Connecticut western news., 1893-07-06
Local News.


 Watson Hardenbergh spent the Fourth in Troy, N. Y.
 Mrs Daly returned last Friday from her visit to WInsted.
 MT and Mrs Junius Rhoades re turned from Chicago on Friday.
 Miss Alice Touriner, of South Orange, N J is at the Warner House MT and Mrs Geo. 0. Owen, of New York, were at Myrtle Farm several days this week.
 Miss J. E. Newton. Prof Macy and Rollin Q. Newton, Jr. all of New York, are now at Myrtle Farm.
 Miss Alice. New, who teaches school in New Milford, is spending her vaca- tion with her uncle, J. 8. New.
 The meeting of the Methodist min isters of the Housatonic Valley will be held at West Stockbridge on July l1th.
 MT and Mrs G. B. Gardner and their son, Irving, returned to their home in Coxsackie. N. Y., on Monday after g visit in town of several days.
 Paul Lorrain and family of Ct. Bar rington, were guests at B. R. Lorrain's / over Sunday and then went to East Gan. aan to visit relatives couple of days.
 It IS quite an undertaking to grade the lawn in front of the town hall but work is done there at intervals, or when ever teams can be obtained to haul the dirt from Bennett's hill.
 MT and Mrs William Freeman, ot Champion, N. Y., visited at D. l. Peirce's part of last week. They left town early this week. MT Freeman is cousin of Messrs Peirce and D. l.. Freeman.
 Miss Amanda Langdon graduated from the Normal School at New Britain, June 28th. Ip addition to her diploma she received special certificate for work in manual training (Sloid). She was also appointed class historian.
 Judge Prentice has assigned Judge A. T.Roraback as counsel to assist Law yer Williams, of Ansonia. in the defense of Mrs Jane Mannering, who will be tried for murder in Litchfeld In Octo- ber. Mr Williams is one of the leading criminal lawyers in the State.
 Our esteemed neighbor, the New Hartford Tribune. says:
 THE CONNECTICUT WESTERN NEWS of Canaan is now g years old. Under it's present editor and proprietor, Samuel O. Beckley. it has been an able and prosperous journal. Long life to the NEWS and it's editor.
 Rev H. I. Bodley, Sec'y of the So- ciety for the Increase of the Ministry, preached in Christ Church on Sunday evening in aid of that Society. He de- livered very good and useful discourse on the text: "There is natural body and there is 8 spiritual body" The church was we'll filled.
 MT and Mrs Spencer T. Wolcott celebrated the twenty fifth anniversary of their wedding, at the Pine Grove Camp Ground last Thursday afternoon. A dinner party was given on the occa. sion to large number of relatives and friends from this place and from out of town. The presents were numerous and valuable.
 --"Jack Frost" festivals are quite fashionable among the churches around the state Winsted hasn't had any o them yet. The peculiarity of these fes tivals is that the rooms are 80 trimmed that everything is made to wear win try appearance. Even the ice cream if eaten c-c-c-o-l-d. Listers and furs, and mittens are not worn. although we have heard that occasionally mittens are giv en at these entertainments Winstei Citizen.
 Editor Bolles of the New Milford Gazette publishes good paper himeel and he also knows good one when h. sees it. He says:
 1.-THE CONNECTICUT WESTERN NEW commenced volume XXIII last weel and with commendable pride indulget in some congratulatorly words concern ing it's stability and it's worth greater to day than ever before. The NEWS is good, readable paper that improves a ita age increases Instead of growth, weary in we'll doing Brother Beckle, grows more lively in the right course and we'll deserves his prosperity and tn esteem in which he is held by his man. loyal patrons"
 A few words concerning the Rev I H. Baragwanath and his church Rhipebeck, N. Y., may interest Canaan ties. First, the Reverend and his fam ily are quite we'll, and have been unus uslly busy the past two months. Tn church was closed for repairs fror April 25th to June 18th. About $12O were spent on the interior, and on tn pipe organ which was rebuilt and nov ed from the gallery to the main floor the west transept of the church. Re Baragwanath was chairman of the com mittee on repairs and improvements. an he worked hard with brain and muscle He aud his wife painted the 65 pipes the big organ. some of the pipes goin through his hands eight different times Much of the success of beautifying th church and organ was due to his until ing efforts An organ recital was give Friday evening June 18th and was marked success. An apprsciative aud ience filled the church. On Sunday Jnne 18th the church was formall opened. At both the services the COT gregations were very large. Preaidin Elder Travis preached in the mornin and the Rev W. A. Ohadwick. Of M Kisco, preached in the evening. Tn ohrrcb will celebrate the centennial {