Connecticut western news., 1896-02-27

The six young children of Mrs Adelbert Weaver are sick with scarlet f-ver, but are all improving except Raymond, who was the last to take the disease and who is still quite sick.
 A very lively dog fight occurred in the street Monday night between A black bull and a shepherd dog. When the animals were separated the shep- herd dog had the best of the fight.
 The Consolidated road has recent ly bought twenty-six machines called ',The Russell snow blow and Hanger" These machines are made by The En- sign Manufacturing Go. at Huntington, W. Va. who are making sixty of ''the critters" every week.
 The town of North Canaan will certainly "get left" again unless a special town meeting is soon held and application made to the state highway commission for a share of the state and county appropriation. under the new law, for road improvements.
 A big auction of live stock. wagons, harness, farming implements and house. hold furniture occurs Saturday, March 2. at 10 a. m. Where? We'll, D. W. Manvel's advertisement tells you all about it. You will 'sget left if you neglect to read and heed said adv.
 The meeting of the Agassiz society will be at MT J. l.. Bragg's next Tues day evening, beginning at 7.30. A paper will be read on Photography by means of Roentgen rays" and treatise on "Anthracite Coal' with specimens, and other subjects. All interested are welcome.
 While rounding curve at Satan's Kingdom near Pine Meadow on the P. R. & N E. on Monday. wheel on one of the passenger coaches on the train leaving here, going east, at 1225 p. m. No 6J broke and gave the passengers a good scare, although the train did not leave the track.
 The Monday Evening Club met at Mrs Henry c. Barnes. The program was purely literary one and was con tribnted by Miss Grace Roraback. Mrs Tracy, and Messrs s. A. Eddy, J. G. Beckley, L. W. Arnold and c. D. Milli- ken. There was good attendance and the meeting was very interesting.
 -Mnch sympathy is expressed for John Eagan, of this place, whose wife died of consumption at the home of her parents at Winsted on Sunday morn ing She lacked about one month of being 20 years old and had only been married since the 27th of last Novem- Der. The funeral was held at Winsted Tuesday morning from the home of her parents and from St. Joseph s church.
 -Washington's birthday was not especially observed here, and yet the national flag was displayed from many | private residences and from some of the business places. The G. A. R. post and W. R. c attended the reunion at Great Burlington. The stores were not closed here and the day passed of like it's predecessors although the weather was mild and sunny for the season of the year.
 The next meeting of Mountain County Pomona will be held in Py thian Hall, West Winsted, on "Wednesday, March 4tb, at which time class will be taken in in the fifth degree. The Worthy state master is expected to be present. The question of the division of the Pomona will be brought up. An unusually wide-awake and profit. able meeting is expected and it is hoped that every member will attend. Lee. turer's hour open to members of the fourth degree.
 MT. Joseph II. Vaill, executive sec. retary of the Connecticut Atlanta Com, mission, has very kindly sent us copy of the report of the board of commis sioners. We see by the report that oui little state made fine showing at the exposition, in manufactures, in the ex hibits of woman's work, and by the appearance of the Governors Foo | Guards. The commission consider. that the exposition was of great valut in promoting friendly relations betweer the various sections of the country.