Connecticut western news., 1896-09-24
Local News.

Local News.
 Edmund D. Lawrence is having his house painted.
 What is the matter with the golden rod for our National flower?
 John Robinson returned last week from Chicago and Detroit.
 Mrs Josiah B. Lawrence has return ed to her home in New York.
 If we have had the equinoctial storm it has come in installments.
 Franklin J. Abbe has taken room at the Warner House for the winter. MT and Mrs James Mcclure, of Millerton. N. T.. are visiting in town. The mercury touched 34 degrees above zero yesterday morning at 6 o'clock.
 There was a white frost Monday morning and black frost yesterday morning.
 Miss Mary Bell, of Chatham, NY. !, was guest at H. D. Humphreys over Sunday.
 pr Fl. l.. Ross has returned from the Adirondacks and Mrs Ross from visiting her relatives in Bethel.
 A complete report of the Masonic centennial celebration at Norfolk last Thursday evening appears on the first page.
 Harmon Miller's orchard produced 975 barrels of apples, He sold the crop on the treae .,r 6OO.-Millerton Tele- gram.
 Fuller & Peet's new delivery wagon, with it's bright yellow running part and dark red box. is a pretty hot looking little vehicle.
 -Rhoades < Stanton are cutting of the timber on the top of the hill on the William Bennett farm and hauling it to their saw mill.
 Announcement of date of the free lecture by Prest. Rooms on "The Yel- lowstone National Park" will be made ! in this column next week.
 -Dr 0. W. Camp is about to have his honse lighted with gas and W. H. Camp will make the same improve ments in his store and house.
 "A rat weighing eight pounds was caught in steel trap in the cellar ot Price's grocery store Friday.-Winsted Citizen.-Probably musk-rat.
 What does Arthur Sewall say
 In his thrifty, Down East way?
 Give me gold, says Arthur Sewall,
 When my bills you pay. Ex. Miss s. W. Adam, Miss Dunning, Mrs s. A. Eddy and Master Lawrence have returned from the Maine coast. Miss Jones is visiting her friend, Mrs 8. A. Eddy.
 Mrs E. s. Green and daughter. Miss Lucy, of Negaunee. Mich. are visiting relatives in this vicinity. At present they are at Milton Roraback's in Ash ley Falls.
 Another landmark gone. The an cient and quaint house known as the Buel Green house, on the road from Ashley Falls to Canaan, has been dis mantled during the past week.
 MT and Mrs Daniel R. Williams, oi Stockbridge, Mass., announce the mar riage of their niece, Edith Hull Arm strong. to Winthrop Tsdale Talbot, M D. on Saturday. September the nine teenth. at Stockbridge.
 -Dr Godfrey, of Bridgeport, hal joined his wife and daughter at Georgt o. Peet's. Later we will give you 1, description of his kites, which he send up at night with lanterns attached The doctor can give the late Benjamin Franklin points about kite flying.
 Great improvements are being made on the north section of Granit. avenue. The town is carting in loan and repairing the highway while indi viduals are building substantia cement sidewalk. The town is also put ting layer of lime stone chips on Or chard street.
 -George Brewer, of Ashley Falls who bought the John Landon house, s called, at Chapinville, took the hous down, moved the material to his farn near Ashley Falls and has just rebuil the house on location that command . fine view. The house originally cos SIS, 900 lat the time MT Landon bull it)
 w. D. McArthur has sold his troi ting mare, Lizzie Thorne, to 0. W Barnum. We understand the price somewhere between $500 and $7O( McArthur delivers her sometime nez week. With the care and training NJ Barnum's stock gets, Lizzie will surel be heard from later.-Millerton Telt gram.
 -E1-Judge Pitkin C. Wright, son ( the late Dr A. A. Wright, died at h residence at Somerville, Tenn, on th 18th inst. after brief illness. IT Commercial Appeal, of Memphis, Tenn . copy of which has come to hand, it's issue of the 18th inst. published a extended obituary of ex-Judge Wrigl and an editorial notice of his caree much of which we shall transfer to or columns next week. Lack of space fo bids it in this issue.
 The death of Mrs Maria Full, Reid, widow of the late Rev DrL. H. Ref on Monday at Honesdale, Pa, bring sadness to many in this town where sl resided when her husband was past