Connecticut western news., 1894-05-03
.Dandelions were in bloom last Sat

\. l., and her two sons returned to thelr home on Monday.
 The Superior court has authorized the receiver of N. $. Stevens Go. to pay certain labor claims.
 MT Harry Sedgwick, of Cornwall Hollow, was guest of his sister, Mrs Tracy, last Saturday and Sunday.
 J. L. Trowbridge, who has spent the winter at his home in Utica, N. Y, has arrived in town. where he proposes to spend the summer.
 w W. Burghardt has built very neat and artistic porch on his house, and has also constructed long and good drain on the premises.
 l According to the Jamestown "All" the latest fad for bald headed men is to paint rabbit on top of their cranium so people will think 1t Is hair.
 -P. c. Cummings is improving finely. His son, Sherwood c. Cum mings, came up from Norwalk to see him last Sunday and returned the same day.
 -Coxey's army demands good roads. But if good roads were provided 1t Is thought shose vagabonds would be too lazy and shiftless to draw even pen sion over good roads,
 At the auction sale of the book ac- counts, etc., of N s Stevens X Go on Friday, s. A, Eddy became the pnreha- ser for S5 25. The face value of the | accounts Is nearly 5000
 MT and Mrs Charles Simmons, their son Ernest and little daughter, of Phil mont, N. l., are at the Warner House. Messrs Charles and Ernest Simmons are carpenters, working on the hotel -J. s. Adam and family moved to their farm in Weatogue this week and their residence on Church St. is now occupied by A. ". Nicoll and family, of Yonkers. N. T., who have leased 1t for one year.
 -C. M. Humphrey. having made ar rangements with c. W. Scoville. of Nor folk, Conn, is prepared to carry on the business of undertaking and embalm- ing. He will soon build 8 place and keep stock of necessary articles on hand.
 The meeting of the Literary society on Friday night was unusually well at tended. Mrs Dr Adam read paper on Bulwer's Last Days of Pompeii," and Miss Eddy read selection from the writings of Charles Dudley Warner. 1 The debate resulted in vote that per sonal merit Is of more value to an indi- vidual than influential friends. Samuel A. Eddy was elected president and Mrs H. D. Humphrey vice-presldent.
 The examination of James Braman, charged with attempt to commit an assault on the person of Mary Tife, an Armenian peddler woman, 23 years old, was held before Justice Roberts yester- day. The crime was attempted between 9 and 10 o'clock Saturday night on the depot platform at East Cauasn. The justice decided that the accused was not clearly identified and discharged him. J. Henry Rorabsek appeared for prosecution and Howard F. Landon, of Salisbury. for defense.
 The east bound train leaving here at g. 40, drawn by engine No f, John Holcomb, engineer, ran into an open switch near Hartford on Monday morn ing and collided gently with some freight cars, Nobody was injured ex- | cept the fireman, who sprained his ankle as he iumbed, though the pas frightened. The damage would have been more serious if the engineer had not had the pluck to stay on the engine. The damage to rolling stock was slight. -Momolu Mossaquoi, the young West African Prince, was present at the services in Christ church on Sunday ! evening and gave an interesting and at | times amusing account of some of the customs of his people. He stated that 1 there were no tribes in Africa who did not believe in God, who created all things. He was very dark but was dig nified in his bearing, graceful in his gestures, and spoke good English 1 fuently and with musical voice. A collection was taken mp to enable him to buy agricultural implements for his people.
 l Rev F. Thompson has associated with himself as head master of the Ca- naan Academy, Mr William s. Rix, M. A., of Utica, N I. MT Rix has been en- gagged for many years as teacher, giv- ing special attention to the preparation of boys for college. In this work he has been very successful. He has en- tered boys at Yale, Harvard, Princeton and nearly every Eastern college. His entered most of his candidates without conditions and has never had boy re- iected. He IS New England man both by birth and education, and was prepar- ed for college at the Kimball Union Academy at Meriden, N. H., graduated from Dartmouth college in 1874 and took post graduate course in sciences and mathematics at Harvard. Mr Xix will have charge of the discipline of the school and the direction of the boys studies.
 Last Thursday as Edward J Lor- rain, of thls place. and Stephen Wheel CT, of Bridgeport, were at work on D1 Church's new barn heavy chisel fell several feet and struck Mr Wheeler op