Connecticut western news., 1893-11-23


 Editor George Hinman. of Willi. mantle, made us pleasant call on Mon day.
 The Jacobs place in this village has been improved by removing the front fence.
 R. D. Peirce's new house is receiv- ing the finishing touches and is almost | completed.
 -E. w. Adams lost horse with collie last Sunday night. The horse was worth about $100.
 Mrs &. W. Barnes and son Marcus went to Belleville, N. J. last Thursday to visit friends few days. Milton Roraback has moved his in- surance office from Union depot to the room in Watson's block next to the post office.
 River St. runs from Grove Ave. across Terrace Ave. to Salmon Barlow $ quarry on the west side of the Black berry river.
 The east end of Bragg street hxs been widened and improved by moving the fence north about ten feet for dis tance of several rods. The Ancrarn, N. r., post office was broken into on Monday night. Nov. 13, the safe blown open and $200 worth of stamps and money taken.
 We received pleasant call yester- day from MT George s. Hammond, of West Goshen, who has been in town a day or two on business.
 -E. W. Warner is building chim- nsy on tho east outside of the hotel office. He will remove the large chim- ney now in the office as it occupies too much room.
 Deacon H. B. Stevens has had quite an expensive picnic in blasting the rock in his door yard. "a distance of several rods, in order to sink the water pipe below the frost line. Ten days of special pentecostal ser vices at the M. E. church, Sharon, be- gan Sunday, Nov 18th. Mrs Maggie Van Cott of national fame will conduct all the services. Rev Robert Hunt, pas- tor.
 Rev D. c. Stone came up from New Haven Thursday evening and re- turned Monday. On Sunday morning he occupied the Pilgrim church pulpit and preached an excellent sermon from Matthew XI, 2-5.
 Salmon Barlow has completed the cellar wall for his new house on the cor ner of Barlow St. and Terrace Ave-, and has commenced the carpenter work. So good and substantial cellar wall is sell dom built for a house of it's size
 The Literary society, with G. Will lis Parsons as president, hold their first meeting of the present season at town hall tomorrow night. Question: ''Re- solved, That for the people the Brazil ian Monarchy is preferable to tue Bra gillian Republic.
 w. H. Camp has taken possession of the post office, J. G. Root retiring on Monday. Mir Camp will not change the location of the office at present and will retain Miss Ferguson and Miss Smith as assistants. MT Root, the re- tiring official, has given universal satis- faction.
 A new time table went into effect on the Housatonic road last Sunday. The Berkshire express trains have been discontinued for the winter. For the benefit of our readers (but without or ders from the railroad company we publish to-day in our advertising col umns skeleton but convenient sched- ule of trains.
 The latest information regarding the duty on Sumatra tobacco is that the | ways and means committee. although reports have been made to the contrary, have not yet decided to recommend any reduction. The facts that tobacco is a luxury and that the treasury needs the large revenue derived from it, are both factors that will weigh against any | change. e.-Hartford Times.
 That the Adirondack Mountain re- zion is remarkably healthy region has always been admitted, but the case oi Mrs Margaret Miller, of Chazy Lake, affords a good illustration of what the mountain air will do. Mrs Miller is 9e years of age. hale and hearty, with he, mental faculties unimpaired. She is the mother of 13 children, has 95 grand children, 380 great-grandchildren With all of her immediate descendants gath cred around her, Mrs Miller could found a pretty good sized village.-Hudsor Regist CT.
 v The new time table of the F., R. N. B. road appears in another column. It will be observed that the night ex. press trains have been discontinued The morning train from Winsted fol New York and Poughkeepsie passes Canaan IT minutes later than it recently did. The evening train for Winsted leaves 10 minutes earlier than formerly A Amorning train between Canaan and Hartford has been added, leaving Ca naau at 6.05. The 6 25 pm train iron Hartford runs through to Canaan, ar. irving here at 900 p. m.
 The case of Homer o. Allyn vs James G. Patterson was compromised last week. This was an action whici has been pending in the Superior cour of this county since 1889 growing ou