Connecticut western news., 1892-08-04

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 Bert Stickles, of Claverack, NY, is clerk at the Warner House.
 The frame for Charles Kilmer's new house on Elm street has been raised and sheathed.
 About sixty persons attended the M. B. Sunday school picnic at Twin Lakes yesterday.
 There are now 150 or more cot tagers at Pine Grove camp ground, and and cottage owners are arriving daily.
 Last Saturday evening, Victory Council No. 65, O. U. A. M. suspended large flag over the street in front of their hall.
 Charles Soules, formerly fagman at the Main street crossing of the 0. N. E.. & W. railroad, is now fagman on the gravel train of said railroad.
 -Ex- Mayor John l.. Vessels and Mrs Vessels and Mir and Mrs Chauncey Morton, all of Bridgeport, are staying at the Warner House.
 Geo W. Lee, of New York city, is at Twin Lakes, training for a single shell race with O. l.. Smith, Aug. 18th. A big time is expected on said date.
 Two of the campers at Twin Lakes attended a prayer meeting at Chapin- vile last Thursday night, but there was no use iu trying to conceal the fact that they encountered "Biddy Maloney's cat" on their return across the fields.
 LOST. On Tuesday, between Nor folk Green and this village. the cape of a lady's Macintosh Waterproof, brown and white diagonal stripe. Suitable re- ward for return will be paid by Mrs Chas H Briggs, Warner House, Canaan.
 James Ashley, the fireman who was injured in the wreck at Canaan on We'd nesday morning of last week and was removed to the hospital in Hartford where his arm was amputated, is doing we'll and will recover notwithstanding it was currently rep orted last week that he was dead.
 MT O. P. Van Alstyne has been ap- pointed General Passenger Agent of the Housatonic Railroad Co., vice MT A. W. Perrin, resigned The appointment took effect August 1st. Mir Van Alstyne will continue as Assistant General Freight Agent and Oar Accountant until further notice.
 The letters 70. N. D. & w." were the initials of the CentralsNew England and Western railroad, but Canaanites have long had reason to think said let ters were the initials of Cussed, Noisy Engines '& Whistles. The letters "P. R. & N. E." are the initials of Philadel- phia, Reading and New England rail road. but they also stand for Poor Roadbed & Narrow Escapes.
 The Bridgeport Daily Union cele- brated it's first anniversary last Monday by an edition of 40 pages, (price one cent) which is the largest and cheapest paper ever printed in the state. The Union uses press which prints, cuts, pastes and folds 10. .000 complete eight. page papers per hour. The Union dis plays remarkable enterprise and it rich ly deserves the sue cess which it enjoys.
 The mercury reached 96o last Thurs day, and the thunder shower at p. m. was very acceptable. On Friday 960 was again scored, with thunder showers about 4 p. m. and 7.45 p. m. Sunday was rainy day and so cool that fires were needed. but yesterday the mercury registered 850. Miss Bennett, who is a guest at R. O. Newton's, received let ter from her father last week stating that the mercury in his office in New York city registered 1902 last Thursday or Friday.
 That beautiful magazine "Our Lit tie Ones and The Nursery" fills wider sphere than the nursery, because it in- terests adults as we'll as children. It is filled with charming stories and artistic and pleasing illustrations. Each num- Der seems to surpass the previous one. The August number is filled with timely stories and pictures of seashore and country life. Send the Russell Pub fishing Co.,, 196 Summer street. Boston. Mass, 15 cents for sample copy, or $1. 50 for one years subscription, and you will thus make yourself and your children happy.
 We are informed that about II o'clock on Monday evening an east bound freight on the P. R. & NE. road arrived at Canaan and received waiting orders, but the conductor some how ol other misinterpreted them for running orders and he did not discover his mis take until his train had proceeded par way to East Canaan. Then he immedi ately stopped the train, put out dange, signals and backed the train to the si ding in Canaan in time to prevent g collision with the Washington fast ex press train. It was very fortunate tha ne discovered his error in time to pae vent another wreck.
 The Philadelphia. Reading & Nev England road will run an excurslol train via of Canaan to accommodate al in this section who wish to attend tn, National Encampment of the G. A. R at Washington, D. c. Sept. 19. Tn
 train will leave Hartford in the morning and take passengers from all stations and arrive in Washington at night. Tn | fare for the rOund trip will not aycaa,