Connecticut western news., 1895-02-14
Local News
Valentines Day.


 Hear the Academy Glee Club sing Feb. 25th.
 advertisements are the legs that business walks on.
 If some men had bulldogs teeth they would bite when he wouldn't.
 -One reason why February is cold month is because it has no January thaws.
 Miss s. J. Roraback and her scholars took sleighride to Norfolk Tuesday night.
 Ferdinand Beckley bas bought a piano for his daughter. It came last Thursday.
 Prof. s, A. Weaver Is building Q nice home for himself and family at Wes.feld. Mass.
 Mrs Hiram Eddy and Miss Eddy went to New York city yesterday for B four weeks visit
 Miss Sarah Ferguson has been making visit of about week with her brother in Bridgeport.
 Our Falls Village correspondent is housed up with cold, and that accounts for the brevity of his correspondence this week.
 Mrs S. A. Eddy and her son, Law renee, arrived Saturday after spending several weeks in New Britain and Wor- cester, Mass.
 N s Stevens, who proved to be "Fortunes' favorite" in the Widow Duggan's raffls, generously presented the COW to the widow.
 The meeting of the Literary Soci- ety will be held on Monday evening, Feb, IS Don't fail to come and hear the ladies dehate and then MT Parsons criticisms of the "whole business. !"
 The most welcome news of the week is the safe arrival of the overdn @ French steamship La Gascogne. A full report of the steamers voyage, and h r reception in port appears on the first page.
 Mrs Julius s. Corbit went to Waterbury yesterday and will also visit her daughter. Mrs Dr Parsons, in Thomaston. Mrs Corbit expects 50 re- turn tomorrow. Her mother, Mrs Van Alstyne, continues to improve in health.
 Six G. A. R. posts in this vicinity, three from Connecticut, one from New York state and two from Massachusetts, hold their annual reunion in Milerton this year, Feb. 22l. Comrade E Saun- ders of Millerton, Is the acting presi- dent. A grand time is expected as these gatherings are always full of en- joyment and good cheer.
 The entertainment given at u @ Town Hall last week Wednesday night by the Cbildren's guild was well attend ed, considering that 1t was bitterly cold windy night, and was much enjoy ed, especially by the parents of u c children, who did themselves and their teachers. Mrs Josephine Root and Mrs Pease, 80 much credit in their various parts. Over $40 was taken in.
 A Ballad Concert is to be given in Town Hall, on Wednesday evening, Feb. 20th. The program will consist ol good songs, old and new; and some m le quartette work. Some instru mental music will also be heard. Nh Nicoll has charge of the entertainment and of course it will be good. The proceeds are to equip Canaan Fire Company. Seats are on sale at the post office.
 Charles A. Moore had terrible ex perience with an engine in the P. R. N E. yard last Friday night The eu zine was covered with Ice and snow and frozen up. and in attempting to thaw il out the jacket took fise and Mir Moore had to carry water to put out the fire He was obliged to wade about and stand in the snow for several hours, and frozt his hands and feet and caught cold Still, he was able to be about yesterday
 -On Monday morning the editor O the NEWS received letter from S. W Barnes. dated Grand View Hotel, Jack sonville. Fla, Feb. 8th., which reads a follows: We arrived here at s p m yesterdays quick trip, 2S hours iron New York. Instead of sweltering witl the heat have struck southern blizzard mercury 15o above zero. Drawbridg crossing St. Johns River frozen, n crossing to St. Augustine this morning Large fish said to be frozen in southerl part of the state and being carted int orange groves for fertilizer. Probabl, Jacksonville story to prevent traveller going South"
 James E. Greene, of this village who works at the Eldridge farm i West Norfolk, was attacked by bul on said farm about 6 o'clock Tuesda evening and was severely injured. seems that MT Greene and boy wer leading the bull across the barnyard [ the watering trough when the anims became unmanageable notwithstandiD rope and a staff were attached to ring in it's nose and the boy held on t the rope while MT Greene held on t the staff The rope finally broke bu Mir Greene held on to the staff an snow, but the bull raised it's head an attacked Mir Greene and knocked hir down and injured hls legs and back s badly that he could not walk. The bu did not attack hlm the second time, an