Connecticut western news., 1893-06-29
Local News.

house has been raised during the past week.
 The new safe for the town and pro- bate records has been placed in the town hall
 The Misses Emma and Hattie Noble, of New Milford. are visiting at Judge Changers.
 -Master William Partridge. of Lenox Dale, Mass is visiting his grand parents at Clayton.
 Mir and Mrs w. H Camp and H.D. Rsed returned yesterday from Chicago via New York.
 The monthly meeting of the Agas- sig Society will be held Tuesday even ing, July II, at Miss s. W. Adams
 -Dr o. W. Camp now drives very handsome span of blacks instead of the iron greys recently owned by him.
 The night operator at Salisbury. Mir Card, has been discharged and Mir Snow, of West Winsted, put in his place.
 An exchange we'll says the noblest part woman can play in life is that of wife to her husband and mother to her children.
 The ladies of the M. E. church will sell ice cream on the lawn of Dr P. 0. Cummings Tuesday afternoon and even ing, July 4th.
 Invitations to the wedding of Mir John D. Seacord and Miss Lena Free man, at the Pilgrim church on July 18th at 6 D. m., have been issued.
 Mrs M. w. Ward and daughters, of Hartford, are expected here Satur- day and remain an indefinite time at their former residence at the lower cor ner.
 Mrs o. H. Briggs and Miss Eddy have returned from the Worlds Fair. Dr and Mrs Eddy came with them as far as Jamestown, N. Y., where they will stay for few days.
 Mrs A. N Beach and her daughter, Mrs 0. K. Hunt, were in town last Sat urday. Mrs Beach formerly lived in Canaan, her husband being engaged in business here as timer.
 The Rev H. I. Bodley will preach in Christ church next Sunday evening, July 2d, on behalf of the Society for the Increase of the Ministry, of which MT Bodley is the secretary.
 John G. Beckley has "done" the Worlds Fair; visited relatives at Joliet, H., Is now taking trip to Denver. Col, and will visit friends at Fort Wayne, Ind, on his way home.
 70. l.. Smith invites the public to a grand picnic and dance at the Twin Lakes picnic grounds in the afternoon and evening of the Fourth. He has a large fleet of boats for rowing and fish ing.
 Mrs c. H. Briggs bought at Libby prison in Chicago, as a present for her father, silver headed cane, made from the plank on which Rev Dr Eddy slept when he was incarcerated in that insti- tuition at Richmo ond. Va.
 When it comes to enterprise H. D. Humphrey is "in it.'' The latest evil dence of this fact is that he is having a Springfield gas machine placed on his : premises which will furnish light land sweetness?) for his store and house.
 Gangs of men were busy on Sun day distributing ties along the line of the F., R. & N. B. in this town. An experiment in running car on the ground was also tried near the Canaan Lime Co.'S. office Result unsatisfactory
 Miss Isabel Church, who has re- cently taken her degree as M. D. at the Medical college in Buffalo, left town yesterday after visit of several. days with her brother. Miss Church will hang out her shingle in New York city.
 -T. 8. Gold has kindly sent us a copy of the 26th annual report of the BbAb6 UOhIl OA hkIlOultutO. LV ooh o0Aho much information useful to farmers. in- cluding the results of experiments in tobacco raising at the station at Po- quonos.
 -Dr H. A. Church got new horse in Winsted last week, exchanging his large sorrel for it. It is 8 very hand some animal, nearly white, and has trotted in 2.28 on the ice. The horse was raised in Canada. The doctor has sold his broncho.
 The snap and vim of Supt. Blaine, of the New England division of the P. & R. railroad was shown to-day Mon- day). This hustling 'super" passed through here on the noon train as en- ginser. He brought his train in on time and handled the lever to perfec- ton, as in former years -Winsted Citi- zen.
 Last Saturday evening someone strewed box of parlor matches on the sidewalk near the post office in order to enjoy the fright of pedestrians who ex- plodedsthesmatches by stepping upon them in the dark Such an act was either pure cussedness or criminal thoughtlessness. It is @ wonder some lady was not burned to death by her skirts taking fire from those matches which ignited whenever stepped on.
 Rev MT Goodenough of Winchester preached at the Congregational Church on Sunday morning in exchange with Rev MT Hawley, and gave an excellent argument on the contagion of evil which necessitates aggressive and defensive