Connecticut western news., 1892-01-07
Miss Roxana Stevens is still quit

-MlsS hUXana stevens IS St1ll QulG' ill.
 Robert D. Pierce has returned fir, m his trip to Washington and Ohio.
 pr Ross has so far recovered as to venture out few moments Tuesday.
 A telegram was received here yester- day afternoon stating that Mir. Georg' Rudge of Sheffield, Mass, was dyil
 MT and Mrs Jerome Root attended tho funeral of Mrs Louise Webbtr, a sister of Mrs Root, at Nlvelville, N Y last week.
 The week of prayer is being observ. ed by the NJ. E. church with meetings 'n Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday evenings.
 Mrs Crane and her brother-in- law, Mr Crane of Philadelphia, left town on Tuesday for Beloit. Wisconsin, where Mrs. Crane's home is.
 Mrs J. N VanDeusen is recoveIi from pneumonia, but does not sit up yet. Mr. VauDeusen has also been housed up three weeks with tue grippe, but has nearly recovered.
 MT. John Rolemeyer (the shoe maker) has had desperate struggle with the grippe. but we are happy t" ~tate that the veteran soldier has about yau0uishal the enemy
 ~-Chatles Roraback of Torrington WAS in town last week. h February he is goingt to London, and will travel through England representing the Excelsior Needle Co of Tcrrington.
 We are fortunate is securing the services of MT. Irving J. Reyes of Mil !erton, N. Y who for three weeks will work iu the NEWS posing room, and give the boys" chance to take needed rest.
 Last Saturday was very rainy day with the mercury among the fifties, but the water was welcome. The first gen. uine snow storm of the season con- menced about o'clock yesterday morn- ing and at noon about four inches of snow had fallen.
 The following named persons are on the sick list for have been on the sick list during the past week. iu this will lage |: Mr. and Mrs. Charles Butcher, Mrs H. B. Stevens, MT. and Mrs. Abra- ham Coon, Miss Sullivan (the telegraph operator), Murray G. Hoag, Miss Ellen Casey. Mrs Auson, Charles Callender's little daughter.
 -Col. Roswell B. Mason. ex-Mayor of Chicago, died at his home in that city last Friday, aged 87 years Col. Mason will be remembered by eastern people as the civil engineer who was actively en- gagged in the construction of the Housa- tonic railroad, the New York & New Haven and also the Vermont Valley rail- road.
 At the meeting of Victory Council, No. 65. O. U. A. M., held on Tuesday evening. Dec 29, the following officers Were elected for the ensuing six months: Councillor. Frank Decker vice-coun- cllor, W. H. Fuller; R. 5 ', John Ter m ,nd F. S., Burton A. Peirce treas urer, l.. Moore inductor, James Hand lin examiner, Geo. Griswold I. F., L. Yorker O. P A Coons trustee for IS months, William Adam.
 Rev T. H. Baragwanath, of Rhine beck, N. r., will deliver lecture at Citizens hall, Falls Village, Conn, on Tuesday evening, Jan 12. This is the first of the course of lectures under the auspices of the Epworth L-ague of the NJ. E. church at Falls Village. Mr Baragwanath's subject is: ''rhe west of Englaud, Paris and tie Rhine." Mir BAragwanath recently delivered said lecture at Canaan and he instructed and d lighted large audience.
 There were five deaths in this ,il- lage last week two deaths in one house Tnere is no use in getting nervous or frightened about the grippe tine list of sick ones is merely fraction of the en- tire population, aud some of the deaths were expected ere this from causes en- tirely independent of tue grippe. It is always advisable to guard against ex- posture to sudden changes of weather. especially in season like this. Quiniue iS recommended by some as a prevent i've, but our private opinion Is that an ounce of caution is worth pound of quinine.
 The readers of the NEWS will this week look in vain for Falls Village cor respoudence, and will wonder why none appears. There is sufficient reason for the non-appearance of the usual bud, ct of items. A postal card from our c, r. respondent explains all. It reads as fol- lows : G. Having d slight attack of it. fau- nation of the lungs come on Friday night. 1 shall have to disappoint ou this week, which is the first time in two years or more that I have missed send ing communication. I will be all right in few days if I don't take any m ore cold. While not agreeable it is prefer, able to the grippe"
 POINTERS.