Connecticut western news., 1892-10-20
-"The best laid plans of mice and

-"The best laid plans of mice and men aft gang aglee.''
 Mrs Cornelius Lynehan and Mrs Joseph Kegler are very seriously ill.
 MT and Mrs Nicoll went to New York yesterday where they will remain for few days.
 The literary society will meet to. morrow Friday night at 8 o'clock in G. A. R. hall. All are invited.
 A tall flag pole has been erected on the Canaan Academy from which the American flag will be flying tomorrow.
 -"Four men, four dogs. four guns and four birds" summarizes the report of a recent days shooting as it comes to us.
 Mrs Edmund D. Lawrence returned Tuesday from weeks visit at her broth ers, Henry Rood's, in Benton Centre, N. Y.
 MT and Mrs John O. Richmond took carriage trip last week through 2 part of Litchfield county and visited friends in Goshen.
 Sidney P. Ensign, of Lime Rock, was renominated for State Senator, for the 18th district, in the Democratic senator ial convention at New Milford on Tues day.
 THE NEWS goes to press this Wed nesday) evening before Major Tibbitts begins his speech in the town hall, but we will state that large audience is ex- pected. z
 Franklin N. Brown has resigned the position of P. R. & N. B. station agent at Simsbury and has resumed his former position in Station Agent Roots office at Canaan.
 It is suggested that it would be a pleasing and enterprising thing for our merchants to decorate their stores with flags and lanterns next Friday evenin 2 in honor of the Columbus celebration. - New Milford Gazette. That suggestion is also good one for Canaan.
 The NEWS has received @ copy of the New Haven Union Illustrated souv- enir of the Knights of Columbus cele- bration at New Haven, Oct II, 1899. The souvenir was compiled by W. F. Nlckerson. It contains nearly 200 DOT traits and illustrations besides biographi- cal sketches. It is credit to it's author, its publisher and to the occasion.
 William Albright's daughter, aged about IT years, Edna Roberts, aged about 10 years, and two of James Tier nays children, all living in East Ca naan, have the typhoid fever. The board of health is inclined to ascribe the cause of this sickness to the filthy and neglected condition of the district school water closet which is near we'll used by the children. .
 A. w. Nicoll and Masters A. Wand Albert D. Nicoll sang two selections during the morning service in the Pill grim church on Sunday. One selection was the anthem, 70 Zion, that bringest good tidings," by E. Bunnett, and the other was taken from the sacred cantata, by William Sterndale Bennett. the "Wo- man of Samaria," the words being "God is spirit" etc.
 The officers of the Agsssiz society considered on Tuesday night the matter of giving course of lectures this win ter. The lecture committee reported that enough money had not yet been pledged to justify the undertaking. The society wishes to give course of five lectures, which will be not only scienti fic and instructive but also popular and entertaining. There IS no good reason why we should not have such course Mir and Mrs W. A. Hester, of Ell mira, N. r., arrived at the Warner House Monday and are calling on friends in town. They were here just year ago, after an absence of 16 years. MI | Hiester has charge of all the tracks and buildings of the Erie road west of Hor' nellsville. There is no financial induce ment for him to again locate in Canaan but many Canaanites sincerely hope that MT and Mrs Hiester will at leas make an annual visit here.
 | MT John w. Nicoll and Miss Ads Mcintyre left Canaan on the noon trair Tuesday for Coxsackie. N. T., where Adas sister, Mrs Gardner, resides Dame Rumor says that NIT Nicoll and Miss Mcintyre were to be married Wed nesday, at Coeymans, by the Rev B. H Roys, and were to return to Canaan to day (Thursday1 When the NEWS re ceives official notice of the marriage i will publish it in due form and alst tender congratulations.
 The East Canaan correspondent o the Winsted Evening Citizen says:
 Miss Fannie Dilley, who was recent, 8 guest at O. O. Briggs's, and B. s Roberts, and other relatives in town went from this place to New York where she spent several days before he return to her home at Dallas, Texas Stopping at one of the first hotels o that city, friend called at the hotel and she left her room for the hotel par Tor to receive him, and during her ab sence her room was entered by burglar and twelve valuable gold rings taken together with her gold watch and chain also two hundred dollars in money. De tectives were at once set to work Tn goods have not as yet been recovered. | pilla o,ra Rilioua and Nerv0us ills