Connecticut western news., 1896-01-09
Local News.

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 The Board of Relief adjourned to the 18th at g o'clock.
 Dance at Town Hall tonight. Geo. Smith and David Curtiss, managers.
 Geo s. Fuller and Dwight Allyn went to New York Tuesday afternoon.
 Mrs Louis Favrao. of Springfield, Mass, is visiting her father, Thomas Bonner.
 There will be dance at Jackson's hall. Clayton. on Jan. 17. Good music in attendance.
 Studies were resumed in the Ga naan Academy and in the public schools on Monday.
 Roger Rood. who was taken i'll with the measles on Sunday, is doing as we'll as could be expected.
 M. Feldblum & Go. have rented the Hardenbergh building on Railroad St and have moved their clothing store to that location.
 The ladies' missionary society will hold their annual meeting Friday after noon of this week at the residence of the Misses Norton.
 The Monday Evening Club will meet next Monday evening Q3) at tue house of Mrs George O. Peet. All well come. An interesting program.
 
 Mrs R ,scoe Taft and Miss Appi.. Taft, of s ,uth Egremnnt, Mass, were the guests of Mir and Mrs Tobey at the Warner House one day last week.
 -E. E. Bartram has returned from nine days visit with his family at St. David's, Pa. Mrs Bartram and the children will remain at St. David's about three weeks longer.
 Don't yell ''shoot the hat" Just remember that in the "Cyclopedia of Costume" seventeen hundred and twenty-eight different sty les of hats and caps are illustrated or described.
 Andrew J Spur. of Chapinville, has kindly furnished the NEWS the necrology fosthe town of Salisbury for the year 1895. The necrology will be published in the NEWS of Jan. 16.
 Frank J. Endres, who has been foreman of the NEWS since last Septem- Der, returned to his home in Great Bar rington last Saturday, but we shall send for him whenever we need extra help.
 The week of prayer is not bel, g especially observed here. The only extra meeting was one held at the Pll- grim church on Tuesday at 2 p. m., with an attendance of 12 persons be- sides the pastor.
 Little Helen Pease is convalescing from remittent fever. The fever left her last Saturday and for about "A hours she was in a very weak and critical con- dition with temperature down to 96 de- Rrees part of the time.
 Miss Lena Brinton, youngest daughter of Ward Brinton, has been sick about four weeks with typhoid fever at her home in East Canaan. She is doing we'll and her recovery is expect ed although the fever had not left her yesterday.
 The Evening Whist Club met last Friday night at the residence of Mis- Junius Rhoades. There were eleven tables and the occasion was much en- joyed by all present. Mrs Rhoadts, Mrs J. G Root and Miss Mary K Wat son entertained the club.
 The dancing class was formed on Tuesday evening and numbers fourteen members. Mir J. c. Beckley is the in- structor. The next lessons will be on Wednesday evening at o'clock at the hall, and if more would like to join it is requested that they be present on that evening.
 A meeting of the Pilgrim Church was held yesterday afternoon to consid- CT the subject of building parsonage The sentiment of the meeting was in favor of building and a committee of cOAAcAo0lAoh co 0RPOlubCo " hSCcEbhlu the amount of money which the mem bers would be willing to give. The committee will report at a later day not yet decided upon.
 III. G. Nicoll left town on Monday and ~ Il be away several weeks in New York tate, returning by way of New Haven and Hartford, combining busi- ness with pleasure MT Nicoll has vel earned g little outing. as he has been devoting himself assiduously to the interests of the Anchor Lime Go. for many months with nothing more ex citing or diverting to amuse him tbam firing off blasts and transporting high grade dynamite across the country Bon voyage, Harry!
 The Norwalk "Daily News" of the 9th inst, comes to us with announce msnt on the editorial page that on that date the paper changes ownership, pass ing into the possession and management of Messrs Rodemeyer & Alderman. All of our readers know John Rodemeyer, Jr., the genial journalist, and his origi- nal and irresistible wit and humor. We wish the Daily News success under it's new management.
 Some members of the Pilgrim Church have long sought an opportunity to ex- press their esteem and friendship for Deacon Levi W. Beckley. They found the opportunity when they discovered that the deacon's 84th birthday would