Connecticut western news., 1894-08-30
Local News.

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 The atmosphere has had the peach yellows the past week.
 Mrs Lake, of Chatham, N. r., has been waiting at J. 8. News.
 -Miss Mary Betts, of South Glaston- bury, is visiting at the rectory.
 Miss Seeholzer, of Poughkeepsie, N. Y. is visiting her brother. the Rev B. Seeholzer.
 -G. E. DeHart and wife vent to Franklin Park, N. J. last week to visit relatives a few days.
 Mrs s. w. Barnes and Mrs s. A. Bennett vent to New Haven last Fri day to rem ain a week.
 The ladies of the Methodist church took in nearly $l5 at their ice cream sociable Saturday nies.
 James Quinn after smoking "Plow Boy" tobacco for five years finally cap tured the watch prize this week.
 The little son of MT and Mrs Will liam Briggs has been very ill with cholera infantum but is now improving.
 Mrs White, of Yonkers, N. Y. visit ed her sister, Mrs Junius Rhoades, from Sunday to Thursday of last week. Editor Stevens of the Litchfeld County Leader took trip to Lee. Mass :, last Monday and called at the NEWS office on his return.
 --Mn Hardenbersh and Watson and George returned on Monday from 8 trip of several days to New Haven. New York and Manhattan Beach.
 The ball game at Winsted, on Sat urday afternoon between the Hartford and Winsted hines resulted in . victory for the home nine. Score to 5.
 The smoke, which has filled the air for several days, is said to come from big fires in the mountains near State Line on the Boston X Albany road.
 The Sunday evening service at the M. E. church wip be resumed next Sum- day. Christian Endeavor meeting 6.45. Preaching 7.30. Everybody cordially invited.
 MT and Mrs Geo. 0. Peet and Mrs Peet's brother, E. Stewart Summer, of Bridgeport, leave here to-day on two weeks' trip to Boston, Bar Harbor and the Maine coast.
 The Agassiz meeting for September will be next Tuesday evening at the residence of J. l.. Bragg. The main subjects will be Botany" "Cicadae" and '4Ornishology. "All are welcome to attend.
 -Miss Agnes M. Dawson. neice of Mrs H. N. Adams and who has been visiting her relatives in town for a week, started Tuesday for her home in Omaha, Nebr. where she will begin teaching next Monday.
 A fire has been burning in the swamp near Pine Grove station since Sunday forenoon and at this writing has not been extinguished. It was pro- bably started by sparks from locomo- five. It is on spront land owned by Peirce & Freeman. But little damage hes been done thus far.
 The Rev B. Seeholzer preached to the cottagers at Pine Grove camp ground last Sunday at 3 p. m. The audience numbered about 90 persons. The text was from I John V. 4 ''This is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith" No more preaching servi- oes will be held at Pine Grove this sea. son. -"
 Only the east abutment at the site of the new toll bridge across the Housa tonic river is to be rebuilt, and that one had been only partially built Wing walls on the upstream side of each a butment will be built to resist the shock from floating ioe iu the river during the spring floods. A quarry Is being open ed on the east side of the river to fur nish stone for the work.
 The Rev Dir Clymer. of Pittsfeld Mass., made some sublime statement in his sermon at Pine Grove last Thurs day. and he also made some very cheaI or ridiculous statements. In fact h. suddenly dropped from the sublime tt the ridiculous. He made the following good and true statement which is vel worth remembering: 'There is nc aristocracy in crime. When people want to do . Devilish thing, the higl and the low get together"
 -Celistine Crescent, of East Canaan was hrought before Justice Robert Mondsy night on charge of beatint his wife. It was shown that Celestine while maddened by jealousy of hi nephew who had been too attentive t, Celestine's wife, had first scattered hi numerous progeny over the countr. and then inflicted personal violence oi his wife. The Justice imposed a fin' of 8 and the costs, on refusing to pa winch Celestine was taken to Litchfiel, jail.
 Until the past week We hay thought that the proper place to buil' . bridge across the Housatonic rive was at point opposite this village, o little northwest of the residence o Frederick Gillette We should stil think 30 were not the road in Weatagu in such wretched condition. DurinI the past week we crossed Sardam' ferry and inspected said road i Wsstogue. From the ferry to tn