Connecticut western news., 1895-01-17
Local News.

creamery ab Wnltiu8 LII.
 Cloak sale at the Warner House par lors tomorrow and next day.
 The Board of Relief stands adjourn. ed to Monday, January. 28, at o'clock Q. m.
 -Linemen are putting the wire on the telephone poles from Clayton to Ashley Falls.
 Mrs Dr Francis P. Whittlesey, oi Great Burlington, Mass, is visiting al Rev E. Whittlesey's.
 Warren Rood, of Clayton, says the chicken thieves will have to go to another roost, He has sold what they left.
 Mrs VanAlstyne, mother of Mrs Julius Corbit, has been quite feeble for some time, but for the last few days has been in better health.
 Miss Tuckerman, who has been vis- iting at s. A. Eddy's, has gone to New York. and Miss Bailey, recently at Mrs Hiram Eddy's. has gone to Winsted.
 70. o. Briggs, master of Housatonic Lodge No. 61 F & A. M. is attending the Grand Lodge of Masons of Connec- ticut which opened in New Haven yes terday.
 The Social Assembly met at Town Hall, Tuesday evening, and enjoyed an evening of dancing. Rhoades' orchestra furnished music. Next assembly two weeks hence.
 Only ten degrees above zero Mon day morning but the south wind made it seem colder. Tuesday was mild and pleasant day, but a snow-storm prevails at this writing Wednesday, yet the mercury is hardly below the freez- ing point.
 Prof. Reinke, of Millerton, the dancing teacher, will form juvenile class in this village on Saturday fore noon, January 26th. He will be ln town on Friday of this week to see about or ganizing, etc. Prof. Reinke is highly recommended.
 The grain and feed mill and eleva- tor storehouse at the railroad station in Williamstown, Mass, was totally des- troyed by fire Monday night. Loss $23. 3.OOO. We'll insured. The property belonged to William M. Hodge < Co. of North Adams.
 A conference of Sunday school su- perintendents. assistants, and ex-super- intends, under the auspices of the Con- necticut Sunday School Association, will be held in the Congregational church, New Milford, on Tuesday, January P, 1895. Sessions at 10. 30 a. m. and 30 p. m.
 Occasionally we hear of man who was never born but whose uncle won him at rafas. We had supposed that Ssm'l A. Eddy was born in the year 1860, at East Canaan or at Winsted; but &C., oording to the Winsted Evening Citi- zen of the 14th, iDst., Samuel A. Eddy twas captured at the battle of Bull Run Va, July 2lst. 1861, and held by the enemy for over Q year, until paroled."
 Last week Wednesday evening the newly elected officers of the D. s Cowles post were installed by H. H. Mason, of Lakeville, and the new officers of the Woman's Relief corps were installed by Mrs Col Hardenbergh assisted by Miss Eva Turner, of Lake ville, as conductor. Mrs Minnie Evans was presented with handsome souven- ir spoon by the ladies of the corps in recognition of her services as late president.
 On Sunday evening. Jan. 9th, while Charles o. Calender was on his way to church he fell heavily on the icy side walk. No bones were broken but he struck squarely on his back, and the back of his head also came in contact with the walk. He said it was the worst fall he ever received. He was badly shaken up yet he managed to keeI at work last week, but he feels the eff feet of the fall more and more and this week he is unable to work.
 Last Saturday dispatches from Illinois and other western states sad that the mercury had fallen 400 within 24 hours. Those western fellows are al ways bragging; but the clerk of New England weather was not to be outdone by those western chaps so he turned of the caloric and in Winsted the m ercury dropped 450 between Sunday noon and sunrise on Monday morning. New England weather is great stuff, and fol sudden changes it takes the bun.
 w. A. Dunham, of Ashley Falls had bad runaway Tuesday afternoon about four o'clock. He was driving { pair of horses attached to a heavy wagon, on which he had been drawing wood, but which was then empty. slow ly and carefully down the hill leading past Judge Granger's, when the pir holding one of the whifletrees came ou and let the whifaetree down onto tho heels of one of the horses. The horses took fright and started on run dowr the hill, MT Dunham trying in vain tt stop them and clinging to a stake fol support, as the wagon was swayine violently from side to side. At the foo of the hill the wagon struck a hay-rig ging, which stood leaning against Mir Bullard's barn, and the horses freed themselves from the wagon and dashed on short distance until one of then collided with 8 telephone pole at tn, fork of the road with such violence tha