Connecticut western news., 1893-04-27
Local News.

Miss Fannie Holcomb is quite ill at her home in this place.
 Mrs J. l. Pease has been very ill with the grip but is improving.
 The frame for Peter Hicks new house has been raised this week.
 -J Henry Roraback went to New York Tuesday on business trip.
 -James aHd Hugo Thomson were in New York ever Sunday visiting friends. The frame for Miss s. w. Adam 8 new house on High St. was raised last week.
 Quite number of the school chil- dren, and some adults, have been hav- ing the pink eye.
 The next meeting of the Agassiz society will be held at H. N. Adams on Tuesday evening, May ?
 Mir D. P. Wheeler. of Washington Hollow, N. Y. has been visiting friends in Canaan and vicinity during the pnst week.
 Miss Fanny Rudge, recently of Sheffield, Mass, returned Saturday from an extended visit in Brooklyn, N Y., and will hereafter make her 4bome in this town.
 The Lliani Russell Opera Co.. which includes about seventy-fve per sons, took breakfast at the Warner House about o'clock last Sunday morning, The company was en route, by special train via F., R. & N. B. road, from Boston to Philadelphia.
 Fuller & Peet and Peter Hicks have come out with new delivery wagons Covered wagons.) and Geo l.. Parsons & Son have come out with an elegant and convenient delivery wagon without a cover. We also observe number of new carriages and phsetons in town this spring.
 A bill was passed by the Connecti- cut House of Representatives last We'd nesday electine Miles T. Granger, Dwight Loomis and Elisha Carpenter to serve with ex-Jndge D. Park as state referees. The are to receive $20O0 per annum and expenses.
 Today we publish the obituary of one Moore of "Evangeline's" bache- lors, Now only six remain of the origl- nal twenty two heart, breakers. It is the unexpected which always happens, and perhaps ere long we may be called upon to publish the obituary" of the remainder who at least ought to commit matrimony.
 Mrs M. w. Ward has quite hospi. tai at her residence in Hartford. Mrs Ward has been ill several wt eks with the grip and jaundice and does not sii up yet. Her daughter, Miss Bessie Franklin. has been sick about ten days with scarlet fever and is attended by two trained nurses. Edward c. Ward recently came home from Florida and is or was on the sick list.
 The first floor of the town hal building has been divided into three rooms; one very large room on tho north side for court room and for cleo tion purposes, and two smaller room, on the south side for town clerks office and Jndge of Probate office. A gooG veranda will be built on the front of ths building. The lock up in the basemen has been demolished and all the olt rubbish in the cellar carted of.
 Canaan and Seymour seem to keel pace in building. The Seymour Rec ord says:
 Every house built in Seymour Is , benefit to the business interests of tb, community. It is therefore for every body's interest to favor in every reason able way the building of comfortable homes. For dozen years past there has been a good number of convenien dwellings built here every year and th' prospect is that the good work will con tinue.
 MT Charles Moore, of this place and Mrs Florence Beyers, of Baltimore Md, were married at the residence o James Mcclure in Millerton on Tues day evening, April l8. The ceremon was performed by Rev w. O. Olive, After the ceremony wedding suppe was served to number of invite, guests. MT and Mrs Moore went Maryland on their wedding journey an will return here and settle down t housekeeping. The bride and groor received g large number of handsom and valuable presents.
 Mrs Mary A. Harrison, widow C William Edward Harrison, died at tn home of her son-in-law, Erastus Hol comb, in this town on Saturday. Tn cause of Mrs Harrison's 8 death was pneu monia and she had been sick but thre days. Her age was 79 years, 3 month and ten days, and her home was g Cornwall. The funeral was attende on Tuesday at Cornwall. Mrs Harriso was woman highly esteemed and ha been member of the Congregations church at Cornwall for many years She leaves five daughters and two son One son, Charles Harrison, is very sic at Chicago, I'll. and at this writing not expected to live.
 Another snow storm, a reguls lamb-killer, ragged last Thursday for' noon but changed to rain and sleet the afternoon. An infant cyclone rage during the afternoon and evening. NJ much damage was done in Canaan, b, at Boston Corners. telegraph poles vel blown across the track and the expre train due here Ut 9 Al o'clock Frids morning was nearly four hours lat Treee and fences were leveled in Berl
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