Connecticut western news., 1897-07-01

ty-fve wheels for every horse. declares the New York World This year there are at least a hundred wheels to the horse and there are still as many horses as ever.
 Rev Mir Pond, of Sheffield. Mass exchanged with Rev s. A. Burnaby last Sunday morning and preached an ex- cellent sermon from John III, 3. He applied the text to home life, business life, social life and political life.
 The young ladies of St. Joseph's Church will give a supper and ball at the Town Hall tomorrow evening. All are cordially invited. If the weather is propitious this promises to be very pleasant affair. Music by Doty's or chestra of Egremont.
 Mrs E. R. Lorrain has large night blooming cereus. Saturday night there was one blossom on it, Sunday night four and Monday two. It had about 30 buds, but most of them got blighted. The plant was a grand sight on Sun- day night with its four large white blossoms. &
 James J. Corbett, the pugilist, has joined the Harlem Athletic Club, a crack amateur base ball team of New York. which is to play two games with the Winsted Athletics on the home grounds July 5. "Gentleman Jim' is expected to arrive with the team at Winsted Sunday evening, July 4. "Jim" has a brother who is a crack base ball player.
 Canaan has been particularly favor ed tor otherwise) in week or two past by numerous travelling musicians. The music would all be better did the whole thing chord, and really couple of bag pipes were in the best tune of any of the lot. The last aggregation was German orchestra of five, who played on the streets yesterday, the cornetist of which was something of star.
 We take pleasure in publishing elsewhere in this paper the fact that Rogers & Morford, wholesale grocers, of Bridgeport, are to resume business The business was established by Noah Rogers in 1875. A few months ago the firm met with financial difficulties, but we are not surprised that public spirit ed Frank Miller, of Bridgeport and Twin Lakes, has come to the rescue it is characteristic of him.
 Great Burlington is justly proud of John A. Brewers elegant and sub- stantial new block, and proud of the bran new stock of hardware, agricultur- al implements, wagons and carriages, harness and other merchandise which it contains Great Burlington is also proud of such an enterprising citizen and business man as Mir Brewer whose block and it's contents were destroyed by fire last fall but who has erected 9 much larger and finer building and fill ed it with larger and better stock of merchandise.
 During the warm weather life in the village is made very uncomfortable by the dust. Every time team drives past; great clouds of dust are raised, uli ob tba wind at opoa oorr;oo into II, n open doors of the stores, covering the counters and goods on the shelves with @ thick layer of fine dust, to the great damage of the stock of goods. Now, what is needed to abate this nuisance is for all the merchants and hotel keep CTS in the village to do as Jackson Eggleston are doing, that is have Q hose and sprinkle the streets f,.w tim $ a day. Why don't they do it? It would pay them by saving the damage to thei stock of goods. to say nothing of tho comfort it would be to them and theil customers.
 Quite large number assembled al the Riverside Driving Park Saturday afternoon to witness the races. All tho adjoining towns were represented ant
 many fair ladies graced the occasion
 with their presence. The track wal
 very soft, so that the time made by thu
 horses gives but little idea of what the,
 can do on hard track. Sidney Reed
 of Falls Village, started the horses ant
 kept the time. In the first race, tn,
 3 45 class. three horses started. Tn
 race was won by R. l.. Hurlburt's br
 m. in two straight heats. In the frs
 heat the horses came ill in this orde
 R. l. Hurlburt's br m, Geo. W. Hall
 s g, Dr c. W. Camps m. Time 2.43
 In the second heat R. l. Hurlburt'
 br m, G. W. Halls g, Dr 0. ". Camp
 b m. Time 364. In the second race
 300 class, three horses started. Wo
 by Ivanhoe Lyman's gr m, in tw
 straight heats. First heat: Ivanho
 Lyman's gr m, Myron Decker's b g
 Walt Warmers g. Time 2.56 Secon
 heat, anne order. Time 2.55. Tn
 horses were all driven by their owners
 except Mir Lyman's horse, which wa driven by Chas. E. Hanchett.