Connecticut western news., 1891-06-10

| < W. road appears in another column Miss Bertha Tuckerman of Cass- vile N '. is visiting her cousin, Mrs s. A. Eddy.
 -Sixty-two calves were purchased at this station yesterday, at prices ranging from 4 to 5 cents per tb. Miss Ina A. Roberts has been quite ill with la grippe but is now convalescent. Dr Lee attended her.
 -Wm. Ferguson recently found three of his sheep dead in the pasture, undoubtedly killed by dog or dogs.
 The exterior of the main part of the Warner House is being painted white. Silas Knickerbocker yields the brush. We are glad one of our citizens has voiced the sentiment of many in regard to dumping rubbish on the roadsides.
 While Eugene s. Root was cutting brushes last Saturday he had the mis- fortune to cut his knee severely with the bush-hook.
 HI. N. Bracket, with his assistants, is applying hls water and fire proof to the roofs of Junius Rhoades' house and to the roofs of Landlord Warmers barn and sheds.
 Rev Dr Eddy supplied the Pilgrim church pulpit last Sunday morning and preached beautiful sermon from a quintuple text, his subject being ''The Love of the Beautiful.
 The Danbury NJ. E. Sunday School has engaged Pine Grove for their an nual picnic early in July. and ex- poets to bring about ten cars. Mir. J. c. Beers was in Canaan last week ar ranging for it.
 In the report of the Y. P. s. c. B. Convention at Chatham, which will be found in another column, the address in the. evening was delivered by the Rev. Dr. Sawyer, instead of Dr. Lacy as the article reads.
 On Monday and Tuesday nights of last week, dog raided H. N. Adams fine flock of sheep and killed or fatally injured thirteen of the number. The owner ofthe lives in the town of Shef- field, consequently said town will have to pay for the sheep.
 Old Veterans, your attention! Com rade Fred A. Farley. James Tanners pension agent, will be at Salisbury June 17th and will fill out all pension papers free of charge. Call and see him. It will cost you nothing, and you may be benefited thousands of dollars. x
 The June meeting of the Litchfeld County Sunday School Superintendent's Union will be held in the Baptist church at Winsted on Friday, June 18th, com mencing at 10:3O am. The program is full, but whether sprinkled or im- mersed the deponent saith not, and good time is expected.
 About 10 o'clock Monday evening two loaded cars of an east bound freight train on the c. N. D. < W. road jumped the track at the switch in West Winsted. There is heavy down grade at that point and the cars bumped along the track quarter of mile mile and then collapsed, making wreck which did about $2,OO0 damage besides delaying all trains several hours.
 The passenger trains of the 0. NE. < w. road make three stops in passing through Winsted, viz. West Winsted, Naugatuck Station, East Winsted. They make only two stops at Canaan, viz, U nion depot, and the coal bin. Ca- naan does not wish to be outdone by Winsted consequently it looks to the Housatonic road to established three sta tions in this village, viz, County Home, Union depot, Sanitarium.
 An Italian employed in the Canaan Lime Co.'S quarry accidently dropped lighted match into powder can last week, and received the contents in his face. He was severely burned on arms and face, and at first it was thought he would loose the use of his eyes. but fortunately the accident was not as bad as first supposed. and thogh he will carry some unpleasant scars, he will in time recover full use of his eyes and hands.
 About month ago, Michael Healey of Weatogue, severely injured one of his eyes by cutting it on thorn. Since that time he has suffered great pain, and his eye has become badly in- famed. On Monday he went to Hart ford, to consult an oculist. The injury was found to be of so serious a nature as to require skilled treatment so MT. Healey left for hospstal in Hartford yesterday, where he will remain for a week.
 Last Monday was busy day for the lounging public in Canaan. The | Cadu6C O1 tl"0 Ou buc V. N. ". w road completely broke them up. They wo1ld no sooner leave the depot imagi. ming that their services were dispensed with, then train would pull in from another direction. In this manner they were kept continuously trotting back and forth all day, until the poor fellows must have imagined the air full of loco motive whistles and bells.