Connecticut western news., 1890-05-14

evening, May 21, under the auspices of the Village Improvement Association.
 James Reel has bought the John Fitzgerald place with three acres of land opposite Patrick Fitzgerald's house and is building barn on the premises He has rented the house to Frank Gleason and a MT Paul.
 Jesse Drum hal his hand smashed while coupling cars at this station last Wednesday. "Jess" was put under the influence of gas by Dr Ross and Dr F. H. Lee dressed the hand. Although badly smashed it is thought that he will lose none of his fingers.
 Mir A. D. Wait, of Birmingham, is the gentleman who has generously pre- sented handsome flag to the citizens of Canaan. His name sounds familiar to you, yet possibly you may not fully identify him until we jog your memory by saying he married Canaan lady, Miss Emma Rodemeyer.
 -Disregard the Housatonic railroad time table which appears on the fourth page. That page was printed before the new time table, in effect May 12, was received Trains now leave Canaan as follows: GoINa SOUTH, 700 and $40 @. m., 2.33, 3.21, 5.17, 6.3O, 7.5O and 1O.5O p. m. Sunday milk, 3.45 p. m. CONC NORTH, 3.1O, 4.49 and $40 8. m., 12.3O, 25O, 4.25, 7.22 and S.4S p. m. Sunday mail and passenger, 9.55 a. m.
 At meeting of the Canaan Agassiz society held on Tuesday evening, May 6th., the following interesting topics were discussed Ornithology, the mag netic needle, the dew (which subject was not exhausted and will be continu- ed at the next meeting on June 3d), cartesian devil, ethnoIogy, anatomy and physiology, quartz, and the freezing and melting properties of salt.
 Any one interested in the sick benefit, funeral-aid. and death-benef- ciary associations of the United States can help make the statistics of their organizations for the forthcoming census more complete and disseminate the knowledge of the good work they are doing by sending the names of such societies as they may know of, and the addresses of their principal officers, to Charles A. Jenney, special agent of the eleventh census, 5S William street, New York city.
 We received on Monday copy of the Carthage, Qnd) Record, neat six column folio, and on examining it to find why it was sent our attention was called to the name of the publisher, Wm. G. Allan, and we at once conclu- ded that it must be the genial Billy" Allan, who was for several years fore man of the Winsted Herald, and who went west about year ago. We wish him success in his venture, and can assure the people of Carthage that they will find him genial and honorable gentleman and one that knows how to run newspaper.
 The tents for Charles Lees Great London Shows will be pitched on Bar lows lot on Church street. Don't forget the date, May p. MT Lee made very favorable impression by his square deal- ing and meritorious shows when he visited this place June 4, 1888, and his company were quiet and law-abiding. He seems to be unlucky in regard to time of visiting Canaan. When he was here two years ago the prevalence of scarlet fever, measles, humps and whooping cough prevented many from attending the shows, and this year W. B. Hall & Co.'S excursion to Bridgeport will prevent some from attending.
 April 23, THE NEWS recorded the death of Charles s. Trowbridge at Lincoln, Neb., April 16. Charles was only four years and three months old, and died of membranous croup. He was 8 son of Hilen Trow bridge, formerly of Canaan and Millerton. Now it is the painful duty of THE NEWS to record another death in the same family. MT Trowbridge's son, Stephen Barnum, aged six years and two months, died of membranous croup at Lincoln, Neb., May 3. MT Trowbridge's many friends ia this vicinity deeply sympathize with him in his double af1iction.
 Prof Harvey don't "want the earth" or even fence around it, neither does he want the credit of conducting The Lost Children at Winstedllast Wednes- day evening. We don't blame him. If the earth was fenced in, how could the children get lost ? And without The Lost Children the residents of Winsted and vicinity would have been deprived of attending an entertaining musical comedy, and the treasury of the Soldiers Memorial Tower fund would not have possessed the handsome sum which the entertainment netted. We hope Prof Harvey will not blame us for announc- ing last Wednesday that he was to conduct that comedy. We were mis- informed, although informed by Mrs instead of Miss in regard to it. Prof Harvey's letter in another column gives
 "honor to whom honor is due"
 Within the past few weeks we have
 received numerous congratulations and
 words of praise from our townsmen i upon the improved appearance of THE
 NEWS in its "home print" guise. Now
 we appreciate this liberal commendation