Connecticut western news., 1884-09-10
LOCAL NEWS.

Mrs L. A. Baldwin returned to Jef- fersonville, Ind, last Thursday.
 Rev Elisha Whittlesey preached at the Episcopal church last Sunday.
 John Ryan of Millerton conducts the barber shop while Rhoades is taking vacation.
 The republican campaign club will meet at Village Improvement hall next Saturday evening.
 Last Monday evening the lightning splintered six telsp hone poles near H. N. Adams residence.
 -J. R. Elton of Vineland, N. J., is again the guest of D. l.. Pierce. He arrived Saturday night. Prof O. L. Bristol of Bisby's mili- tary academy, Poughkeepsie. spent Sunday with Samuel A. Eddy.
 -" Put down that gun! mark time |" and read J. & N. 0. Scoville and others warning to hunters and fishermen.
 Prof Dana of Yale college stayed at the Warner house last Wednesday and Thursday, also Monday and Tues day of this week.
 This is our harvest moon and these beautiful moonlight nights will soon be past; throw aside all care and enjoy them while they last
 -Ex-Assemblyman w. J. Trimble and family, who have been spending the summer at the Warner house, returned to New York last Saturday.
 During the shower of Monday eve- ming the lightning killed 2 valuable COW belonging to Henry Drum, who resides at Pine Grove camp ground.
 The base ball game played in this village last Friday afternoon between the Millerton and Canaan clubs resulted in favor of the latter nine. Score 30 to T, with only eight innings played.
 Tine hot weather of three weeks ago only let go to get better hold, and since Aug 29 the mercury has daily been up in the nineties, last Thursday reaching 98 degrees. The heavy shower of Monday evening only temporarily cooled tho atmosphere, but it refreshed vegetation.
 w. H. Camp and wife returned last Friday from their bridal tour. Their friends propose to call on them at their home in this village tomorrow (Thurs. day) evening, carrying refreshments and well, we will tell you next week what they carried.
 We are convinced that the Var Deusen family had variety of refresh ments at their annual gathering at Twir Lakes, last week, and we acknowledgt the receipt of large box containing nine different kinds of cake and two kinds of pie.
 Rev D. Phillips informs us that he is not one of the vice-presidents of th' republican campaign club. He wa nominated but declined and said h, would do more work than he could i they made him @ vice-president. Ches ter Deming was then elected instead o Mir Phillips.
 North Canaan Jurors for 1884-5:- George s. Fuller, William F. Pelton Elisha M Rood, Miles B. Tobey. Hen " J. Mead, Abel G. Stevens, T. E Bigelow, Edward Prescott, Samuel A Bennett, Samuel 0. Beckley, George E Beebe, Levi s. Bronson, Daniel [ Peirce, Edmund D. Lawrence.
 The Springfield Republican C Sept. says
 ssRev and Mrs H. I. Bodley have pre sented St Johns church with a memori al bell, in memory of each of their fi thers. It weighs about 2000 pound and was made by the Clinton H. Menee ly bell company, of Troy, NY. It vii be consecrated Sunday morning an, will be put in position early nez week.
 This vicinity was visited by yer heavy thunder shower on Monday ever ing. The lightning was almost ince sant and evidently struck in man places, but at this writing we hay heard of no serious damage except whi we have already reported. At the Wa ner house the telephone was burned ol and the line to East Canaan is not working order this (Tuesday) afternoon
 Last Friday the steamer at Twi Lakes made its last trip for the seaso On Saturday the boiler and machinel were taken out and together with u boat were housed for the winter.
 has not proved paying enterpris The expense of keeping an engine has been about $50 greater than the I ceipts. Messrs Russell and Perki will remain at Twin Lakes until the of this month.
 MT Willard Perkins who has be, in charge of the Twin Lakes Picr grounds and boats this season, was f. merly president of the Fat Mems clu The newspaper reports of his weig differ so greatly that we give his exa weight as told us by himself last Frid viz, 363 pounds. He says he can star hot weather as well as anyone and he in perfect health. One year ago
 weighed 449 pounds.