Connecticut western news., 1898-02-17

Mrs Thomas Bonner has purchased a building lot on Granite avenue, north of B. A. Peirce's, of A. A. Hubbard and B. A. Peirce and will erect a dwelling thereon.
 Abraham Lincoln's birthday was not celebrated in this village last Sat urday. The anniversary did not pass unnoticed, however. Flags were dis. played, but no places of business were closed. The Y. P. s. O. E. of the Metho- dist church have secured set of the noted Ladies Home Journal pictures and will offer them for sale in the church parlors Washington's Birthday from 2 to 10 p m. Ice cream will be served during the evening.
 DE May arrived homeMonday from Geneva, N. Y. where he has been for several weeks looking after his interests there. Mir May is considering the question of moving to Rochester, N. Y. in the near future and entering the mercantile busin ess.
 -Acel F. and Martin Rood have filled the ice house back of Jas. L. Bragg's store on West Main street where their new business will be located and t is reported that they will do meat basi- ness in connection with their mercantile business.
 Weather record for the past week: Thursday, ,32 degrees above zero, cloudy Friday 32, cloudy and fog; Saturday AZ, rain; Sunday 30, clear; Monday 26, clear; Tuesday IS, commenced showing before noon; Wednesday 12, showing rapidly, 8 genuine blizzard.
 Joseph Ward Lewis has entered upon his duties as clerk of the city of Pittsfeld, Mass. For number of years he has been editor of the Pitts field Evening Journal, but of course another must wield the editorial pen while MT Lewis serves the city as its clerk
 The mail train from the south on the Housatonic road was about 2i hours late late last Saturday evening, owing to the locomotive becoming disabled. Postmaster Roraback kept the post office open until after the mail arrived. The patrons of the office appreciated his kindness.
 Edward M. Stevens posts his wife in this issue of the NEWS as he does not propose to pay any more of her bills. in consequence of her leaving their home in Canaan Valley about three months ago, without notifying him of her whereabouts. Stevens has recently To- cated her in Hartford as housekeeper for a P. R. & N. E. railroad man.
 Among the speakers at the 31st an- nual reunion and dinner of the New England alumni of Williams college, on the 25th inst, at Boston, Mass, will be Robert G. Fitch, of Boston. formerly of Clayton, Mass. Other speakers will be President Franklin Carter of Will Hams college, and Gov. Roger Wolcott.
 Among those to whom George H. Blodgett has sold horses are: Mrs George Adam, one pair. G. A. Adam, Jackson & Eggleston, William Adam, E. B. Culver of Great Burlington. Mass, each one horse. Acel F. Rood traded horses. B. A. Peirce has also bought pair for use on the farm occu- pied by Mir Weaver.
 NOTICE. The work of moving the CONNECTICUT WESTERN NEWS plant from Parsons block to Norton's block com mences this morning. All correspond ents of the NEWS are requested to favor us by sending their letters as early as possible next week, that there may be no unnecessary delay in publishing the issue of the 24th inst.
 How long ago was the "canal' built at Falls Village? is question much asked of late. John Belden says, 'I have been here since the year before the river came through and the canal was here when I come. "-According to this the canal was surely built before the flood. Joking aside, the canal was started in 1850 and completed in 1852. -Lakeville Journal.