Connecticut western news., 1895-03-14
Local News.

LOCdl NtWS.
 -St. Patricks Day, next Sunday.
 -Crossler & Freeman's minstrels at the Town Hall next Monday night
 The meeting of the Literary society has been postponed to Monday night.
 -Dr F. s. Parsons and family, of of Thomaston. spent Sunday in town.
 An old but true proverb. "The sarly advertiser catches the Spring trade"
 The Lend-a.H club supper at the M E. church parlors Wednesday evening netted about $6.
 Mics Maggie Mcclure. who has been visiting relatives in Hartford, re- turned to her home last week.
 It Is rumored that l.. E. Scoville and family will move to the Knicker- booker house, SO called, at the lower corner.
 There has been a decided improve mont m the condition of Mrs Baudry, of East Canaan, since last week. and hopes are now entertained of her recovery.
 Prof Jas. Doyle has finished his course of boxing lessons with his first class and has started another class which meet Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Robert R. Smith, of New Hartford, called on friends in town Monday while on his way home from attending the funeral of Mrs Little at Weatogue on Sunday.
 MT and Mrs John D. Seacord. of Lee. Mass have been visiting relatives here since Monday but will return home tomorrow. They will build residence on Frankin street in Lee this season.
 Martin Mcclure says he saw rob in in . tree at the Timothy McGuire place last Thursday morning, and he also heard the bird sing. That would be . sure sign of spring if some robins did not stay north all winter.
 .-R. Ramsey, formerly of Lakeville, but who for several. years has had full charge of Dr Aliens farm between Ban- tam and Litchfield. stopped in Canaan last Thursday while on his, way to visit relatives at Ashley Falls and Egremont.
 Mrs John Nicoll and her infant daughter, arrived here from Yonkers, N. '. last week. Mir Nicoll expects to conclude his engagement in Yonkers in . week or two and will then join his wife here. Mrs Nicoll will propably spend the summer in this village.
 -New Hartford now has fire com pany on which it can depend and of which it is justly proud. But it was necessary to burn up thousands of dol lars worth of property before this com pany vas organized. In this place we are still In the object lesson stage.
 Rev O. D. Milliken's sermon last Sunday was 9 very unique one from St. Matthews gospel XIV. 2S. Rev Milli- : ken will continue the theme next Sun. day. We do not quote the words oi tho text because aroused curiosity brushes the dust of the bible and hunts up the text.
 Owing to the continued illness o Rev MT Seeholzer. the usual morning service iu the Methodist church wal omitted on Sunday. Many of the con gregation attended at the Pilgrim church. The Sunday school and Chris tian Endeavor meeting were held at tho M. E, church as usual.
 -Mn Mary Foley will sell thre' horses, eight COWS, four shoats, fou wagons. . lot of seed potatoes. double and single harness, lot of milk coolers moving machine, many farming tool and numerous other articles at publi auction on the Grove Lawrence farm near West Norfolk on Thursday. Marcl 28, at 10 .. m. rain OF shine. See posters
 Last Monday while Horace E. Hol WIS using buzz saw in R. D. Peirce Co.'S mill he stepped on small blocl on tho floor which caused him to los his balance and bring his left thumb il contact with the saw which amputate' the thumb at the first joint. MT Hol has used buzz saw for 13 years an, this il the first time it ever bit him. Fl never monkeys with . buzz saw, an this bite was purely accidental.
 Leonard A. Lake died of pneumo nia at his home at North East Centre, \ Y., on Sunday at the age of ;75 yeart He was highly respected in the tow where he lived. He leaves wife an six sons, James. Charles, Theodore Eugene. Cyrus and George, all we known in railroad circles, also thre daughters, Mrs Porter Snyder. of Lax, vile; Mrs Burnet Wheeler, of Coleman N. r., and Mrs John Burtch, of Millel ton, N. Y. One of the sops, Frank, die At Canaan . few years ago. Mir Lake @ funeral was held at Millerton yesterda 'xt 2 o'clock p. m.
 -The political landslide last fall bs caused many changes in office. NJ Willard Bakers term as Clerk of tn Court of Probate for the District ( Sharon expired March 1st, and Mir Bal CT is succeeded by MT R. E. Goodwin We do not know exactly how long N Baker has held the office but he was office twelve years ago when the write purchased the CoNNKcrIc UT WEsTEB NEWS and during all these years tt business of said Court as transacte through the NEWS has been attended | promptly, correctly and with satisfa ton to all concerned. We desire an