Connecticut western news., 1891-01-28

Miss Pearl Ham returned to the New Britian Normal school, Thursday.
 There will be 8 sociable at A. T. Roraback's, Tuesday evening, Feb Sd, 1891. All are invited.
 M. J. Smith and assistant are hang ing new paper on the Warner House reception room and dining room.
 Eugene Rowe has commenced clerking for Geo l.. Parsons, as Edwin Gillette intends to return to his home next Monday.
 Henry Rood, of Benton Center, N. r., is visiting his sister, Mrs Edmund Lawrence of this place. He expects to remain here about 8 week.
 -Messrs James H. Drake and Frank Van Deusen attended the grand lodge session at New Haven last week, repre- senting Housatonic Lodge No. 61. F. & A. M
 M c. Dean, of "Variety Farm" 7" South Canaan, raises large bronze tur- keys. He killed one about New Years that dressed 35 pounds. He killed an- other one last week that dressed 293 pounds.
 Henry D Barrett recently died of pneumonia at Franklin, Mass. He was & son of the late Leander Barrett. His mother, tue late Hannah Dunning Bar rett, was sister of Mrs Leonard Law renee. of East Canaan.
 The Scientific society will hold their next meeting Tuesday evening. Feb 3, in the rooms occupied by the Womans' Rellef Corps. Subjects: Our winter birds, drift rocks, scientific mis- cellany.
 A load of wood got stuck on the private railroad crossing west of Peirce & Freeman's switch on Monday and was struck by the 12 40 train. The driver heard the train approaching and un- hitched the oxen in time to prevent their being injured. Aside from the wood being thrown in all directions no damage was done.
 It was six. horse-load of Norfolk people instead of East Canaan people whom N. s. Stevens took sleighing to Sheffield on Tuesday evening of last week. We presume Landlord Stevens enjoyed the trip fully as we'll as his famous trip to the Danbury fair when the trains failed to connect at Canaan and he walked home to Norfolk.
 Fully 15 inches of damp snow fell during Saturday night and Sunday fore noon. The big snow blow of the 0. N. E. & w. road left Hartford Sunday afternoon and opened the road to Cana an. The " Hanger had opened the road west of Canaan. The "grasshop- per" went over the Housatonic line and opened the road in good shape, so all trains were about on schedule time Monday.
 The new time table of the c. N. B. $ W. road went into effect Jan 25. The principal changes are in trains Nos 2 and IA. Train No. leaving Hartford at 6. 45 a. m. and Canaan at S46 a. ID. . now runs only to Poughkeepsie instead of Campbell Hall. Train No. 14 now starts from Poughkeepsie instead of Campbell Hall. It leaves Poughkeep- sie at 4 40 p. m. Canaan 7.l2 p. m. and reaches Hartford at 9.25 p. m. A slight change in the running time of other trains, few minutes earlier or later. Passenger trains now leave Canaan as frllows: GuINa WEST 8 46 a. m 12 40, ) 3S and 11.10 p. m. Sunday passenger 47 p. m. GONG EAST 242 and $40 a. m. sos and TIP p. m. Sunday pas- senger 13 p. m.
 MT Louis J. Lawrence, son of Mir David Lawrence of Auburn, N. Y., di. d at the Sanitarium, Union Springs, N. Y. Ian 18th, in the 23rd year of his age. The deceased was born at Newburgh but in his early life lived at Rochester. Afterwards he went to Weedsport where in 1886 hs united with the Presbyterian church. Later on he removed to Auburn and united with the Central Presbyterian church. Afterwards he returned to Weedsport and studied for the ministry but his health failed and he was compelled to give up his studies and return to Auburn. His remains were brought from Union Springs to Auburn where the funeral service was held and afterwards carried to Kinder hook and laid by the side of his mother who died in December 1889. The Auburn Daily Advertiser of Jan 2l con- tains lenghty sketch and fowery eu- logy of the deceased.