Connecticut western news., 1892-03-10
Local News.

-Dr Ross and wife visited relatives in Bethel over Sunday.
 Farmers consider the last fall of snow worth many thousands of dollars as fertilizer.
 Charles Barber from England is with his father, Thomas Barber, at East Canaan.
 Mrs. s. J, Ham left here Wednes- day morning, for Bristol, Conn.,, to visit her son and daughter in that place.
 Miss Jessie Force, of New York city. is spending few days with her friend, Miss Emily D. Newton.
 Miss Jones of Fredonia N. Y. is spending few weeks with her school mate. Mrs s. A. Eddy, in this village. In Christ church, on the Fridays of Lent, there will be services at 1030 a. m. and at ' p. m. Sermon in the even- ing. .-
 Bear in mind that Comical Brown and his brand new show will appear at town hall on Saturday evening of this week.
 Frank Van Deusen has been en- gagged this week shipping two carloads of white poplar logs to the paper-mll at Lee, Mass. .'
 Last Monday Dr P. 0. Cummings had new southern pine treads put on our stairs. Thank you, Doctor. Now we need not break our neck.
 -S. A. Eddy has sent two and Burton Peirce one stick of Connecticut timber to be exhibited in the forestry building of the Worlds Fair at Chicago.
 The ladies say that Daniel l.. Peirce was by all odds the "belle of the leap year ball., and that he danced every set and always with a different partner.
 Forbes Munson comes to the sur face again, in connection with the suit Henry vs Allen which has recently been decided in favor of Allen. The partic- ulars are published in another column.
 David Phillips, Jr., of Lakeville, visited friends here from Friday until Sunday afternoon. He has. accepted position in Florida and expects to leave Lakeville about the first or middle of April.
 There was too much ozone in the air last week for spirited horses. Dr. Church, Mir Radley and Edward Fitz- gerald learned the truth of the above assertion by experlence. Three runa- ways in one week.
 -Go West young man? oh no, bet ter go to England where you will stand a good chance of becoming general. as England has more than 2,0O0 generals on her army lists, an average of one to every company of soldiers.
 The report that one of the new Mo- gull engines on the H. R. R, had burst her boiler at Cannons in the recent acci- dent there proves to be inaccurate. The engine was badly jammed but not de- stroyed. No 56 is the mate to it.
 The Sherman writer in the New Milford Gazette says there are thou sands of of bushels of potatoes in that vicinity to sell at any price, and if not sold soon will be fed to stock. Also the mild winter has lefta great amount of hay over, to sell at $5 to $8 ton.
 Last Sunday, after the morning ser vice, Rev D. o. Stone read his resigna- ton of the pastorate of the Pilgrim Church to take effect next May. He will then have been here just five years. MT Stone's reasons for his resignation, as stated by him, are i'll health and in ability to do the work of the parish.
 Mir and Mrs. George l.. Parsons have gone to New York to be present at the 26th annual commencement exer- cises of the New York College of Den tistry at Chickering Hall tonight. Their son Frederick s. Parsons, who has suc- cessfully passed severe examination after two years of hard study, will re- ceive his ''sheep skin'' as doctor of den- tai surgery.
 House breakers are said to be oper- ating in Western Connecticut. They are preceded by an advance man, who assumes the roll of a peddlar of a new and wonderful silver polish, but his real business is to get the plans of some oi the houses os wealthy people in order to facilitate burglary by his pals, who follow him and commit depredations by aid of the knowledge of different houses secured by the man who purports to be peddlar. Enquirer.
 The following item is going the rounds of the state press but we cannot vouch for the truth of it.:
 The "free excursions" given by Bridgeport merchants have led to tht circulation of 8 petition signed by th' Housatonic Valley business men as fa north as Great Burlington, praying that the Housatonic railroad discon tinue these shopping excursions. I'm petitioners feel that the trade belong to them, and threaten retaliation upol the railroad unless their wishes ar heened.
 At the meeting of the Literary So ciety last Friday night, Miss Parson read an interesting paper on the Eng fish parliament, which the Rev T. s Bond supplemented with further infor nation on the same subject, not gen orally known. MT Parsons then read selection from Charles Lambs writings