Connecticut western news., 1891-09-17
Local News.

Don't forget the Registrars meet ing to-day.
 Leonard Grotta of New York city spent Sunday in town.
 tract to build DrlPeaslie's house at Norfolk.
 Today is the 29th anniversary of the battle of Antietam.
 Il. N. Bsrtram, of Sharon, went to Hartford on Tuesday to attend the meet ing of the Society of the Sons of the Revolution.
 The next meeting of the IConnecti- cut Weekly Press Association will be held at the Tontine Hotel in New Haven on Monday, Sept 21.
 s.-None of the schools in this district will open next week. owing to the ill., ness of the teachers of the higher and primary departments.
 About 800 persons attended the re- union of the Second, Conn, Fl. V. A. ct Savin Rock last Friday. Eighteen excursion tickets were sold at Canaan.
 On and after Monday, September, 14tb, 1891, trains will discontinue stop ping st Pine Grove station, for this sea- Son, on signal or otherwise, to receive or discharge passengers.
 THE NEWS needed another compost tor this week but was disappointed in finding one, consequently two obitus- ries and number of other articles must be deferred until next week,
 -Mr and Mrs E. R. Fay and son Charles, of New York, are guests at R. 0. Newton's For nearly or quite 25 years MT Fay and Mir Newton were partners in the mercantile business in New York.
 Invitations have been issued for the marriage 7of Dr Irving F. Barnes, of Collins vile, and Miss Sara Whiting, of Norfolk, at the Congregational church in Norfolk on Tuesday, Sept 29th, at twelve o'clock.
 John Cullen, of West Stockbridge, Mass, brakeman on the local freight train on the Housatonic road, was run over and killed by train at New Mil ford yesterday. He had been sent out to flag train and it is supposed he fell asleep on the track.
 Miss Isabella Church left Tuesday to resume her studies at the Buffalo medical college. Miss Church has made many friends during the time which she has assisted her brother in his pro- fessionsl duties and her return to this town with the title of M. D. will be looked forward to with pleasure.
 Conductor Pollard of the c. N. B. & W. road is critically i'll with typhoid fever at Clark's hotel in Millerton, N. Y. It is two weeks ago today since "Dick was last on duty. He has been very sick man, and hope of his recov- cry was nearly abandoned but yesterday he was reported as little more comfort able.
 Frank Kelley, of East Canaan, who has been in . demented condition for some time, left home about 8 week ago, and was found yesterday in an almost naked condition wandering in Sandis- field swamp. He was taken before the proper officials who committed him to the Middletown asylum to which place he vas taken to-day,
 The Pilgrim church was crowded yesterday with people attending the Mission rally under the auspices of the New Haven branch of the Woman's Board of Missions. There was large attendance from neigh boring towns and from various parts of the state. The full program was carried out and the exc, cises were very interest ing and instructive.
 Don't forget that the Fiftieth annu- al fair of the Duchess County Agricul- tural Society will be held at Pough- keepsie next Tuesday. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. The 0. N. E. & w. will sell excursion tickets, including admission to the fair, at g. 15 from Nor. folk, and at correspondingly low rate from all stations between Norfolk and Poughkeepsie. Bear in mind that dur. ing the four days of the fair, train Nc IS will leave Poughkeepsie at p. ID. instead of 4. 30 p. m.
 BASE BALL. The Canaan second nine went to Mill River last Friday afternoon and did up the club in that place in proper shape the score being Canaan 34, Mill River 5. The first nine of this place went to Norfolk Tuesday afternoon and played the club at that place. They lost the game through fielding errors, and poor bas< running the game standing 12 tt ' in favor of Norfolk. Canaan batter, was Kegler and Brinton; Norfoll McCarty and Simmons. Brinton pitch cd a fine game striking out 19 men Simmons was batted quite hard ant
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