Connecticut western news., 1891-12-17

Rev Mir Thompson ofticiated at Christ church on Sunday, the rector be- ing ill
 Bear in mind that the chapel at Clayton will be dedicated today Gnu, S. dt,) the ceremonies commencing at l p. m.
 -Thad Dunning is clerk at the War ner H"use He Is from Harlemville. N Y. and Is a cousin of the late Floyd Winn.
 Miss Mary Bodley went to Mt Yer uon N ' yesterday to remain month or two with her brother, the Rev H. I. Bo Hey.
 The Harlem Valley Teachers Ass = G ation will meet in the public school building at Millerton,N N Y. ou Saturday, Dec 18th, at To d. m.
 Henry Lynch was seen last Monday, m resplendent red neck tie, on his way to Poughkeepsie, to go into the employ of Haight, the well-known job printer.
 If the wicked stood on slippery places Tuesday evening they did what the righteous could not do. We are in ,,lined to think, however, that but few Aicked stood on slippery places al- though many attempted to.
 Aud now MrF c. Peetz of Falls Village. rises up and says: Santa Claus has unloaded his stock of elegant h"lIday slippers at Peetz's, the shoeman. They will be sold at rock bottom prices. ,;ome while the tide is high. Thanking you for past favors."
 Not even one ticket was sold here on Tuesday for the Housatonic Rail- road $lO % excursion to New YorK. There was no great treat about the ex- cnrsion anyway, and no one here ''jnmp- ed at the chance" to spend 5000 di- rectly, and perhaps twice that amount indirectly, on such a racket.
 The outside pages of THE NEWS were printed before R. H. Moore, of Gl Harrington, sent in an advertisement which he wished to have published to- day. He says: "Useful, serviceabIe and sensible holiday gifts are always ac- ceptable Don't throw away your none. on useless trinkets. For staple holida, gifts, call at R. H. Moore's."
 MT Robert l.. Taft of Portland. Oregon, has sent us She Christmas mum Der of his parish paper. It is quite pretty. being printed on white paper with cut of the church on the ou, side. Mir Taft is chairman of the par ish business committee. We see by the ads" that Miss Katherine Upson Tan Ias opened studio and gives lessons In painting in oil and water colors an. on china. We have been informed that she is meeting with very fAtteriut success.
 There Is no doubt that the gripp. Is az tin with us, and it is easier to sa where it prevails than where it do-s rot. The cases are usually of a rathe' mild type. The Wi, sted Citizen thu sums up the situation:
 '.There is no question in reRar.i to tn, prevalence of the grip from New York 70 California IT. iS all over. in ever, section. and probably more than a mll- ion people have it in a more or less se- we're form. There are, probably, 100 cases of 1t in Wiusfed. New Haven has 25OO cases. and Norwich over 1,OOu cases of grip.
 In response to several enquiries con- cerning the coedition of the fire depart ment and the apparatus for extingui>l- ing fires in this village, Chief Ergiuee' | Strong states that the fire hydrants ar' | in working order, and that there are 2Ot ,eet of first class hose and 100 feet o1 poor hose on the hose cart. What is needed immediately is 200, or more, feel "f new hose, We hope our citizens vii ''chip in" and purchase the needed hos' forthwith. Three hydrants are needed on Prospect Ave.
 -Dsvid s. Cowles Post, No 60, c. A R, have elected the following officers Commander, NJ J. Kilmer; senior vice commander, James Reel; junior vice commander. w. F. Sackett; adjntant E. s. Roberts chaplain, H. P. Morse qnartermaster, G. l.. Parsous; surgeon r. L. Sackett; qnartermaster sergeant H NJ. Adams: O D., John Rodemeyer O. G., John Lepyon; s M., NJ Keane The officers for the Woman's Relic Corps were as follows: President. Mir Emily Sackett; senior vice-president Mrs Minne Evans; treasurer, Miss Min uie Briggs; chaplain, Mrs Adelaid Sackett; conductor, Mrs NJ O-hornr guard, Miss Clare Lepyon; secretary Miss Minnie Roberts. The installati, of offic-rs will occur Wednesday ev. uing January 13.