Connecticut western news., 1896-10-29
THURSDAY. OCTOBER 29. 1896.
Local News.

spending the week in New York city.
 The Tropical Decorating Company. of New York, is reported as being t. nancially embarrassed.
 Rev Mir Barnett returned from his vacation last week. and ofhciated In Christ church on Sunday.
 MT and Mrs Miles B. Tobey and Mrs s. A. Bennett are to take rooms and board at Jas. l.. Bragg's.
 MT and Mrs John Cudney will move into Mrs Frederick Thompson's house on East Main street in few days.
 James Keenan, brakeman on the P. R. & N. E. road, fell from car last Saturday and broke his collar bone.
 Fifty six new names have been add ed to the North Canaan voting list. Thirty seven names erased. Net gain 19.
 Travelling Auditor 0. O. Briggs, of Hartford, was in town Monday examin- ing the books at the P. R. & N. E. offices.
 The report of the silver rally, the letter from Democrat, correspondence from Sharon and New Marlboro appear on the first page.
 Saturday, Oct. 31, will be observed as National Sound Money flag day. Northwestern Connecticut will be re- splendent with flags and bunting.
 Don't overlook the advertisement concerning Henry Harris special cloak and millinery sale now in progress at Lime Rock. The sale ends tomorrow night.
 IN. s. Stevens received diploma on the Sharples hand and steam cream separators which he exhibited at the Danbury fair in competition with three other kinds.
 The caucus of democratic voters to nominate 8 representative and justices of the peace was held at the Town Hall last night at o'clock,
 -Dr Wm. D. Camp, of Pittsfeld, Mass, is staying at Dr 0. w. Camps, where Mrs Wm. D. Camp has been ill for some time with rheumatism and nervous troubles.
 If there is as much snaring of game birds around here as our Sharon cores pondent says there is there, it would be well for our local sportsmen to have the game laws enforced.
 Mrs William Mallory. of Great Bar rington, Mass, a daughter of Thomas Butler. of this place, has been very ill with typhoid fever for three weeks and her condition is now critical.
 We are indebted to Hon. James G. Patterson, president of the Travellers Insurance Co.,, for bound copy of his series of valuable papers on "Gold and Silver as Currency"
 Rev John DePeu. of Norfolk, preached in the Pilgrim church last Sunday morning. He delivered a grand sermon from Genesis XVIII, Is. It was also very comforting ser mon to those who have recently been bereaved.
 Frank Tiffany, of New Boston, Mass, whom we reported last week as having attempted suicide at Winsted, has since been arrested and fined $5 and costs, in all S17, for stealing an overcoat and lap robe at New Hartford and in default of payment sent to jail.
 When this cruel war (election) is over. the smoke of battle cleared away, the slain candidates buried, and the wounded placed in hospitals, we hope to find room to publish Mrs Lucia D. Smiths interesting letter describing her vacation at the Thousand Islands last August. .
 The firm of Rodemeyer & Acker man, publishers of the South Norwall Daily News, was dissolved by mutua consent the 18th inst. MT Ackermar will continue the business; but M Rodemeyer will not lay down the per there until after election, at which time 7 we hope he will get married, locate per manently somewhere and save himsel and friends the necessity of annual. contradicting the rumors of his matri monial intentions.
 Soon after o'clock Tuesday even ing goodly number of our citizen assembled at A. T. & J. Fl. Roraback' office. At about 8 o'clock the numbe had become so large that it was deemed advisable to adjourn to Grand Arm, Hall. This gathering was for the pur pose of organizing branch of the Con necticut Building and Loan Association in this place. MT E. C.Linn, secretary and Hon. Geo. W. Hodge, treasurer from the home office at Hartford, wer present and explained the peculia merits of this association as compares with others of similar name. The or ganization was completed by the choic of the following named gentlemen a officers and directors: Arthur P. Free man, pres; Henry B. Ives, vice pres. Franklyn J. Abbe, sec'y; J. H. Rora back, treasurer, collector and attorney Samuel 0. Beckley, Eugene T. Rowe James Hanlon, directors. All tn above officers constitute the board Q directors.