Connecticut western news., 1898-12-22
THURSDAY. DECEMBER 22. 1898.
Local News.

Grip colds are prevalent in this village.
 The Upton Club met with Mrs A. P. Freeman on Monday evening.
 70. s. Warne and wife will spend the holidays in Easton, Pa.
 Invitations are being issued to a masquerade ball to be given Dec. %.
 Edward S. Roberts is quite i'll with the grip at his home in East Canaan. Seventeen tickets were sold here for the excursion to Hartford yesterday. The West End social association met Tu ,sday evening with Mrs H. l.. Ross.
 A. W. Nicoll has returned from Belvidere, Ill. and is spending few weeks in town.
 MT Beckley's juvenile dancing olAss give reception to invited friends tomorrow evening from 6 to g. sf'sa-Engineer Edward Smith of the F., R. & N. E. railroad is very sick at his home here with blood poisoning. sss Mrs wm. J. Thomson, Jr. of Springfield, Mass. is visiting her par ents, Mir and Mrs T. F. Bigelow.
 If you have not already bought Christmas presents for your friends just read again the holiday advertisements in the NKws
 8s4 w. T. Owens of the Buffalo, N. Y. medical college is spending the holiday g. vacation at his fathers, A. H. Owens, in East Canaan.
 Harry Sedgwick of Cornwall Hol- low visited his mother and sister here over Sunday and is now visiting his aunt at Norfolk.
 sFss The chicken pie supper and sale at the Methodist church last Friday even- ing was largely attended and about $50 were realized.
 ss The F., R. & N. E. bridge gang placed steel bridge in position at Co., pAke last Sunday, in place of a wooden one which has been in use.
 About two weeks ago Ferdinand L. Beckley accidentally stepped on a rusty nail and injured his foot so much that he is not yet able to work.
 The Masonic fraternity in this vi cinity are again notified that the annual meeting of Housatonic Lodge No. 6i will be held tomorrow evening. A letter from Rev Samuel F. Adam says that Rev Millidge Walker former ly of Lime Rock is in St Luke's hos pital, Newark, \. J. and very sick.
 Last Saturday morning while Mrs Carrie Fuller was eating breakfast she looked out the window and saw the two deer in the pasture back of the gar den.
 "A little snow fell Monday night t but not enough to make sleighing. Tuesday night some rain fell, and yes terday the sidewalks were very slip pery.
 The Upton Clubs next meeting will be on Jan. 9 with Albert Barnes. The next meeting of the West End so- cial association will be on Jan. with Mrs N. L. Jackson.
 Mrs Terrell of Bethel arrived in town Tuesday and will keep house for John Rodemeyer. Miss Ida Evans of Bethel also came with Mrs Terrell and is visiting at Dr Ross.
 John H. Pulver of Silver Street, Sheffield, Mass. was in this village last Friday exhibiting a remarkably fine one-year old colt which he raised. The colt weighs 800 pounds
 Friends of former Nellie Miller will sympathize with her during her great sorrow in the loss of her husband, Stephen s. Thrall, who died at Hins- dale, N. Y. last week Wednesday.
 At the annual election of officers oi D. s. Cowles Post, G. A. R. on las, week Wednesday night these officers were elected: Commander, M J. Kill mer; senior vice commander, James E. Greene; junior vice commander, James Reel; officer of the day, T. l.. Sackett officer of the guard, John Rodemeyer quartermaster, Harmon Schemerhorn chaplain, George l.. Parsons; adjutant D. s. Roberts; delegate to state en- campment, E. D. Norton.
 The stores in this village have never before displayed such bewilder. ing assortment of holiday goods Col in's jewelry store must have exhausted some silver mine, and gold mine also besides making happy the manufactur CTS of all the different kinds of goods found in first class jewelry store Both drug stores are filled with toys games, books, and articles to please the little folks besides many beautiful articles for adults. The three dry goods stores, two of which also carry furniture, china and glass ware, display m endless variety of holiday goods The millinery stores also have many goods that are suitable for Christina. gifts. G. l.. Parsons Sons store at tracts much attention from the artisti. manner in which it is decorated for tn. holidays. In the east show window ii a we'll laden Christmas tree standing ir the midst of an artificial snow storm made by small tufts of white cotto, suspended on threads. Ropes of ever green are also festooned from variou
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