Connecticut western news., 1883-08-08
LOCAL NEWS.

LOCAL NEWS.
 Communion services next Sunday morning at the Methodist church.
 MT John D Humphrey and wife o1 New Britain Conn visited at Mir z I Adams Monday, Au gust 6.
 MT John Drum is building cot tage at Pine Grove camp ground, for MT Warfeld of Housatonic, Mass.
 MT Frederick Hunt of New York, who has been spending few days in Canaan and vicinity, returned home Last Monday
 Before attending the Pine Grove camp meeting, pay your subscription to the NEWS and go to camp meeting with clear concience.
 Anonymous communications go in to the waste basket and are worth one cent pound to us. Keep sending them friends if you wish to make us rich.
 In some way, not yet explained, the program of the concerts given last week on Norfolk green by 4'Diller's Cor net Septet" failed to reach US last week until after our paper was published Mir Haskell, stage driver from South field to Canaan, took vacation last week. MT William Bull occupied Mir Haskell's place on the box and swing the whip like the custom of ye olden time
 Christ church parish and Sunday school will hold their annual picnic to- day Wednesday, at Twin Lakes This is not sectarian picnic but all are cor dially invited to attend Take the 12:30 train and return at 8:16 NJ. We are indebted to MT l. F Peck of Winsted for courtesies shown us on the occasion of the Fremens' parade at Winsted, August 3. He allowed us good position where we could witness the trials of speed and correctly report the same.
 
 judging from the numerous horse thieves and burglars which infested this vicinity last week. Our columns con- tain brief record of their operations If these depredations continue we shall rival the western states and territories for outlaws.
 Canaan is now represented at Twin Lakes by three camping parties viz: MT D l. Peirce's and MT D l. Freeman's families occupying one camp. MT A T Roraback's and George E Taft s families another camp. Fred B Young, G B Gardner, F R Lawrence and party, are camping near RusselPs picnic grounds The terrific thunder shower and hail storm which swept over this town on the afternoon of August ], did great damage to the tobacco crop. Most of the tobacco was insured in the Tobacco Growers Mutual Insurance company but at the hour of going to press we have not received from the Secretary of the company statement of the diff ferent losses.
 MT George l. Parsons left Canaan last Thursday, remained over night with his brother Levi who is book keeper for the Seth Thomas Clock com pany at Thomaston and Friday he pro- ceeded to Leetes Island where his wife and Mrs Bell, Mrs New, and daughter are spending the summer. He visited several summer resorts and returned Monday reporting delightful trip
 Last Saturday evening as conductor James Lakes train on the H GS c W railroad was coming east, near State Line, horse belonging to MT James Winchell of Millerton, suddenly appear ed on the track and ran ahead of the train for short distance but fell into 8 cattle guard, the locomotive happened to strike him just right killing him instant ly and throwing him from the track but 1t was wonder the train was not wreck ed
 MT Ferriol Pequigney died about l2;4O P last Thursday, August 2. He had been subject to fits almost daily for number of years, although during the last two weeks had escaped them. While eating his dinner he was attacked with fit, dropped from his chair and expired instantly His fune ral was attended Saturday forenoon at St Josephs church. The funeral pro- cession contained 35 teams. He leaves a widow and three children.
 The next meeting of the Housaton- ic Valley Methodist minister's associa- tion will be held at Hillsdale, N Y, August 13, 1883. At 10 A M business ; 103O essay by G Draper, D D, Revi- vals and revival work ;' 11:45, sketch by J D Spriggs 2PN, paper, G D Townsend, Moral condition of children; :; 3:3O M paper, D McCarty, Spiritual ism; 7:3O NJ, addresses, D Phillips, Fields Hermance.
 G D TOWNSEND, Pres.
 FIELDS HERMANcE, Sec'y.