Connecticut western news., 1892-12-29

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 -E. s. Roberts is shipping his large tobacco crop.
 Miss J. E. Newton is spending the holidays here.
 MT and Mrs George O. Peet spent Xmas in New York city.
 The Agassiz society will meet next Tuesday evening at J. l.. Bragg's.
 Miss Belle Judd, of Huntsville, is visiting her sister, Mrs Chas s. Adam. James Quinlan. of Middletown, is working in Lew Rhoades' tonsorial stu dio. .
 Charles Rodemeyer, of the NEWS corps, is taking 8 vacation of two weeks or more. Masters Albert and Marcus Barnes are spending few days with friends in New Haven.
 Rev F. Thompson is in Detroit. Mich, where he went some days ago with one of his pupils. I At 7.l5 o'clock a. m. on New Years day there will be praise and prayer meeting at the Methodist church. Samuel G. Camp and Clinton D. Barnes took part in the recent closing exercises at the Robbins school at Nor folk. ,.. ....
 -E. l.. Holcomb appeared in the Su- perior court at Winsted on Monday and gave bond of $75 in the case of Shultz vs. Shultz.
 The Philadelphia & Readings Christmas present to their trackmen in this state was a reduction of wages to $1.12i per day.
 The last quarterly conference of the year will be held at the M. B. church at the close of the meeting on Wednesday evening, Jan 4th.
 THE NEWS is somewhat late to press today, but we make no apologies. We simply remind our readers that our pre- decessors published no paper whatever during the holiday season.
 Frank Jackman's dwelling house, three miles from Norfolk, was destroy ed by fire early last Friday morning. Everything was burned up and the fam fly barely escaped with their lives.
 There have been 35 deaths in this town during the past year. This is the largest number since 1868. In 1880 there were only seven. The number of births during the year has been 32.
 R. D. Peirce & Go. have contracts to build house for Dr H. L.. Ross on Prospect. Ave, near D. D. Walters, and also tenant house for Miss s. W. Adam opposite Frank Hitchcock's on High St. The work of blasting out 8 cellar for Dr Ross is woll under way.
 A rear-end collision occurred on the P. R & N. B. road near Foley's summit in Salisbury on Tuesday after noon. An east bound freight train, which had got stalled, was run into by the Millerton local freight. The engine of the local was much injured and the caboose and two cars of the first train were so badly injured that they were set on fire. The west bound evening passenger train was delayed about one half hour. Nobody hurt.
 At the annual communication of Housatonic Lodge, No. 61 F. & A. M., held last Saturday evening, the officers elected and appointed for the ensuing year were: Horace B. Holt. w. M (re-elected3 0. O. Briggs, s. w.; Kel- logg Belden, J. w.; Junius Rhoades treasurer; Charles H. Johnson, secre- tary, (re-elected;) William Fuller s. D 1; Milton Kilmer, J. D.; Jsmes Graney, s. S.; Lewis 0. Rhoades, J. s.; Milton Roraback, marshall; Rev H. Eddy, D. D., chaplain; Henry G. Williams, tyler The officers will be installed on Satur- day evening January l4th.
 At the last regular meeting of the David S. Cowles Post the following off, cers were elected to serve the ensuing year: Commander, G. l.. Parsons; senior vice-commander. James Reel; junior vice-commander, William F.. Sackett; quartermaster, H. M. Adams; 1; adjutant, E. s. Roberts; surgeon, T. L.. Sackett; chaplain, H, P, Morse; officer of the day, M. J. Kilmer; guard, John Lepyon. The officers of the Woman s Relief Corps elected at the same time were: President, Mrs B. Sackett; sen : for Voe-president, Mrs M. 0. Evans; junior vice-president, Mrs l.. s. Stud ley; secretary, Mrs A. H. Adams; treas urer, Miss F. Whittlesey; chaplain, Mrs J. VanDeusen; guard, Mrs J. Lepyon; conductor, Mrs A. Caldwell. The ill., stallation of both post and corps officers will take place Wednesday evening, Jan 10, in G. A. R. hall, The Orrin H. Knight post and it's associate Womans Relief corps, of Lakeville, are invited.