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

Who was the belle of the Leap Rear ball? -.
 If you wish to be right "in it" you mnst now call slight cold 'griplet."
 Miss Sara A. Eidy is visiting friends in Bostoo: she returns this week.
 Mrs Charles Bell and her son, Char lie, of Chatham, N. Y. arrived here last Saturday for visit of several days.
 MT 8. B. Robbins, formerly of LAkeville. again favors the NE~s with very interesting letter from Montana.
 -Sedgwick Tracy left on Tuesday for Falls Village, where he will be book keeper for the E w. Spur Company.
 The Housatonic railway will put in an electric light plant at Wilson Point to light its yard and whsrves. ry News.
 For some unknown cause the mas querade ball on Monday last was. to the general surprise, not . complete success.
 Many man. and perhaps more women, would have been saved from insanity if they had resolusely obtained more sleep.
 Tt is significant fact that the brew. ers and dist,llers have not yet deemed It necessary to organize crusade against Keeley. y.-Norwalk Gazette.
 A number of fremen from Hart ford were in the village last Thursdsy evening. on the way to attend the Are mems ball at Great Burlington.
 A New Hampshire farmer was once asked how he made boarders pay. He saii he fonnd out what the boarderr didn't like and then fed them on it A publisher of newspaper can't do that. -E B. Haskell
 Milton Roraback has been housed up in his quarters in the depot since Feb. 18th. with his old enemy sciatica He was out On the platform Sunday and hopes soon to be we'll. N. B. He likes to see his friends.
 If any member of the 2nd Conn. H-avy Artillery knows the address of Doctor Henry Plumb. surgeon of said r-giment, he can do an old cOmrade favor by sending the address to A. 5. a.
 -Robert DeForest will move into Maitland Osborne's house about the frst of April and will also move hi- cigar manufsctory from the town hall building to building soon to be erec- ted on Mir Osborne's premises.
 The Literary society meets to-mor- row (Frids.) evening. Besides the usual papers. there will be debate op the resolution that we should have q rosiiug-room. We hope the ayes will ''have it" aud also the reading-room.
 The fifth and last entertainment of the Falls Village lecture course occurn at Citizens hall on Tuesday evening, March 5, when the Rev Edwin A. Scheli, A. M. E. D. of YouAers, N. Y. will lecture on '.The Seven Modern Wonders of tue World"
 A gentleman, who ought to know, expressed the opinion lately that, if suitable glass case were placed in the Douglas Library room, l,ay ia the cen tre) Miles E. Tobey would be pleased to devote some of his leisure time to filling 1t with specimens of our native birds. Now, why not have this done?
 William Norton. who for . number of years was . conductor on the Con- necticut Western road aud who for sev- eral years has railroaded it" in the western states, has returned to his frst love aud has accepted position ss freight conductor on the c. N. E. & w. road. Many will welcome genial "Blly" Norton to this section again.
 It seems remarkable that three ag. cousins, we'll known in this vicinity, Dr Seth Peas., of Mill River. Mass, Mir George w. Stevens, of Oramel, N. r., Mr F. Stevens, of Bridgeport, Conn., died within three weeks. Dr PsssA died Feb. 2. aged 72 years. Mir George , w. Stevens died Feb 40. aged 75 years. Mir I. P. Stevens died Feb. 26, aged "A years.
 The dime sociable at Wm H. Camps Thursday night was we'll stten dsd, in spite of the threatening wealth CT. All the churches were represented Tue Canaan bsnj club made it's debut i; of the playing We will simply say th.t Ii it continues to improve ss 1t has so far, we can dispense with our Bridge port friends in tue near future. Over e28 was cleared.
 -George Robbins, . freight brake man on ths Central New England & Western road, " killed at Poughkeep- sie last Thursdsy noon by his heal com ing iu contact with the water stand, di rectly opposite the depot. He was lean Ah8 Ous oA suo "Auuo" os soo Aoco- motive cab to observe tue signals of the rear brakeman. Robbins lived at Al bxny, where he leaves . wife.
 -Thomas Nevin, freight conductor from Ore Hill, had his foot crushed last SandAy night near Bloomfield. Some of the cars got detached and sf- terwsr.ls came crashing into the car on which Nevin stood setting the brake Both platforms were smashed. The en-