Connecticut western news., 1892-07-07
Local News.
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travel about as fast backward as forward. Miss J. E. Newton and Miss Flor enee Thomson are now in town for the summer.
 William Rose came from Geneva, N. F., last week to attend the funeral of Samuel l.. Lewis.
 Mrs Gibbons and her daughter, Mrs Emerson. both of New York, are guests at Miss s. W. Adams.
 Charles H. Pease has fine male specimen of the American bittern. It was caught by Master Stanton, of Clay ton, Mass.
 Clinton Barnes and Miss Edith Barnes expect to go to Rondout, N. r., next week to remain about 8 fortnight with relatives.
 Installation of officers of Victory Council No. 65, O. U. A. M., at town hall this evening. Present your invita- ton at the door.
 Hon D. Ward Northrop, of Middle town, ex-Sec'y of State, was in town on Tuesday. The gentleman is @ cousin of Mir. Edw. Ward, of Falls Village.
 Mir Chute, of the Canaan Academy, and all the boys who have not gone home for the vacation, are camping out at Twin Lakes. They have a portable house.
 When it comes to having big calves the Canaan calf market is in it. For instance, last Tuesday one buyer bought three calves whose collective weight was 918 pounds.
 Mrs Dr Camp and son Samuel, Mrs W. Fl. Camp and Mrs Bierce of Canaan, and Mrs Geo. Clark, of Salisbury, are attending the musical festival at New Haven thls week.
 The Rev Charles D. Miliken, of Hartford, has this week accepted the call of the Pilgrim church to be it's pas tor until May l, 1893. and he will oecu- py the pulpit next Sunday.
 We are informed that O. L. Smith is going to provide the Twin Lakes pie nic grounds with round bottomed boats for those who wish to go out rowing but do not care to fish,.
 Last Thursday D. l.. Freeman re- turned from his western trip. He went as far as Western Kansas. He got a very good idea of the ipundations in the west of which we have heard so much The meeting of the Agassiz society st J. L. Bragg's last Tuesday evening was we'll attended and proved interest ing. It was voted not to discontinue the meetings in August and September.
 -Dr Fl. 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.
 -Ex-Judge M. T. Granger was pres ent at the graduation exercises of the Wesleyan University at Middletown last week. He also attended the fftieth an niversary of his class. The survivors are seven in number, but only four were present at the class dinner.
 The Housatonic railroad will place on sale July 9th excursion tickets from Canaan to Saratoga and return on ac- count of the meeting of the National Educational Association, held July 18th to 18th. The rate will be $5 05. Tick cts will be good going from July 9th te 14th inclusive and will be good return ing until July 18th. An extension o time for the return passage may be ob tained, provided the tickets are deposi ted with the Joint Agent of Termina Lines, 369 Broadway, Saratoga, N. Y.
 Last week NEWS reporter visited the O. N. E. & ". railroad bridge ove the Blackberry river. He found tha the bridge was at present quite safe, a the track rests On 32. well-capped pile extending across the river at short in tervals. four in each place. Additiona timbers are soon to be put in and be fore very long an iron bridge will b erected. A new side track of about 15 rods has inst been laid Tn the yard an' another will soon be laid. The sno, blow has been painted yellow witt black trimmings. ss.. -ssa
 Two weeks ago today the ightnin indulged in strange freak. As M Frederick Bronson was sitting on tn piazza of his house in East Canaan, tn lightning struck white pine tree i his door yard, within few feet of him itran down the trunk to within fe, feet of the ground and then glanced O and struck another white pine tre about 15 feet from the first, missing pitch pine tree which lay directly in il course. The lower part of the secon tree, for Q few feet above the ground was shivered into splinters, some ( which were blackened. The groun seemed covered with liquid fire. M Bronson was almost stunned by tt shock.
 The Fourth of July celebration this town was not very noisy on The stars and stripes, however wi flung to the breeze from the iberi pole, from the school house and fro some of the private houses, and tf NEWS office, and other houses wel decorated with small flags The Canas Citizens Band attended the celebratic at Falls Village, as did also quite nun