Connecticut western news., 1900-02-08

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 This winter has a backbone not withstanding the weather prophets had the goose bone.
 Lester H. Adams has returned from Waynesboro, Penn. where he has been since last November.
 Postmaster Hunt and wife of Win sted visited Mir and Mrs NJ A. Brown at Lenox, Mass, from Saturday until Tuesday.
 Robert D. Peirce and Frank J. Emmons of this town served on the court of common pleas jury at Winsted last week.
 Second annual ball of the Hose company at Sheffield tomorrow night. Baldwiu's orchestra. Tickets Sl.0C per couple.
 Our West Cornwall news tells how you can secure copies of the Topeka Daily Capital during the time that Rev Charles Sheldon conducts that news paper as Jesus would.
 A c. N. E. freight train was wreck ed at Modena, N. Y. last week Wednes- day and fourteen cars derailed. Train was in charge of Conductor Charles Hinman and Engineer Thomas Toomey. No one was hurt.
 Ms Leroy Stone of Bethel and Mrs A. D. Wait of Cohoes, N I. visited their sister, Mrs H. l.. Ross, during the past week. Their brother, John Rode meyer, Jr. of New Haven, was also in town over Sunday.
 Last Friday morning the mercury registered from 10 to 16 degrees below zero in different parts of thls village, and 19 below at NJ. l.. Osborne's in Weatogue. Nine degrees below zero at West Cornwall and IA below at West Goshen.
 A large number of invitations have been issued to the thirty first anniver- sary of Housatonic Lodge, No. 61, F. & A NJ to be held at the Town Hall on Thursday evening, February 15. The Germania orchestra of Pittsield will furnish music. A large attendance is expected.
 Last Friday was Candlemas day, and it was the coldest day of the win ter. But if the gronnd hog ventured out it saw its shadow, therefore the next six weeks will be either warm or cold or both The ground hog as a weather indicator Is no more reliable than the news furnished by the London war office.
 Conductor Frank H. Smith has moved from Winsted to Poughkeepsie His mother will spend the winter here with her daughter, Mrs A. P. Freeman, and Conductor Smiths father, Wm. H will spend the winter with his other son, Engineer George Smith, in Great Harrington. About May Vim. H. and wife will begin housekeeping in this village.
 There was family gathering at the residence of Jerry s. New in this village last Saturday to celebrate Mrs Horace D. Humphreys birthday. Four generations dined together, viz, Jacob New, aged S3; Jerry s. New, aged 61; Mrs H. D Humphrey, aged 37; Miss Olive Humphrey, aged Il; and Miss Beatrice Humphrey, aged 4. Mrs Jerry s. New and Mir H. D. Humphrey were also present. It is needless to say the occasion was an enjoyable one.
 In the February National Magazine Maitland Leroy Osborne pays tribute to the great evangelist in an article en- titled "Moody's Norihfeld Home, and Moody convert at Northfield tells the story of his conversion in plain, every day print. Mir Osborne will shortly contribute an article on the late P. T. Barnum to the National. This will be of especial interest to people of this congressional district where the great snowman was defeated for congress by another Barnum-the late Hon. Will liam Fl. Barnum of Lime Rock. After an illness of nine weeks with a complication of diseases Mrs Mary cite Collin died on Thursday morning last at her home in Millerton, N '. She was 61 years old and is survived by her husband, Henry Collin, and four children, F. R. Collin of Canaan, Conn. George B. Collin and Mrs George Knickerbocker of MiIlerton. and James H. Collin of Bridgeport; Conn. Mrs Collins funeral was attended at her late residence on Saturday at 10 30 a. m Rev J. s. Ellsworth of the Millertor Presbyteria" Church officiating. Inter ment was st Pine Plains, N. |.
 The first annual ball of Col. liar. denbe gu Camp, Sens of Veterans was a great success socially and there were about thirty couples present who had { most delightful time. Owing 10 the
 kcessive cold weather parties from ou of town, who expected to attend, wer, not present The music by Baldwin orchestra was first class, and Mir Beck y prompted. The grand march wa
 cd by Captain N. W. Hardenbergh anG Miss Attleton, followed by the uniform ed Sons and their ladies and the othe. couples present. During the intermis sion nice supper was served. Tn, concert began at s l5 p. m. and the las dance was over at 2.45 a. m.