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


 -Ju,ee Burtrn. or Middletowd, WAS ai Mrs Grsnger's Monday.
 MT Wilbur is building barn on his premises on West Main St.
 -Freder,ck Gillette is building . new and larger ies house on his farm
 The Monday Evering Club will meet q Miss 5. w. Adams. Dec. 18th. -Whas m opportunity and impetus Leap Year will give to the new womsn' ID. & Cowles Post, c. A. R held their annual meeting last night. Fuller account next week.
 -S A K. mp and family have moved from WAs-on street to Mir Wlbnrs new house on West Main St
 Do you want Munsey's magazine and the NIws? See our offer on op' posite page. rhs two for $2 AO
 "A very enjoyable sociable was held at the Pilgrim ohu, oh parlorr, Tuesday ev~ni, 8. A candy pull ves the feature
 
 of the evening.
 -Mi.s May AaAms left on Monday for South Norwalk by way of Torring' ton. She ~,ll b.. absent till about the middle of January.
 At Humphrey's drug store you wall b. given one pound If beet broken candy with each purchase of $l OO ol over of holiday Roods.
 The Litchfeld Northwest confer ence of churches vas held at East Ca n vsn church on Tnesdsy and proved g very interesting meeting.
 The selectmen of the town oi North Canaan have posted notices warning tramps that the Tramp Law will be strictly enforced in this town. The ladies of the NJ. E. society will serve their annual chicken pie supprI W~ine~dsy evening. Dec 18th from t,9 o'clock in church parlors- There vii ba table of useful aud fancy ar t.cles for sale.
 The meeting of the Whist Clut It Mt Elm last Friday evening proved . very pleasant gathering and wss large ly attended. Mrs Wm. J. Thomson and Mes-rs II 8 Thomson and Albert c. Brainsnd entertained.
 The annual meeting of the Housa to.ic Lodge No. 6l. +. & A NJ. occur, next Tuesday evening. tue 17th inst. Every member of the lodg- is requested to be present and vote at the election o of officers for the ensuing year.
 "A wreck occurred on the. Harlen railroad yesterday morning. The sontl bound passenger train for New Y"rl jumped the track near Crsryyfle pc oip,tating the engine and csks into thu ditoh. No particulars of the' irjurie have boon received.
 Rev George B. Taylor. field score tary of DaAne college at Crete. Nebr preached in the Pilgrim church las Sunday morning and delivered an in teresting and timely discourse from Kings XVIII. 12. Il thy servant flea tho Lord from my youth"
 -H. q. Nicoll. who has the agenc for tho L .Ai, < R.nd Powder Go wen to Po'keepsie. N. Y, this morning t gat 2500 lbs of dynamite. He coul not got anybody to go with him. d though he promised to pay expense and treat.
 If you have friend who formeil lived in this vicinity and has move away and you wish to make him or he happy at Christmas, make present ( . yea<'s subscription to the NEws Nothing gives greater pleasure than { get news from one's old home.
 A new time card went into fleet Q the P. R & N E. road Monday morr ing The onl, changes are the additio of the two U. 8 express trains, whic do not carry passengers The one g' ing west leaves this station at 12 40 m.. and the east bound 3 50 . m b understood that these trains will taken ( fl before long
 Canaan weather for the past seve days: Showed all day Thursday h' banned out only about an inch of sno, Mercury 24o; Friday. 2O' in mornin cloudy and fr. qu-nt snow squalla du ing day. M-fcnry 22' st7 p m; Ss UT lay. alternsiing clouds and sunshin quite chilly; Sunday, cloudy. gloom and chilly; Monday. 20' in mornin cloudy and chilly most of the da Tuesday. l6' in morning. clouds ar sunshine, chilly afternoon; W-dnesda 21' in morning, fair and windy.
 We tha, k Mrs M. A Parsons, West Winsted, for the December mn Der of the May Flower; also for e D. little calendar for the year 1896. IT NAy-Eiower ''sails for Prohibitio Fir,t. Last and Forever" whether it Asy or December; at least that is q motto on the title page, nevertheless ' notice that Mrs Parsons has recently I vised the paragraph above her signatu to read, "Y"nrs for total abstinen for the individual; then we shall longer need prohibition for the state. "
 Every man and woman is given special Invitation to visit the cookil exhibit. to be given in our store ne week. by the representatives of the NJ iastic Steel Range. The prudent hou' wife is interested always in the ecor mics of the household and whatev tends to lesson labor. The M Miestic the greatest invention of our time '