Connecticut western news., 1892-06-30

There Will be no celebration Of the 4th of July in this town this year.
 Thomas Buffers house has recently been painted very handsome color.
 William Halsey. of Orange, N. J., and his family are at MT Levi Bronson's at East Canaan.
 Miss Emma Lawrence went to Ply mouth last Friday to visit relatives for about two weeks.
 MT and Mrs Robert T. Fuller, of Chicago, expect to visit relatives here the second week in July.
 -Mr and Mrs CE Vroman, of Brook field, who have been visiting here sever- al days, went home Monday. The V. I. entertainment of last night was success in every way, and we will give fuller report next week.
 Mrs A. O. 0. Whittlesey is visiting in New Marlboro, Mass, ,and Miss Whit tlesey is visiting in Hartford and vicin- ity.
 The July term of the Court of Com mon Pleas will not come in at Falls Village till the 2d Monday, July 11th, at 10 @. m.
 John H. Benton, one of the NEWS compositors. is taking two weeks va cation and will visit friends in Boston before he returns.
 Joseph l.. Parsons, who has been clerking in store at Lincoln, Neb., since March 1890, starts for home July 4th to make short visit Charley Soules, who was formerly fagman at the 0. N. B & W. crossing. is selling the New York papers and deliv- ering them in the village. Rev Demetrius Elias Vishanoff, of Thessalonica, Macedonia, student at Drew Theological Seminary, will lecture on life in Macedonia at the Methodist church on Sunday evening July 3d. Give Judge Roraback and Dr Lee credit for trimming the trees in the street in front of their premises. If anyone else has made similar improve ments the NEWS would like to mention it.
 On Tuesday the Quaker city ex- press made the run from Poughkeepsie to Canaan, distance of sixty miles, in eighty minutes. On one section of eleven miles the time was eleven min utes.
 The canary bird, which has so off, ten enlivened the post office with his cheery notes,is dead; murdered by the cat while preparing to attend the Chil- drens Day service at the Methodist church.
 Mir G. B. Gardner and family, and MT John VauWormer, of Coxsackie, N. Y. arrived Saturday for weeks visit. The gentlemen are doing considerable fishing at Twin Lakes and in the trout streams in this vicinity Who says Canaan does not move? Formerly it was Canaan. Afterward it was Canaan on the -Housatonic. Next it was Canaan on the Consolidated. Now it is Canaan on- the Reading, e la Bridge port rt-on-the-Sound." See?
 Judge A T. Roraback, of this place, and Thomas l.. Norton, of Lakeville, have leased for five years of W. and F. P. Miles, the grove north of the Twin Lakes picnic grounds as far as the spring They have the privilege of sub letting.
 A heavy freight train coming east got stalled Sunday afternoon on the bridge over the Housatonic river and remained there some time. Luckily no train happened to be following, as it would have been almost impossible to quickly stop 1t coming down the noun tain west of the bridge. | The Housatonic railroad will place on sale July 9th excursion tickets to New York city and return on account of | II. The rate will be $3 25 from the princi- pal stations between Pittsfeld and West Cornwall inclusive. Tickets will be good going July 9th. 7th and 8th, and will be good to return until July 18th
 The Berkshire Courier is now fifty eight years old but is lively as ever and is apparently fifty eight years young. It is now enjoying Bhss-ful existence with Col B. J. Bliss, of Boston, in the editorial chair recently vacated by D. Mills who takes the position of Berk. shire correspondent for the Springfield Union while MT Wm c. Hinman retains the position of business manager of the Berkshire Courier.
 The members of the Pilgrim church met last Thursday afternoon to decide whether they should listen to more can didates or call either the Rev Mir Evans of Nepaug or the Rev Mir Milliken oi of Hartford to supply the pulpit until May 1, 1893. It was stated that Nh Evans commands higher salary than the Pilgrim church pays. After consid erable discussion it was decided to hire Mir Milliken if he could be obtained.
 The special train carrying the New England Prohibition delegates to the National convention at Cincinnati June 29 and 30 passed Canaan via o. N. E & W. road about 930 o'clock Monday evening. There were about 80 persons on board. The train was solid vesti bule train of three new Wagner sleepers, and baggage car. The cars were dec.