Connecticut western news., 1893-08-17

s. 0. Beckley returned from Wood mont-on -the-Sound last Friday.
 The cellar for James Lakes new house on Church St. is nearly compile ted.
 Miss Bertha Coon has returned from a nine weeks visit at Westfield. Mass.
 The cellar for Charles Dutcher's new house on Barlow St. was completed Tuesday.
 Mrs Charles Day and two children, of Lakeville, visited relatives here from Wednesday to Monday.
 About 30 people have registered from Canaan, at the Connecticut build ing at the Worlds Fair.
 Theodore Cogswell, of Pittsfeld, is visiting his grandparents. Mir and Mrs T. B. Strong, in Canaan.
 Six or eight from this place went to Sheffield Tuesday night to hear the concert given by Jerome Mays banjo club. In addition to his usual quartet he had mandolin and harp player. The effect of the drought is visible. On Canaan mountain leaves on many of the trees are as yellow as they should hn rw, Ar1k no m lawns in this village is dead, and dry enough to burn.
 The highway east of the Anchor Lime Co.'s. kiln is nearly closed with bushes and there is just about room enough for one team to squeeze through. Unless the selectmen have those bushes removed they should call that section "Wlllow St."
 Bear in mind that an undenomina- tional Young Peoples convention will be held at Pine Grove camp ground on Wednesday Aug. 23d. There will be three sessions, commencing at 10 a. m 2 p. m., snd 7.30 p. m. respectively. The programs have already been issued. Special rates have been secured on the Housatonic railroad.
 Rev Mir McElvine, pastor of the North New York (Harlem) Congrega- tlonal church, occupied the Pilgrim church pulpit last Sunday morning and preached grand sermon from the text recorded in Philippians III, 13. Mir McElvine and family are boarding at Mir O'Hara's at Twin Lakes where they have remained several weeks. A property owner of this village asks the editor to take grievous crab- tree cudgel and pommel the moss-back citizens who neglect or refuse to pro. vide fire hydrants and hose, especially garden hose, to be used in case of a confagration in this village. The wa ter pressure is excellent but it is com paratively useless inasmuch as there is scarcity of hydrants and hose. X l/-On Aug. 18th, the F., R. & N. E. R. R. Co.,, made slight change of time for it's express trains. The Boston ex- press leaves Canaan IA minutes earlier and arrives at Hartford 15 minutes ear Her. The Washington express leaves Hartford 10 minutes later but arrives at Canaan at the same moment as formerly. The time table in another column was printed before this notice was received.
 The hot wave continued all last week and during three or four days the mercury ranged between 900 and 1902 in the shade. Apples which had fallen from the trees and had rolled out of the shade were actually baked by the sun. A very little rain fell Saturday night, but the roads were dusty the next day. However, cool wave arrived Saturday and on Monday morning there was nearly or quite frost in some places.
 Judge Roraback broke camp at Twin Lakes Monday, as did also Law yer Williams of New Milford. B. A. Peirce and H. B. Ives of Canaan vacated Camp Sirius and party of older people moved in, among them being Mrs D.L. Freeman and Mrs J. l.. Bragg of this place. New camps at the Lakes which we have not mentioned are: Rev H. I. Bodley of Mt. Vernon, N. Y.;:Chatham camp; and Camp Uneas of Bridgeport. Kingfsher camp was mentioned by our Falls Village correspondent H. D. Humphrey returned from the lakes Tuesday.
 Miss Mary Murnane. of Philmont, NY, telegraph operator at Canaan. ex.
 perienced painful accident last Satur day evening. While shutting down 6
 window sash the opposite sash became displaced in such a manner that the
 glass broke and Miss Murnane's arm
 was caught and deeply cut by the bro
 ken glass. An artery was severed and
 bled profusely. Dr Lee was summon
 ed, and he found it necessary to admin
 ister ether to the patient and to close the wound by nine stitches. About 8 year ago certainy oune man from Canaan came to Winsted anG hired team and driver of Hartnett, te take himself and young lady to New Hartford. They put up at the New , Hartford House where they registered as man and wife from Copake, Columbi, County, N. Y. Sunday the same par
 ties, both of whom now reside in Win . sted, hired horse at the same place r and again went to New Hartford, as be fore. They were driven to the Ney } Hartford House, where they spent tn night and returned on the train Monda, 7 morning. The names of both partie