Connecticut western news., 1892-09-29
Local News.

The campaign has opened.
 Cold morning Tuesday night.
 HI. B. Stevens is having his house painted.
 James M. Shultz has returned from Litchfeld.
 The Rev s. F. Adam was in town two or three days this week.
 Mrs D. P. Wheeler, of Washington Hollow, N. Y., was in town on Monday. Herbert M. Adams returned on Monday to Nebraska where he is in bus mess.
 The Agassiz Society will meet on Tuesday evening at the house of J. l.. Bragg.
 Lew Rhoades shot two mud hens or little grebes and Glenn Kegler a hawk yesterday.
 Mrs Cora Sheppard, of West Corn wall. spent the first part of this week with Miss Ada Mcintyre.
 Mrs Sabra Humphrey leaves to-day for Chicago to spend several months with her niece, Mrs Warner.
 Mrs Kellogg, sister of Mrs R. O. Newton, left on Tuesday for Chicago where she will visit relatives
 Mrs J. s. New and Mrs H. D Hum phrey left yesterday for New Haven where they will remain for about a week.
 Timothy Mcclure is quite ill with rheumatism and fever, but his condi- dition is not alarming, as his physician, Dr Camp, informs us.
 During the shower last Saturday evening the carpenter shop of B. s. Pease was struck by lightning and one corner of the building was splintered but not set on fire.
 The Democratic caucus to nomi- nate town officers will be held at the town hall on Saturday at 3 p. m., and the Republican caucus will be held at the Warner House on said day at p. m. HI. D. Humphrey is building a house on West Main street. Although the ground is very sandy he has uncov- cred large lime stone rock which GOV CTS the entire area of the proposed eel lar.
 W. B. Hall & O. have had so many calls from up the Housatonic for another excursion to Bridgeport that they are going to run fall excursion sometime in October. Watch for particulars about the date.
 Constable Drake had orders to stop four boys, who had run away from, the Canaan Four Corners School between Friday morning and Saturday afternoon. Somehow the boys. do not quite enjoy themselves there.
 The Rev T. s Bond has gone south on 8 two weeks vacation. Next Sun day his pulpit will be occupied by Dl EddNand on the second Sunday bJ Presiding Elder Travis, of the Pough keepsie district.
 HOME AGAIN. For the next foul Saturdays will make special prices or wagons and harness. I have 30 new wagons and several second jobs on hand Gall early before they are gone.
 w. G. CARaILL.
 All the old soldiers of this towl have returned from the Washington campaign. They had grand time, bu they had to pay we'll for everything they had, and one old veteran said i took longer to get to Washington thai it did in war time.
 For month, beginning with las Monday, the mails are to be weighed both at the post offices and on the cars This is done in order to fix the compen sation for carrying the mails. William E. Lawrence is one of the weighers o the Housatonic road.
 -Messrs Samuel c. and John c Beckley returned Saturday from bicy cle trip through portion of Berkshir county during which they "wheeled it from Pittsfeld to North Adams vi Cheshire, and returned through Wi liamstown, New Ashford, ,Lanesborough Pittsfeld, Lenox and Ct Burlington Canaan. They were absent from Thurs day noon until Saturday afternoon.
 Willis B. Leonard, of Pittsfelt formerly of Ct Harrington, was in tow last Tuesday. A few days since b found live scorpion in bunch ( bananas at Pittsfeld. He captured th s'varmint" alive and presented it Prof T. A. Schurr, of Pittsfeld, wh proposes to keep it, at least until it a tains it's natural size. The insect now only about half grown but it is b, lieved to be the first live scorpion tn, ever visited Pittsfeld.
 -"Facts are Stubborn Things, me, them as we may" We quote as fo lows from letter received Tuesds from 8 resident of New Hartford: receive the NEWS every week; and allo me to say that it is the best count, paper that know of. The fact is, yc publish first class country paper ar I am proud of it every time I see it my own house or anywhere else." | the same mail the NEWS received le ter from Mir William Nisbet, the d goods merchant at East Winsted. \ Nisbet sends his check before the qua terly payment is due for his half-colun aduorfiaonnank and ha mritaa aa fn1lnW