Connecticut western news., 1894-01-18
Local News.

Local News.
 Who is your guest?
 --Local items are scarce this week.
 Fine Portland cutters at Cargill's.
 Tho Rev D. 0. Stone returned to New Haven last Monday.
 w. l.. Adam. of PittsHeld, Mass :, was . guest of relatives here over Sun day.
 Don't forget the dedicatory enter tainment at the town hall tomorrow evening.
 There are only 25 letters in the Eng. lish alphabet because there is no letter ''h" in existence.
 If you fail to find that item or s'per- sonal." you expected. blame yourself for you neglected to give it to us.
 -"Where's mother?" Dr Tslmage's grand sermon published on the fourth page of this paper tells you where mother is.
 William H. Emmons suggests that the name of this village be changed to Wangum Centre, inasmuch as this viii lage is Q railroad centre.
 Someone suggests that the name of this village be changed from Canaan to Brumfoxit. as that is the old Dutch name of the Blackberry river.
 The retirement of Conductors James Lake and Oscar Vermilyea from the F.. R. { N. E. road takes of two railroad ers of long service on this line.
 An Italian laborer in the Canaan Lime Co. quarry was quite badly hurt on Monday by being struck by the de- scendlng incline car. Dr Camp attends him.
 The "Card Family" comprises MT and Mrs Col Gard and their two little girls. They give concert in the Ga sino at Lime Rock. Friday evening. This is their second call to Lime Rock.
 Don't drink, treat or be treated. No man ever made an ounce of reputation or money by doing it. and enough has been lost to make a paradise of the United States, and pave its streets with gold Eastman.
 Announcement is made of tho marriage of Miss Lena. daughter of Mir Edward s. Roberts of East Canaan, to William E. Webster of Torrington, at the home of the brides parents on Jan :. IT. ct 1 30 p. m.
 If you expect to be successful dur ing the year to come, says the Port Allegany Reporter. don't start in the year owing any newspaper . subscrip- ton account, for he who cheats the printer out of single cent will never reach the golden gate where good Elijah vent
 w. G. Cargill returned last Satur- day from his business trip through the Southern states. He reports that the two cents per pound bounty on sugar in the Mckinley bill stimulated the pro- duction of sugar in the south and that during the past year the state of Louis jana raised the largest crop of sugar cane in it's history-in fact raised Cain-and the crop of sugar cane IS not all harvested 1t the present date where as in former years the harvest has clos ed before the holidays.
 John Rodemeyer. who has beer as sisting Thomas E. Murphy in the ca pacity of private secretary, will leave temperance work and return to journal ism. Mir Rodemeyer concludes his en- gagement with MT Murphy tomorrow and expects to take short western trip for much needed rest and recreation Danbury News. Jan. 18th. None of Mir Rodemeyer's friends in Canaan are able to corroborate the foregoing statement but perhaps it is true inasmuch as he has not written them within few days
 There is not case of small pox in this town, neither has there been one within our recollection, nevertheless Health Officer Camp has ordered all persons in this town to be vaccinated. He issues his order 6 .. precautionary measure and to clear his skirts should a case ever occur here. Now don't gel panic stricken and imagine you are go ing to have the small pox just because there are several cases in Winsted. Oul private opinion is that it would be fla, better to enforce the liquor law than te enforce the vaccination law.
 The annual meeting of the Unior Society for the Detection of Thieves wal held last week Wednesday at Lakeville An effort is being made to extend tho membership and usefulness os this soci ety which has in times past accom- plished a good deal in the way of bring ing criminals to justice and recovering stolen property. There is au accumu lation of funds now in the treasury ant the society is all ready to jump on thu next thief that molests one of it's mem bers. The membership fee is one dol lar year and 8. A. Eddy has been ap pointed collector for North Canaan.
 The installation of officers in th David S. Cowles Post and Woman Relief Corps took place last week Wed nes.lay evening, Past Commander A. P Briggs, installing officer of the Post ant Mrs Della W. Hardenbergh ot the Relief The officers of the Post for the year are Commander, Fl. M. Adams; s. V. com mander, Jas. Reel; J. v. commander. I l.. Sackett; quartermaster. s. Bennett -as.AsuA n T.. pora0ua. aurOo0n