Connecticut western news., 1894-08-16
Local News.

Mir and Mrs 0. H. Pease's little daughter is improving.
 The Misses Ham and party of friends are camping ct Twin Lakes.
 The frame for Mrs Rev Frederick Thompson's new cottage has been raised this week.
 w. H. Hall, State Sunday School Secretary. will be in the village Sunday evening.
 Tt is repeated that Henry Bunnell, |. of Clay ton, has the best piece of corn in this section.
 Fred, M. R. Stevens. of Briming- ham, recently of Bridgeport, is visit ing old friends in town.
 John NJ. St John aud son Willie, of Chicago, are visiting MT St Johns aunt, Miss Weltha Ann Beckley.
 HI. D. Humphrey and family are still occupying their cottage at Twin Lakes, and having good rest.
 U. Henry Roraback started yester- day for Wisconsin, on business trip, and expects to be away about two weeks. MT and Mrs H. NJ. Adams were in Great Harrington. Friday evening and Saturday, guests of Mir and Mrs E. B. Evans.
 The excursion train from Rhine beck to Hartford and return on Tues day had seven coaches well filled with passengers.
 Mir Beaujon, living on Rood St. is said to have the best crop of potatoes in this vicinity and gets $l per bushel for them in the field.
 Miss Anna T. Burke, of Millerton. N. Y, one of the Telegram competitors. was guest ct Jossph Ovens two or three days the past week.
 On Tuesday of this week M. Lux, of Great Harrington, erected nice
  Lynch in the R. 0. cemetery.
 Miss Fidelia Bridges returnedSatur- day from the White Mountains. bripg- ing with her her two cousins, the Misses Chadwick from Salem, Mass.
 Garfield Brothers have laid a track or tramway from their lime kilns at East Canaan to their quarries and will soon haul the limestone by rail to the kilns.
 The local Womau's Relief Corps has received an invitation from O. H. Knight W. R. O. to picnic Friday. Aug. IT, in Holley's grove. at Lakeville, to be guests of the latter corps.
 -Wheelmen, beware of the "big yaller dorg" on Frink Hill in Salisbury. The beast is trained to chase bicycles, and last Monday if attacked bicycle and tore the pants of the rider.
 Don't be so hoggish. Your lawn and garden are not worth saving; the frost will soon kill them anyway. 80 don't YOU rob the reservoir even if your neighbor is mean enough to do it.
 Next Saturday afternoon the Win steds vs Poughkeepsies will play base ball on the Winsted grounds. The visiting team is League team in the New York State League, and they have splendid record for playing good game, the best of the season. Excur- sion tickets for sale at Canaan depot.
 See the adv. of the Storrs Ag Col lege in another column. Examination of candidates for admission, in Pythian Hall, West Winsted, Aug. 29. 10 a. m city court room, Danbury, Aug. 30 Experiment Station, New Haven, Aug 3lst; room 50 Capitol building Hart ford, and at the college in Mansfield Sat- Sept. 1, at 10 a. m.
 THE NEWS has been requested tc contradict the statement, made by some papers in the state, that ''the Twir Lakes were never known to be SO low as at present, and that the dwellers or the shores of the lakes are suffering with malaria" The facts are, the wa ter in the lakes is two feet higher than during the Autumn of 1892 and there i, no malaria there either.
 Willis Stevens Thorne, the eight year-old son of Mir and Mrs Willis c Thorne, died at his home in Mamaron eek, N. Y. last Monday. His remains will be brought to Canaan to-day Thurs day) for burial in the lower cemetery The deceased was a grandson of Mir Martha Williams Stevens, sister of Mir Bullard and the late Henry G. William of Canaan. At this writing no partic ulars of the boys illness and death hay been received.
 On Tuesday of this week Joh Simmons, of Winsted. made a rad ol the calf sellers at New Milford ant created panic among forty or nor farmers who brought calves to marke with the calves legs tied with rope whereas the calves should have beel brought in crates. No arrests wer made but the law was driven into th farmers heads, and any future violatio of the law will meet the punishment deserves. Among the offenders was local agent of the Humane Society, bu John taught him also his duty.
 The road to the site of the tol ; bridge across the Housatonic river wa completed Aug. 4th; and a good. .eas and pleasant road 1t is too. The wor on the abutments for the bridge was be gun Aug, 9th and is progressing finely The bridge will probably not be read