Connecticut western news., 1898-03-03

Herbert Adams, who has been vis- iting his parents here. has returned to his Western home.
 Brother S. s Deacon, editor of tho Milford Citizen, was in town on Mon day and called on us in our sanctum for little chat
 Miss Edith Greene has been ill with diphtheria in mild form for some days, nnder care of Dr Lee She is re- ported as doing well.
 Mrs H. II. Bridgman, of Norfolk. | has presented Conductor Dudley Paine of the P R. tS N D. road with beau tiful diamond scarf pin.
 Tho Rev Harry I. Bodley will preach in Christ church this Thursday evening. It is hoped there will be O large attendance Services at o'clock.
 The subject of the address at Pill grim church next Sunday evening at ' o'clock is ''The Right and Wrong Road; an Experience. with Some Les sons"
 Weather record for the past week Thursday 24o above zero clear; Friday 30, cloudy; Saturday 20, hay; Sunday 22, hazy; Monday 15, clear; ;ruesday 15, clear; yesterday 12, clear. ..
 Miss Irene Greene has been obliged to give up h"r position in the grammar department of the East Canaan school. | owing to weakness of the throat. Miss Lois Crofut has taken her place. And now two Housatonic women are going to the Klondike. As scarci- ty of things enhances their value in that region there ought to be great oppor- tunities for women Valley Cleaner. -Clem Kegler has left the employ of the F. R. X N E. road and with his I family has moved to his fathers place | in East Canaan, where he will remain during the summer, doing farm work. -Edw. Wilke, advertising manager for Wm Nisbet of Winsted, was in town Saturday making arrangements to ad- vertise the opening of Nisbet's new store "The Leader" which will take place at Winsted about the middle of this month.
 The barrel making machine is in successful operation at Garfield Bros. lime kiln at East Canaan. Frank Coons, among other coopers, has termi. mated ais connection with the concern, after having been in their employ five years.
 -One of the valuable pair of horses recently bought by Mrs George Adam of Geo. H. Blodgett died last week. Ii probably caught cold on the trip to this place. The horse was apparently perfectly we'll when delivered and no body is considered to blame.
 Tt is reported that Col. W. H. Stevenson, who was at one time super intendent of the N. Y. N. H. & H. rail road and also vice-president of the Housatonic road, has joined the Saliva ton army at Bridgeport and has given it &. 5.Ot0.-Valley Cleaner.
 Capt Sigsbee of the ill fated Maine is 0 brother-in-law of A. " Smith of this town. Wadham, one o the officers, was former student ot Prof. Coy of the Hotchkiss School and not long ago Prof and Mrs Coy had the pleasure of going through tho Maine as the guests of Wadham. Mil lerton Telegram.
 -"Big Betsey." Edward Fitzgerald's big hog, was butcherod on Saturday afternoon and upwards of two hundred people gazed at the porker between and 30 o'clock and placed on record what she ought to weigh. It was [ great day in town and people came from everywhere around. Will Cady of Falls Village was chief executionel and at o'clock "Betsey' was photo graphed and then led forth to die Abram .Coons was selected to do the stabbing and ''Abe" drove the knife home. as nice job as was ever done After going through the hands of th' butchers the big hog was weighed ant she tipped the beam at 6224 lbs. Franl McCarty. Jr. who had guessed 622 lbs was the winner of the pool and it wa not small one. Considerable none. changed hands on side bets.
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