Connecticut western news., 1892-11-24

Selected. Have you seen the comet?
 Miss Ostrander. of Salisbury, is at the Warner House.
 Mrs Theodore Watson was in town for few hours on Tuesday.
 Lawyer Warner, of Woodbury, was in town day or two this week.
 Mrs John W. Nicoll has been i'll since Sunday with hard cold and some fever.
 -E. D. Lawrence returned last Sat urday from visit to friends in Vine land, N. J.
 Mrs Fl. W. Watson was quite ill last week and threatened with fever but has nearly recovered.
 B. A. Peirce has bought the house and lot on Prospect Ave. lately owned and occupied by Mrs Mary A. Peet.
 The wind blew off the roof of the f3reman's cab of the "Mother Hubbard" engine near Boston Corners on Tues day.
 -RevNC. D. Milhken had short vis- it here yesterday with clsssmste of his while at Yale. MT Perry, of Williams town, Mass.
 Thanksgiving. If you have paid the printer, give thanks. If you have not paid the printer, give thanks that he has not sued you.
 -Mrs R. O. Newton and her sister, Mrs Kellogg, returned to this town last Thursday. RC Newten's son Rollin also arrived on the next day for short stay with his parents.
 Minnie Lynehan, the daughter of Cornelius Lynehan of this village, is very ill with malarial fever at Bridge port, and at this writing "Wednesday morning. is not expected to live.
 Campaign meetings and parades have ended. Now for church suppers with their
 Whoopety, Whoopety, Whoop.
 One oyster in a plate of soup.
 The Norwalk Hour is booming Ex- Congressman William B. Simonds for U. &. Senator from Connecticut. The Hour devotes half column in present. ing MT Simonds' qualifications for the position.
 Republicans have been predicting that if Cleveland were elected we should have wild cat currency. We'll, Cleve- land was elected and already many wild cat stories are current and-can it be that the Republicans were right?
 -F. B. Catlin, of Winsted, requests the NEWS to reprint the following clipping:
 Morgan & Wright pneumatic tires are very popular among horsemen throughout the country. Nancy Hanks is now at Nashville, where Budd Doble is preparing to send the queen of the turf for record hitched to Sterling sulky fitted with M. & w. racing tires.
 -NoT1cE There will be meeting of the Citizens Association of Canaan at A. T. Roraback's office Saturday ev ening, November 26th 1892, at 73( o'clock. for the purpose of considering the subject of permanent improvements upon the highways, and also for the purpose of considering the question O. securing safe place for the land and probate records for the town and pro bate district.
 PER ORDER OF COMMITTEE. Canaan, Conn.,, November 23d, 1892.
 Eugene Root had been annoyed by the depredations of some animal among his poultry. and accordingly his sol Lester set trap near the hen house On Monday night 2 young. bu nearly full grown, wild cat was foun' caught in the trap. The "varmint" wa promptly dispatched and will probabl be added to the geological collection il the Douglas Library building. The an imal is in color what would be called tabby were it a domestic cat, but i very much larger and of much heavie build.
 MT and Mrs Charles O. Briggs er s0rtained few of their friends at an in formal party at their home in East Cs naan on Tuesday night. The room wore prettily decorated with laure bougbs. On the outside there was quit . display of Chinese lanterns. and som of the more nervous Republicans 2 first suspected that they were bein inveighed into celebrating the Demo cratic victory. The time passed yer pleasantly till after midnight when th guests departed.
 Lewis Rhoades has 8 curiosity the shape of trade dollar of 1878 whic has history, known and unknown The known part is as follows: Fullt < Peet received the dollar few weel ego in exchange for merchandise. .Afte wards they suspected the coin was n' genuine, and they did not attempt pass it, but upon "Abe". Coon's re1ue they presented it to him to put up stakes on an election bet which he hs made with "Lew" Rhoades, Whe Lew heard that Abe had put up que tionable dollar against his Lew's) gel uine dollar, Lew substituted lead do lar for his genuine one. Suffice it say, Lew won tho election bet end r ceived the aforesaid trade dollar. Aft carrying it several days he decided find out of what material the critter VI made, and to test it with his pock knife. He soon discovered that ol