Connecticut western news., 1896-03-26
Local News.


 season.
 Counterfeit dimes dated 1888 are in circulation.
 The equinoctial storm last Thurs, day was hummer.
 MT Walsh. of Philadelphia, is visit ing his sister. Mrs E. E. Bartram.
 Mrs 0. E. Calder, of New York, is visiting her uncle, Chas Emmons. Miss Mabel l.. Watson returned last week from visit in Bridgeport. The next dancing class will meet at the hall on Tuesday evening. April -F. B. Young. of Pitts6eld, visited at his aunts', the Misses Norton's, over Sunday.
 Frank H. Smith will move from the Dr Smith farm into the Pequigney house SO called on April 1st.
 Peter Hicks and family will move to Ct. Harrington. where Mir Hicks has secured employment with the railroad company.
 The NEWS wants correspondent ct Sharon. Will not somebody volun- teer2 If so please address this office for particulars.
 -Conductofs Peter Gsrvey. Dennis Ahern, Thomas Burns and William Flynn have left the employ of the F.. R < IN E. road.
 William D. Bishop and party. of Bridgeport, vent to Sheffield, Mas. on special train Sunday morning, return ing iD the evening.
 William Chopper of Ashley Falls, Mass. has been reappointed Berk- shire county deputy sheriff and has qualified for another term.
 Tt has been decided as prudential measure not to open the schools in this district before April thus giving the children two weeks vacation.
 Rev s. F. Adam took part in the services and preached at Christ Church Sunday morning, the subject of his discourse being the Incarnation.
 -T. s Gold has kindly sent us a copy of the annual report of the Storrs Agricultural College at Mansfield. It is . neat little pamphlet handsomely ilustrated.
 The Monday Evening Club will meet at the Town Hall on the evening of the 3Jth A large attendance is re quested as this is the last meeting oi the season.
 Rev g.. F. Adam, who has been spending the winter m Norwich, N. Y., arrived in town on Thursday. He will remain at his brothers, J. s. Adams, home for the present.
 Charles Beckwith, who has been conductor of one of the U. s. express trains for some months past. has been pn. iu charge of . passenger train run ming between Hartford and Cau1pbell Hall
 Passengers on the P. R. & N. E. road noticed last Monday that the flag on the school house near the station al East Canaan was ak half mast, and they concluded that the flag was placed II that position in honor of the late Ly man Dunning.
 The school enumeration of Litch field county for 1895 giving the number oS ~cb,~l nh.lIra,, ,x, tbo koxvv, opI fhf increase and decrease shows in Nortf Canaan 372, increase of 26; Norfolk 3O9 decrease of 10; Salisbury 796. d ecreas 3; Canaan I'll. increase 6.
 We have been informed by a gen tleman who has been there that dow in Maryland the musk rat is considere' far superior to either the terrapin o the canvas back duck as table delicacy They (musk-rats) are protected by yer. stringent laws during the close season
 A snow storm commenced early las Thursday morning but turned to raj about II a. m and rained powerful until after p. m. In some parts of tn village cellars were flooded by the rus of water from the hills. The walkin was fearful and the sleighing was virtt ally destroyed.
 Raymond Weaver, aged seven years the third son of the late Adelbert 4 Weaver, died Saturday night at abou 10 o'clock. He had been very ill for month or more with scarlet fever in severe form. Tue bu ial took plac Sunday evening at 5 o'clock, Rev F. W Barnett conducting services at the gray
 MT and Mrs E. l.. Ives. of Maj ming. Ia,. are making two weeks wis at Mir Ives fathers, MT Sabin Ives, East Cacaan Mir Ives has been pos master at Manning four years past, b, has just left that position and will g into the clothing business, havin boughe out an establishment in tn line at Manning.
 --George s. Fuller, trustee of the il solvent estate of Rev Frederick Thoml son. sold the Canaan Academy propert subjected to three mortgages amour ing with interest to S6,577.S9. at publ auction on Saturday, by John c. Ric mond, auctioneer. The property VI struck off to James l.. Bragg for ol dollar over the encumbrances aforesai he being the only bidder. Possessic will be given July 1st when the lea to MT Mcfarland will expire.
 An east-bound freight in charge Conductor Hinman and Engine Toomey met with an accident at Wee Mines. near Boston Corners. N. r., ( the P. R. & N E.. Thursday mornin The engine and four cars left the trac