Connecticut western news., 1892-12-01

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 -Decembcr.
 A new blacksmith in town. See birth column.
 Willie Roberts is very low with typhoid fever.
 John N. vanDeusen wants a few carloads of rye straw at $8 50.
 Arthur Wolcott. of the town of Ca- naan, is clerk at the Warner House.
 Miss 8. A. Eddy returned last week Saturday from her visit to New York.
 Miss Lena Roberts is spending the week with Mrs Ware in Philadelphia.
 Nov IS the time to organize whist clubs. There should be at least two in this town.
 Fuller & Peet have converted the old horse shed north of G. P. Strong's shop into a warehouse.
 -Gurdon s. Coit, late conductor on the Housatonic road, is after the Bridge port customs collectorship.
 
 Please observe the change in Dr Hurd's business card. For the pres ent Dr Hurd will not visit Canaan.
 The greater part of the tale of the comet, and visible to the naked eye. is in the newspapers. rs.-Norwalk Gazette.
 The NEWS will ..be.sent until 1894 for 32.OO to new subscribers. Please inform your friends, and do them and us favor.
 ,-Whar am dat comit dat war comin ter bust de earf las Sundy mite? Der stronmers doan fool dis chile agin wid dat same comit.
 Mrs Lyman Dunning is improving. Miss Rachel Albright is still in very critical condition, but hopes are enter tained of her recovery.
 We regret to say that MT Louis F. Reid of Hartford, son of the Rev l.. H. Reid, has been in poor health for many months and is now in a very feeble con- dition.
 Mrs Ferris, whose death is record ed in another column, leaves son. Walter D. Ferris. an engineer on the Housatonic railroad, and daughter, Maud E., wife of Lawyer Walter &. Judd of Litchfeld.
 -E. w. Warner has covered the to- began slide by the post office with 8 thick covering of sand, and he thinks that by keeping the place covered in this way through the winter, accidents will be prevented.
 w. Fl. Camp has received his stock of Christmas goods which comprises the general line which he has sold in past years. While his stock IS not as exten- sive as those found in cities he guaran- tees prices are as low.
 A well-known New Milford man spent about fifteen minutes this morn ing trying to post letter in the fire alarm box in front of the Wooster House, but to save his Soule he could not do it.-Danbury News.
 Secretary Lindsley of the state board of health says that the law re- quires town officials to report the names of their health committees to the state board, but that 23 towns have not com- piled with the law. The penalty for non compliance is fine or imprison- ment or both.
 During the past week the NEWS has received an anonymous communica tion from Salisbury, Conn. If the au- thor will reveal his names, not fo, publication but as guarantee of good faith, we shall be pleased to publish
 
 to be nothing objectionable in it.
 One result of the recent political upheaval is that politicians are seeking comfort in the Scriptures. At least we recently heard one prominent politician of this town apply the passage "Whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth" to the Republican party, thus deriving not only consolation in tine present but also the assurance of the ultimate success oi his party in the future. ..
 Last Monday Detective Shuck, 1T the employ of the Philadelphia & Read. ing Co.,, arrested four of our citizens or . charge of helping themselves to some of the beer which was in the car wreck ed in the yard here last summer at the time of the collision. The men were taken before Justice Bennett. They were allowed to settle on payment O actual damages and costs.
 MT Edwin D. Strong, of Dalton Mass, son of MT and Mrs T. B. Strong of Canaan, Conn.,, died at his home il Dalton early last Saturday morning aged 43 years. His health had not beer good for several years but the immedi ate cause of his death was rheumatism of the heart. The deceased was for merly merchant at Ct Harrington. H' leaves wife and one child. The tuner. al was attended at St James church il ct Harrington at 3. 30 o'clock on Tues day. Rev Dr Hartley conducted the services. The pail bearers were Messr Fred Deland, J. A. Brewer, Henry Whi