Connecticut western news., 1898-11-17
Local News.

Stoneham, Mass.
 Charles M. Bradford, formerly of the NEWS staff, has accepted a perma- nent position with the Winsted Citizen.
 Mrs Daniel O'Neil moved from Ct Harrington to the Lynch house on Rail- road street in this village on Tuesday.
 MT Hallock's trotter got cast in the stable last Thursday night and in its struggles so badly injured itself that it died two or three days later.
 At the Canaan post office there is uncslled for mail matter addressed to B. Weaver, Mrs Dwight Proper, MT Dsville King, Miss E. F. Sherwood.
 -Geo. L. Parsons & Sons have pur- chased Rood Bros. entire stock of shoes and will this morning put them on sale at about half their actual value. For list of styles and prices, consult posters.
 The auction held yesterday at the farm of the late Chester M. Deming was we'll attended. The bidding was spirit cd and fair prices prevailed. All the personal property was sold except one old moving machine
 We are told that next Sunday Nov. 90, is the date set for removing the trestle and erecting the new steel rail- rood bridge at Bennett's hill. Some lively work will have to be done there that day in order to get the bridge ready for use by 3. 20 p. m.
 Editor N B. Stevens of Winsted called at the NEws office Tuesday after noon and learned how to run news paper-run the press by water mosor. By the way, Winsted has good water supply but is % years behind the times in regard to using water motors.
 "A "down street club" met at Miss Edith Barnes' on Tuesday evening and played whist. Refreshments were served. The attendance at this and other gatherings to follow is limited to certain section of the village. We expect to hear of its counterpart in the ''up town" section.
 Theodore Cogswell of Pittsfeld, a nephew of c. F. and s. B. Strong of this place, and now with the U. S.regu- lars in Porto Rico, has, through the in strumentality of prominent friends, se- cured his discharge from the army and will sail for home at the first opportun- ity.
 Mrs Caroline Warmers injuries prove to be more severe than reported last week. She is able to sit up but cannot walk across her room. It ap- pears that when she was run over by the team while attempting to cross the street on November 3d, she was thrown down and rendered unconscious, and Dr. Beebe picked her up and carried her into the hotel.
 The Ashley Falls Marble Go. are making preparations for large busi- ness ct their quarry in Ashley Falls, Mas. One immense derrick has al- ready been erected, and the timber for another one has arrived. A large building for tool house and blacksmith shop has been erected. The rails and ties for the switch track have arrived. Steam drills and channeling machines will be used. About 15 men will be employed this winter, but next summer the force will be increased to 100 men.
 The course of lectures and enter. tainments to be given in this town the coming winter is as follows: Hon. Wallace Bruce, Dec. 18th; Col l.. F. Copeland, Jan. 9th; L. B. Cake Enter. tAinment, Jan. 29; Prof. 0. T. Winches. ter, Feb. 14th; Lotus Glee Club, March 9th. Such excellent talent has been se cured only by the hearty response or the part of citizens of this town in pur chasing season tickets. Friends of good citizenship and lovers of the best 1T platform and musical entertainment may congratulate themselves and tn. town for what if. in prospect.
 There will be an excursion to Hart ford, at greatly reduced rates, over the F., R. & N. E. railroad, on Nov 23d and 24th. On Wednesday evening 23d, train leaving Hartford at 6.3I will run through to Lakeville; and or the 24th, Thanksgiving Day, there vii be . special theatre train leave Hartfort at 11.30 p. m. for all stations as far a West Winsted. There will be attrac tive programmes at both Parsons Theatre and the Opera House, as vel e other halls of amusement. Ticket 7 will be good going on the 23d and 24th and return on the 25th, giving thos who desire to do so, an opportunity t spsnd Thanksgiving in Hartford.
 On Thursday last E. W. Adam discontinued peddling milk in this vii lage for an indefinite time. Perhaps h may resume the business another year His father, the late Austin Adams, es tablished the route over 26 years ag' by commencing to peddle milk Oct. l 1872 and he continued in the bushes until he was fatally injured in the rail road accident at Tariffville in Januar, 1878. Then Austin's father, the lat Wolcut N. Adams, took the milk rout and continued it until his death in 1886 Since then E. w. Adams has carried o the route. During the past summe his daughter Regina has been his dail companion on the route. It is some what remarkable that four generation hASs bssn sonnsstsd with that route.