Connecticut western news., 1894-10-11
Rev s. F. Adam preached in River

| mT huu mFs D U. WalLer nave Te- turned from their visit with friends in Pennsylvania.
 | Samuel Reel sold out his fish mar ket to O. W. Scanlon and gave posses sion last Friday.
 MT Warne, of the P. R. < N. E. Go, returned from his vacation in Penn sylvania last week.
 -G. Willis Parsons has been spend ing few days with his brother, Dr Parsons, in Thomaston.
 Next Sunday Rev MT Seeholzer and Rev G. H. Smith, of the Methodist church of Sheffield. Mass will excha ge pulpits.
 MT and Mrs William A. Hiester, of Elmira, N. Y. are now in town, looking up their old friends. They are at the Warner House. | Charles Burr and family have moved into William Bennett's tenement house. Mir Burr is cooper in the employ of | Chas Barnes Sons.
 Rev s. T. Livingston, of South Egremont, Mass, preached in the Pil- grim church on Sunday in exchange with Rev Mir Milliken. His text was Matthew 2S, 2.
 Miss Caroline Bailey of this village, and her sister, Mrs Harriet Sisson, of Hartsville, Mass, are visiting friends in New Haven, Waterbury, Bristol. Hart ford and other places.
 The New England Home says: Now they inoculate against snake poison. What next? It would be a grand good thing if some of us could be inoculated with SAND. A great many of us are building memorial arches of our vices. weak nesses and capacities under which our children must march for generations to come.-New England Home. Miss Florence Thomson, who as we reported last week has been very ill in- deed. continues to improve and as soon as she is able will come to her mothers home in this place to remain until fully recovered.
 "A. B. Garfield, the collector of taxes elect, having declined to qualify. the selectmen last Thursday appointed John 0. Richmond collector. The same day Frank Van Duesen took his oath as constable.
 E. J. Hill, of Norwalk, Republican Candidate for Congress for the 4th district, was in town on Monday and was in consultation for several hours at the Warner House with the. party man. agers from the neighboring towns. The headquarters of the Republi- can state central committee were per manently opened in the Allyn House at Hartford last week. s. A. Eddy is secretary of the committee and will be in attendance at headquarters all through the campaign.
 The toll bridge is now open to the public. Tho toll has been fixed at 10 cents for double teams, cents for sin gle teams and bicycles. and cents for pedestrians. Season tickets will be as follows: 12 double team tickets or 25 single team or bicycle tickets for S1.
 -J. N. King has been appointed assistant superintendent of the P. R. X N. E. road in the place of Mir Royer. resigned. The office of this official has been moved to this station, and H. E. Bailey, who was here some months ago. is chief clerk. MT and Mrs King and son and Mir and Mrs Baileyare at the Warner House.
 Mrs Laura Granger, widow of Wm. Granger, died about o'clock last Mon- day morning at the home of her daugh- ter, Mrs Frederick Daley, between Ash ley Falls and Sheffield. Mrs Granger was 98 years of age the 24th of last July and had been in remarkably good health until recently. Her funeral was attend cd yesterday morning at her late resi- dence. Rev Mir Smith, of Sheffield, oficiated. Burial at New Marlboro. General Passenger Agent Martin of the P. R. & N. E. R. R. is making extraordinary arrangements for the carrying out of the programe fixed for the Albany excursion of Monday, Oct 18th. Two trains will be run, one starting at Hartford and the other from Norfolk or Canaan. Ample coaches will be provided for 1000 people. Capt Anderson of the steamer Mary Powell will personally look after the comfort of the excursionists on the boat. All who desire to go are assured of an enjoyable days outing.
 The programe for the V. I. A, Con- cert tomorrow evening has been issued and advertises vocal solos and duetts by Mir and Mrs Card, and Mrs Bierce; piano solos by Miss Grace Brinton; cornet and trombone duos and solos by Miss N.Louise Brinton and Mir Beckley; banjo playing and Irish character songs | by Rodemeyer; and black face ballads by Beckley. The entertainment is in- tended to please as many as possible and is quite diversified in selections Mrs F. H. Lee. accompanist, and Camps orchestra are to assist. Last Thursday the News mentioned the 50th anniversary of the marriage of Mir and Mrs Miles B. Tobey which oc- cured Oct l. Since then we have learn ed that Sept 24th was the 50th anniver- sary of the marriage of MT and Mrs