Connecticut western news., 1894-04-05
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Harmon Schamerhorn is painting his house.
 Mrs D. R. Lorrain is quite sick and threatened with pneumonia. Il. A. Caldwell is building car penter shop for himself on Church St.
 Mrs H. l.. Ross went to Bethel Tuesday to visit relatives for few days.
 Lewis Rhoades caught 13 dandy trout in the Blackberry river last Mon day.
 l Only 12 degrees above zero on Tuesday morning. Rather cool for April.
 Miss Mary J. Harrison, of Cornwall, is visiting her sister. Mrs Erastns Hol- comb.
 Mrs R 0. Newton and her sister, Mrs Kellogg, go to Boston to-day to visit relatives.
 Mrs Adelbert Weaver and children moved into their house oE Bragg street last Thursday.
 Tt is reported that new time card l on the P. R. & N. E. road will be issued about the 18th inst. | The P. R. & N E. R. R. Go. is put ting up new mile posts between Camp bell Hall and Hartford. | -Messrs Charles Moore and H. N. Bodwell are having their premises on Barlow street nicely graded.
 Mrs O. A. Clark, mother of Mrs Maitland Osborne, has been critically ill but is now considered out of danger
 There is man in Millerton, N. Y |, who was a witness to the hanging of John Brown. So says the Millerton Telegram.
 Miss Honora Britt has purchased a building lot on the corner of Bragg and Railroad streets and will soon build a house on it.
 -S. w. Barnes made quite an i'm provement on his corner last Friday by cutting down the large elm tree which stood in the centre of the sidewalk. Mrs James Lake fell from a chair last Thursday and cut her lip so deep- ly that physician was obliged to close the wound by several stitches.
 Mrs Harlow Root and daughters moved from Norfolk to Chester Dem ing's house last Friday where they will remain until their new house is com pleted.
 MT and Mrs D. F. Soule, of New Milford, sailed for Europe last week. They will probably be absent until the middle of May. During their absence Willie Soule will attend the Canaan Academy.
 The Millerton Telegram says: A farmer from Amenia was heard to ex- claim the other day. "Wal, they'll be older than be now, before they talk me into deheaden my keows. I wouldn't even do that to my hogs" An exchange propounds the follow ing question: sIf Bob Ingersoll insists that there's no hell, will he please state what becomes of man who takes pa per three or four years without paying for 1t, and then tells the postmaster to inform the publisher that he don't want it?'
 At the semi-annual meeting of Wan gum Club, held last night, the follow ing officers were elected: President. s A. Eddy; vice-president, s. W. Barnes; secretary, F. N. Brown; treasurer, F. F. Stevens; executive committee, F. A. Peet, Martin Rood, w. l.. Brown.
 A. s. Fassett, dealer in dry goods, carpets and paper hangings, is nicely settled in his new store in Parker $ block at Great Harrington, Mass, and his grand opening took place yesterday, but for the remainder of the week he will exhibit rugs at S25 $27. $35 $40 $60 and $l10. each.
 John Soules was arrested in Win sted on Tuesday in an intoxicated con dition and placed in the station house. Wednesday morning he was brought before Justice Rankin and given fine and costs amounting to BIO 30. Not having the ducats he was taken to Litchfield jail by Chief of Police Wheel CT.
 Rev T. s. Bond never breaches a farewell sermon, so called. but large audience greeted him last Sunday morn- ing at the M. E. church and listened to his excellent discourse from IT Peter l6-l9. He preached in the school house in District No. in the evening The room was crowded, over 75 per sons being present. There was display of the aurora borealis on Friday night, which lasted for about three hours beginning between seven and eight o'clock. The color was for the most part pale green and white, though there were occasional flashes of rose color. But the display was remarkable in that the flashes of light came from all points of the com pass, except the south, and extending to the zenith.