Connecticut western news., 1892-05-05
Local News.

guest of MT. and Mrs Geo O. Peet.
 Rev Dr Eddy will preach in the Pilgrim church next Sunday morning.
 Miss Lucy Doyle, of Northampton, Mass, is visiting with friends in town.
 Frank Peet has bought a horse of George Hall, of Falls Village. It is quite stopper.
 70. Fl. Pease has graded the lawn in front of his residence and built terrace on the west side.
 Edmund D Lawrence returned yes terday from visit to relatives at Ben ton Centre, N. Y.
 A stranger viewing the remnants of the shed at the brick kiln in this village might think it was gymnasium.
 The Womans' Relief Corps will hold fair and give supper at G. A. R. hall on the evening of the 18th inst.
 The old couplet must this year be changed to read:
 May showers,
 Bring forth June howers.
 Tt has been suggested that cheese box or butter tub placed on the roof of the town hall building would be bet ter than no cupola.
 Frank VanDeusen has finished grading E. D. Lawrence's lawn, and has planted some fine shade trees there on. An inspection of the job will con- vince you that the work is nicely done.
 The foundation walls for the large barn and sheds which Frank Hitchcock will build on his premises are comple- ted and the carpenter work will soon commence.
 M. l.. Osborne and s. A. Eddy say they are going to raise chickens for market, but judging from the size of the poultry house they have built we should say they are going to raise os- triches.
 The Hartford camera club held it's regular meeting on Tuesday evening of last week. The committee on the club trip for Memorial Day reported in favor of an excursion to Twin Lakes. Their report was accepted.
 Last Monday morning Harlow Root, while on the street in front of Camps drug store, was suddenly seized with a fainting fit, and was for time uncon- scious but afterward revived and was taken home by his daughter.
 George Dederick recently bought a building lot from s. A. Eddy. The lot is simmediately west of Abram Coon's house on High st. Mir Dederick has commenced digging the cellar prepara- tory to building house for himself and family.
 There was another hair-beadth escape on the Bennett's Bill crossing last Saturday afternoon. A gentleman and lady, from out of town, were on the point of driving onto the track when they saw the cars coming. Sooner or later there will be fatal accident at this crossing.
 Mrs F. J. Dardis, of the Winsted Novelty store, will be at room ID store of M. Yanushwtz, East Canaan, on May 9th with full line of spring and sum- mer millinery, ladies' and children's, trimmed and untrimmed hats and bon nets, stamped linens, embroidery mater soJu or rl ro1;r;ouo oooda
 -Last Monday Superintendent Lyon, of the Housatonic railroad company, was in the village and located the site of platform by the railroad track at the Stevens & Garvin creamery for shipping milk. The firm are about to engage in the business of bottling milk for shipment to the babies of New York city.
 Last week Tuesday a select com pany of about seven ladies met at the home of Mrs Levi Bronson Tn East Ca naan. The occasion was the birthday of Mrs Bronson, and the entertainment took the form of ''pink china tea. '' The tea service used was set of pink 7 china which had been bought by Mrs Bronson's mother, Mrs Stevens, at the time of her marriage. The tea service was over 70 years old. It was charm ing little gathering and was much en- joyed by all the ladies.
 The Torrington Register of Apri 29th says: The decision in the road scfaper contest is not yet given. The Austin machine turnpiked High street splend1dly. The Climax did good work on Highland Avenue. This machine was driven down from Canaan Wednes day between 8 and 12 B. m. to be on hand at the trial. Two agents were with each machine. The town put or it's men and three yokes of cattle. Yes terday test was made on the roads O. Torringford. Under the foregoing item the Register also says: The select men have decided upon the Austin road machine. after a fair trial of both thi and the Climax The price of each wa the same, $250.
 Mrs Addie Graves Cargill, aged 54 years, wife of Mir William Cargill, diet suddenly. of paralysis, on Friday last a her home in Newark Valley, NY. Mr. Cargill was the mother of MT W.G. Car gill, of Canaan, Conn. She also leave, two other sons and four daughters He funeral was attended at Newark Valley on Monday at 10 g m. Mir w. G. Car gill was in Ohio when he received tel