Connecticut western news., 1897-01-14
THURSDAY. JANUARY If. 1897.
Local News.

-Gorton's Minstrels tomorrow night
 -Gorton's Gold Band will appear in open air concert at noon tomorrow.
 The Board of Relief took an ad- iournment to Monday. the 18th, at a. = Miss Mary Joyce has taken the position of telegraph operator at Step ney. There is much sickness about here at present, which keeps our doctors on the go.
 Mrs s. Williams left on Monday for Chicago, where she will remain for several months.
 There were nine marriages. 36 births and 27 deaths in this town dur ing the year 1896.
 Mrs O. s. Warne will go to Lake Como, F .. next week to spend two or three months with relatives.
 The mercury took & sudden drop to 8 above zero yesterday morning. but the weather moderated during the day. Weston Barnes and wife, of Clay ton, and Miss Maud Hurlburt, of Ash ley Falls. we, last Friday to Florida to spend the winter.
 Editor Beckley has been housed up this week with a severe cold. but ex- poets to return to the sanctum before the end of the week.
 -E. P. Hunt & Go. of Great Barring ton are soon to move into larger quar- ters and to-day they start closing sale of $30, OOO worth of goods.
 Vincent Busch. of East Canaan. in the employ of the B. R. Co. who has been ill for the past week with spinal meningitis. is much improved.
 -Dr H. A. Church and Dr Bcrens. oi New York, arrived in town Thursday evening. Dr Berens returned the next day, but Dr Church remained several days longer.
 Fire in New Boston on Saturday night destroyed the contents and store of Sparks & Twining, house of Irving Bentley's. and barn of Henry Clark's Origin of the fire is unknown.
 Special meetings will be continued in the Methodist church during ths evenings of this week. conducted by Rev Seeholzer Last week the meetings were in charge of Rev Mir Hebron.
 Several friends of the dancing elas' met with them on Tuesday night at th' hall on the occasion of the fifth lessor and all had a genuine good time. Tn, class meets five more evenings eI Tuesdays
 We would call the attention of thu Torrington Register to our preface t, Inhabitants" letter on the colorei people, published two weeks ago, ant also to the fact that the Rev Thoma was to labor in "New Guinea" distric of Sheffield, not Canaan.
 Under the auspices of Mir Rogers, Mrs Statem, Mrs Gibson, Mir Sanford and Mrs Degan a supper ant dance were given at Clayton Decembe 23d for the benefit of the children o the late Mrs Stuart. The occasion wa very enjoyable one and the sum o $2454 was cleared. One gentleman gave s7.
 The Board of Relief have receive, quite Q number of applications for re duction of assessments on village proE erty. Decision reserved. There Is common impression, though mistake one, that the assessors are required t notify taxpayers whose assessments hay been raised by the assessors. Such notice is required to be given by tn Board of Relief when they raise an a. sessment made by the assessors.
 Speaker Barbour announced O Tuesday the committees of the Hous,
 
 the judiciary committee. This positio carries with it the leadership of tn House. Judge Roraback is also men ber of the committee on constitution amendments. Hubert Williams, , Salisbury, is chairman of the committe on finance and member of those on il dicial nominations and assignment { seats Other appointments are: E. W Spur. Canaan, insurance; l.. J. Curti: Norfolk, appropriations; R. N. Cocl rane, Cornwall. labor; M. Sellecl Salisbury. woman suffrage; T. D Bal clay, Kent, new counties and count seats; F. NJ. Darrow, Norfolk. iudici, nominations; S. B. Jewett, Sharon, Pu nam Memorial Camp.
 Mrs Mary Lynch died at her hon on Railroad street yesterday morning heart failure and old age She wi sick but few hours Her malde name was Mccormick and she was bol on Feb 15. 1915 in the parish of K dalky. County Meath, Ireland. Sl was married over sixty-five years ago Ireland to Patrick Lynch who died Canaan Dec 6, 1893. Mrs Lynch hs lived in Canaan over fifty years and h. been the mother of eleven children, for of whom survive her, viz: Mrs Maj McGinnis, Mrs Ellen Lermond, ar  Margaret and P. Henry Lynch. NJ Lynch was an industrious woman ar was engaged in her household duti the day before her death. The funer will be held ct St. Joseph's church 10 e'slock Saturday.