Connecticut western news., 1894-10-25
Local News.

LONdl NCWS.
 s-Mrs s. L. Nash, of Boston. has been . guest at Junius Rhosdes' since Friday.
 The Anchor Lime Go. kiln has been blown out 30 that the steam boiler can he inspected.
 The Hon. R E DeForest will speak at the Winsted Opera house sais (Thurs- day) evening.
 The North Canaan Water Go. has extended it's line to Frederick Gillette's house and barn.
 The Canaan Academy and the Win. sted High School will play foot ball at Winsssd on Nov. 3.
 Mrs F. Thompson and children have moved into her new house east of the Canaan Academy.
 -On Monday last Lorenzo Lawrence picked . large ripe strawberry in Mrs Hiram Eddy's garden.
 -Selectman Merrill, with several men and. . team. is greatly improving the roads in this part of the town.
 The shov ...Jay Bluff & Co.," have had to cancel their date here for Oct. 26. They may possibly appear here latter. '
 The golden eagle shot on Prospect Hill, mentioned by our Falls Village correspondent. is being mounted by Hr TobeY.
 -Mrs Mary Adam Noble, of Lake Helen, Fla, and her son, George A. Noble, have been visiting at Joseph 8. in Weatogue,
 w. Fl. Emmons has . full line 'of fancy baskets. made by the St. Regis Indians of Lower Canada, for sale at his homo on Church St. :. -Mss Nightingale, of Negaunee. Mich., was in town on Monday visiting friends. She Is daughter of the late Robert Hobson, of East Canaan.
 A party from New York. who was here yesterday looking at farms in this vicinity with view to purchasing. look cd at the E.C. Ward farm among others.
 Don't pour kerosene on tho fire from can., Miss Annie Sinclair. of New Jersey, did it the other day and the can exploded and Miss Annie was burned to death.
 Major s. A. Bennett was in town over Sunday and Monday. He devot- cd most of Monday to making formal calls on the patrons of the Canaan Water Go.
 The friends of Chester M. Deming and fAmily in this town desire to help share the loss by the recent fire. Three hundred dollars have already been sub soribed, and mostly paid in, for the benefit of NIT Deming and family.
 -Girls who are addicted to the pea nut habit may we'll ponder the lesson suggested by the fate of young lady in Brooklyn, N. Y. She was very found of peanuts and ate two quarts and pint in three days. She died of peritonitis.
 Remember the conditions when voting for . school child and also that you can get copies of the NEWS with ballots in at Humphreys and at this office MT Beckley will not close the contest .or several weeks, but there Ia also . prize for the first three hundred.
 Fuller < Peet have horse on one of their delivery wagons which seems to be determined to test the accuracy of the Scriptural stasement that "sll heah ia grass" and last Monday it seik cd Mir Delgado, of the Canaan Academy, by the arm just above the elbow and orusched thes member vigorously. with it's powerful jaws. Tho result is that Delgado goes about with his arm in g sliug.
 The result of the course taken by the eelectmen in announcing that the stringent tramp lay of this state would be enforoed in this town is that trampt arc very scarce here. They evidently shuI this town and vill nes doubt con tinue to do % The law may seen harskg bot t nust bs remembered tha it was made nsoessaxy by the existence of thounndA of professional tramps whosS pssssnds in any community is { nuisance and . soutss of danger to un protected women.
 MT Calvin s. Barnes, aged nearl. 84 years, died ct the home of his daugh ter in Hartford last Friday. He hai been struggling with a severe colt about txo weeks. when he was alta cket with congestive chills which caused hi death. His remains were brought t ]. Norfolk on Monday and buried in tn /Centre cemetery. Rev John DePe7 oficiated at the grave. Moses F. Grant :, Ralph I. sCriseey, Samuel l.. Canfel and Lyman N. Johnson were the pal .bearers. Mr Barnes was the last SUI yiving member of large family, 0 children. He was brother of the lat Chasles Barnes who established the linn business in Canaan. We are promise brief sketch of Calvin 8. Barnes fo publication in the next issue of th H.vs.
 "There is no great loss withou some small :. gain. Now we have practical illustration of the foregoin adage. The fire which recently destroy cd aChester M. Deming's house hs brought to light some interesting hi.