Connecticut western news., 1894-05-10
Local News.
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-Butter-cups and orioles!
 Mrs Adeline Beckley arrived last Saturday from Kent.
 The frame for Junius Rhoades' double house has been raised this week. Miss Duggan had a visit yesterday from her mother, who lives in Litch- field.
 A tombstone has been erected at the grave of Milton Couch in the lower cemetery.
 Mrs Mary Bodley has returned from Mt Vernon and is again at Mrs Henry G. Williams.
 -Mr Charles Watson spent Sunday and Monday with his sister. Mrs J. B. Hardenbergh. Miss Caroline Bailey returned Tuesday from Hartsyille, Mass, and is at s. c, Beckley's.
 Miss BessieL. Franklin, of Hartford, has been visiting her cousin, Miss Mable L. Watson, several days this week.
 R. D. Peirce Is having the first story of his new house painted a green shade with moss green shade on the shingles.
 Mrs Fl. J. Caul has returned from her several months residence at Chat ham N. Y. and will occupy one of Judge Roraback's tenant houses.
 William Bennett began planting corn on Tuesday. he welded the hoe and dropped the yellow seed hir self. His corn is always up first we believe. The town of Sheffield. Mass, IS keeping up it's record for neighborhood quarrels and law suits, the Curtis Johnson trial being the last sensation. M. L. Osborne, Jr, is erecting a building on Railroad street in which he will conduct fish. fruit and vegetable market. He will be ready for business next week.
 The remains of Sheldon Parsons, who formerly lived at East Canaan and who died in Salisbury on Monday. were inferred in the East Canaan cemetery on Tuesday.
 -T. Archie Evans, of Bs thel, arrived Tuesday evening and will remain. here with his relatives an indefinite time un- til he fully recovers from his recent attack of pneumonia.
 Improvements have been made on tho roads in several parts of the town by direction of the selectmen, notably on Bennett's hill and on the sand road in the south part of the town.
 The condition of MT Lyman Dun- ming remains unchanged except that he grows gradually weaker. Dr Ward, of Albany, was called iu consultation with Drs. Beebe and Kendall on Monday.
 The hustling editor of the NEWS rides the latest "Columbia" bicycle, and many subscribers who are backward . in payment have come to time knowing il to be useless for them to try and out run him.
 -Arbor Day was observed by ap propriate exercises in the schools. The rain in the afternoon prevented some contemplated work in the line of village improvement. The shade trees and lawns in this village show good care but the sidewalks were never in nor. wretched condition.
 Mir Huntington. president of thu Southern Pacific Railroad, has signed , contract with the Phenixville Bridg, Company for the construction of bridge for the company's line over thu Mississippi near New Orleans. Tn bridge, which will cost five million dol lors. will be 10,5O0 feet long. with double track. It will be built on th canti-lever principle. -Winsted Citizen
 The engagement of Arthur P Freeman. bookkeeper of the firm o Peirce < Freeman, to Miss Lucy Smith organist in the Pilgrim Church. wa announced last week. Mir Freeman will take the house now occupied b his father, D. l.. Freeman, and tn elder MT Freeman has bought two lot opposite the residence of E. D. Law renee on Prospect Ave. and will bull during the present season.
 It is reported that week ago Mor day night about 9 young men fror East Canaan, with their faces conceale with white handkerchiefs, visited cabin on Canaan mountain, where Frenchmsn was living with negr woman. and after soaring the inmate out of the edifice by discharging the guns, they exploded four pounds ( dynamite under the cabin. The soun of the explosion was heard for mile around.
 For many years Millerton N. has been noted for weddings. Its cit zens are not Mormons with a score ( wives, but Millerton is Mecca ft couples who wish to be quietly marie and thus avoid the expense of a hom wedding. Methodist ministers desil to be stationed at Milierton as tt marrige fees are quite a revenue, no withstanding the clergy of other d. nominations preform many marriae ceremonies. The Millerton Telegral give statistics of marriages preforme by the Methodist clergy at Millerto during the past fourteen years, S4 marriages as follows: During the fl, years that the Rev W. o. Oliver live here he married 122 couples. But allows that the present administratio is bad one for weddings, as he h. had only two since last January. F the way, Dr Webster his predecesso