Connecticut western news., 1882-08-30
LOCAL NEWS.

Sherwood Cummings, of Norwalk, is at home on vacation.
 Miss Emma Waldorf, of Suffeld, is visiting at the Warner House.
 Rev. Robert Hunt, formerly of the village, was in town last week. -Dr. Camp has sold his sorrel mare to Hugh Thomas of Roxbury, Mass. Neuralgia has caused MT. Henry Hanchet to take forced vacation of nearly two weeks.
 -Dr. Camp has sold the valuable Mo- Intyre horse to Mir. Thomas, of Box bury. Four of Canaan's bachelors are pay ing their attentions at the same shrine Sara Toga.
 John Rodemeyer, ir. and sister Mary of the Bethel Ledger, were in town last week.
 Railroad Agent, T. G. Loomis, has been of for vacation. Sam. Ferguson has been acting in his place.
 Any one having span of car riage horses weighing HOO lbs., will learn of purchaser by ina uiring at the NEWS office.
 Mrs. Chas. L. McElroy, formerly of Chapinville, died suddenly at Manches- ter, Maryland, Wednesday afternoon of last week
 Monday morning, Jacob and Fred. Schermerhorn, commenced building the cellar wall of the new parsonage of the M. E. Society.
 About thirty horses passed through on the H. & C. W. R. R. last week, shipped to Hartford where they will be trained for the coming fall races at Char ter Oak park.
 The number present at Pine Grove, Sunday, was estimated at six thousand, and had the day been a pleasant one, probably more would have been in at tendance
 The immense cro wds which arrived at the camp ground on the cars showed that the interest in camp meeting was not merely local but general and ex tended in large circuit.
 -F. Yutzler, the fashionable tailor O West Cornwall, will be in Canaan every Friday, with fine ine of samples fol gents suits, and will take measures fol the same that are warranted to give sat isfaction.
 So far as could be estimated the re ceipts of the Pine Grove association have been as large as former years; bu the profits, after deducting the higl prices of provisions, will leave the treas ury behind former years.
 The mason work of Geo. Fuller new house, on School street, was com pleted last week. The carpenters an painters will soon finish their part of tn contract. George evidently believes i getting the cage ready before he bring home the bird.
 We are under obligation to Nil Frank Ravens, a Hartford composito1 who has assisted in the labor of print ing Q daily during crmp meeting { Pine Grove Frank is genial fellow and we hope it may be our fortune meet him again.
 Mir and Mrs. N. c. Ward are sti soiourning at Nantucket, probably e1 toying blue-fshing, sharking, drive 'Sconset, surf bathing, and probabl some splendid views from the ''churc tower" Eh! We acknowledge tl receipt of g paper, but not that lette How is that ?? -,
 -NoTSh Canaan Jurors, 1882 A1o 20 B. Garfield, Levi F. Bronson, Hem J. Mead, George H. Brinton, Sab Ives, William P. Pelton, William Adar 2d. Albert P. Briggs Edmund D. La renee, Samuel A. Bennett, Miles Tobey, Edward S. Roberts. Jno. Lawrence, Frederick Watson.
 If the quantity of oysters consuln' at camp meeting last week is anythii to judge from we conclude that tl majority of the visitors to the groul spelt the seventh month ''Orgust. I'll method of spelling would effectual circumvent the difficulties wht have heretofore arisen from the want an ''r" in that month.
 We wish to thank the officers Pine Grove Association for their willin ness to aid in the enterprise of publis ing dsily; and all others who have kindly shown us fayofs. Should 1t our pleasant duty to act in the capaci of reporter another year, we promise do better, and beg forbearance for 0 short coming in this, our first years auaintance with Pine Grove camp me ing visitors.
 The body of MT. John Lowe of Sal bury, who was supposed tobe drown in Twin Lakes three weeks ago, V discovered Tuesday afternoon, on east shore of north Twin Lake, near boat house. An inquest was held, af which his remains were conveyed Salisbury, and buried at midnight. I contents of his pocket were found tact, in which was money and wat, He leaves wife and children.