Connecticut western news., 1894-09-13

-J. H, Roraback has nicely graded the lawn around his new house.
 John Morrissey and family have moved into their new house on Bennett's hill. ...-~
 William Newton and family, of New York, visited relatives in Canaan the past week.
 MT and Mrs o. Benjamin, of Lake vile, were guests at Benson Brothers on Sunday.
 Rev B. Seeholzer preached to the children last Sunday, and he will preach to the Y. P. s. 0. next Sunday.
 Mrs Ophelia R. Camp is visiting relatives and friends in Roxbury. She will be absent two or three weeks. Howard c. Deming ard family, of South Greece. N. Y. arrived last Satur- day for short visit at 0. M. Deming's. William II. Camp has force of carpenters at work remodeling and beau tifying the interior of the wing of his house, .-.t.
 He who runs flor ofice)may read some mighty unpleasant things about himself. in the newspapers rs.-Shore Line Times.
 F. A. Peet and family returned from West Haven last Saturday where they have occupied the Lynes' cottage for six weeks.
 Judge A. T. Roraback and family returned home last Friday from their cottage at Twin Lakes, where they have been spending the summer. Tt is expected that the abutments for the toll bridge will be finished this week. The iron work for the bridge commenced to arrive last Friday.
 The platform on the P. R &. N. B. side of the Union depot has been re- paired in it's weak places by the subti- tuition of new blanks for the old ones. Mrs E. R .Lorrain and Miss Lorrain are visiting relatives at Westfield, Mass, and other places. They left home last Thursday and expect to be away about three weeks.
 Mir Coons has purchased about 4.5OO barrels of apples in this vicinity. Just now he is filling an order for 1000 barrels. He has force of men pick ing.-Millerton Telegram.
 On September first the Rgame law was "off'' on wild ducks, wild geese. rail and brant, but it will not be lawful to shoot woodcock, quail, partridge or grey squirrel until October first. This is Lord Rosebery's cure for insomnia: 'I tried tum mbler of hot wa ter, as hot as it could be drunk, to be slipped before going to bed. Since then have slept perfectly we'll" Henry B. Ives, Forrest May, of Monterey, Mass brother-in-law of Mrs H. B. Ives, Will Lawrence, Walter Hayes, and possibly others began weeks camping at Lake Wangum.
 The atmosphere has had the peach yellows the past week.-CoNN. WESTERN NEWS. Well, let the State appoint commission on rain making, or the eradication of forest fires. .-Litchfeld Enquirer.
 Mrs Dwight West, of McMillan, Mich, and Mrs Nightengale, of Ne guanee. Mich, former residents of Ca naan and Lime Rock respectively, are expecting to come east this week to visit relatives.
 The schools in District No. 9 open ed on Monday with Miss Roraback as teacher in the high school room. Miss Duggan in the intermediate, Mrs. Root in the primary and Mrs E. $. Pease in the new primary room.
 -Acel R. Tobey, whose mind has been slightly unbalanced and who has been at the hospital at Middletown, for some months was discharged last week as cured. We understand that he is now in town. | Tt is said that the new no license drink at Pittsfeld, Mass, ''is compos- ed of equal parts of alcohol and kero- sene oil. and is warranted to burn at both ends." It must be rival of Ga naan's no license drink.
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 The Danbury Fair needs no recon mend. Every one knows it is a mann moth exhibition. All that is necessary for us to say is simply to announce the date, viz, Oct. to 6, with the usual excursion rates on all railroads. Last Saturday was the first "rainy day" in several months and it was heartily welcomed. On Sunday and Monday the mercury ranged in the nineties but during Monday afternoon and evening several heavy thunder showers cooled the temperature, and Tuesday was bright and beautiful day.
 Mir Mlnot A. Brldgham left yester- day for his home near Boston. He has taken the position of assistant wood worker at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology at Boston. MT Bridg- hams brother. A. l.. Bridghan, has joined the staff of the Canaan Academy School opened at the Academy yester- day, but all the boarders have not yet arrived. "
 Last week the NEWS announced the wedding of MT Arthur P Freeman and Miss Lucy A. Smith. We were not at that time in possession of any more in- formation on the subject. We have since learned that the ceremony was | al hu 4ha De- Go~n-o1 Cozu.no