Connecticut western news., 1893-01-26
Miss Clara Sedgwick is at H. P

The Rev D. O. Stone will preach in the Congregational church at East Ca naan next Sunday morning.
 A little sunshine last Sunday near ly killed the sleighing but a couple of snow squalls have revived it.
 If we rightly understand the twit- terings of the little birds, two engage ments are as good as announced.
 Lewis Rhoades, Frank Coon, Aug ustus Caldwell and Frank VanDeusen caught big string of fish in the East Indies pond on Tuesday.
 The Rev David Phillips, of Lake vile, will preach in the M. B. church next Sunday morning and evening in exchange with the Rev T. s. Bond.
 The sociable at William J. Fergu- sons last Thursday night was very well attended and much enjoyed. The amount realized was $12;for the chapel.
 The Pilgrim church sociable was we'll attended last Friday evening. Standard books were impersonated and it was pleasing feature of the evening.
 The night operator in the train dis patcher's office, MT Hanrahan, has gone to take position on the Erie road and his place here has been taken by MT Wright, of Forestville.
 In the Superior Court held at Win sted last Saturday, Judge Fenn on the bench, J. Henry Roraback, Esq, of Canaan, and Frederick E. Mygatt, Esq, of New Milford, were admitted as attor- neys at law, &c.
 Rev Chas H. Bullard, of Hartford, District Sec'y of the American Tract Society, will speak on the subject of his work in the Pilgrim church on Sunday morning. The Rev MT Milliken will be in New York city over Sunday.
 The next entertainment in The Peoples Course at Winsted will be given at the Winsted Opera House on Wednesday evening, Feb. 9th, on which occasion The Lillian Durell Grand Opera Go. will present "Mignon" in English) in feur acts.
 The E. W. Spur Co.,, of Falls Will lage and Lakeville, has bought large tract of standing timber in the swamp on Mrs M. W. Wards farm south of this village. A portable steam saw mill, already brought to the lot, will soon be making lumber of those gigantic trees.
 The P. X R. R. R. Go. has added two new members to its telegraphic force at this place. One is c. G. Bow ker, of Shamokin, Pa., who is division operator with charge of all the offices, instruments etc. between Car pbell Hall and Hartford, and the other is new lineman by the name of F.W, Kum- merer, of Reading, Pa.
 A Frenchman, by the name of Broche, living in East Canaan, was seized with strange malady on Mon day last and lay in an unconscious con dition all day. His case was pronounced hopeless. The next day he revived and is now likely to recover. One doctor said he had ''double pneumonia" and another Russian grip" as we are in formed.
 Friday evening, Feb. 3d, is the time, and Citizens hall, Falls Village, Conn, is the place of ian evening of melody" The following well known artists will give refined musical enter tainmept: Miss Elizabeth VanAlstyue, violin; Miss Louise Brintou, cornet; Mir John o. Wolfe, cornet; Mir Clarence Briuton, clarinet; Miss Grace Brinton, piano. For further particulars, see pos ters.
 For the benefit of our friend, the colder inhabitant, who recently stated ''he knew of only one couple now living in town who were married and living here in 1844" we will state that MT and Mrs Leonard Lawrence were married Oct. 26, 1885. MT and Mrs T. B. Strong, and MT and Mrs s. P. Crofut have been married over 50 years. All were living here in 1844 and are living here yet. Perhaps a thorough canvas of the town would reveal other names to add to the above list.
 During the past few weeks thou sands of people from all sections of the United States have visited Niagara Falls to see the wonderful handiwork of Jack Frost on the rocks and trees, and to see the natural ice bridge which has form ed immediately below the great cataract. The railroads have been, and still are, running excursion trains to Niagara Falls in order to accommodate all who wished to view the above mentioned sights. Ice bridges are not uncommon at Niagara Falls. They are formed al- most any severe winter, but only once in history has the great cataract run dry. The NEWS is indebted to Mrs Ly- man Cunning, of East Canaan, for the article published elsewhere under the caption GA Dry Niagara" Years ago said article was published in Golden Days. Mrs Dunning saved the article for future reference and now through her kindness we are enabled to print it. We think it of double interest while so many people are now focking to Niaga- "a to see less wonderful spectacle than the one described in said article.
 Last Monday was the tenth ami versary of the wedding of MT and Mrs