Connecticut western news., 1894-12-20
Rev Samuel F. Adam preached in

Frank Van Dausen and family moved into their new house on West Main St. last Saturday.
 The ladies of the M. E. church cleared about SS0 at the annual chicken pie supper last Friday night.
 The weather for the entire past week has been mild and spring-like and the snow has all disappeared except on the mountains.
 The Young Peoples Society of the Pilgrim Church will give sociable and entertainment in the church parlors on Friday evening, Dec. 2S.
 The evening whist club will meet to- morrow (Friday) night at o'clock at the Town Hall, under the auspices of Mrs Bierce, Mrs Acel F. Rood and Mrs ". H. Camp.
 There Is an unclaimed letter at the post office addressed to "Santa Claus, North Pole" If this gentleman will kindly call for his mail he will probably make some small child very happy Litchfeld Enquirer.
 The streets of this village were en- livened by dog fight Monday after noon The fight was between Frank Hitchcock's big St. Bernard dog and W. H. Camps collie. MT Camp was badly bitten in the hand by the St. Bernard while separating the dogs and his dog also showed marks of the big dogs teeth.
 The bell on the Methodist Episco- pal church in this village was presented to the society by Col. George Church, of Great Harrington, Mass, at the time the church was built. Col Church builded better than he knew The bell serves double purpose because it is used as fire alarm both for this world and the next one.
 It is announced that MT Samuel A.. Eddy of Canaan will be urged by his friends for appointment as clerk of bills in the next General Assembly. Mir Eddy has ably filled the clerkship of the House of Representative and is we'll qualified for the position named. In addition to bis qualifications for the office. he is fortunate in being popular wherever he IS known, and he Is not likely to have formidable competitor for the appointment.- -Winsted Herald.
 Early Saturday morning before daylight as William H. Briggs, brake man on Dan Thorpe's freight train, on the Housatonic road, was engaged in coupling cars at Newtown the car in front of which he was standing was pushed so violently against him that he was knocked down and fell across one of the rails. He managed to scramble out from before the car in time to escape being cut in two, but the heel of his right foot was run over and badly squeezed andwould no doubt have been crushed but for the protection of the strong heel of his shoe. MT Thorpe pull ed him away before the next wheel could reach him. It will be two or three weeks, probably. before Mir Briggs will be able to walk.
 The New Orleans Speciality Com pany, which is billed for appearance here to night, is rapidly gaining for itself name that might be envied by 8 much more pretentious show. Only words of praise are to be heard from both press and public, a sure criterion that 1t is of commendable excellence The various members have been select ed especially for their high standing in the lines they represent. The bill pre- sented Is said to consist of an unusually excellent variety of vocal and instrumen tai music, songs, dances, white and black-face sketches. Irish and Dutch comedy, club swinging and juggling, making in all performance we'll worthy of liberal patronage. This company is returning on their tour South and should not be missed as they have left 8 good impression when they visited us a few weeks ago. o.-Adv.
 On Friday evening shortly after 5 o'clock a six foot son, of Ham (the scriptural Ham) entered the store of Fuller < Peet and wanted "to lux at some clo'es. One of the clerks, Mir G Church Peet, responded with his usual alacrity and led the dusky brother into the clothing room where he was fitted to underwear, suit of clothes and rub Der boots. He then wandered into the hardware department remarking as he did so that "dey hab fixed up round heyar powoful much" He then re. quested Mir Peet to return to the cloth ing room and bring him pair of stock ings; but George, with all the cunning of Sherlock Holmes, scented crime especially as the night blooming g-cerea stood very near the rear door of the hardware room. Mir Peet said that he .'had better come in and look at the stockings but the black lily thought he could rely on Mr Peet's selection George however didn't think SO and the coon finally concluded he didn't want no stockins," He then started for the front of the store closely accompanied by George who remarked as he gently pulled at his coat sleeve that ''the goods came to eleyen-twenty-fve." "Yais Yaisp' came from between the shining worries; but the onward march of the black phalanx was not checked. "Elever