Connecticut western news., 1895-01-10
Local News.


 What sors of husband has your wifep
 Thomas Abbe left town for Kansas yesterday.
 Mrs Geo. w. Cowdrey returned to Bridgeport on Tuesday.
 The man who never makes mis- take never makes anything.
 Mrs Adeline Beckley returned to Kent on Tuesday morning.
 The January thaw arrived on time. It struck town on the first Sunday of the year.
 Mrs o. O. Briggs has been on the sick list about two weeks but is now inn proving nicely.
 Miss Mary Murnane returned on Monday from Philmont, N. r., after two weeks vacation.
 The man who calls out in the morning that he is getting up, when he isn't simply lies in bed.
 There are six years remaining of the century for the new century does not open until January lst 1901.
 The record for this town for the year ending January l. 1895, is IS marriages. 45 births and 26 deaths.
 The board of relief of North Ca- nasn adjourned to Jaouary 10th inst at g o'clock .. m. at the town clerks office. -Losr-a sleighride party. FOUND At 3 o'clock in the morning, by an old farmer near Mill Rivera sleighride party.
 The report from Hartford that the Po'keepsie Bridge route will soon be sold at auction cannot be verified at the P. R & N. E. office here.
 Representative Roraback left his plow (snowplow) in the field. buckled on his armor and hastened to the battle on Capitol bill in Hartford this week.
 The Nicoll line carried party of young people on . sleighride to Falls Village last Thursday evening. They did not get lost in that city and they report jolly time.
 The Gowanda IN. Y.) Herald of January 4th says: Mrs Forbes Mun- son, one of Gowanda's handsomest daughters, came up from Niagara Falls to attend the old folks dance and visit her relatives and friends"
 The zero weather made coal dealers happy. and the January thaw and icy roads made blacksmiths happy. But the majority of people rather pay coal dealers bill than 2 doctors bill, and rather pay blacksmith's bill than to have Q smooth shod horse fall and break leg on icy roads.
 James L.. Tfowbridge is again at the Warner House and his sardonic smile illumines the office of that brave hoetelry with lurid glare. Since his last visit here he has, he informs us, been with Walter l.. Mains circus, holding the office of veterinary sur geon for elephants"
 The west wall of Jesse Drums cellar fell down Monday. Some call it hard luck. but others call it good luck. We are told that the wall was about 12 feet high and built on top of the ground without digging for foundation, or going below frost, as the ground slopes abruptly. Had the wall fallen after the house had been built upon it the loss would have been heavy.
 The North Canaan Bridge Com pany is the title of . corporation which will apply to the Legislature for charter to build Q toll bridge across the Housa- tonic River between Salisbury and North Canaan. Winsted Evening Citi- zen, Jan. 2. 1895. An there, Citizen That toll-bridge was completed Oct. 4. 1894 and has been in daily use since then. Furthermore for nearly three months . veteran soldier has been on guard at the east approach to the bridge and he collects toll from all who pass that way.
 During this week of prayer, meet iDgs gre held in the Methodist church every evening except Saturday evening A prayer meeting was held in the Pill grim church at o'clock Tuesday after noon. and inc regular Thursday eve ming prayer meeting will be held. A conference prayer meeting of all churches in this vicinity was held in the Congregational church at East Ca naan yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon. The meting was conducted by the Rev John DePeu of Norfolk.
 The weather record for the past week is substantially ss follows: Two degrees below zero Thursday morning few degrees above zero Friday morn ing; five or more below zero Saturday morning; snow storm Sunday morning which turned to rain before noon and the January thaw continued until Tues day afternoon when light snow began to fall, but Wednesday morning the mercury registered about 25' above zero with cloudy sky but the snow storm had banned out only about two inches of the beautiful.
 Early in the winter William Can field built telephone line from bii house in Canasn Valley to Csnfeld Brothers lime kilns in East Canaan About the same time he also built a line forD Camp, from Canaan to Ashley Falls. Then Barnum Richardson Co.,