Connecticut western news., 1898-03-10

We had pleasant call from hey John 0. Goddard. of Salisbury, on Tuesday.
 James l.. Bragg has embarked in the meat business. George Dodge is driving the cart.
 Mrs F. M Caldwell is visiting rels- tives in Keyser, West Va, and will re- main there till April 1.
 Fred. G. Parmalee has moved in- to the house recently occupied by H. s. Weaver on Brf gg street.
 Pat Maloney's new show, laughing comedy, "Maloney's Row of Flats" Town Hall Tuesday evening.
 pr H, l.. Ross now has in his office both the local telephone and the South ern New England long distance tele- phone.
 May Bryant with the Musical Sun flowers Illuminated Song Sheet with Pat Maloney. Town Hall Tuesday evening.
 Mrs Joseph l.. Parsons arrived in town Monday MT and Mrs Parsons will make their home at his fathers for the present. .
 The snow on tho Taconic noun tains is said to be lU feet deep and after the ice storm was covered with 8 crust thick enough to bear up horse. The trees were terribly injured by the ice.
 Weather record for the past week: Thursday morning 300 above zero, light snow; Friday IS, cloudy; Saturday 20, clear; Sunday 2l, clear; Monday IS, clear; Tuesday 30, clear; yesterday p clear.
 Samuel Newton, of Spokane, Wash, who with his wife has been visiting his father, R. 0. Newton, for several weeks, left town for the West sserday. Mrs Newton will remain at her father-in- laws scme months longer.
 At the annual meeting of the Will lage Improvement Society held last week these officers were elected: Miss s w. Adam, president; E. D. Norton, vice president; Mrs 0. H. Briggs, sec- retary; G. Willis Parsons, treasurer. The executive committee is to be elect ed by the officers.
 -E. W. Warner has sold the Pequig ney house and lot. so-called, to E. B. Culver of Great Harrington. Mass. Dr Avis and wife will move from there April 1st to apartments in J. B. Mes- senger's house on Barlow street. Dr Avis will have offices over Humphreys drug store after April l.
 -Sousa's great band, numbering be- tween 50 and 60 pieces. will give an afternoon exhibition at the Winsted Opera House on Wednesday, March 23d. For the accommodation of people living along the line of the F. R. & N. B. road excursion tickets good going on the morning train and returning on the afternoon train of that day will be sold those who wish to attend from sta tions between Collinsville and Lake, vile, inclusive, to Winsted at rate of one fare for the round trip. A special and attractive program will be announ- ced.
 -Philo Knickerbocker. aged S1 years, died at Thomaston last Thursday and was buried at Salisbury on Satur- day. He was born and brought up in the town of Salisbury but moved to Thomaston about twenty years ago. He leaves an aged wife and several children to mourn his loss. He was a brother of the late Solomon Knicker- booker of Sheffield, who was the father of Mrs Nelson Ham of Canaan; and he was also a brother of the late Milo Knickerbocker of Canaan, who was tue father of Silas Knickerbocker and Miss Carrie Knickerbocker of Canaan.
 Dennis McCarty, aged 69, died on Saturday at his home on the farm be- longing to Edward BeIden in South Canaan. Mir McCarty was veteran of the 9th Regt. Conn. Vols. and served for several years of the war and was all so a member of David s Cowles Post, G. A. R. of this place. He died of pneumonia after an illness of nine days. His funeral was held at St. Joseph's 8 church in this village on Tuesday morn- ing. The burial was in the Catholic cemetery. The services at the church included requiem high Mass celebra- ted by Rev T. F. Ramon. The D. s Cowles Post. G. A. R. attended in a body. occupying seats in the body of the church. The pail bearers were Albert P. Briggs, James Reel, John Rodemeyer, James Quinn. Harmon Schamerhorn and Milton J. KiImer, all members of the Post. Mir McCarty is survived by his widow and one daugh- ter, Mrs Ensign Yorker, of this place |