Connecticut western news., 1895-09-26

Plumbing and roofing at Alvord's, Winsted. Ct.
 Mrs Henry Ives has returned from her visit at Monterey, Mass.
 D. l.. Freeman has gone West on business. Mrs Freeman is visiting in Lee, Mass.
 Mrs Fl. N. Adams and Miss Emma Lawrence are visiting in Terryville and Bristol.
 Mrs Dr George Adam and Miss Adam are expected to arrive from Scot land tomorrow.
 The Winsted Citizen says: The Reading railroad company will make another attempt to fill in their bottom less pit at Chapinville.
 -Cornel us Lynnehan's condition has improved considerably during the past week. He appears likely to sur vive two or three weeks.
 George A. Adam has purchased Edward McCarty's place on the South road and will move into it. The Me- Cartys will move to Torrington.
 Someone gave vent to his pure cussedness last Sunday night by up- roofing two trees in front of E k LOT rains building lot on Railroad street. The Simmons family, who had oc- cupied rooms over Camps drug store, have moved to Waterbury. They had expected to remain till Oct. l. -Ex Mayor John l.. Vessels and wife, Joel Fsrist and wife and Mrs John 5. Windsor, all of Bridgeport, were at the Warner House from Friday till Monday.
 -Dr Ross returned from his outing in the Adirondacks on Thursday, He reports grand time and assures us that he and his party killed six deer. Doc" killed two of them.
 MT Cham berlain, of Dalton, Mass, a former pdpil at the Canaan Academy, was in town last Thursday and Friday. He entered Yale University on Monday Last Sunday thermometer at J. B. Reeds registered 88 degrees in the shade on the north side of the house, but when moved into the sun on the south side of the building the mercury ran up to 135 degrees.
 Rev Harry I. Bodley, secretary of the "Society for the Increase of the Ministry" has reconsidered his decision to decline the deanship of theP Protestant Episcopal cathedral at Topeka, Ksns., and has rendered his resignation of the secretaIyship of the aforesaid society to Bishop Williams
 HI. T. Oatman who until recently was the editor of the Sunday Morning Call, at Pittsield, Mass. will enter the daily newspaper field at Greenfield, Mass. It is his intention to publish the first number of the paper early in the coming month. The paper will probably be named the Evening Call. l We would say for the benefit of the Hartford Times that the katydids are not all dead in North Canaan; on the contrary. these "testy little dogmatists' are still debating the old question in re. gard to '.Ksty" with all the time-honor- ed acrimony and interest in the sub- ject.
 Quite a number of the Masonic fra ternity in this section attended the ded- ication of the Masonic Home at Walling- ford yesterday. Montgomery, Housa- tonic and Western Star lodges were well represented and big delegations went from Winsted, New Hartford and New Milford.
 A decided improvement has beer made on the east side of the Cumming block. One of the entrances to the eel lar has been closed up and the littl, structure over it taken away, and J. L Bragg has laid fine broad Portland cement walk extending the entire lengtl of the building.
 Miss Henderson, of Kingston Jamaica. who is travelling in thi country and Canada and has recent, been the guest of Mrs Dr Whittlesey il Great Harrington, Mass, was in tow for short time Saturday morning an, was shown the beauties of our village.
 Fred E Egleston, of Falls Village
 has just published the Norfolk Souve nir,' book of over 50 pages, contain ing all the desirable views Illustrating Norfolk's churches, public buildings schools, residences, fountains, etc
 printed from fine half tone engraving on heavy enameled paper and fexibl bound. Price 50 cents, at Norfolk Dru Store; or of the publisher. Harry Nicoll recently had narro,
 escape from death. He was asslstln kabout some blasting in Brewers quarr in Sheffield, Mass, and was struck o the left arm, above the elbow, by ' fragment of rock from blast, whic T. had come as far as 50 rods to find hin If it had struck his head or bod, J Harry's career would have ended rigl . then and there, As it was his arm wi very badly bruised.
 . We suppose an awful accident mu happen at the railroad station befor
 some young men who are in the hab of boarding the trains after they ha,
 gotten into swift motion, will abande o the foolish habit. There have bee some severe injuries received here br