Connecticut western news., 1895-12-26
Local News.

Miss Bridges is spending the holi- d .ys in New York city.
 Miss Florence Thomson. of New York, is spending the holidays a. Mt. Elm.
 Charles Kilmer and family moved into the William Bennett residence last Monday.
 Judge Fl E. Burton and Miss Bur- ton, of Middletown, are visiting at Mrs Granger's. .#..
 Samuel A. Eddy returned Monday evening from his several weeks soiourn at Atlanta, Ga. .....s .... It has not been lsborious task for Prof Adams to keep the record of snow storms this season.
 -Children's servic ,, with Christmas tree, at Christ church this (Thursda,) evening at o'clock.
 The Monday Evening Club will meet next Monday evening at the resi- dence of D l.. Peirce.
 T shall insist that bills overdue be paid by the first of January. 1896.
 JAMES L. BRAGG
 Charles Kilmer was ploughine Thursday morning on the Wm Bennett farm. A novel sight for the 26th of De- cember.
 The Barnum Richardson Go. has sold 30 acres of woodland in the town of Colebrook to Mir Buckley, the lum- Der dealer and saw mill proprietor.
 Miss Mary Joyce. who has been telegraph operator at Milldale on the Northampton Division of the Consolida- ted road for several months, has return ed to her home for an indefinite stay.
 An informal dance was enjoyed at Town Hall. Christmas night The affair was arranged after 8 o'clock in the after noon, but was nevertheless well attend ed. Rhoads orchestra made the music. THE SICK LIST John Prince is slowly on the improve. Miss Belle Loipain, who has been quite sick with stomach disorder, is recovering. w. G.. Cargill is able to sit up and walk about his room but is too weak to receive call CTS.
 Mrs William Sardsm has presented us with a genuine orange from her owp grove. She has only one tree in her grove and this years crop consisted oi three oranges. about II inches in diane ter. but it is the golden fruit of the He's perides for all that.
 Ray Henry J. Lynch, formerly of Lakeville, celebrated the 25th anniver- sary of his ordination last week Wednes- day. He has now been pastor .of St. Peters Church, Danbury, for nj, e years. and his pastorate there is said to have been very prosperous one.
 The now Canaan band seems to be an assured thing. At the meeting op Monday night about fifteen stated their willingness to go in to the project, and the air is now full of doleful sounds. while the beginners are practicing the ale. The players will be notified of the next meeting which will not be held on Tuesday night as proposed. The next meeting will be formal orRanizs. tion and election of officers.
 w Fl. Camp has placed Draper't self lf.recording thermometer on tn. front of his drug store. The beauty of this instrument is that by means of g |. little pencll containing red ink, which is moved up and down by the rise and fall of the mercury, record of the tenn perature for the whole week is marked in wavy line on card board disl which is turned by clock-work ar rangement.
 At special meeting of Victor, Council. 65. o. U A. M. held in Ma sonic Hall on Monday evening, Dec 23d, the officers elected for the ensuing term were as follows: O., Geo. Green V.C.. G. W. Studley; R. s., B. A Peirce; Asst RS.. W. T. Weaver; FS. l.. E. Howe; Treas, M. J. Kilmer; I. F. Perkins; E Wm. Rowland; I, P. Fl. D Ferry; O. F., Chaa. Dean. Th' installation will take place on the 2n. Tuesday evening in January '96.
 Mrs George Fancher. of Winsted who was suddenly called last Saturda to her daughter, Mrs George Clark, o Norfolk. is lying at her daughters hom at point of death. Mrs Fancher wa taken dangerously sick last Monda night with grippe and pneumonia, an she has complication of diseases. D Hamant is in constant attendance. MT Fsncher and daughter have two nurses Miss LiIlie Root of Canaan, assisted b Mrs Mary Pendleton of'South Norfolk Mrs Clark is slowly recovering.
 Charles Lake was taken very sud denly ill, in Wirsted last Fri day evening. Dr. Hubert wa was subsequently called, and diagnose the case as appendicitis. Mir Lake hs been severely ill since he was taken. an Sunday pr Howe of Hartford was cal cd. The doctor drove to Winsted. A operation was performed upon MT Lax by Dr Howe, there being present sls Drs Hubert. Welch and Pratt M Lake is considerably improved tn morning and his recovery seems assu ed.