Connecticut western news., 1894-11-15
Local News.


 Monday evening.
 Mrs Barnett visited friends at Summit, N. J. the past week.
 Miss Lila Ward. of Hartford. visited friends here from Thursday until Mon day.
 Mrs Jas Hamilton, of Harrison, N. J, is in town and will remain here for the present.
 Rev Mason Noble, of Lake Helen, Fla was in town on business Monday and Tuesday.
 Miss Mary Joyce has returned from Winsted and will be at home for the present.
 The evening whist club will hold its first meeting tomorrow evening at the residence of D. l. Peircs.
 A tenement of four rooms, and hall and garret room to rent; all in first class order. Enquire of J. B. Messenger, Canaan, Conn.
 WANTED. General agents every where to handle our new 50c. article. Small capital required. Atlas Mfg. Go, Springfield, Mass.
 MT and Mrs Michael Keane. of East Canaan. went to Philmont, N. Y on Tuesday to attend the funeral of Mrs Keane's sister.
 Mir George Maitland, president of the Standard Pearl Button Go. of Detroit, Mich, visited his son Kenneth st the Canaan Academy over Sunday.
 An expert filter will be at our store in Great Harrington. Mass., all next week, to fit and explain the merits of "Her Msjssty's Corset" B. P. Hunt < Go.
 Mir Fenn Bigelow, of East Canaan. recently killed a pig that was seven months old and weighed three hundred and seventy ts7O) pounds. Beat that if you can.
 -Orville Adams and wife and Hu- bert M. Adams. formerly of Lakeville and recently of Lacross. Ind, have . changed their residence to Union Mills, Laporte Go, Indiana.
 John c. Beckley goes to New York today ou business and pleasure. He will call upon Mir and Mrs Frederick Julian who are playing in the "White Squadron" at Niblo's theatre.
 MT and Mrs May. of Monterey, Mass. were in town this week and would be glad to move here if they could secure house. Mrs May is a s-,ter of Mrs Henry B. Ives.
 -Ex-Jndge Rorabaok says that on Monday of this. week he found snow banks six or seven feet deep in the high way between Norfolk and South Nor folk, and in some places the road was drifted full between the fences. and teams had to go in the fields.
 In order to induce people to have their work done now instead of waiting until just before the holidays when there is always rush, Demlng, the Photographer, will give during Novem ber beautiful silver frame with every dozen cabinets. Samples can be seer at the studio. open every Thursday.
 Among the ballots voted in this town at the recent election was one op which the word "Government" had been substituted for the name of the party and the word Truth" pasted under the name of each of the offices except that the names of Donald T. Warner snd David 0. Whittlesey were left standing. The moderator threw this ballot out on the ground that there was no ruch party in the field as the Government party.
 Mir Stiles Stevens died suddenly al his home in Canaan Valley about o'clock Tuesday evening. He returned from New York city that evening appar ently in his usual health but soon afte, reaching home he suddenly expired. l is supposed that heart disease was the cause oi his death. His age was about SO years. He was a stone and brick mason by trade, and also owned and conducted . farm. He leaves wifi, and several children. At this writing the hour of the funeral has not been an nounced.
 When the two tonsorial artists came back to tkeix studio on the day after tho election after leaving it for short time with the doer unlocked, they found tha Prohibitionits (probably) had beer there during their absence and had ar ranged the place so that It harmonizet with the condition of the Democrat, party. The temperature was that 0 Labrador, everything was in disorde and the pictures of the Democratic can didates had been turned with thei faces to the wall and other evidences o the work of reckless and playful spiri were apparent. It is whispered tha the carelessness of the artists in leaving the studio unguarded was due to thei agitation. which agitation was augment cd by the alleged fact that the result o ths elsction sntailsd pecuniary loss ol lAsm.