Connecticut western news., 1883-08-08


 MT Henry Hanchet has placed {
 street lamp in front of his residence . Its light can be seen 20 miles as his = house stands on the pinnacle of our vii t iage.
 : It will be useless to advertise Chap ,. lain McCabe's attendance at Pine Grove camp meeting. He will not be there . He is engaged in church planting upon . the frontier and will be in Utah and !. Montana this month
 |. While in Winsted at the firemen's 2 parade, Friday, we were asked if Canaan 3 had fire company? We replied "no, J we have a splendid hose company
 though with wheelbarrow for a hose cart.
 Judge Granger, Col Hardenbergh, t MT J W Peet and MT N c Ward spent
 the Sabbath in the Catskills. MT Ward
 returned Monday but the rest of the party visited Saratoga and reached home : yesterday Tuesday, afternoon.
 Professor Stillman of Ripon, Wis,
 gave an organ recital in the Congrega- tlonal church at East Canaan last We'd nesday evening. It was not generally known that recital would be given, and many missed this musical treat
 Monday afternoon the tools used in the recent burglary of G P Strong's shop, were found near the H & c w railroad bridge over the Housatonic riv- CT. Cigar boxes taken from Humphreys store were found with them and some of the burglars clothing were with them.
 If our paper is not up to its usual standard this week, we ask the forbear- ance of generous public. One of the staff IS sick, has not been able to work in over week, another one has been away excepting 2 days and the rest of us are tired out and ugly enough to bite ten-penny nail in two
 MT B w Bills, late conductor on H < c W R R, died at Hartford, July 20. He was buried at Salisbury Aug ust 1. The pail bearers were six breth- ren of St Andrews Lodge, No GA, F & A M, Winsted Conn. Several members Of Housatonic Lodge, No 61 F & A M, Canaan, Conn, also number of railroad | employees and large circle of relatives and friends accompanied the remains to their last resting place.
 The Barnes family will hold their reunion at High Rock, Aug 29. The secretary, Samuel H Barnes, has issued 1000 invitations, 100 more than last year. Two invitations have been sent to London, England. North Canaan con- tributes respectable quota to make up those 1000 names. Judging from the above figures we infer the Barnes fam fly declared ten per cent dividend last year. Wonder if our friend Julius will attend the reunion
 MT Seth Hastings Grant was ap- pointed controller of the city of New York last Friday by Mayor Edson. Mir Grant is brother of the Rev Harry Grant former pastor of the Congrega- tional church in this town He is son in law of Mir Samuel M Beckley of New York, and he has often visited our quiet village. The New York Tribune of Saturday August devotes nearly two columns to 0 review of MT Grants active life. He was born near Utica,N Y, and is ffty-tye years old and has held many important business positions in New York city.
 The new time table on the H IG c W railroad went into effect Sunday, August 5. Train No Conductor Pol lard) now leaves Hartford 7:3O M, and makes connection at Canaan at 9:34 M with the Housatonic train from Pitts field to New York, and yet it arrives at Rhinebeck in time to connect with the N c & H R railroad special for Sara toga arriving there at 2:25 M. It also connects at Rhinebeck with train arriv- ing in New York at 2:15 M. The Rhinebeck way freight now leaves Ca- naan at 12 o'clock instead of 1 NJ as formerly.
 MT H c Jewell of Oshkosh, Wis, called at our sanctum August l. MT Jewell is a native of Salisbury but has resided many years in Oshkosh. He has been very successful in the lumber business and has retired from active business. His wife was the oldest daughter of the late William P Russell of Salisbury. Just 40 ago years the 1st of this month, (Mr J called on us August J his wife left Salisbury and he left Ca naan, N Y, they met this side of Albany and proceeded to their new home in what was then called the far west. They found wilderness at Oshkosh but have lived to see it grow to thriving manu- featuring city of over 20, 900 inhabitants There are large carriage factories, an immense match factory and various mills, shops and factories. Men have started in Oshkosh almost penniless and by industry, frugality and perseverance have grown very wealthy. MT Jewell's son is managing mill that cuts 100, 900 feet of lumber daily.
 Humphreys drug store and George r Strong's tin shop were entered by burglars Wednesday night, August 1. They gained an entrance to Humphreys store by taking out 8 cellar window then proceeding to the salesroom they