Connecticut western news., 1892-08-18
Local News.

-Katydids.
 Mrs Warren Rood, of Clayton,i is vis- iting in Sharon.
 Willard A. Roraback, of Torring- ton, was in town on Monday.
 During thunder storm never stay by an open window or door, nor go un- der tree.
 -G. H. Pasmore, the popular wagon maker, will take vacation of ten days from this date.
 The band concert will be given on Saturday night with the program pub lished in last weeks NEWS.
 A meteor was seen last week which was 90 bright that it threw a light on the road equal to that of lantern.
 Mrs Rodemeyer went to Cohoes, N. Y. last Saturday, to visit her daughter. Mrs Waterman. She will return this week.
 Miss Edith Proper, eldest daughter of Mrs D. s. Proper, of Glenco Mills, N. Y, (nee Madeleine Ferguson) is at Judge Granger's.
 Mir and Mrs Edwin s. Pease return ed on Saturday from their wedding trip to Nantucket. Hereafter they and Mrs Sartlal Root will have their home at Mrs Joseph l.. Pease's.
 The excursion train to the Thou sand Islands. 'sthe colossal Venice of America" passed this station little af- ter eleven Tuesday morning with sev- on cars fairly we'll filled.
 -Dr Ross and Mrs Ross went to AL bany, N. Y. last Saturday, and on Mon- day started for the Adirondacks where they will join party of relatives and encamp about five weeks.
 Mrs Dr O. 0. Godfrey and her daughter, Miss Lucille, and Mrs Frank H. Betts, all of Bridgeport, are at the Warner House. Mrs Godfrey and Mrs Betts are sisters of Mrs George O. Peet.
 Miles l.. Ingraham and Mrs Lester are sojourning at Mead's Mountain Home in Woodstock, Ulster County, N. Y. MT Ingraham writes that the heavy thunder shower of Aug. 9th did great damage in that section.
 The extreme end of the l. on the Samuel A. Bennett house has been torn down and is to be rebuilt at an equal height with the part which joins the main building. This will greatly in- crease the accommodations.
 Mrs Louise F. Smith was taken ill on the 9th inst. and narrowly escaped a course of fever. She is improving but needs rest and will probably not re- sume work before Sept 1st. She is staying with her sister, Mrs Waller.
 Mrs R. Worthington sold her house. hold goods at auction last Saturday even ing but owing to the rain there was a small attendance and many articles sold for only fraction of their value. Mrs Warrington is now living at Wm Ben nett's.
 This is about the time of year when the kingdom of flies is populous, and the man who docks his horses tail has reason to be ashamed of himself. Such 8 man ought to be tied naked in the shambles just to see how he likes it, Gowanda Herald. .
 Last Saturday morning the Canaan Citizens band discovered that the con- cert advertised to take place that even. ing would have to be postponed as sev- eral members of the band had been un- expectedly called away. Even if all the members of the band had been in town the rain in the evening would have prevented an open air concert.
 Wilbur M. Deming and family, oi Winsted, went to West Haven about the first of August to remain several weeks. The infant child, Edward L., aged three months, was taken sick al the shore, and MT Deming and family returned to West Winsted last Saturday. The child died Sunday noon. The flu neral was held on Tuesday at 3 p. m.
 The little son of Henry Wilson, g child about eight years old, while riding on an OK cart loaded with ore last Tuesday afternoon in the furnace fell off and was run over. The back ot his head was crushed in. Dr Church was sent for, but at the same time wal notified that the child was dead. MI Wilson lives at East Canaan, on tho south road. near Charles s. Adams.
 Mrs Edward Smith, aged 36 years died at Coxsackie, N. Y. on Tuesday evening Aug. 9th. Her funeral was at tended there on Saturday at 2 p. m Mrs Smith was the wife of 8 brother O. Mrs J. H. Drake of Canaan. MT Drake attended the funeral but when he lef Canaan at midnight on Friday it wal doubtful if he could reach Coxsackle be fore the funeral took place, consequent ly his family did not accompany him.
 Harry Boinay, young as he is knows how it seems to wear handcuffs It happened in this way. Master Boi nay dropped in Sunday morning for few minutes chat with his friend Mas ter Drake, and his (Boinay's) eyes wer very soon attracted to bright pair 0 "bracelets. Of course the next thinl to do was to put them on. They wer evidently too small for his little wrists so disregarding the warning of Maste Drake, he clssped them on to one of hi