Connecticut western news., 1893-01-19
Local News.

-J. $. Adam is spending few days in New Jersey.
 The waste pipe of the water motor at Christ church froze up last week.
 pr McGlynn will lecture in Miller ton, N. r., Thursday evening, Feb. 2d.
 -Erastus Holcomb shipped nine dressed calves to New York on Tuesday.
 MT and Mrs Elterich, of Clayton' have returned from their weeks visit to New York city.
 Paul Lorrain, a brother of E. R. Lorrain, and Edward J. Lorrain are now in town in town to stay.
 Norman Sardam, of North East' N. Y., has rented the house, near the depot, recently occupied by Peter Nihil
 There will be sociable in the Pill grim church parlors tomorrow (Friday) evening. A very social time is expected.
 Miss Rebecca Cofing Almonte, of Stockbridge, Mass, visited friends in this village and Lakeville few day last week.
 The store of one of our merchants on Railroad street was raided by New Hartford officers on Tuesday night. Nothing was found.
 Do ho, hoo ssl a week or more with heavy cold, which required the attention of phy- sician, but he is improving.
 The Grand Lodge of Connecticut Masons began it's sessions in New Haven yesterday. James H. Drake is the del. egate from Houstonic Lodge of this place.
 We are informed that South Ga naan meat-dealer butchered COW last week and shipped the quarters to New York. The price of beef was $l 0O 8 hundred and the transaction netted him 8 60.
 On Monday last c. K. Hunt hand- ed Mrs Lucy M. Ives, widow of the late Alderman Ives, check for $1 ,OOO, the amount of her husbands life insu- rance policy in the Phoenix Mutual, of Hartford.
 Charles Roraback, a brother of Willard A. Roraback, who has been for some months past in England as the agent of the Excelsior Needle Go. of Torrington, returned last week and is now at his home in Sheffield, Mass.
 Our Millerton readers will be inter- ested to learn that William G. Denney, formerly of that place but now secretary of tue St. Paul Union Stockyards O., of South St. Paul, Minn., will be at his old home in Millerton the latter part of this week. ...
 Miss Mary Griffin, who lives at the Canaan Academy, had very narrow es- cape from being burned to death last Saturday Her clothing was all in g blaze, but Rev F. Thompson, with great presence of mind. wrapped her , up in a blanket and smothered the flames, so that she was only slightly burned. Mary cannot imagine how her clothes came to take fire
 M. A. Gibbs, formerly of Ore Hill, has resigned (his resignation took effect Jan. 1st J his position as local agent of the Iron Cliffs company of Negaunee. Mich. He will remain in that city and has associated himself with V. J. Vine land in the coal, wood. banking and general insurance business, besides looking after the business of the Gas Light Go. and his personal interests.
 The Egyptians did not relish the visitation of frogs, but Winsted went into ecstasies over the Frogs of Wind am and that comic opera was presnted three evenings last week. The gross proceeds were over $500 Of this sum the organ fund will net about $175 while the Messrs Leavitt will realize about $3OG and Editor Rodemeyer re- ceived ocular evidence that Winsted girls are not w-legged.
 -Dr Ross has purchased the house and lot belonging to Mrs s. M. Hum phrey, on Main street. and also the land lying between this lot and the cen. ter of the brook east of Dr o W. Camps property. This will give Dr Ross loi PA by 155 feet in size. and on this he will soon erect house, where he vii also have his office. The present house will be moved to one side and occupied till the new edifice is complete.
 J s. Adam has now definitely de- cided to take the agency, for Litchfelt and Berkshire counties, of Ellwanger S Barry's Mount Hope Nurseries of Koch ester, N. Y. This is an old and per fectly reliable concern and we will ado that, as we all know, J. s. Adam alst is a man who can be depended on, ant whose knowledge of botany qualife h1m to give valuable advice in regard to the selection of fruit trees, vines anc flowers
 Last Saturday while blasting rock at Dr Ross cellar on Prospect Ave. large fragment of rock was throw, through the roof of D. D. Wal ter's pantry. Mrs Walter was alone il the house and was greatly frightened by the bombardment and the fall o -crockery and tinware. The rock hat been covered with railroad ties, but th fragment of rock flew out through 1