Connecticut western news., 1892-03-31
Local News.

Local News.
 Miss Eva Corbit is at home from school for the vacation.
 The High school will close to-mor- morrow for one weeks vacation.
 See the new patterns in wall paper now ready at G. l.. Parsons & Sons.
 The work of putting on the first coat of paint on Fuller & Peet's store began last week.
 Tt seems that Jerome Root did not have the German measles, he had some thing else not fnlly understood.
 Fifteen COWS will be sold at auction at the late residence of Abel Camp in Norfolk on Wednesday, April 6th., at II am.
 -Mansfeld Worthington, after spend- ing the winter in Clayton, has moved into Judge A. T. Roraback'a tenement house.
 The Bridgeport Farmer reports that the Housatonic road contemplates the removal of its repair shops from Falls Village to Norwalk.
 Some stock in the "Old Hill' ore mine, at Ore Hill, Conn. changed hands last week at $6OO % per share. The par value is $IOO % per share.
 James Green, who has been employ ed by Edward Barnes for some years as tesmster. will on April 1st move to Nor folk to work on the Battell farm.
 -Sartial Gillette, formerly of Canaan but recently of Torrington and Ansonia, has gone to Fort Wayne. Ind. where he has secured employment in the railroad shops.
 The official board of the M. B. church in this village were unanimous in requesting the return of the Rev T. s. Bond as pastor of the church for anoth- CT year.
 Major Reel and wife have moved into part of the Knickerbocker house at the lower corner. The other part of the house is occupied by Harlow Root and family.
 -Mesars J. Fl. Drake, Lewis Rhoades and Frank Coon caught twenty y-fve pounds of pickerel at Twin Lakes last Friday. They sent one large fish to Dr F. P. ,Whittlesey.
 Tt is s'far cry" to Hartford, but people who abuse their live stock some- times find that the arm of the Connecti- out Humane society can reach as far as from there to Canaan.
 There were thirteen different kinds of weather last Saturday (the 18th inst,) but this is March and we must excuse it.-Millerton Telegram. How about the fatal mum er'thirteeu2
 Miss Irene Green, who has been teaching school in South Canaan, and Miss Bertha Coon who has had the school in the Belden district, have clos ed their schools and come home.
 Maitland Osborne has nearly com pleted house for the Canaan Lime Go. It is near the company's quarry on the south road and when finished it will be used by Frederick Reel as a boarding house.
 -Sparking engines has been forbid den between the Union depot and the coal trestle. That is all very well, but why stop at engines? That is not the kind of sparkling that trainmen are most addicted to.
 It is stated in New Milford that through the combined efforts of Housa- tonic valley merchants enough stock has been secured to make the proposed New York and Danbury road sure thing.-Litchfeld Enquirer.
 The wedding of Dr H. A. Church and Miss Ellen H. Dunning will be eel ebrated this (Thursday) evening at the Congregational church, East Canaan, at half past seven o'clock. A reception will be held at the home of the bride at eight o'clock to which it has been pos sible to issue but few invitations.
 Said physlcian: "Membranous croup is common among children at this time of the year, and parents will be glad to hear of remedy. This can be found by placing mixture of gum carnphor, oil of turpentine and wate, into kettle and boiling it. The steam from this mixture should be inhaled by the child. It has proven very success ful in treating croup and whoopine cough"
 Frederick s. Parsons, D. D. s. hal decided to locate at Stapleton, Slater Island, and he has bought out the office and practice of long established den tist at that place who removes to Orange N. J. in hopes that change of air vii benefit his wife's health. "Fred take, s possession of the office May 1st. W. congratulate him on his good fortune il stepping into long established prac tice and we wish him continued success
 Twelve years ago the present montl the NEWS published pen portraits o twenty-two "marriageable" bachelor and widowers in this village. The sub iects were called "Evangeline's" bach elors. In referring to that list to-da.. we find that Hymen and Death hay nabbed fifteen of the number. Tn present leap year ought to clean out tn