Connecticut western news., 1894-03-22
Local News.
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 Tomorrow Is fast day.
 Patrick Eagan has one shoat for sale.
 Willie Roberts is at his home in East Canaan ill with fever.
 Miss Catharine c. Adam is spending her school vacation at home.
 The frame for E. s. Pease's new house on Railroad St. has been raised.
 An addition is being built on to the pool room building on Railroad street
 Samuel Benjamin, the we'll known commercial traveller, was in town over Sunday.
 The Rev. s. T. Livingston, of South Egremont, Mass, spent Tuesday with the Rev Mir Milliken.
 -J H. Benton. of the New Hartford Tribune force, was in Canaan and vicin- ity from Friday until Monday.
 -J. H. Collin, of Orange, N. J., was ih town two or three days this.week vis- iting his brother. F. R. Collin.
 -J. S. Adam has hen which catches mice and tantalizes them couple of hours, like cat, before killing them.
 Miss Mary J. Peck will remove from M. J. Kilmer's house on High St. to Lyman Howe's house on Bragg St. Edward McCarty has bought G.. \. Adams span of iron grey horses and will probably do trucking for E. R. LOT rain in the future.
 -Easter will be observed in all the churches at the usual hours of service. The churches will be decorated and there will be special musical programs.
 -James Reel has had his house near Bsnnett's hill painted and an addition made to it and will occupy it after April 1st. He has also built hennery op the place.
 -Mrs ). s. Adam received severe fall last Friday caused by catching her foot in . croQuet wicket which someone had placed too near the sidewalk on Church 8t
 The delightful weather during the past three weeks causes many to en- quire ..is this March?" Of course it is not March. Don't you remember that March came last November and tarried two months?
 About 250 persons have received nights lodgings in the lookup during the past winter. The janitor's bill for making the fires during five months was 450. In Falls Village the number en- tertained was 15.
 Church services this week, Holy Week. are as follows: Christ church, every day at 10.3 30 .. m. ; Pilgrim church, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday eve nings It 7.30. consisting of responsive readings and singing.
 The pay car of the Consolidated road is now attached to the regular pas senger train every Thursday and comes up the Housatonic road and crosses over on the P. R. & N. B. to Winsted and thence down the Naugatuck road on Friday.
 Rev 0. D. Milliken preached an excellent and timely sermon last Sunday from Kings 2, 8,9 His theme was preparation or training for the duties and responsibilities of life. It is ser mon that every young person ought to hear. Tho activities and welfare of the world mnst soon be assumed by the ris- ing generation, who should be properly fitted for the great responsibility.
 We have received several copies of the South Norwalk News, which has re- gently been started. It is Q bright. nexsy sheet as its name implies and as would be expected from the fact that John Rodemeyer is it's city editor. We notice he drops into German in the last issue just as the Governor does into Latin. He starts of: "Wsr nicht liebt Vein. Weib und uesang." etc.
 -Rev J. Spencer Voorhees, preached . rossiag temperance sermon in the Second Congregational church at Win stsd last Sunday evening. In drawing . comparison between the effects of war and the saloon, he quoted Senator Win dom as saying that: "The saloons of this country have destroyed more mon during the last five years than 2,000. .000 armed men did in four years of the Re- belion." Mir Voorhees, says, "Such . statement coming from such source is worthy of our consideration. What are we going to do about it?"
 Charles Reilly, aged sixteen. oi 'Trumbull, saved the Berkshire express train from being wrecked about five o'clock last Thursday afternoon. Just before the train yes due at Trnmbull g car of coal standing ca the siding tip ped over onto the main track. Reilly took m the situation at glance, and ran up the track in binding snow storm but by frantic efforts he succeed cd in attracting the attention of the en gineer who brought the train to stand still within few feet of the overturned car, and thus wreck which might have cost number of human lives was avoid cd. The passengers on the train made up purse for Reilly.
 -Bishop Williams visited Chris church on Friday evening and confirm cd thirteen persons. several of whom were adults. The bishop also preached an excellent sermon, taking as his text Heb. VI. 1-2 He explained that in building up Christian character it was