Connecticut western news., 1895-10-03

Special sale ranges SIS %. Alvord's. WiIsted, Ct.
 Henry B. Ives has gone to Hibernia, N. T., to shoot grey squirrels.
 Mrs D. l.. Freeman has returned from her recent visit in Lee. Mass.
 Rev. 0. D. Milliken was in Hart ford over Sunday.
 Through inadvertance the Talmage sermon was placed on the first page to day.
 Special Sale! Side lift tubular lanterns, 23c. Alvord's, Winsted, Ct.
 ID. l.. Pratt, of Westfeld, Mass, is visiting his daughter. Mrs Frank Coon. He arrived last Thursday.
 Mrs Laura S. Richardson, of Koox- vile, Tenn, has been visiting Mrs E. Whittlesey and also at Mrs Hiram Eddy's.
 All kinds of weather the past week humidity, thunder showers. sunshine, cold wind and rain, sunshine, frost, cloudy, then more sunshine and frost.
 Rev. Lyman Warner, of Salisbury, occupied the Pilgrim church pulpit last Sunday morning and preached a good sermon from Luke XVI, 2. "How much owest thou?"
 The Kickapoos closed their series of entertainments at Town Hall last evening, and will commence their course at Falls Village this evening. Their entertainments here have been we'll attended and much enjoyed.
 Mrs. A. K. Rhoades has returned from few days visit with her sister. Mrs. White, at Yonkers, N. Y. where she went after placing her daughter, Miss Mary K. Watson, at St. Agnes school at Albany, N. Y.
 DBL Freeman returned Tuesday evening from his Western trip. He en- countered torrid weather in Kansas, and one day the mercury was 1O2 degrees in the shade and the hot wind was also drying up vegetation.
 George Lane and another man have bought out a grocery store in Mil ford, and Will Lane has gone there to work for them. Mir and Mrs Fred Lane will go to Bulls Bridge next week to remain there until Fred de- cides where to locate in business.
 The residents of Bragg street land other parties whose names you can as certain by enquiring) have just built 8 sidewalk on the south side of said street aud extending to Railroad St. A sub stantial foot bridge over the brook has also been built. All the work is we'll done and is decided improvement.
 The W insted Citizen says: When a man has his appendix vermaforma ann putated and swallows grape seed which lodges where the appendix yer msforma "used to was" what become 8 of the grape seed, is the subject an nounced for discussion at the next meet ing of the Winsted Scientific Club.
 Alex Suydam, of Salisbury, was pitched out of his road cart yesterday by his horse taking fright and collidine with another vehicle. The horse rar from J. N. Van Deusen's up Main street until Fuller X Peet's store and Philip Ham stopped it. MT Suydam was not seriously hurt.
 The Republican caucus for the town of North Canaan to nominate town officers for the ensuing year will be held at the Town Hall Saturday, Oct 5tI inst, at three o'clock in the afternoon and the Democptic caucus will be held at the Town Hall Qower room) on the same day at eight o'clock p. m.
 Fred B. Young, of Aurora, H., ar rived here Sunday but on Monday went to Pittsfeld. Mass to work two weeks in the B. & A. railroad ticket office while his uncle, E. D. Norton, takes 8 vacation. It is five years since Fred visited Canaan, and during that time u, has lived in the Western states Flo, nearly 8 year he has been foreman of the Aurora Qll.) Daily News.
 -Geo. s. Fuller has been partially blind in his right eye for several weeks, and has consulted two occulists in Hart ford and one in New York. He has overtaxed the eye by IS years of con- stant bookkeeping and adding columns of figures. He will fully recover hi, sight with proper treatment, but in tht meantime must do but very little writ ing, ,and no reading at all by lamp light.
 There are,two articles in the warrant for the town meeting which have never been inserted before and to which We wish to call attention. One of these articles brings up the question whether the Douglas library shall be made free If the town appropriates S100 and makes the library free. the state will grant Sl0O. We think the library should b. made free on these terms. The other article relates to making an appropria- tion for the proper observance of Me morial Day. We think that moderate appropriation, no more than is striotl, necessary to provide collation for tht Veterans and transportation for the Vet erans who make the rounds of the ceme | teries and who have no means of con. veyance, ought to be made. Memorial Day ought to be properly observed and the old soldiers ought not to bear al