Connecticut western news., 1892-02-18
Local News.
The Literary society will meet tc. morrow (Friday) night.

-Ine LltorAry bociety "AA Meot VI" morrow (Friiay) night.
 Mrs F. W.Dsland of Great Barring. ton called on Dr F. P. Whittlssey, in this village. on Tuesday.
 Arthur P. Freeman left on Sunday for Port Tampa, Fla, to visit Henry B. Ives, recently of East Canaan.
 -"The Irishman" says of the grip, ''The worst of the grip is that you'er sick with it long time after you get we'll"
 Tho Winsted Evening Citizen is a newsy little daily and it deserves more subscribers in Canaan than it has here tofore received,
 --Presiding Elder Travis preached grand sermon in the M. E. church la-t Sunday evening. He chose as his text III Timothy l. l2.
 The Landon Iron Co. needs about 20 or 25 additional men to work in it's mine at Amenis, N. Y. Wages good, and employment steady.
 There was little social gathering last Tuesday night as the house of Mr. and Mrs. Acel Rood, in this village, it being the fifth anniversary of their we'd ding.
 Frank Peet left here on Monday for Little Falls N. Y. te buy horses, taking James l. Trowbridge with him for the sake of that sagacious gentle mans advice.
 The Rev. T. Fl. Baragwanath will deliver an illustrated lecture in the Nj. E. church in this village on Wednesday evening, March Bud. at o'clock. sub ject: "A trip through Americas W0D- dorland. the Yellowstone Park"
 W. B. Hall < Co. desire us to re- mind you that their excursion to Bridgeport takes place next Thursday, the 25th. inst. For schedule of trains, see advertisement m another column.
 -John Rodemsyer and Milton Kill mer of this village and H P. Mo Sc and Jim Hicks Of South Canaan all belong ing to D. 5. Cowles Post. attended the state O. A. R. encampment at Danbnry last week,
 MT. E T. Batler's reply to the ed- itorial ''Spaulding's Summit never chan- g.s" will be published in the NEWS of Fob. 18th. Mir. Buffers reply wa. not received in time to appear in today's issne.
 {, If we posed as . weather prophet we should predict that a storm will pro- vail March 2 inasmuch as that is the date set for Rev. T. H. Baragwanath's lecture, and to contend with the ele- ments has been our good friends expe- rience.
 Josiah Lawrence. the druggist. for merly of this village, but now of the hrm of Lawrence < N stt ,on. Now York city, arrived in town last Monday aud spent the night with Edmund D. Law renee Mir Josiah Lawrence's son Is in business In New York.
 IN. 8. Stevens of East Canaan, has associated with him Mir o. O Gsrvin, of New York. and they will operate iu addition to the East Canaan creamery one in this village and one at South Aeld, Mass. They are now busy put ting up ice at the last named places.
 The fourth entertainment of the Epworth League course will be given at Citizens hall in Falls Village on Tues day evening, Feb B 1, aud consists of 8 coucert by the Silver Lake Q1artette who have achieved national reputation uoder the leadership of Rev c. H. Mead
 -Some of the young ladies of this village have made arrangements to have . leap year ball on Friday the 26th and h we issued invitations to tue ladies to come and bring their fellows. The music will bs Mays banjo quartet. There will be coaoert for the public, before tho dance, by the quartet. Tick cts to concert 25 cents.
 The mercury was down to zero on Saturday morning and only l6 above zero at noon and then dropped to above Zero at ID P. M It registered zero on Sunday morning but rose to AZ above Zero ct noOu, and siuce that time has ranged from 8 to IT abave zero. Good weather for the great Hudson river ice harvest.
 Mrs. Ammsrilla Russell Thomas, who died recently at Norwich N Y. iu the S3l year of her age. was tue willow of Abraham Thomas who died at Nor wich in 1888. Mrs Thomas was Q sis ter of Mrs. Charles Hunt of Huntsville. Conn. Mrs Hunt is now the sole sur vivor of family of twelve.
 The M.llerton Telegram of Feb. 12, publishes the following item concern ine former resident of Causan:
 K J. Munsou of this village Is in the Bellevue Hospital. New York City, be. ing treated for c kidney trouble. His :. sou, Elmer, went down with him las, week aud returned on Saturday, leaving him comfortable. Hs will probably be : obliged to stay in the hospital about three weeks.
 E. POINTERS.