Connecticut western news., 1895-07-25

V ance advocate, looks on the bicycle as "an implacable and inveterate foe to all strong drink"
 -Heury Roraback, of Winsted, a cousin of J. Henry Roraback, of Ca naan, is ill with bilious fever at bis home in Winsted. but was comfortable at last reports.
 Competition in the photograph line appears to have brought prices right down. Grant, the Millerton photo grapher, is making dt 2. cabinets and a genuine 16x20 crayon for $500.
 Next Sunday evening at six o'clock, at the NJ. E church, Rev B Seeholzar will report the doings of the Christian Eudeavor Convention at Boston. Dur ing the month of August there will be only Christian Endeavor services in the NJ E. church Sunday evenings.
 The corps of teachers in District No. ? has been re-engaged except that Mrs Nellie Preston will succeed Miss Duggan. The com mitte were we'll pleased with Miss puggan's proficiency as teacher, but thought that in the choice of teachers the preference should be given to home talent
 Henry H. Beardsley returned from Winsted last Monday. He has been through course of treatment thers and he firmly believes he is cured of the appetite for intoxicants. His friends in Canaan and vicinity rejoice with him and wish him success in resuming his trade of painter and paper hanger.
 What do our people think of ap- plying 10 the state road commissioners for aid. under the new law, in construct ing a section of highway in this town? Application, based on vote of the town, must be made before Aug. 15 The work is to be done under state supervision, state, county and town each paying third. Why not go in and have at least one good road?
 One of the privates of Light B sttery K has been court-martisled for stealing chickens on the march up from Fort Hamilton. and was sent back under guard This is too bad. It is to be hoped they will not be too hard on the poor fellow. He was probably just feeling his oats" little. or more likely, he thought it necessary to do little foragipg to make the march seem more like an incident in actual warfare. He is probably an old soldier and accus- toned to forage.
 William K. Parker. brakeman an on the P. R. & N. E. road, had h1s righs hand caught between the deadwoods, and crushed to jelly, while compiling cars at this station Saturday night about 9 o'clock. Dr William D. Camp ex- amined the wound and advised that Parker be taken to Hartford After re- ceiving the necessary orders from the train despatcher at Hartford, the train was side-tracked, engine and caboose uncoupled and Parker was taken to Hartford without delay, to be placed in the hospital. It is very sad case as Parker, who is 8 man of about 50, has a wife and family living in Hartford.
 Four students from the Ham pton (Va Institute were in town over Sun day, accompanied by the Rev H. B.. Turner, of Washington, Conn. At the morning service in the Pilgrim church the students sang thrae songs, and dur, ing the session of the Sunday school they sang four songs, and Rev Turner gave short address describing the In stitute and it's work. The students also visited the NJ. E. Sunday school and sang several songs and one of the students made an address. In the evening the whole party went to Nor folk and gave a concert, interspersed with addresses, in the Congregations church. Monday morning the party started for Great Harrington. They will also visit Stockbridge, Lee, Lenoz and other places in Berkshire county.
 The resignation of the Rev Way land Sparkling, as pastor of the Firs Honoraoot;onoI obprob of DourbLoap sic, N. r., was read from the pulpit O that church, July 14, and at meeting of the church and society held las Thursday evening the resignation was reluctantly accepted. The work te which MT Spauldiug has been called ii at Park Hill, one of the finest residence suburbs of New York city, short dis tance south of Yonkers on the Hudson MT SpauldIng has been pastor of tht church in Poughkeepsie for over clever years-the longest pastorate in it's his tory. During this time 242 joined tn, church. The membership has increas ed 25 per cent; the Sunday school ove | 60 per cent. A Christian Endeavo society has been formed, and has reach ed membership of117. The benevo fences have nearly doubled. Tn
 church was never so large. united an,
 prosperous. Mir Spaulding formerl
 preached at West Cornwall, Conn.
 A party consisting of MT and Mrs O. Beckley. Misses Belle Lorrain, Peal
 Ham, Jessie Cargill, Mary Watson
 Messrs Albert J. Barnes, Charles Rode
 meyer and Walter W. Warner took bicycle trip last Friday. They went O
 the 8 Il a. m. train to Salisbury, wher
 they mounted their wheels and wen
 via the "under mountain road" pas
 Sage's Ravine to South Egremont