Connecticut western news., 1890-07-30
Local News.
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 Mrs Robinson, of New Haven, is boarding at the Warner House.
 Miss Nelly F. McCarty, of Lime Rock, visited friends here Monday.
 Miss Elsie Adams returned home last week from an extended western tour.
 HI. ID. Humphrey and family will occupy their new cottage at Twin Lakes tomorrow.
 w G. Cargill's father, mother and sister, from Newark Valley, N. Y., visit ed him last week.
 Il. H. Peet. of Brooklyn, N. Y., correspondent of the New York Times, is stopping in town.
 A camping party from this place consisting of about dozen individuals go to Twin Lakes to-day. -S. F. Ensign, of Lime Rock, who sailed for Europe July 9th, expects to return the 9th of August.
 The annual harvest excursion to New York, by way of the Housatonic road, is announced for August Is.
 Miss Emily Beach, of New Haven, is visiting Miss Louise Bragg. She and Louise were schoolmates at Holyoke.
 Horace and Peggy" have bought a new round bottom boat which they will immediately put on Twin Lakes. It is little dandy.
 The boiler and pump have been placed in position near the c. N. B. & w. water tank at the Blackberry river bridge and soon locomotives will drink. there.
 Our correspondents have told you about the heavy rain, but we will add that the benefit to vegetation more than equalled the damage to the highways in .his town.
 We received pleasant call last Friday from A. 0. Randall, president of the National Iron bank. Call again, MT Randall, we have conundrum to pro pound to you.
 The Youths Temperance Banner of July 18th contains pathetic story en- titled "Tony's Tracks and Tony's Triumph" written by Lucia Dowd Smith.
 -F. B. How'd, of Falls Village, has visited Canaan the past two Sundays and yet you will notice that he has rot allowed many Falls Village items to escape his attention.
 Engine No. IT of the O. N. B. < W. road came from the repair shop last week and looks as good as new. It has been thoroughly overhauled and an extension front added.
 Mrs Godfrey and daughter, Col &. B. Sumner and Miss Clara Sumner, of Ct Harrington, and MT and Mrs George 0. Peet, of Bridgeport, were at Joseph Peet's over Sunday.
 Under the caption, Five Days Of" we give you few statistics con- corning Prospect park in Brooklyn, N. Y. Gan you comprehend that nearly ten million people visited that park last year?
 Mortimer J. Gildersleeve, oi Tefft, Weller & Go. of New York, stop ped at the Warner House over Sunday. He says he thinks Canaan is the pleasantest village on the Housatonit line.
 If you want to give dime, dollar or 8 ten for the continuance of the stone walk on the north side of Main St., viz from J. l.. Bragg's store to the post office, leave your money with MT Bragg or with the Village Improvement Assn
 Mrs May Holmes, of Waterbury, and Mrs Lima Culver, of Shelburne Falls, Mass, are spending few weeks at Fred Reels for the benefit of theil health, but have been taken quite sick and Dr Church is attending them.
 Buffalo bugs are among the pests which aff1ict woman kind these days devouring carpets and silks. They ar fastidious as to what they eat, and pre- fer the best carpet in the house, O. some nice, bright woolen goods or silks
 The next meeting of the Agassi society will be held in the High Schoo room, Tuesday evening, August 9th Topics to be explained, wave theory O light, optical illusions, the aurora, th' mirage, sunset hues, etc.
 Frank McCarty had dynamite cal in his trousers pocket, the presence O which he had forgotten, and as he wa sharpening drau-shsve, one day las week, he hit the instrument against th cap, which exploded and considerabl. cut up his leg. Dr Camp attended hin and he will be all right again in Q shor time.
 Locomotive No. 25 lone of tn large hogs) and several freight cars "a off the tr ack at Grants last Saturda night, owing to the safety switch bein out of order. An engine and numbe of men went to their assistance fror Canaan, but 1t was 4 o'clock Sunda morning before the derailed train wa placed upon the track.
 Every column in 8 newspaper COT tains from twelve to twenty thousan distinct pieces of metal, displacement C any ono of which will cansa a blundo or typogra phical error And yet som people lay claim to particular smartnes if they can discover an error in news