Connecticut western news., 1893-03-02
Local News.


 bicycles and locomotives.
 The meeting of the Agassiz Society will bo at J. l.. Bragg's on Tuesday evening.
 There are services in Christ church on Fridays during Lent at 10.3O a. m., and T 80 p. m.
 -FoR SALE. A fine building lot on Prospect Ave. Cellar nearly excavated. Inquire of Dr H. L. Ross, Canaan, Ct.
 Last Thursday E w. Warner filled an order for 100 lunches for tue men shovelling snow on the P. R. & N. E. road.
 March came in like lion, and de. spite the bright sunshine the wind blew the rev fallen snow into still larger drifts.
 -Four or five inches of snow fell last Saturday afternoon, just enough to grease the two feet of good sleighing already on the market
 Newspaper men are expected to mourn with those who mourn, weep with those who weep, and rejoice every time girl gets married or child Is born. Hudson Register.
 --Gen John Sedgwick Camp, No. 5l. s. ", has issued invitations for it's first annual ball to be held in Sons of Veterans hall at Cornwall Bridge on Thursday evening March 9th.
 Miss Hattie Ensign, of Lime Rock, who has recently graduated from the Providence Hospital, has taken care of Mrs Wm J. Thomson nll through her illness. Mrs Thomson Is now convales- cent.
 |If you will study the new time ta- ble of the P. R. & N. B. road you will see that better connections are now made at Canaan with the Housatonic road than have been made since the 4th of last December
 A colored family consisting of Jas Johnson, wife and four children reside in Frank Goodwin's tenant house. Mir Johnson and two of the children are sick. It is reported that the family is In destitute circumstances and need as- sistance.
 Tine burial of Mrs Nancy Decker, who died on Sunday, took place on Tuesday. Rev Mr Utterwick officiated. Owing to the illness of Mrs Eli Gid dings, who was very sick with erysipe- las, there were no funeral services. Mrs Giddipgs has since recovered.
 Charley Moore, who has had chargs of Judge Changers farm for 23 years, has decided to leave on the first of April aud will set up an establishment of his own. It is whispered that nice, young girl, to whose attractions Charley is by no means indifferent, has consent ell to share his fortunes. May good luck attend them.
 The Rev Father O'Connor, of Lake ville, officiated at St. Joseph's on Sun- day and preached an eloquent and use ful sermon on St. John VT: 54. He pointed ont the necessity and the bene- fits of frequent .coml. nuions and insist. ed on the duty incumbent on all Catho- lies to practice their religion. We ven. ture to express the hope that the Right Rev Bishop will see fit to keep Father O'Connor on this mission for some time to come.
 The meeting of the literary society last Friday night was well attended The program, which included good lively debate on the Hawaiian question was very interesting. Miss Belle Malt bic, D. E Dean and another lady and gentleman. of the newly organized Falls Village literary society, were welcome visitors. Their society meets on Tues day night of the same week as the Ga naan society.
 -About forty -four Ladies and gentle men of Lime Rock took advantage O. the beautiful moonlight and the splen did sleighing to have sleigh ride tt this place Monday night. Charles w Barnum drove four-in- hand and tht others came in two-horse sleighs. After having supper and spending an hou or 30 very pleasantly in dancing the. started out for home, Among those who came were Rev and Mrs Putnam P. S. Burrall, Miss Carrie Richardson Mrs M. B. Richardson, Mir and Mrs N A. McNeil, Mir and Mrs N. Green, M and Mrs wv. Norton, Mrs John Owel and PIT. Ham, also Miss Charlotte Bar nun and the Misses McNeil.
 The Fitzgerald case was tried ol Monday before Justice Bennett. Vel ington B. Smith, of Winsted, appeare, for the State and J. Henry Roraback fo the defers Ten witnesses testified fo The prosecution was on what is calle, the reputation clause which makes punishable by fine to keep plac having tbe reputation of being plac where liquors are sold. The witnesse for the State swore positively that tn Fitzgerald premises had the reput tatio of being such place. There was som evidence on the part of the defendan tending to show that there was no foun datlon for such reputation. Mir Bora back was not allowed to ask the witness es for the State any questions on cross examination to show that the reputatio was unfounded. The court, however ruled that he might call the witnesse himself for that purpose, a privilege C which he was too shrewd i've think t avail himself except very sparingly Finally the defendant was found guilt and fined BIO. and costs, the latte