Connecticut western news., 1894-11-08
Local News.

Local News.
 -Cloak sSEo at Warner House par lors to-day and tonorrow. E. P. Hunt & Co
 On Tuesday the telephone wire was down in two places near the Dr Smith place.
 On Tuesday the boys and girls were ooasting on hand sleds instead of bi- cycles.
 Election is over; now tend to busi- ness. and boom your business by adver- tiaing in the Nrws.
 -CArl Swenson. the florist 1t Win. ated, now has for sale some extra fine ohrysanthemums in bloom.
 Some of the young ladies of this town have organized whist club, which meets on alternate weeks Tues day afternoon. The meetings of the Havthorne Club have been resumed.
 The tramp tell us that there was . hand to hand fight on Brewer Hill recently by two females which resulted in the prosecution of one. She got a fine of $20 in the district court at Great Burlington.
 We are told that someone played . joke on Harry Lyles last Saturday evening while Harry was in Canaan by moving his horse or turning it adrift and that Harry had to walk to his home in Clayton.
 Something over 150 invitations have been issued for the ball tomorrow eve ming (Nov. 9 and quite an event is ex- pected. Doty's orchestra will furnish musio, and refreshments are to be serv- ed in the hall.
 It rained hard all day Monday but about 5.3O p. m, turned to snow and about nix inches of snow fell during the night and as this writing "Wednesday afternoon) there are about three inches of snow on the felds and mountains.
 We have received . sample copy of tho Naugatuok News, weekly paper born last Thursday ct Naugatuck. It is e full of items as an egg ia of meat. Irving J. Reyes is its editor and pro- prietor. Hold the fort. Neighbor Reyes.
 The Peoples ticket bore the name of James L. Bragg as . candidate for Judge of Probate Mir Bragg says his name was plsced there without his knowledge or consent, furthermore not until . day or two before election did he know there was Peoples ticket in this state.
 In the young ladies' contest for gold watch to be given to the most pop ular, which closed last Friday night, Miss Katie Ferry, of the Warner House, and her fair opponent in Lakeville both psoved to be So wonderfully popular sSst t was decided to give them each a gold watch.
 "A supper and dance will be given at tho Town Hall on November 14th, under the auspices of the young ladies of St. Joseph's church. Music by Doty's orchestra Admission and SUD- per 5Octs. dancing 6Octs, extra. Sup per from 10 b 13. Proceeds for the benefit of the church.
 The comedy of 'The Circus Girl'' drew larger audience at Town Hall last Monday evening that was expected for such dark and stormy night. The acting. tho music and one of the dances were far superior to the comedy itself, nevertheless the play is good enough for those who like that kind of . play.
 MT and Mn Fry, graduate opticians, will return to Canaan next week, Nov. l9, and will be 1t the Warner House for one week from date. The good work they did st their last visit will recon mend them to new patrons. Mir and Mrs Fry comes we'll recommended from the neighboring towns. Call and have your eyes examined free of charge.
 -Farrally Brothers. recently of New Milford, are now the edisbrs and pro- prietors of the Bristol R. I) Phoenix. . paper established in 1887. With its issue of Nov. 2 the Phoenix was chang cd from an eight page weekly to four page semi weekly, its publication days to be Tuesdays and Fridays. The Farrally Brothers are strangers in Bris- toI but they arc hustlsrs and when they get acquainted there they will boom tho Phoenix and make many i'm provements Tn it
 On Halloween the boys had great fun without doing any damage to pro- psrty. The next morning oqr villagers naturally enquired "where are we at whom they found gates. signs and all movabls property misplaced. Early sisss concluded that Fuller < Peet had saxaged in the millinery business, the CoNN. WESTERN NEVIS office had moved to Dan Sveeney's shanty, Harnessmaker Quinn xas sailing stoves. Dentist Ross had moved his office to E. R. Lorrain's E house, Druggist Humphrey was selling farm gatss. J. L. Bragg had started . lumber yard in front of Canaan Acad- 1my. Gatenan Emmnos was selling Nssisss kinds of properly; in brief. Asnkfnno woss oonsiderably mixed"' in sll