Connecticut western news., 1893-08-17
Local News.
Venus is evening star.

An exchange says: People drive over roads; they pick their way over poor apologies for roads.
 F. E. Egleston and wife, of Falls Village, have been visiting relatives at East Canaan since last week.
 Joseph Simpson, of Thomaston, vis- tied his mother, Mrs Susan Simpson, here from Friday until Tuesday.
 The work of digging the cellar for Mrs Bonner's house, which is to be erected on East Main St. was commen- ced Monday.
 A cushion sale, and supper, will be held on the lawn and in the parlors of the Pilgrim church, Tuesday evening, August 22ud.
 The grounds on all sides of Peter Hicks new house on Gillette St. have been nicely graded and seeded down. Of course Frank Van Deusen did the job.
 Among recent registrations at the Connecticut State building at the Worlj's Fair we notice Fred B. Young and Alice New, of Canaan; Mrs O. H. Guiou and D. M. Wilcox, of Falls Vil- lage, also Miss l.. A. Fuller, Canaan.
 Farmers or others who desire a copy of the report of the State board of agriculture and experiment stations will be supplied gratis on application to the town clerk or iudge of probate. The book is full of useful information for farmers and tobacco raisers.
 We have been kindly remembered with the prospectus of the Robbins School at Norfolk for l893-4. We mo- ticed that the name of Mir c. Edward Tilley (who is now tutoring Samuel G.. Oamp) disappears from the list of in- structors for the coming year, Arthur Vyne Woodworth taking his place. The Canaan Water Go. has just completed the work of lowering the pipe through Reed street. It has been difficult piece of work, as it was found necessary to blast or otherwise remove rock the entire length of the street. The pipe now lies from four to five feet below the surface instead of one foot as before.
 Constable Drake says that Charles Hart seemed to adjust himself readily to his new surroundings. Mr .Sedg- wick's house is pretty full just now. He has about forty boarders, so that it is impossible to give each gentleman a separate bed room. The chair seating industry IS fourishing, all hands at work and full time.
 Attached to Conductor Beers train, on the Berkshire division. as rear brake. man is person well known in New Haven county, being ex-Deputy Coro' ner Pond of New Haven. Many are surprised to see MT Pond, who is Yale graduate. occupying so humble g posl. tion, but it is said that he has a desire to learn railroading and to do so he has commenced at the foot of the ladder Old employees predict that he will rise rapidly and ere many years will be oc cupying positions of trust, as none fol 8 moment think that he intends to al ways remain brakeman. -Ansonia Sen tinel.
 -One night recently as "Gat" Dc Hart was on his way from Canaan Val ley to East Canaan, with considerable sum of money in his pocket, and wher on the road through the woods north O H. o. Stevens, an unknown man step ped out of the bushes and confronted him, while at the same time he noticed another man approaching from th other side. De Hart suspected mischie and promptly knocked down the mal nearest him with blow of his fist. A the man fell the other man who in tn meantime had run up to the first one stumbled over No. l, and Mir DeHsrt il the confusion rapidly retired from tn scene and arrived safely at East Canaan
 MT Edward Hopper died in Phils delphia on the 7th inst. at the age of years Last year Mir Hopper and hi daughter spent several weeks in thi town. He was in more ways than on very remarkable man; one of the fore most lawyers in Philadelphia. continu ing in practice till within year of hi death, and noted as a philsnthropis He was the last survivor of 16 children Mrs Abby H. Gibbons, of whose remarl able career we made some mention few months since, was his sister. M Hopper was charming in his converst ton and was noted for his repartee, hi power of mimicry and his fund of anet dotes He was member of the Societ of Friends
 -NoT1cH-To the people of Canaa and vicinity. I have opened fine mel chant tailor shop at Canaan and I ar now fully prepared to take orders fc fall and winter suits. I have a yer nice line of samples from which to selec Remember that carry nothing but th best line of goods. of English and Frenc manufacture. Remember that I don send your order to New York or Bosto and have the clothes made up in th sweater shops, and that I would nc make you believe it is CUSTOM MADE an give you a READY MADE suit for oUsTo PRICE. Remember that have been Z years in the trade and understand m business well. Remember that th clothes are made right here in my shol guarantee stylish cut and a first ella. fit, good and fine sewing. Remembt that I have worked in the best shol and cannot turn out shoddy work. Yo