Connecticut western news., 1891-06-03
Local News.


 Mass, were guests at w. G. Cargill's over Sunday.
 Mrs Lucy Crane left yesterday for two or three weeks visit at her home in Beloit, Wis.
 Julius Corbit bought an elegant quartered oak two seat surrey ofW. G. Cargill last week.
 -Fifty-one calves were purchased here yesterday. The highest price paid was six cents per pound.
 Rev T. s. Bond preached grand memorial sermon last Sunday evening. His text was Deuteronomy ". 9.
 -Dr and Mrs Clemans expect to go to Brooklyn N. Y. on Friday to see the Doctors mother who is in very feeble health.
 Mrs S.W. Barnes was attacked with remittent fever on Monday of last week. She was quite ill for several days but is now improving finely.
 The soldiers graves in this town and vicinity were decorated last Satur- day in accordance with the program previously published.
 Rev J. P. Hawley and Deacon Gill man of New Hartford called on friends here yesterday enroute to the mission ary convention at Saratoga Springs.
 Some localities have oatmeal, some have fruit, some have mineral water before breakfast but Winsted has frost every morning before breakfast. -"Charles Lees Great London Shows" circus, museum and menegerie will exhibit at Salisbury on Saturday June 18th and at Norfolk on Monday June 18th
 Miss Flora Spaulding arrived Mon day at the Warner House where she will tarry two or three weeks and then re- turn to her brothers, J. B. Spaulding, at Winsted.
 Frank Hoag and family, who have lived at Saginaw. Mich, the past six years, have returned to Canaan and moved into part of the Knickerbocker house near the Douglas place..
 -Barnum & Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth" will exhibit at Hartford on Friday June 5. Excursion tickets, good on all regular trains between Canaan and Hartford, will be sold.
 Memorial day, job printing. a su- perabundaEce of copy, in fact 8 com bination of circumstances, make THE NEWS somewhat late to press to-day al- though some correspondence and local items are deferred.
 The personal property belonging to the estate of Wm Oakley, deceased, will be sold at public auction on the premises in South Norfolk on Thurs day June II at 10 8. m. Bills will soon be posted describing all of the property. A meeting of the Connecticut N. W. Association of ministers will be held at Lakeville and Salisbury, Tuesday and Wednesday, June 9th and 10th. A public meeting will be held in the Con- gregational church at Salisbury Tues day evening, June 9th.
 The advertisement, "Heifer Lost, was inadvertently omitted from THE NEWS of May 27. In other words, both the advertisement and the heifer were lost. The advertisement has been found but not the heifer. If you find the latter, just claim the reward offered
 The Canaan Citizens band, witt lighted torches on their caps, presented fine appearance and gave excellent music as they marched through the streets Monday evening. They serena ded Frank VanDeusen and family who responded by treating them to ice cream and cigars. They also played in iron of the Warner House and were treated to cigars.
 The following paragraph is copied from letter written by Frank Tone a St Regis Falls, N. '. under date of Ma 29th: '.I am glad to see that Canaan booming, but this place is more lively It is now almost as large as Canaan bu there was nothing here seven years ago The N. Y. O. is building road throug the Adriondacks from Malone to Hel kimer on the N. Y. O. There are nov two hundred cars loaded on this roa for them".
 John Boyhan, we'll known to al who are acquainted with the ''boys" O the Housatonic railroad, died quite sud denly at his home in Bridgeport las Thursday. He had served the com pany faithfully for years, starting in a waterboy and working his way to bag gagemaster. While making his regula run on Monday he was taken with congestive chill at Botsford. He wG immediately taken to his home upo arrival in the city, but pneumonia SC ting in, he died Thursday. Mir Boyhal was 34 years of age and leaves a vii and four children. The deceased was son of Thomas Boyhan who is switcl man at Bridgeport but who for man years was passenger brakeman on 1T Housatonic road and was dubbed "Re Tom" by the railroad boys.
 While the village flag was beir raised last Saturday morning the roI ran off the pulley when the flag ha reached height of 40, feet or 13 fe below the top of the pole. Many u successful attempts were afterwart made to either raise or lower the fa