Connecticut western news., 1893-07-13

-Ex-Mayor Vessels and wife, oi Bridgeport, are at the Warner House.
 Miss Mary Finnegan, of Railroad street, has gone to Winsted to get work in factory.
 Mrs A. w. Nicoll and Masters Au gustus, Albert and Willie are at O.. O. Briggs in East Canaan. MT and Mrs Julius Corbit and Dr and Mrs Clemans went to Pine Orchard, on the Sound. last Saturday.
 Rev Elisha Whittlesey officiated morning and evening in Christ church on Sunday, the rector being absent.
 Misses Julia Stewart and Belle Lor- aain start Saturday for months visit at Pittsfeld, Westfield and Boston.
 Clarence w. Warner, of Great Bar rington, came down on his bicycle Fri day and visited over Sunday with John Beckley.
 Judge A. T. Roraback and family are camping out on the shore Of Lake Washining in two large tents. They went into camp yesterday.
 The forward coupler on the bag gage car of the 12. s8 p. m. train, on the Housatonic road, broke off as the train was leaving here on Saturday. After some delay the car was chained at the tail end of the train. ..-
 Do not be victimized by two plausi- ble young men who are doing up the country enlarging pictures for nothing. It will cost you about $5 before you are done with them and you will be older and wiser. r.-Winsted Citizen.
 The London Lancet says that seri- ous damage to the spines and chests of bicyclists will result from the habit of bending low over the steering bars of their wheels. Our bicyclists. however. all sit erect in graceful position.
 The Millerton Telegram of July 9th says:
 Among the certificates of marriages handed in by the Rev w. O. Oliver this week we noticed this one: Lewis O.. Rhoades, barber. to Mary Carey, both of Canaan, Ct. date, June 11th. Can aan News please copy.
 The Bishops, of Bridgeport, went into camp on the island in Lake Washi- ming last Saturday night. They cele- brsted the event in grand style. Part of the program being the firing of the cannon, for which purpose they had ob- tained keg of gunpowder from Fuller & Peet's.
 The east bound express train, which was delayed here till about eight Friday morning, struck milk wagon, near Bloomfield, demolishing the wagon and drenching the engine and the car next to it with milk. Strange to say neither horses nor driver were hurt, only well shaken up and scared.
 On "Wednesday of last week Grin Shores and John Norwell, who were employed on the farm of Dwight Allyn near Ohapinville, got into a quarrel during the absence of Mir Allyn. Dur ing the combat Norwell struck Shores on the head with hoe, causing injuries from which it is feared Shores will not recover.
 A little drove of 10 or 12 horses, ponies and colts, belonging to MT Den his, who owns place in Norfolk, at tracted some attention in this village Friday afternoon on their way to Nor folk. The ponies are o: the Welsh breed, not more than four feet high, but of perfect shape. Miniature hor- ses in fact.
 MT and Mrs O. o. Briggs gave 8 lawn party and reception at their home @ in East Canaan last Friday night. in honor of Rev and Mrs H. Utterwick and Miss Utterwick. on the eve of theil departure for the West. The house and grounds were tastefully decorated with festoons of Chinese lanterns. Be. tween forty and fifty guests were pres. ent. mostly young people, who passed the evening most delightfully."-, many of them dancing. The affair was 2 charming episode in the social life o Canaan. The refreshments. consisting of most delicious ice cream and cake must be mentioned.
 | ,/-Last Thursday night about clever o'clock vest bound freight train part ed, somewhere between East Canaar and Canaan, and the second section col lided with the first in the Bennett Hill cut. Nobody was hurt. but three or more cars were damaged, one was total wreck and had to be burned. Tb, track was torn up for several rods. Th' wrecking train arrived promptly, with large force under the direction of Road master McCarty, and by 7.30 o'clocl Friday morning the trains were agail running. One hundred and two pas sengers on the Washington express wer obliged to wait here six or eight hours l A man giving his name as R. Phelps came to Millerton, N. Y. abou four weeks ago with his wife and tw, children. He found rooms in Ge Conklin's house, and began housekeep ing. He seemed to be engaged witt Baker & Go. as salesman of fertilizers At first he paid cash for all he bough at the stores in the village. About tw weeks ago in very adroit manner b means of bogus checks he swindled M Conklin out of over $60.O0 and Hotch kiss < Eggleston out of $53. % and the he skipped. At last reports his famil were in Millerton. but they admit h has gone away like this two or thre times before.