Connecticut western news., 1895-05-30
Local News.

The post office will be closed to-da. from II to 4.
 -Agassiz meeting at J. l.. Bragg Monday evening, June 3d.
 Mrs Kate Thompson, of Goshen is visiting at Martin Belden's.
 Orange juice is said to be good ol straw berries instead of cream.
 Ed. Slye is the happy possessor o . new Columbia bicycle, Model 40.
 Michael Madden has just purchased lovely two-horse extension-top surrey
 The stores in this village will b. closed after about 10 o'clock Q. m., fo the day.
 The services at St. Joseph's churcl on Sunday morning next will be at Il o'clock.
 Mrs Adeline Beckley went to New Hartford yesterday to visit relatives al indefinite time.
 Miles L. Ingraham IS now at the Warner House, where he will spend most of the summer.
 The strawberry festival at the NJ E church parlors Tuesday evening wa, literally patronized and about s25 wa, cleared.
 Miss Howe, of South Canaan. ha, been visiting her brother. Lyman Howe since last week but will return to hel home in day or two.
 Miss Mary Joyce left on Monday to assume the duties of telegraph op. orator at Milldale, new station on the New Haven & Northampton road.
 After 29 years' effort NIL. Osborne, who was in the 29th Maine Regiment, has been granted pension of S6 pc, month with $500 arrearages.
 Rev 0. D. Milliken and Mir F. R. Collin started Tuesday afternoon on g bicycle trip through Duchess and Columbia counties, N Y :, and Berkshire county, Mass.
 The last forms of the NEWS go to press every Wednesday evening. there fore . report of Memorial Day exercises in Canaan aud elsewhere cannot appear in these columns until next week.
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 James Roraback, who lives on the Weltha Ann Beckley farm in South Ca naan. has been recently granted pen sion of $12.0O per month dating from June l. 1890. Mir Roraback is veteran of the 18th Conn. Vols.
 Robert R. Smith, of New Hartford, was guest of Robert Little at Wetogue over Sunday. We understand that Mir Smith yill be one of' the Connecticut commissioners to the Gotten States and International Exposition at Atlanta, Ga
 Trains on the P. R. & N. E. road leave this station as follows: Westbound: e.11, a. m. 8. 45, a. m. (May brook mix ed.) 10. 24. am. (maiI; 2.47, p. m, 5.l5 p. m. (maiD; 3.23 p. m. Sunday Eastbound $40 a. m. (mail); 9 05 p. ID. 4.07 p. ID. (maiD; 6.56 p. m.; 3 55 p. r. (sunday.) The new official time talle appears to-day in our columns.
 The Norfolk Dramatic club gave a first class presentation of "Queen s Evidence" at the hall Friday evening to an appreciative audience. Mis-. Stevens acting was especially good and all in the cast did their parts nicely. The club played the piece in Winsted the 27th and at Norfolk the 18th to we'll pleased audiences. Mir w. w. Bittner who instructed the amateurs, also took part in the piece,
 At tbe annual meeting last year of the veterans of the 9th corps held at Concord, N. H., it was voted that a committee be appointed to decorate the grave of Gen. John Sedgwick in Corn wall Hollow, Ct. A committee was ap- pointed consisting of Gen. M. T. Mo Mahon, Col. Truesdell, Capts. Fielder and Larowe. who will come up from New York and be at the grave of Gen. Sedgwick about 1.30 p. m. No public services afe expected to take place.
 A free entertainment will be given in the Methodist church next Tuesday evening, June 4. in the interest of Con necticut Missionary Sunday Schoo Work. From 60 to 70 stereopticon views will be shown and explained by W. H Hall, secretary of the State association The President of the association, O. B Foote, is expected to make brief ad dress. All persons interested in sucl work are cordially invited to be present A collection will be taken at the close of the service.
 Last week Wednesday night wal the third and closing night of the St. Joseph's Church fair. The attendance on this last night was considerably lar ger than on the proceeding Friday night, the number of admission tickets sold being about ITO. On both of the lest two nights there were many present from the surrounding towns, Norfolk especially. sending at least 12 couples The fair was greatly enjoyed by all who attended. The ice cream and cake fur nished on the first two evenings and tho supper on the last evening were all o first-class quality. The dancers were evidently of the opinion that Rboades