Connecticut western news., 1896-03-05
Local News.

-"Gus" Nicoll is spending couple of weeks in New Haven.
 --George Prince. of this place. has gone to East Canaan to clerk in Dun- ning's store
 The Monday Evening Club will meet Tuesday evening, March 10th, at 8. W. Barnes.
 -.Queen Esther" at Town Hall, Wednesday and Thursday evenings, March l3 and IA.
 George Beers. of West Cornwall and Merchant Wilcox, of Cornwall Plain, were in town yesterday.
 Miss Grace Roraback visited at Lawyer W. A. Roraback's in Torring- ton from Saturday until yesterday.
 Prof Fry. the optician. will be at the Warner House on Monday, March 9, one day only. and will examine eyes free of charge.
 The rehersals for "Queen Esther" demonstrate that Dr Payne is an ex cellent musical director and fully un- dsrstands how to present that cantata.
 The young ladies of the Pilgrim Church captured 5000 at their sociable in the church parlors Monday evening, notwithstanding the indictment weather and the many people on the sick list in the village.
 70. s. Warne has moved into N. O. Briggs house on Prospect Ave. It is understood that Mrs Frederick Thomp son'will occupy her house on East Man St. (iust vacated by Mir and Mrs Warne) next July.
 Since Monday morning the mer cury has g ood at about fifteen degrees above zero with strong northwest wind constantly blowing Yesterday morning for little while the mercury dropped to six degrees above zero. .
 There will be a meeting of the G. A. R. Post and W. R. Corps at Armory HAll next Wednesday evening, at which the delegates to the recent annual conventions at Norwich and Meriden will make their reports.
 The Village Improvement associa- ton want you to rally at Town Hall O Wednesday and Thursday evenings of next week to witness the pro iuction of "Queen Esther" by local talent under the direction of Dr 0. O.. Payne, of Saugerties, N. Y.
 There will be an auction at the Morgan farm at Cbapinville on Monday, the 18th inst, at 10 a. m.. at which two mares coming seven years old and a large quantity of other property will be sold. such as wagons, carriages, har- ness, farming utensils and household furniture. also two boats,
 Canaan was almost deserted last Friday as fishermen started out in all directions with the intention of sup plying and overlooking Boston with fish They would have been success full had their object been to supply the market with fish stories instead of fish; at all events. the stories brought home outnumbered the fish.
 At the place known as the William Lawrence or Isaac Beebe farm in East Canaan on Tuesday March 24 at 10 a m. there will be big auction of live stock, wagons, harness. farming tools, and farm produce. In the list are yoke of oxen, four horses. 8 COWS. 1C heifers, sixteen milk cans, Cooley creamerss etc etc See posters.
 In the Superior court at Winsted on Saturday. Judge A H Fenn pre- siding, the following divorces were granted: Blanche Hunt from Johr Hunt Hdesertion; Ida k. Brewster iron Chas N. Brewster, desertion; Jennie Bierce, of North Canaan, from Ja, Bierce. desertion, aud Jackson from Jackson on the ground of intemperance
 The NEWS tenders it's sympathy tc its Chapinville correspondent, Mir An drew J. Spur, whose eldest son diet at Correctionville, Iowa. on Tuesday At this writing we have received n, particulars of Arthur's illness, but las summer we were told it was feared h. had consumption. We have re ceived only postal card announcing his death, and the place but not tn date of interment.
 Mrs. Waller, who was taken ill wit grip. is improving Caroline Camp. tn two youngest boys of Peter Hicks, Con ductor Briggs's children, John Marcier' little boy, two of Stephen Cudneys chi dren. Anson Workers children, Harol' Van Deusen, Horace E. Holt and Harr. and Sam, also Lena Calender are al struggling with the measles. Mrs. Adel bert A. Weaver's chi 'dren, who have u scarlet fever. are not yet out of danger but are doing we'll. Mrs. Maggie Smith at Mrs. W J. Thomson's, has the diph theria in mild form. Her mother with her to take care of her.
 Little Helen, the twin daughter C MT and Mrs Daniel Lorrigan, passe away very suddenly early Monda morning of last week at the home ( her parents in Lakeville. It was sa
 in the extreme for the loving fathe and mother to see their angelic lit'l cherub, to whom they were so warml attached, removed so suddenly by th
 grim hand of death Had there bee
 any warning of what was to come the
 would have been better prepared t
 bear it. But to awake and find that i the dead of night they had been robbe