Connecticut western news., 1892-05-19

Mrs Leroy Stone, of Bethel, is vis- iting at John Rodemeyer's.
 HI. G. Williams will act as sexton of the lower cemetery for the present.
 -Jamieson Thomson, who has been in New York city for some weeks past, has returned.
 Mrs Adeline Beckley arrived Satur- day from Kent and will remain several weeks at s. O. Beckley's.
 -RevD. O. Stone left here Tuesday afternoon to be present at the Yale Di- vinity school commencement,w which took place yesterday.
 There are two cases of diphtheria in the house occupied by Mrs Emma Sparks at Fest Canaan; they are the son and daughter of MT Braman. ...-
 -E. W. Warner will transform his barn on his premises east of Union depot into tenement house. He has already commenced the work.
 Every member of Housatonic Lodge, No. 61, F. & A. M, is requested to att tend the special meeting to be held at the lodge room on Saturday evening of this week. . The NEWS goes to press this Wed nesday) afternoon, and we cannot re- port Talmage's lecture which takes place in Winsted but we will say that nineteen Canaanites have secured tick cts for the lecture.
 Having returned from New York l am prepared to show full line of la dies and children's summer millinery, also fine assortment of ladies' muslin underwear. N M. Hall, Citizens Hall Building, Falls Village, Ct.
 Rev Dr Eddy and Mrs Eddy, Mir and Mrs Lyman Dunning, of this town; and Mir and Mrs O. K. Hunt, of Win sted, attended MT Chapin's funeral at Lakeville last Monday. Others from Canaan would have attended had they received notice in time.
 At this writing "Wednesday noon) Mrs Sarah Barnes, widow of Harvey Barnes, is reported to be steadily fail ing. All the others with the exception of Harlow Root whom we mentioned last week as being on the sick list have recovered or are improving.
 Our Kent correspondent mentions the blowing up of Shanish coin in that town and then propounds the con- undrum: how did it get there? We an- swer that probably somebody lost it,not necessary Columbus. Spanish pieces were common enough not long ago.
 The new Duchess County railroad will be formally opened on Saturday of this week, by free excursion from Hopewell Junction to Poughkeepsie and return. A lunch and speech mak- ing at 3 D. in the New Armorv at Poughkeepsie is part of the program. | If J. l.. Bragg strikes hot spring while sinking his artesian well he might make his fortune by heating Canaan with hot water same as Boise, Idaho, is now heated. We hope he will, and not leave us at the mercy of the Reading combine on coal We know MT. Bragg too we'll to think he would yield to the temptation of selling hot drinks at the fountain.
 The N. A. O. Dramatic Go, of Nor folk, Conn.,, will present the drama en- | titled Nevada or the Lost Mine" at town hall, Canaan, Conn, on Monday evening, May 23. The proceeds are for the benefit of the Canaan Citizens band. An open air concert will be given by the band immediately preceding the entertainment.
 Rev. Mr. Milliken, of Maine, who who has we believe since graduated from the Yale Divinity school, preached in the Pilgrim church on Sunday. Hi sermon was considered an admirable one and the subject taken was the mar rative of Christ asleep in the ship in the storm, human life being compared tt
 the stormy sea. Mr. Milliken has no spent Sunday in New Haven during
 his course such has been the demand
 for his services as preacher.
 -''God made the country, and mal
 made the town" so sings the poet Cow per. and no doubt everybody who hat the good fortune to be out doors ol Tuesday and yesterday, and looked a the blue sky, the green grass and th delicate light green of the young leave and the budding blossoms of the frui
 trees and watched the orioles and robin ] and listened to their cheery songs, echo , ed the sentiment in his heart and fel
 that it was ''luxury to exist. !" ; On the hearing in the matter of tn seizure of Peter Hicks liquors last Tu . esday before Justice Bennett, nobod appeared and the consequence was tha the liquor was condemned and eithe 5 has been or will be destroyed. It is a {: interesting fact for law as we are in formed, that the town will have to pa ] the costs of this proceeding. The rer , resentatives of the State and of the i : quor had 'stoo much wit" to be preser @ as had either one been there in the al - sence of the other the costs would hay d been thrown on his side. It seems t g us that the costs ought to be paid b
 the owner of the liquor. Perhaps it |. considered that if we insist on smashin it beer bottles and staying liquor casks W n must pay for the fun.