Connecticut western news., 1897-12-09


 last week. It was suffering with psraly- sis of the throat
 The Germania orchestra of Pitts field has been engaged for the invitation ball to be given here on the 30th.
 With its issue of Dec. the Amenia Times changes it's form from an eight col, mn folio to a six column quarto.
 -J. Henry Roraback received his commission as postmaster at Canaan on Thursday, but will not take possession of the office until Jan l, 1898. The ladies of the M. E. Church will give their annual chicken pie SUD- per on Dec. 18th at the church parlors. Supper from 30 to 9p. n. There will be sale of useful and fancy arti- cles.
 Philip Deihl, the Brewster and Millerton baker, whose goods gs into so many Canaan stomachs, has just re- turned from trip to Europe where he met his aged father from whom he parted ovor forty years ago.
 In the Ashley Falls correspondence of the Pittsfeld Sunday Mo,ning Call of the 9th inst. we notice the statement that married man of Ashley Falls is making himself conspicuous by persist ing in offering his attentions to 16- year girl of that place.
 The Barnum Richardson Co has discontinued the work of getting out lime stone at their quarry near the fur mace, The Canaan Lime Go. now fur. nishes the necessary lime stone, using stone that is not suitable for lime burn ing. but is just as good for furnace pur- poses.
 Dear Reader, if any $5 bill happens to come your way, notice whether 1t is silver certificate of the series of 1891 with portrait of Gen Grant and if so examine it carefully as there is well executed counterfeit out. As for our selves, we do not feel that we are likely to get cheated very often in this partic- ular way.
 The appellate division of the New York supreme court has reversed the judgment recovered by Simon King against the P. R. & N. E. R. R. Go. for $900 for injuries to his lunch wagon which fell from car at the Bridge Road freight depot while being unloaded The case was tried before Judge Bar nard in the first instance.
 The senators, representatives and county commissioners of Litchfeld county met yesterday at Winsted to consider the advisability of laying a tax, but, owing to the good roads law suit Tin Ethe superior court not hav- ing been decided, it was voted to ad journ until March 30, 1898. The net indebtedness of the county is S1, 951.23.
 Some weeks ago we mentioned that s. Caul had caught Q curious fish in the Housatonic river and that J. s. Adam and W. H. Camp had sent it to the Smithsonian Institution at Washington, D. 0. F. w. True. the executive cura- tor, has reported to J. s. Adam that the fish is the '.leather" variety of the Ger man or Asiatic carp, cyprinus carpio, and that the species was introduced in. to this country several years ago.
 Rev B. Soeholzer delivered forci- ble discourse on the temperance ques. tion at the Methodist church last Sun. day evening. One idea on which he laid special stress was the importance of instilling into the minds of the chil dren horror of the saloon and the dreadful consequences of the drinking habit He thought the evil would not be dealt with by any political party Local temp erance anti-saloou organiza' tions were advocated On the whole the sermon was conservative an6 practical treatment of the question. |