the mason work on the cellar for their new building. The brick work was finished last Saturday afternoon and the carpenters are now at work on the frame.
 Conductor Colt of the Housatonic road has been off duty about a month and has been seriously Ill at his home in Bridgeport He Is somewhat improv- cd but his nervous system has been so
  fore he will be able to resume work. Conductor Finn Is running the train during Mir Colts absence.
 This week there were 30 calves shippel, at prices ranging from 5 to ' cents per pound. The production of - hme and pig iron (not to mention other things) are more important industries here than the raising of calves for mar ket, but our position as centre of Cali trade of Northern Litchfeld county is what we seem to brag most about.
 Mir Lyman Page, aged 95 years, died at his residence near Falls Village last Monday night. We have received no particulars of his illness, or notice of his funeral We think he was the oldest person in Falls Village. We trust that our Falls Village correspond ent, or some one else, will send us { sketch of Mr Page, as the death of { nonagenarian deserves more than a pass ing notice.
 
 z meet again and take some decisive ac tion in regard to the Bennett hill gr,d. crossing, would find public opinioi backing them. It is the most danger ous crossing in Connecticut today, ,and unless something Is dons. sooner Q later, somebody will be killed there Better have it attended to now. T. deliberately decide to do nothing woul, be shameful, and yet that is practical. what we are doing.
 Roger s. Pease of Minneapoli claims to have discovered process b. which he can produce plate glass, nov costing seventy cents square foot, fo ten cents. For almost score of year he has been working upon 1t and Ina now applied for a patent '. Press MT and Mrs Pease are natives ( Canaan. Mrs Pease is 8 daughter ( Deacon Levi w. Beckley. All will COT Rratulate Mr Pease on his new inver tion and hope that he will make fol tune from 1t.
 What we can explain as an optics illusion, happened in our village las Sunday. c. H. Pease discovered mighty bird in the woods known as tn s.Hyde Pasture"an he hastened off i pursuit of a man with a gun to shoe the eagle. (A He found Junius all Lewis Rhuades at home and they too their guns and went out to slay tn h;-l nf nnr natinn They fnnnl