Connecticut western news., 1885-05-27
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LOCAL NEWS.

Frederick Lawrence of Great Bar rington is visiting friends in town.
 Miss Roxie Stevens is visiting her brother, E. c. Stevens, at Norfolk.
 -Anson Aldrich and family have moved into J. B. Hardenbergh's tenant house.
 Miss Marcella Ferris will reside at Oliver Roots on High street during the summer.
 pr Camp owns the finest Jersey calf ever seen in this vicinity; it's hand some as deer.
 Secretary Hine of the state board of education will lecture in the Town hall, this village, June 12.
 Dame Rumor says that George Mo- Intyre and Miss Flora Rood, both of Clayton, will be married tomorrow
 Miss Mary J. Peck leaves the latter part of this week for an extended visit to friends in Danbury and Bridgeport.
 At meeting of the Canaan base ball nine last Friday evening w. l.. Brown was elected captain and B. A. Peirce secretary and treasurer.
 Quite difference in the size of the ''big trees" of California and the Norway spruce, trees ? recently sent Dr Camp. Spruce timber must be getting scarce. 
 Decoration day is a legal holiday and it is hoped that all will attend the memorial exercises in honor of the brave boys who fought and died to save the union.
 -Housatonic rolling stock holders are anxiously awaiting the long delayed dividend. We trust that when it does arrive it will be something better than the last.-FdiJJieM Advertiser. We acknowledge the receipt of Q generous box of wedding cake from Mir and Mrs Julius Frein. We pronounce the editors blessing: thus their happi ness and prosperity is assured.
 We have not space this week to de- scribe the transformation taking place in Dr Eddy's residence, but 1t is on an extensive and expensive scale. The Dr is also tearing down his barn and shed and will erect new barn directly west of and almost adjoining his house.
 The new street parallel with West Main street and the H. X c. W. railroad is partly fenced and bridge has been built across the brook. The cellar for the Knickerbocker house and the foun- dation for Frank Van Deusen's barn on this new street are nearly completed.
 Miss M. F. Peck left home We'd nesday morning to attend the session of the right worthy grand lodge, I. O. G.. T., which sits this year ill Toronto, Can. She will go by way of Niagara Falls and in many points of interest in her way Ne,ctopn Bee. Miss M. F. Peck has &C., quaintances in this place.
 R. S. Pease and family have recent ly moved from Benson, Minn., to 45 Washington avenue South, Minneapo- lis, Minn. Mrs Pease is the daughter of Levi W. Beckley of Canaan. Her father-in-law, R. NJ. s. Pease of Mime apolis, has recently presented her with S2,OOO worth of land in said city.
 Last fall D. l.. Freeman commenced removing the rocks from his meadow near the Catholic church and building n massive wall between said meadow and the highway. He was obliged to abandon the work when winter set in, but last Friday the wall was completed by Jacob and Frederick Schamerhorn and it looks substantial enough to re- main for all time.
 And he said unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither, not having g marriage license He saith, I forgot It. And the bridegroom waiteth while the priest fled to the office of Jacob, the town clerk, for the license, ,and the rumb. ling of his chariot wheels is heard 1T the land: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; fol he driveth furiously.
 Mrs Dennis Collins was removed tc the Bridgeport hospital last Thursday She endured the journey much bettel than was anticipated. She is very grate ful to all who have been so kind to he. during her long illness and especially to those who have provided her place in the hospital, where she will receive the best of care and medical treatment and through the columns of THE NEw' she wishes to thank said friends.
 According to the new time table o the H. & c. W. railroad in effect Mon day, May %, trains now leave Canaan as follows: Going east-9:56 A. M., "A noon, 2P. M.. 4:15 P. M Going west 1O:38 A. M., 12:45 noon, 6 P. NJ, 1O:45 NJ. In addition to the above schedule two trains run between Hartford an Canaan, arriving at Canaan at 12 moo and 80 P. M.; also two trains run be tween Rhinebeck and Canaan, arrivin at Canaan at Il: 80 A. M., and 9:26 P. Nj
 About three months ago w. M Deming, the West Winsted photograph CT, decided to try the experiment of ad vertising in the NEWS. The result ha been satisfactory beyond his most sar guine expectations and he tells us h knows that it has paid him well, fc within less than a week from the fir appearance of his advertisement ne customers patronized him and volunt rily remarked that they had read his a'
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