Connecticut western news., 1891-10-08
Local News.

Mrs Acel Rood gives whist party this evening.
 Tt is not fair weather, but it is gen. uine Danbury Fair weather.
 pr O. W. Camp returned Friday evening from his vacation.
 -"I throw thee bright leaves"- that's what she says. Look sharp and you'll find them on page four.
 The Bilou Theatre Go played at town hall, to fair sized audiences, Mon- day, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. MT and Mrs George P. Strong visit ed the Rev T. H. Baragwanath and family at Rhinebeck from Saturday un- til Monday.
 Mir and Mrs George W. Selleck, of Norwalk. have been soiourning at the Warner House for week and will re- main an indefinite time.
 On Tuesday Mrs Maria Adam and Mrs Lucy Crane changed their board ing place from Wm Smiths, where they have been since the middle of August, to O. P. Roots.
 A meeting for the purpose of re- opening the Literary society will be held at Armory hall Friday evening at 8 o'clock. All members and those wish ing to join the society are requested to be present.
 Rev T. 8. Bond, with his mother and sister, left Monday. Mrs and Miss Bond returned to their home at Kings ton, N. Y. Mir Bond is to attend the Ecumenical Conference at Washington, D. o. and will be absent two weeks.
 On Tuesday the display of cattle at the Danbury fair was the largest in its history. All departments of the fair are crowded with exhibits but the attend ance is not remarkably large. Only 13 tickets from Canaan had been sold up to Wednesday evening, but number will go from here today.
 A loud explosion startled the res- idents of this village last Sunday morn ing and many anxious enquiries natur- ally followed until it was ascertained that certain parties had dynamited walnut tree as an easy means of shak- ing down the walnuts. That may be fun for nut-gatherers but is rather rough on the tree.
 Owing to the absence of the pastor of the NJ. B. church, the pulpit will be supplied next Sunday morning and evening by the Rev Thomas Veale of Stockbridge. The following Sunday the Rev Dr Hiram Eddy will preach in the forenoon and in the evening the ser vices entitled .'An evening with St John," will be conducted by Mir G. Willis Parsons.
 Seldom if ever has the outlook for tobacco growers been as bright as at the present time The new tariff law has vir- . tually closed the port to foreign tobacco and the American grower of the crop is now ready to reap the benefit. The present price of Sunatra wrapers (S3 to $3. 40 per pound duty paid) is equal to 75 to 80 cents per pound for domes- tic wrappers. Advancements of from 3 to cents per pound are being made each week, some crops having been sold for as high figure as 35 cents per pound.
 About sixteen months ago William Fenn's skull was fractured with 8 stone thrown by blast at Barnum Richard. son Co.'S quarry in East Canaan. For 8 long time Mir Fenn remained in an un- conscious condition and his recovery was not expected. THE NEWS reported the accident at the time and has since mentioned the fact that pieces of bone continue to work out of the wound. Last Sunday Dr Camp removed another piece of bone, about one-half inch square, from the wound. Mir Fem has 8 remarkably strong constitution to sur. vive such an accident and he has dis played large amount of "backbone' during the surgical operations, and he hopes that only the bones of his skull instead of his backbone will work out through the wound.
 Mrs Lucy Adam Joslyn, widow ol the late Milton Joslyn, died at II o'clock yesterday forenoon at the residence oi her brother, William Adam, in East Canaan. She was nearly 79 years o age. For number of years she ha.
 
 made her home with her brother. Hel health has been poor for 8 long time and she has steadily failed during ths past few months but the immediat. cause of her death was dysentery. Mir Joslyn was lady of rare graces ant was highly esteemed by all who knev her. We hope that fitting tribute t. her memory will appear in the next is sue of THE NEWS. Her funeral will b. attended at her late residence Frida, morning at 9 o'clock and her remain will be taken to Hartford, on the trail leaving East Canaan at 9.46 a. m., an laid to rest beside her late husband.
 Samuel A. Bennett met with pair ful accident last Friday afternoon whil harvesting cornstalks. After placing load of stalks upon his wagon he cllmt ed upon the load and started for tn barn. While driving over the corr hills bundle of stalks fell of the loat and upon the horses heels. Tn animal became thoroughly frightened .kk Ell