Connecticut western news., 1894-12-27
Local News.

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 Assembly meets Tuesday evening, Jan. l. Cards and games.
 The foundation Is being laid for Jesse Drums new house on Church St.. Canaan young people who attend school abroad are now home during the holidays.
 w. G. Cargill returned last Satur- day evening from his Southern and Western trip.
 The days are growing lcnger, but purses are growing shorter-with the unemployed.
 Special Salel ten days from Dec. 26th. Galvonized coal hods 19c. J.H. Alvord's, Wirsted. Ct.
 Tickets are now selling for a dance at Sheffield, Jan. 1. 1895. Graney 8 orchestra will furnish music.
 The white bronze monument in memory of the late MT and Mrs Louis E. Rood has recently been erected in the lower cemetery.
 The Young Peoples Society of the Pilgrim Church will give sociable and entertainment in the church parlors on Friday evening, Dec. 28.
 Christmas day was cloudy. dark and gloomy. The stores were closed. the trolley cars were not running, and it was very qniet and lonesome day in Canaan.
 The New Orleans Speciality Go. showed to good sized audience at Town Hall last Thursday night. The specialties were we'll received, Netter being the favorite.
 The Holiday reception at Town Hall tonight promises to he the social event of the season. Jerome May E music and Steele for prompter ought to draw out quite on semblage.
 Mfrs Warren Mcintyre is visiting her daughter, Mrs Dr Carter, in New Haven. Mrs John Nicoll and her in- fant daughter have gone to Yonkers. N. r.. where Mir Nicoll now resides
 The Agassiz chapter meet next Tuesday evening. Jan, l. at J. l.. Bragg's. at 7.3O o'clock. The subjects will be "Telegraphin9 without wires. " "Anti- -Toxine," etc. All interested will be welcome. and will be wished "A Happy New Year."
 The mercury registered from three to five degrees above zero Monday morning but crawled up to 30 degrees at noon. A little snow fell in the even ing but disappeared Tuesday but on Wednesday morning the mercury stood about 10 degrees above zero.
 The Amenia (N. Y.) Times of Dec. 22 says: The Amenia post office was en tered by expert burglars this Saturday. morning, between and o'clock Tbe door of the safe was blown off About $50 of government funds and $25 of the private funds of the postmaster were taken.
 Cards have been received here which read as follows: Mir and Mrs Joseph Lockitt announce the marriage of their daughter, Josephine Amelia, to MT Robert Edward Peet, Tuesday, December the eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety -four, Brooklyn, New York.
 CHRISTMAS GUESTS. Mir and Mrs Jared Bradley. of Great Burlington, at E s. Roots; MT R. 0. Newton, Jr. 'and Miss J. E. Newton, of New York, at R 0. Newton's; E. D. Norton, of Pitts, field, at the Misses Norton's; Editor Rodemeyer, of Danbury, and Mrs Evans and daughter, Ida, of Bethel, at John Rodemeyer's.
 -S. w. Barnes has been sick ten days or more with a severe cold and another attack of the rash. For a week he was confined to his bed but is now around the house. These attacks oi rash are getting to be chestnut, and according to Mir Barnes description of them they are fully as painful as an ap- plication of chestnut burr would be.
 James H. Madden, brother oi Michael Madden of this place, died al the hospital in Waterbury of typhoid fever on Friday. His funeral occurred at Waterbury on Sunday and was very largely attended, the Foresters and other societies of which the deceased was a member marching in the proces- sion. MT Madden was 45 years old, was born in Sheffield, Mass. and had formerly resided in this vicinity. He was the first conductor on the Connecti- cut Western railroad, running the ore train between East Canaan and Ore Hill until 1873 when he took similar posi- tion on the Rhinebeck & Connecticut road. He leaves a. widow and four children. His son, who also has ty- phoid fever. is recovering. MT Madden was popular man and as such is kind. ly remembered by his old acquaintances hers.