Connecticut western news., 1892-07-21
Local News.

LOCdl NcWS.
 Counterfeit ten cent pieces are ir circulation.
 -Dr P. O. Cummings is visiting his son at Norwalk.
 Frank F. Stevens purchased new bicycle last Saturday.
 Rev J. HI. George, of Salisbury, oficiated at Christ church on Sunday.
 w. G. Cargill left early this week for Nashville, Tenn, on a business trip in the South.
 Charles Rodemeyer, one of the NEWS competitors, is taking two weeks vacation.
 MT and Mrs H. M. Adams left on Tuesday, to be absent about five weeks in Massachusetts.
 The new officials of the Housatonic road made aE observation trip over the line last Friday by special train.
 The Consolidated road is having 1855 passenger cars built at Dayton. Ohio They will be lighted by gas stored in tanks.
 The weather on Saturday was quite cool, and in the evening there was a beautiful. though pale, display of the aurora borealis. ...---..
 Fuller & Peet have large assort- ment of cot beds, wire cots, canvass cots. upholstered cots, hammocks ,etc., for camping purposes.
 One insertion of short advertise ment in the NEWS made Wm J. Thom- son happy by bringing him horse which he immediately purchased.
 Miss Burton, of Middletown, is wis., iting at Judge Granger's. Her father, Hon Henry E. Burton, came with her last Friday and remained few days.
 Nobody from this place took the Saratoga excursion train on Monday. The train consisted of two passenger cars and smoker, the former two-thirds full.
 IA gentleman on West Main St. has provided an ample shade for his chick ems by setting out horse radish plants in the poultry yard. A very good scheme,
 Miss Mary A. Root, who has taught for six years in the Canaan high school, has resigned her position. She leaves with high reputation for fidelity and efficiency.
 Last Saturday the excursion from Bridgeport through the Berkshire hills to Pittsfeld and return was well patron ized. The train going north passed Ca naan about g. 15 a. m. with six car loads of excursionists.
 Four freight cars were smashed and several others injured by the collision of freight trains on the c. N. B. < W, road at Pine Meadow last Sunday eve- ming. A wrecking train was sent from Hartford but traffic was delayed about 12 hours.
 pr H. L. Ross leaves here on the 18th of August for his annual vacation. He will be gone till the 17th of SepSem- Der. He hopes that those who have any work for him to do will not put off COZ sulting him until the last moment. See him at once.
 The NEWS sincerely thanks the Rev T. s. Bond for his kindness and courte- sey in furnishing comprehensive re- port of the Eleventh Annual Convention Y. P. s. 0. E. MT Bonds sermon last Sunday evening contained the substance of said report.
 Editor Wade and Foreman Brown, of the Norwalk Hour, made flying trip to Twin Lakes last Tuesday, and also made a call at the NEWS office where Wade was taken for photog- rapher, 'but for goodness sake don't say told you"
 MT and Mrs Wm H. Camp, Miss Florence Thomson, Miss Emily D. Newton, Miss Sara A. Eddy, MT and Mrs Acel Rood, Robert D. Peirce, and Samuel G. Camp begin camping out to- day at Twin Lakes. Camp Wangum is the name chosen.
 -Mr and Mrs R. M. Rood and daughter; Miss Daisy Taylor and Mir Lincoln Carter, of Manchester; Mir and Mrs T. I. Ferguson. Miss Nellie Fox and MT Frederick Leiburg. of Bridge port; Misses Mary and Sadie Ferguson, of Canaan, camped at Lake Buel, near Hartsville, Mass, from July 9th to 18th. They occupied Dr Rice's cottage.
 -Messrs Shehadey and Nahass, na- tives of Syria and converts to Christiani- ty, spoke at the Pilgrim church on Sun- day night. Mir Shehadey spoke in Eng fish and afterwards interpreted for Mir Nahass who only speaks Syriac. They gave some account of the manners and customs and ignorance of their native land and of the work of the American missionaries.
 The following IS list of the officers of Victory Council No. 65 O. U. A. M. Councillor, W. H. Fuller; Vice. Council or, B. A. Peirce; Recording Secretary, J. I. Lermond; Asst Record. Secretary, Iopooe Hoplop. Traouuvar 1ames Reel.