Connecticut western news., 1896-08-20

Rev Franz Ulbricht and wife are visiting Mrs Ulbricht's aunt. Mrs George Adam.
 Mrs George O. Peet is in Bridge port with her sister, Mrs Betts, whose condition is very critical. We are indebted to Milton J. Kill mer for two beautiful punches of sweet peas left on our desk one day last l week.
 Mrs George M. Rice, of Waterbury, formerly Miss Lillie Blake of this place. is in town calling on old friends. She leaves this afternoon.
 Subscriptions for POO installment shares of the Connecticut Building and Loan Association are required in order to organize branch here. MT and Mrs H. B. Ives have return ed from their outing at Twin Lakes, not but that tue genial "Hank" has been in the village during business hours every day.
 The house of John McAlpine at Winsted was entered by burglars who went in through the window. A pair of gold bracelets and other jewelry were taken.
 John l.. Decker, the bicycle rider, who lives about mile west of here, fell while riding race at Coxsackie, N. Y. last week Wednesday, ,and broke his col lar bone.
 The P. R. & N. E. R. R. is selling tickets at reduced rates to the Pine Grove camp meeting from August 17 to 24 inclusive, good on all trains except on Sunday.
 Hugo Thomson returned from his excursion trip to Saratoga and the Adirondacks last Saturday md is spending this week with his brother, Jamieson, at Springfield, Mass.
 George l.. Parsons went fishing last Thursday for the first time in 27 years. He had very good luck but it will probably be 27 years before he again goes fishing on such hot day. Mrs Lewis B. Crane, of New York, and Mrs Walter Nichols and Miss Frank Nichols, of Bridgeport, are spending a few weeks at their cottage at Pine Grove, where MT Crane will join them tomor- row.
 A heavy thunder shower visited this place last Thursday night but the only damage reported is the washouts on highways. This shower with the steady rain Friday morning broke the backbone of the hot wave.
 The young peoples societies of the Methodist and Pilgrim churches held a union service at the Pilgrim church Sunday evening. On account of the rain only ab out forty-five were present. The church was decorated with flags.
 The apple crop this fall in this country is estimated to be 2O.OOO.0O0 barrels, the largest crop ever gathered. Apples will be correspondidgly cheap, but, as some help to the growers, the crop abroad is failure. e.-Pawling Journal.
 A hen that leaves her nest after @ few days setting, because she does not hear the chirp of chicks, is something like the merchant who quits advertis- ing after the first 'sthrows" because his first calls haven't filled his store with clamoring customers. News
 As against the Coney Island sea serpent and the Twin Lakes wild cat, Sharon has, or recently had, an en- campment of tramps, two of the camp CTS from which visited houses in the vicinity few days ago soliciting arti- cles until they were lodged in the alleg- ed lookup.
 The republican caucus for election of delegates to State Convention at Hartford Sept. 1 and 2, had been called for Saturday. Aug. 22 at p. m., but on account of the funeral of Mir F. A. | 66b Ou budb dt0OlhOOut bhO uocO hOi phO caucus has been changed to Monday, Aug. A, same hour.
 The Berkshire dry goods store at Great Harrington, Mass, has been re- modelled and re6tted from cellar to gar. ret and will be filled with brand new stock of goods This store will be re- opened about September l by J. B. Oli- phant & Co.,, whose full column an nouncement was received too late for today's issue of THE NEWS, but will ap' pear next week.
 Rev R. F. Elsdon, of Carthage Landing, N. Y, preached at the Camp Ground Sunday morning, his text be- ing Matthew XXVII, 23. "What evil hath he done." There were over 200 people on the ground who attended the meeting. In the afternoon a Sun day school for old and young was led by s. o. Curtice. There were several clergymen present, among them tht Rev B. H. Burch, pastor of St
 Stephens Church, New York city.