Connecticut western news., 1896-10-01
Local News.
Town meeting next Monday.

clty TOT an lndennlte stay,
 Miss Shoemaker, of Griggsville, lii is at D. L. Freeman's.
 Edward Hunker and family have moved into the Patrick Lynch house.
 -CH. Pease and family have broken camp at Twin Lakes and returned to their home.
 It is reported that two free silver Democrats in town are equipping their houses with gas.
 MT and Mrs Geo. Fl. Williams, of Danbury, visited friends in Canaan and Southfield over Sunday.
 During the past week, F. E. Cape well. of West Winsted, has sold plan o to Frank Coon and one to Acel F. Rood. The semi-annual meeting of the Agassiz society will be held at J. l.. Bragg's next Tuesday evening at 7.45 o'clock. All persons interested wei come.
 It Is said that the new one dollar silver certificates, with tranquility spelt with one l, have already gone to a premium of 25 cents apiece.
 Just at present the foliage is su- perb with autumnal tints, especially at Squabble Hole and at Canaan swamp where the colors are gorgeous.
 Mrs George Adam, Miss Adam and John G. Adam left on Friday for Tor onto, where John will begin his studies at the Trinity Medical college.
 The next issue of the NEWS will contain comprehensive report of the fifty-fifth annual exhibition of the Housatonic Agricultural Society.
 Congressman Hill, of South Nor walk, will speak on the issues of the campaign at Village Hall. Norfolk, this (Thursday) evening at 7.sO o'clock.
 Eddie McCarty was not feeling we'll when he came home from Torrington last week. and on Monday the doctor decided that Eddie has the measles.
 Patrick Kane, who has been in the employ of Frank Miller at his cottage at Twin Lakes this summer, will con- tinus in the employ of MT Miller at Bridgeport.
 The lecture by Prof. Rooms on "The Yellowstone National Park will be given in the Congregational church in East Canaan, Thursday evening, Oet 15, and is to be free to all.
 MT John Traver, of Falls Village, recently of Telford, Tenn, has bought the old Smith farm, lately called the Bunnell farm, in Salisbury, which is now occupied by Jacob Liner.
 The young peoples societies of the Methodist Churches in the Housatonic valley will hold convention in the M. E. church at Canaan on Thursday, Oct. 15. The program will be published next week.
 -Orville A. Matson, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, visited relatives at Falls Village, Canaan and North Adams this week. Mir Matson holds good posi- tion with the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway.
 William Graham and Frank Dun- ham, of Sheffield, Mass, have refresh. ment stand on the Great Harrington fair ground. That's the place to get an oyster stew, pie. cake, coffee, soda, pea nuts, cigars, etc.
 Miss Eliza Paul returned home Monday after two weeks visit with her sister. Mrs Thomas Taylor of Peeks, kill, N Y., also her brother Charles ot White Plains, and her brother William of New York city.
 -Hotchkiss and Eggleston's adver Using agent has been in this vicinity posting bills, advertising their enor nous stock of clothing etc. We un derstand that they have an exception ally fine line this season.
 Frank Miller and family have Jeff their cottage at Twin Lakes, where they have been spending the summer and returned to Bridgeport. MT ant Mrs Miller will now go to Kentucky for three weeks stay.
 The annual reunion of the 12Stl Reg't. N. Y. Vols, held at Pine Plains N. Y., on the 18th ult., was we'll attend ed and some fine addresses were made Among the c. A. R. posts represented was D. s. Cowles Post No. $40, of Dov CT Plains, N. Y.
 -One of the articles in the warnin, for the town meeting is to see if tn, town will accept the legacy of the lat Asahel Kellogg, of Winsted, who be queathed the town of North Canaan $1OO for the purpose of taking care Q his lot in the lower cemetery.
 -Dr Godfrey's object in his recen kite flying experiments was to talk birds eye view photographs by send ing up camera. This has been sue cessfully accomplished at Boston. D Godfrey is president of scientiti society at Bridgeport.
 -E. l.. Vanderburgh and J. M Benjamin, both of Falls Village, wer brought before justice at Falls Vii lage last Saturday and charged wit illegal liquor selling. They pleade guilty, and each was fined S100 an costs. They promptly paid their fine and costs.
 A missionary rally will be held ne1 Wednesday at the Pilgrim Church, UT der the auspices of the Litchfeld Cour