Connecticut western news., 1892-02-04
Local News.

Monday; she 1s stay Ing at ner iAtner s
 -Erastus Holcomb was about las week with large sorrel colt 4 years old and over 17 hands high.
 Tt is reported that Miles B. Tobey and family will occupy Mrs Church, house on High street in the spring.
 Tuesday was the eleventh anniver, sary of the Christian Endeavor Society," organization. The day was not observ. ed in this town.
 Editor w. J. Oatman of the Sun- day Morning Call is confined to his house in PittsHeld, Mass, with serious attack of the grippe.
 Miss Phila May, for three seasons the Prima Donna Soprano of the Camil- Ia Urso Concert Company, sings at the town hall tonight.
 There is considerable sleight of hand business about our sleighiug this winter. Now you see it and now you don't" "-Pawling Jenrnal.
 A large drove of cattle from Sandis- field passed through thls village on Monday going west. There were be- tween one and two hundred.
 Mary Carey returned on Tuesday to the hotel from She field whither she had gone to take care of her grandfath- CT, whose condition is very feeble.
 Sheriff John o. Richmond, and Messrs Francis A. Peet and John Rode meyer, Jr., attended the execution of Boriesson at Litchfield last Friday.
 The 0. N. E. & w. train which leaves hero at 12.30 (nooD) connects at Goshen, N. Y. with the N. Y. l.. O. & Western road for Chicago and point. west.
 Look out for the beari Tuesda. was Candlemas day, and there was n'. shadow to scare him back into his den, "Argal" he must be ont now ;so look oui for him and an early spring.
 When the thermometer runs scale of 50 degrees in 48 hours or l. ss. it talk. s 8 man with constitution and by-laW 8 as strong as our lookup to withstand the sudden change. Courier.
 An exchange says: "That a man with the grip can do nothing wore than fill himself up with whiskey as some arc doing It is not just the beat thing either for man who hasn't the grip.
 MT Louis Miller, for three seasons, leading tenor singer of the Camilla Urs' Concert Company. and Mir John c. Man- ming, the brilliant pianist, will help to entertain you at town hall this evening. Comel
 Charles Barnes Sons are making large quantities of lime and they claim that nearly 1000. 600 barrels have been manufactured since tue business was ee- tablished in 1850 by their father, the late Charles Barnes.
 What this country wants IS a bi- chloride of squareness squirted into the veins of half Its population, that will make them pay their debts like men, in- sseal of sneaking around coruers to avoid meeting their creditors. vile Bieeze.
 The Housatonic road has just pur- chased three new locomotives. No. 55 made its first trip on Monday from Bridgeport to Pittsfield and return with the accommodation train. No. 55 has the cab over the boiler and is high and mighty stopper.
 -To-morrow (Friday) evening the two brilliant stars in the southwest will have drawn so nearly together as to ap- pear to be splendid double star. O. Saturday morning they will be in cou- junction but this will not be visible from our hemisphere.
 The meeting of the Agassiz chapter at the house of D l.. Pierce, was well attended. considering the extremely bad weather. Many interesting topics were iutrodued and discussed and sev- eral important scientific facts were com municated. It is evident that there is plenty of life in the society yet,
 East Canaan does not like to be outdoue by Barkhamsted It appears that Barkhamsted has $5OO ten-dollar bull. East Canaan bid fair to have a $500 twelve-dollar COW, but the COW was killed, nevertheless the cows hide is still in e1istance and perhaps it will cost $500 before the law suit Is ended.
 -Perce & Freeman recently bought an immense quantity of old ties from the Housatonic Railroad Go. The ties are unloaded on each side of the track near the granulated milk factory. Here they are chopped in two and split be- fore they arc hauled to the kilns where they are used for fuel in making lime.
 Jacob I. New of Chatham. N Y. is visiting his son. Jerry 8. New. He drives large and hapdsome four-year. old bay horse, of his own raising. and for which he wishes to find mate as he knows where he can get good price for such team. The horse Is fonr and one-half years old and 16i hands high; his sire is M ,doc. Mir New has had an offer of 5000 for the horse, provided he can be matched.
 No wonder that some of tbe loco motives of the .. N. E. & w. road are frequently on the sick list inasmuch as those which remain over night at this station sleep out doors because the en- exir,a housa ia asad aa q tonah for tho