Connecticut western news., 1890-07-16
Local News.

Frank Van Deusen has purchased 8 new horse.
 This is good weather to camp at Twin Lakes.
 -J. s. Tracy is spending few days in Cornwall Hollow.
 -Dr Hurd will be absent on vacation from July 21st to August9th.
 Miss Mary Watson is visiting friends at Glenco Mills and Yonkers, N. Y.
 -"Gus" Caldwell is now wearing 8 broad smile. For explanation see birth column.
 Homer Spaulding arrived at his old home here from Wichita, Kan, on Sat- urday.
 Il. A. Caldwell has recently built 8 neat but novel wire fence in front of his premises.
 -G. Willis Parsons is taking an outing this week and is visiting in Vermont.
 The front of the Warner House has been repainted and presents an improv- ed appearance.
 Mir Edward Barnett and family, of Pelham Manor, N. r., visited Rev F. w. Barnett the past week.
 Rev D. 0. Stone Is taking four weeks vacation. He goes to his home in Bethlehem this week.
 Mir Jacob Schamerhorn has been confined to the house for the past week or more with serious stomach trouble. ARev T. H. Baragwanath will preach at Clayton next Sunday at 3.3O p. m., in place of Dr Eddy, who will be absent. Tt is reported that F. A. Peet, with his mother and his daughter, are to make 8 tour of Europe, sailing Satur- day, August 2.
 70. s. Futile. of Minneapolis, Minn., and Miss Helen Terry, of Tivoli, N. Y., have been spending the past week at W. H. Camps.
 Mrs O. 0. Gordon, of Sharon Valley, made short visit with her brother, G. s. Williams, in this village, on Saturday last.
 Jonathan Bristol, wife and daugh- ter, of Pttsfeld, stopped at J. s. News from Wednesday until Thursday of last week. They drove from Pittsfeld in 8 carriage.
 Fred Lane and wife are again board ing at the Warner House. They have been at Hartford, but Fred is now op one of the passenger trains which stays here over night.
 The cellar for new residence in D. L. Freeman's lot on Daisy hill is nearly completed. Jacob Schamerhorn began the job but was taken ill and Frod Thoms has since laid the wall.
 The most startling discovery of the census is Virginia woman, who is the mother of thirty children Hart ford Post. That is just ten better than the record of former North Canaan woman.
 The national flag was placed at half mast here yesterday as an expres- sion of sorrow at the death of General John O. Fremont. A sketch of Gen Ere mont's career appears elsewhere.
 The mercury registered 92 degrees in the shade this (Tuesdsy) noon. Vege- tation shows the need of rain but it is excellent hay weather.
 LATKR.-A heavy thunder shower arrived at 3.3O p. m., accompanied by hail which must have damaged growing tobacco.
 Reuben Seward and Ed J. Lorrain were shingling the roof of George Full ler's barn on Friday when the staging pulled out and Ed fell to the ground, striking on his head. He was not hurt much but he did not work the next day
 Tonight (Tuesday) there will be g concert given in the town hall for the benefit of the Episcopal church. The program IS we'll arranged and the con. cert merits 8 large attendance. A number of reserved seats have been sold and we hope it will be success.
 Some permanent improvements are being made on the highways. The road west of the Canaan Lime Co.'S kilns was recently treated to heavy coat oi marble chips and quarry sand. Nov the road between D. l.. Freeman's and the Catholic church is receiving ( similar dressing.
 You all realized that the night o July was extremely warm, but do you know what the mercury registered? Ell Giddings consulted the thermometer al midnight and found the temperature 8( degrees in the shade; at all events the moon was not shining on the ther mometer.
 The Baby Pathfinder railway guide containing 112 pages, corrected to July 18th, has appeared. Price 10 cents If not for sale by your local newsdealer then send one dime to The New Eng land Railway Publishing Co.,. 6i Federal St., Boston, Mass, and receive . copy by return mail.
 -Canaanites will remember Prof Get Gunton, of New York, who delivered speech in this village during the las presidential campaign. Elsewhere ", call attention to his book, "Wealth ani Pnooraaa Mr Gunton is the author O