Connecticut western news., 1893-02-16
Local News.

Lantern jawed people can't always throw light on subject.
 The O. U. A. M. now hold theil meetings in the Masonic lodge room.
 Miss Tuckerman, of Jamestown, N Y., is visiting her sister, Mrs S.A. Eddy
 -Comrade s. A. Bennett is attending the G. A. R. state encampment at Will. limantic.
 Gan the decrease in the number o1 valentines sold this season be attributed to the recent leap year2
 MT Pepoon Jacobs is recovering from his recent attack of illness, and he sat up part of the time yesterday.
 If you vote to license saloon, and your son gets drunk In it, he only swal- lows your vote.-Angeica Every Week.
 There is no doubt that thoroughly good roads add enormously to the wealth producing power of agricultural com munities.
 The Rev o. D. Milliken is in New Hampshire where he has gone to attend the funeral of his step-mother who died on Sunday.
 The Rev Dr and Mrs Krans, of New York city, visited Rev F. Thomp- son on Monday evening and entered their son at the academy.
 There will be no fool business on the first of April, if, as is now threatened, general strike of all railway employees takes place at that time. Cow anda Her. aid.
 SMr and Mrs T. I. Ferguson, oi Bridgeport, are visiting relatives in this town. They arrived Monday from South Manchester where they had been the guests of R. M Rood for week. { Miss Caroline Beckley, daughter of l Ferdinand l.. Beckley, was critically ill ! with pneumonia last week, and a coun. oil of physicians was held but we are glad to announce that she is now lm proving finely.
 A dispatch dated Poughkeepsie, Feb. 11th, says: William H. Sheldon was to-day appointed receiver of the New York & Massachusetts, railroad on an application of judgment creditor s for local claim.
 The Millerton Odd Fellow Lodge, No. 383. was instituted at Millerton, N. Y, on Wednesday evening of last week. Several officials were present from Win sted and Poughkeepsie. Three candi- dates were initiated.
 One of our citizens who makes poultry raising speciality informs us that he has done better than the South ern New Marlboro man with his 60 hens and sale of six dozen eggs week. The Canaan mans record has for many weeks been sale of II dozen eggs pei week with 50 hens.
 ! At the regular communication o Housatonic Lodge, No. 6l, F. & A. M. held last Saturday evening the third de gree wss conferred, followed by col lation in the ante-room. Quite mum Der of visiting brethren were present from Falls Village and Lime Rock. The occasion was very pleasant one.
 There was heavy snow storm al day Monday, about foot of snow fall ing, followed by thaw on Tuesday and yesterday. The snow drifted very mucl on Monday on the western end of tn. F. & R. division and the snow plov was in use all the afternoon. The en zine on one train broke driving wlee tire and lost her equalizer stud.
 The house in New Jersey belong ing to MT Elterich's sister was destroyed by fire on Monday. In this house wa contained all the furniture, works of ar and bric-a-brac belonging to Mrs Filter ich, many articles of which had beer purchased in Europe, and nearly all o which were destroyed, and just as the. were about to be shipped to Clayton.
 A freight train going east on the P R. & N. E. road was derailed at Or Hill on Tuesday night about Il o'clock The accident was caused by the turning over of rail. An engine and severa cars were thrown off the track Tn, relief train which arrived soon after wa also derailed The trains were delaye, yesterday owing to the necessity o making transfers.
 Although the hoopskirt has not ye come, the rumor that we are threatene with it has so alarmed the masculin heart that bill has been passed by tn Minnesota legislature and one intro duced into the New York legislatur making it misdemeanor to sell o wear these interesting appliances. On objection urged is that they will talk up too much room at the Worlds Fail Mrs Wm J. Thomson has been yer i'll for nearly week with pneumonis Yesterday afternoon she was reported a more comfortable. Miss Florence Thom son, of New York, has been assisting i the care of her mother since Saturday Miss Thomsou's friends will be interes ed to know that she has accepted yer desirable position as teacher in one { the public schools. in the city of Ne York.
 We commend the exquisite taste kindness aud forethought of Dr Josep B. Bissell, 37 West 50th St., New Tor n;%v ;v, oapdipn, tho aditor of tho Npxr