Connecticut western news., 1899-01-05
Local News.

Miss Bessie Riley of Hartford has been visiting In town.
 -Arwin Beck of New York visited Marcus Barnes on Monday.
 MT and Mrs Thomas Bonner le- turned yesterday from Stamford.
 John D. Seacord and wife of Lee, Mass, were in town the past week.
 There were three large sun dogs noticeable in the east Monday morning.
 Samuel G. Beckley of Brooklyn, N. Y. was in Canaan Monday on business
 The week of prayer is being observ- cd at the Methodist church by evening meetings.
 Look at the date on the yellow la bel of your paper. If it is less than 99 you owe us money.
 Herbert Adams and wife of Spring field, Mass, are visiting his parents, MT and Mrs Horatio Adams.
 -S. A. Eddy, J. H. Roraback and G. E. DeHart attended the opening of the Legislature in Hartford yesterday.
 Tile are being put in the ground across Thomas Bonner's land for the purpose of draining East Main street.
 The pastor of Pilgrim Church will preach next Sunday at 6. Asp. n. Sub ject: "What constitutes a Christian. '"
 The deer were seen again last week in the woods near the toll bridge by Lester Root, Thomas Paul, Joseph Adam, Dr Ross and others.
 Tt might have been Zoteros Saran- tos, the famous Greek bandit, who held up Clifford Scoville on the College" on the night of November If.
 The annual meeting of the Ladies' Missionary Society of the Pilgrim Church will be held at Miss Nortons Friday afternoon at 23O o'clock.
 Services at the Pilgrim church con- tinue to night; subject, ''The Larger Issue; a world renewed, the fruit of the new life principle. The law of the spirit of Christ"
 The residence of Mir and Mrs Charles H. Gillette at Joliet, Ill was recently entered by burglar who stole two gold watches, also one dozen sou venir spoons belonging to Miss Rather inc Gillette.
 Mrs J. G. Root, Mrs George Adam and daughter Catherine, Mrs New, James Quinn. 8. 0. Beckley and wife and Mrs A. F. Freeman are among those who are getting we'll or have re- covered from the effects of the grip.
 -Clark P. Lane, the genial conduc- tor on the Berkshire Division. compile ted 33 years of service on that line Jan. l. December 21 was the 28th anniver- sary of his marriage. He has two sons on the railroad, Hugh and Charles.
 -George Dederick is taking vaca- tisn trip to Coxsackie and New York. By the way George, who had never seen Fitxgerald's big hog, sent in 2 guess of 826, one pound less than it actually weighed, while the professional hog guessers were most of them over twenty pounds of in their estimate.
 -"Big Frank" Edw. Fitzgerald's hog, dressed 827 pounds after being butchered on Monday afternoon. There were large number of people in at the death. There were three guessers who had marked the hog to weigh 827 end the porker belongs to them. The lucky ones were N. L. Jackson, Amos Beaujon and J. M. Benjamin.
 Three men on . bob turned over near the bridges on Elm street Monday evening and the horses ran down through Main street and turned and ran into Mrs Hattie Peet's back yard where they wedged themselves into the corner of the fence. While they were being extricated by J. s. New, A. A. Hubbard and P. Shuckerow the owner appeared on the scene, picked up the reins, never said a word and drove away.
 Col L. F. Copeland's 8 lecture comes on Monday, Jan. 9th instead of Tues. day at 8 p. m. Col. Copeland is one of the best lecturers on the platform, in America; the hall will no doubt be we'll filled. Tickets at Collins lewelry store. Season tickets for the remainder of the course, including the Mozart Symphony Club, at $2.0O each; to be had at Collins.
 The snow came last Saturday like . mantel of charity) to cover up the de- fleets of the old year and to start the new year with pure white leaf on which to write clean record for 1899. Sunday morning there was eight inches or moro of snow on the ground and the mercury was down to zero. The snow plow went over the Housatonic road, nevertheless the north bound passenger train on that road and the east bound passenger train on the P. R. X N. E. road were about an hour late. Sunday evening the mercury was six to eight degrees below zero. This is quite q contrast to Jan. l, 1876 when the mer- cury registered s8 to 90 degrees, and the mud was six inches deep. Last Monday morning the mercury was from 14 to 20 degrees below zero in this vii. lage, but the sun shone brightly. Only 15 degrees above zero Monday noon and IA above Monday evening, and IA above Tuesday morning. Yesterday a 5snuas7 thav was gssass h Hs work,