Connecticut western news., 1897-01-21
THURSDAY. JANUARY 2l. 1897
Local News.

-. W. Peet was confined to the house the past week with hard cold. The dancing class now numbers 27 scholars and meets every Tuesday even- ing.
 -Mrs George Adam and Miss Adam are spending few days in New York city.
 Miss Jessie I. Peet has returned from her stay of several weeks in New York city.
 The police of Pitt field, Mass, are raiding the gambling dens in that city, of which there are said to be many.
 The Rev R W Rowland. of Chica- go. is expected to supply the Pilgrim church pulpit Sunday m. Jan. 24
 John Miller has mov-d into s. A. Eldy's tenement house, Mir K,ng nov ing into the house vacated by MT Mil Ter.
 "A dancing party of over thirty couples tripped the flight fantastic" at Decker's hall in Ashley Falls, Friday night.
 We call the attention of some indi- viduals and some societies to the notice near the top of this column, headed Rules of Publication.
 MT Kellogg. travelling salesman for Kibbe Brothers. Springfield, Mass. who has many friends here is seriously ill at home in Stamford, Conn.
 Editor Beckley is recovering from . severe cold and ventures into the open air now but has not occupied the sanc- tum the past two weeks.
 Miss Mary Murnane attended the funeral of her uncle. John Donahue, at West StockbridRe. Mass, on Saturday. The burial was in Pittsfeld.
 Town Clerk Glynn es imates that tlere are about 7,500 souls in Winches- ter. Town Clerk Roraback of Torring- ton estimates that his town has 10000 inhabitants.
 Mrs E. W. Warner will serve pen cake supper at the Warner House, We'd needay afternoon and evening, Jan. 27, from until s. Supper 25 cents. Children 10 cents. All cordially invit- el.
 When minstrel troupe has band which can and does play "Nearer. My God, to Tnee.' and play it we'll. you may rest assured that the said troupe com.s pretty near being ''great moral show."
 The revival meetings. which had been held at the Methodist church for two weeks are helng continued through this week The meetings begin at 7.3C D. m. and are conducted by Rev B See holzer. They have been we'll attended.
 -Dr John Saadi, Syrian, who ii studying for the Episcopal ministry les.tured on Nah mechanism in St Paul's Episcopal church, Boston, on Sunday He is engaged in translating the Prayer Book into Arabic. Y. Tribune.
 It will he remembered that Dr Saad once lectured here on Islam.
 Katie Cudney has been quite seri ously i'll with pneumonia since Satur day. The two small childr. of Antonio Gandelh are also sick with some com plaint not yet fully developed Th' doctors report cases of hard colds ant grip as still very numerous.
 It raiued nearly all Sunday nigh and Monday morning the streets wer very muddy Then the mercury begar to drop under the influence of th' northwest wind and registered ger Tuesday morning. Yesterday morniDl it was 4' above zero and now it is qu,t comfortable again.
 Mrs James T. Fields will write tn biography of Harriet Beecher Stowe. b request of Mrs SroweIs daughters, an' of her publishers, Houghton, Milf < Co.,, of Boston. Mrs Fields is charming biographer. and in this cas- has from personal relations with MT Stowe, the associations and the men ori4s with which to weave her lii story.-New Hartford Tribune.
 = Gorton's Minstrels played to crowded house last Friday night an all in the crowd were glad they wen The show was just right from start s~l pH man. Yorkey. Elliot and Wonder. an the Crescent City qnartette which san nicely. Gorton.s band and the parad made a great hits the sextette whic furnished the orchestra music in th hall were pleasing feature Gorton Minstrels are all right.
 The county papers are telling tuberculosis story that in substance as follows: A Woodbury farmer own . pair of valuable closely matched oxel These cattle were examined by cattl commission veterinary who declare the near OK diseased. The farmer hate to lose the OK, and somewhat doubtin the ability of the COW doctor asked hil to wait . week and see if the anim would not recover The day for Il second examination arrived and with the veterinary, but that morning u farmer had changed tho position of u oxen. The veterinary closely examine the near OK and informed the farm, that the animal was rapidly growth worse and public safety demanded i death ct once There was some ell quence by the farmer. nasty departu of the rattle commission man. and broad snils on the face of the two ox. ~As Ass hstA alive nd healthy ss-dA