Connecticut western news., 1892-09-15
Local News.

M. IL. InBrandm reLuru6u bO bnls village on the 18th inst.
 Miss Alice Peirce is sojournlng al Greenport, Long Island.
 The melodious tones of the school bell again delight the children.
 -Revs Milliken and Utterwick will exchange pulpits next Sunday. ..
 Mrs Lowry. of Pottsville, Pa., is visiting her sister, Mrs J. s. Adam.
 Mrs Randolph Frisbie, of Kent, visited friends here Monday and Tues. day.
 A new plank is needed over one oi the sluices at the cross roads near Sher- idan Barnes.
 Mrs Gibbons and her daughter, Mrs Emerson, returned to New York on Wednesday.
 Miss Minnie Peirce has resumed her studies at the New England Con- servatory of Music in Boston.
 MT and Mrs Edward Fellar, of Mad alin, N. T., were guests at J. N. Van Deusen's during the past week.
 George O. Peet and his wife have taken apartments in Mrs Hardenbergh's E house, but will continue to board at the hotel.
 The Pawling N. " Journal of Sept 8th says: MT Preston Hunt, of Minneola, Fla, is visiting his parents in this village.
 Have you purchased copy of the book "North Canaan" yet? If not, you had better make haste to do so, or you may be too late.
 Henry G. Williams and Edw. s. Roberts were delegates from this town to the democratic state convention held at Hartford on Tuesday.
 -Messrs Clarence w. Warner and B. Dykeman, of Ct Harrington, Mass, vis- tied friends here Sunday. They came and returned on their bicycles,
 Mrs Bowen and her daughter, of Jersey City, N. J., are visiting at Dr Eddy's. and Miss Jones, of Fredonia, N Y., is with her friend, Mrs S. A. Eddy.
 Prof F. H. Giddings and family, of Bryn Mawr, Pa. visited friends here several hours last Monday while en route from VanDeusenville, Mass, to their home.
 Miss Bragg, president of the Ladies' Missionary Society of the Pilgrim church, entertained the members of the society and few others at an afternoon tea at her house last Friday.
 Samuel Merrill and family, who have come here from Newburgh, N Y., are occupying Mrs Maloney's house on StBennett's Hill. Mrs Maloney and Katie have gone to live at Falls Village with Mrs Barney Smith
 -Auguste Adam, aged 58 years and months, an uncle of Edward Boinay, died on the 10th inst in a cabin, on the coal job near Deacon Becklev's, on the side of Canaan mountain, of typhoid fever after an illness of about eight weeks.
 The school opened in this district on Monday with an unusually large at- tendance in all three rooms. Still it is said that quite number are playing truant. The interiors of the rooms are much improved n appearance by the recent painting.
 Several persons have asked us what incident is alluded to in the ''sugges. ion" from East Canaan. in our issue oi last week. Our correspondent did not mention it, but it seems that three y young men from East Canaan recently went to Winsted and over estimated their capacity for ardent spirits, and ss they came home in the night they were quite noisy and killed cat.
 William Albright, of East Canaan, workman in A. w. Nicolls quarry broke his leg Tuesday morning about eleven o'clock. While he was drilling large fragment of rock another frag ment, weighing about half ton, got dislodged and, rolling down, struck his left leg and broke it against the rock he was drilling. Dr Church was sent fol and set the leg. There was also a deel gash cut in the leg.
 At business meeting of the Pil grim church held last Thursday even ing, it was voted to grant the reques of the Rev Chas D. Mllliken that Con gregational council be called for his or dination. It has been decided to cal the council for Tuesday the 27th inst that being the date of the annual meeting of the Litchfield Northwest conference which is to be held with the Pilgrim church this year. The ordination ser vices will be held in the evening and ar unusually large number of churche will be invited to participate. E Last Saturday night Peter Kick was called upon at his residence in thu village by his friends the Messrs Smitl and Eaton and Deputy Sheriff Marble of Winsted, and Constable Drake o this place. It had been the intention of these gentlemen to give their call tn character of an old fashion surpris party. Mir Hicks was discovered envel oped in clouds of the fragrant Virgini weed. He was alone, but there wa some evidence that others had recent, enjoyed his hospitality. He at ono placed his housp at the disposal of hi I<..k =, ooull l.. r1a IT