Connecticut western news., 1888-08-01
Communion services at the Metho-

Brookfeld, are visiting at D. l.. Peirce's They arrived last week.
 Mrs J. J. Capron, of Amenia, N. Y., is visiting her daughter, Mrs G. s. Williams.
 Rev c. B. Landon and wife, of Lee, are visiting with Mrs Landon's sister, Mrs Julia Capron.
 Mrs Peter Hicks has been visiting her parents, in York State for two weeks or more, and on Tuesday of this week word was received from her that her father, MT VanTasselI, was dead.
 Presiding Elder Hare held quarter ly conference in the Methodist church Saturday evening, and he preached there on Sunday morning and at Nor folk Sunday afternoon.
 Mir G. W. Selleck, Mrs Selleck and Mary E. Sellick, of Norwalk, Mrs B. c. Smith of New Haven, Louis B. Crane, of New York, and the Nichols family, of Bridgeport, arrived at the Warner House yesterday.
 On Friday, Aug. 3, the H. X c. W. railroad will sell excursion tickets good on train No 13 (which leaves Canaan at 6. 40 p. m.) to Lakeyille, to hear Differs octet play in the grove at Lakeville. Return by extra train after concert Fare from Canaan, 40 cents. We hope Canaanites will appreciate the courtesey of the railroad company in giving them such an opportunity to attend the con- cert, and that the excursion will be we'll patroniZed.
 Monday afternoon a couple of tramps entered Hon T. s. Colds ten ant house at Cream Hill in Cornwall and stole some spoons, 8 mirror, and several small articles. They were fol. lowed beyond Falls Village when dark ness set in and all trace of them was lost. Yesterday morning Simon De- Witt saw them on the railroad track about three miles north of Falls Village He immediately went to Falls Village and notified Deputy Sheriff Reed, who, accompanied by Geo. V Capron, started at once in pursuit and overhauled the tramps about II miles south of Canaan, arrested them and took them to Falls Village, and ere this have undou btedly lodged them in Litchfeld jail.
 Playing base ball under difficulties. The Millerton club recently challenged the Canaan second nine and the latter accepted, and agreed to meet them at Millerton July 27. As the day ap- preached the Canaan boys discovered that some of their members could not attend, but not wishing to disappoint the Millerton club the Canaan boys ,skirmished around and picked up enough boys from Clayton and else- where to keep the number good. They had engaged a team to carry them to Millerton, but when all ready to start they were informed the team was not ready, so they went to another livery stable and hired another team. On the road to Millerton the horses staked twice, but at last the diamond field was reached and the game begun. The Canaan boys had become nervous and worried by this time, and not being acquainted with the uneven ground they made many wild throws and got beaten by score of % to II. On the road home the horses staked six times with them, and the boys had to walk up all the hills. At late bedtime the tired, hungry and work-your-passage club arrived in this village, sad but wiser nine.
 The Lee correspondent of the Pittsfeld Sun, in noting the funeral of Miss Emma F. Hunt at Lee, July 2Oth, says:
 The funeral of Miss Emma Hunt was attended from the Methodist church last Friday, Rev MT Landon and Rev MT Hopley officiating. Miss Hunt was the organist of this church and appro- priately the organ and her seat were draped and the last piece she played, at the services the previous Sunday even ing, "When the Mists have Rolled Away" was one of the hymns sung. A floral Tyre, with broken string, was the choir's contribution to the many beauti- ful floral tokens, and literally she lay on bed of flowers in her casket, with 8 cluster of rosebuds in her hands. "I cannot live without Thee," and "Good Night" were the other selections sung Miss Hunt had been consumptive' for long time, but had never suffered from hemmorhages until this one came with its fatal result. Her health was better in Lee than it had been else- where and she remained in town after her parents went to their new home at Pawling. She was exceedingly popular in Lee, more than ordinarily gifted in music, very clever manager of entertainments and in all ways bright and capable. She was @ model chris tian lady, and she was loved by every body. The bearers were Dr Saunders, Fred Gillmor, Will Benton, Dr Gibbs, s. V. Halsey and s. 0. Harding, and the remains were taken to Pawling for interment.
 The NEWS of July 25 contained sketch of Miss Hunt, but it omitted to mention that she graduated at Amenia Seminary at the age of 16 and was also assistant music teacher there. Sub-e- quently she taught school here lat Canaan) and afterwards was principal of the high school at Sheffield, Mass. At one time she held the position of organist of the Congregational church at Stockbridge, Mass. Early in life she joined the church in Amenia, N. Y.