Connecticut western news., 1883-08-29
EAST CANAAN.

EAST CANAAN.
 Tobacco growers are cutting their crops which is decidedly 0 good one in this section.
 Henry Beardsley has painted the school house, improving very much its appearance.
 The cutting of willow trees in the highway near the bridges is a decided improvement.
 Rev w. A. Mackey and family of Mon ticello, N. Y. spent the Sabbath at Julius Corbit's.
 Mark Smith is stopping for few days here. He was for several years clerk in Cummings store..
 The stock of goods remaining in the store of William Adam End has been sold to George Thompson of Canaan Valley.
 The Sunday milk train killed a valuable COW belonging to Hiram Bartlett few rods east of the College hill crossing.
 Jerry Mulverhill and Frank Holsapple caught 236 bull heads at Wood creek reservoir one evening last week, would have caught more but they wouldn't bite.
 HARTSVIILLE.
 Rev l.. B. Scott was at Canaan camp ground part of the week.
 Misses Grace and Jennie Moore of Ashley Falls have been rusticating here.
 Alice Harmon is again in Monterey.
 Miss Jennie Hull returns to Berlin N. Y. this week,
 Rev s. R. Free came back to see about that bass business. He took in another on Tuesday, 21st inst, which weighed 54 pounds. He went home happy man. ...
 The sympathy of friends and relatives of MT and Mrs Robert B. Lawrence of Wichita, Kansas, is extended to them in their late deep bereavement in the loss of their youngest daughter.
 Fred Forrest and MT Bruce killed seven rattle snakes on the 'den, inside these were found AZ little snakes. Is there famine in the snake-land or are they cannibalistic in their appetites ?
 Owing to the scarcity of apples and the prospect of @ shortage of orchard tea and of lack of one or two other ele- ments necessary to financial success, 8 woman short time ago engineered 8 trade which put cider up to the alarm ing night of $11 per gallon. Two gal Ions changed hands at these quot ations.
 Mrs Henry Morehouse of Woodbury is visiting at Samuel Bennett's in this place.
 MT Phineas Bradley of Woodbury has been visiting friends in this place the past week.
 A new water wheel is being put in for the cider making department of the Milton mills.
 Willie Griswold is dangerously sick at the present writing and there is very little hope of his recovery. Mrs Harry Howard had very narrow escape one day last week. A blast that was put off back of the Gristmill threw @ stone over into a grape arbor back of Harry Towards house and broke it down. Mrs Howard was standing under the arbor washing and the stone came humming down within few inches oi her head. AETNA. sHEFFIELD. To-day the M. E. Sabbath-school has 5 8 picnic at Lake Buel. Mrs. Orrin Clark has gone to visit he7 daughter at the seaside. Next Monday the High School begins The other schools begin week later.
 Last Thursday evening there was jovial entertainment in the Town Hall.
 Last Saturday the Pine Grove Gene tery Association held its regular annua meeting.
 Last week Tuesday evening fou beautiful flowers unfolded on Mrs. Geo , Kellogg's night blooming cereus Last Sabbath morning and evening 5 union services were held in the M. B l c hurch, by ministers from the caml meeting grounds. f The fair given by the Episcopal society 3 last Wednesday evening was quite sue l cessful, bringing in $16O.OO and com bining much pleasure with it. Nextt Sabbath evening MT. Profit wll preach funeral sermon in memory o MT. Thomas J. Owen, in the Episcopa r church, at quarter before eight. , Last Saturday, at II A. M., the bod,
 of MT. Thomas J. Owen, drowned on tn
 IA lnst., was found by MT. James Ian
 don in the deep water of Twin Lakes
 It was brought to the residence of D1 @ H. H. Smith, where funeral service
 were held last Sabbath afternoon. O. ,4 Monday it was taken to New York = Yesterday funeral services were held i
 his own home there, and the burial too
 place at Greenwood. .ss. h Last Monday the Congregational ladie
 gave an excursion to Parlor Rock an'
 Bridpeport D.