Connecticut western news., 1894-10-18
Local News.

LOCdI NcWS.
 Mrs Dr Ross is in Bethel on visit. The autumn foliage is now very gorgeous.
 Mrs. s. 0. Beckley is visiting friends in Hartford.
 Mrs Acel F. Rood is visiting rela- tives in Pittsfeld, Mass.
 Mrs Fred. Spaulding. of Norfolk, is visiting at J. l.. Bragg's.
 Miss Murnane spent Sunday with friends in Housatonic, Mass.
 ID. P. Wheeler, of Washington Hol- low, N. r., was in town on Monday.
 w. H. Camp has had a hot water heating Apparatus put into his house. Miss Duggan visited at her home in Litchfeld from Friday till Monday. Prepare for cold weather. Clip your horse, but buy an ulster for your self
 Miss Mary Lefingwell, of Clifton Park, N. r., is visiting at Jay Under woods.
 The Rev T. s. Bond, of Milierton. N. Y is spending his two weeks vaca- tion in the South.
 Miss Root. daughter of Alva Root of Canaan Mountain, visited relatives here the fore part of the week.
 Miss Florence Thomson arrived home Monday evening but will not be able to receive callers at present.
 The ladies of Christ church will serve oysters in every style at the Town Hall on Friday evening, Oct. l9.
 -Carl Rodemeyer of the NEWS force is taking his vacation this week and has been out creating havoc among the grey squirrels.
 Senator Frye, of Maine, will speak on the tariff issue at Republican rally to be held at the Rink at Winsted tomorrow. Friday, evening.
 Mrs James A. Root and her daugh- ter, Mrs Dwight West, who have been visiting in Canaan, started yesterday for their home in McMillian. Mich.
 After an interval of several months the carpenter work on Frank Van Deusen's new house has been resumed. Frank expects that the house will be ready for him to move into it in De- cember.
 Ut is proposed to resume the meet ings of the literary society after the election. We are glad to hear this. The debates, which are prominent feature at each meeting, are always en- tertaining and are fine mental exercise. Miss Katie Quinn has gone to Bridgeport to learn the dressmaking trade. Before her departure few of her friends presented her with silver bon bon basket as token of their ap- preciation of her services as organist at St. JOsephs.
 Miss Olive Thompson, Americas Greatest Character Impersonator," will give her charming monologue enter tainment interspersed with songs, re citals, autoharp and banjo solos at Town Hall on. Wednesday evening. Oct. "A. Benefit of Womans Relief Corps.
 The grounds around D.. l.. Free mans new house are being nicely graded. The drivewsys, walks and sidewalks have foundation of lime stone chips spread on about foot deep. The driveways will probably be covered with gravel, but the walks and sidewalks with concrete.
 The report that Irwin Garfield, of East Canaan, was struck ia the stomach by the ball and badly hurt while play ing foot ball at Norfolk, on Friday, was inaccurate. At any rate he complained of nothing worse than sprained arm on Saturday and he returned to his school on Monday.
 -Barnum Richardson Go. are putting new boilers into their upper furnace at East Canaan, which has stood idle a long time, and it is reported the fur. mace will soon be making pig iron. A revival, or even g partial resumption, of the iron industry in the s'Salisbury Iron" region willsbe hailed with reioic- ing.
 Although it is not of any immediate practical importance, it is an interesting fact that the Supreme Court of the state decided in 1891 that license ballots placed in envelopes with the other bal lots must be counted. In this case there was no separate box provided for ballots on the license question. The case is reported in 60 Conn. R. 339.
 According to the new time card. which went into effect on the P. R. & N. B. road Tuesday, trains pass this sta ton as follows: Conc WEST. 8. 06 a. m for. Millerton; 12.38 p. m. (maiD for Campbell Hall; 5.15 p. m. (maiD for Millerton. GoNe EAST, $40 a. m (maiD for Hartford; 2.12 p. m. (maiDfo Hartford; 6. 35 p. m. for Winsted.
 The wind blew very hard and strong st Millerton and vicinity just be. fore daylight on Wednesday morning Oct. 10. The Millerton Telegram says
  A new barn just built by Luke Flood on the Woodworth place, was blown fiat; David Hamblin's and Myron Hamblin's windmills were blown down and fences, trees, etc., were blown here and there and all over.