Connecticut western news., 1893-08-24
Where is "Old Humidity" this sea-

Mir l.. c. Colt and family, of Win. sted, were at Pine Grove over Sunday. pr and Mrs Parsons, of Stapleton, were in town from Friday until Monday.
 Young Ed. smiles broad, happy smile this week. The reason he smiles will be found in the birth notices. Mir and Mrs J. N. VanDeusen left Canaan last Saturday for few days so- iourn at Mantle and New London. Miss Winslow, of Bristol has been the guest of Miss Emma Lawrence and is now visiting other friends in town. The town hall lot is nicely graded down to the band stand, and there the work ceases until more funds are raised. | pr W. B. Geikie, dean of Trinity Medical College, Toronto, Ont, has been visiting his sister, Mrs George Adam, the past week.
 After the ball-no, just before the ballast Friday evening the piano in the town hall fell off the stage with g crash that was heard quite distance. The Young Peoples convention at Pine Grove camp ground yesterday was well attended, many persons coming on the cars and by teams from all direc- tions.
 Invitations have been issued for the marriage of Miss Emily D. Newton and Mir Robert D. Peirce at Christ church on Thursday evening, Aug. 31st. at 6 o'clock.
 Mrs Chas Nickerson and son of West Main street. spent Sunday at her old home. Lilly is slowly recovering from the injury received some time ago and thinks her arm will be as we'll as ever in a few days.
 A Kansas editor announces with some little sarcasm that he wants to buy sack of flour, pair of shoes and 8 straw hat, and is ready to receive low est bids for same. That is the way the merchants do with him when they want two dollars worth of job work. N Y -E. w. Ash has been appointed trainmaster of the New England divis- ion of the Philadelphia &. Reading Railroad. with headquarters in Canaan. vice J. J. Sellers, who has been trans ferred to the transportation department at Philadelphia. -Winsted Citizen.
 The "Second Heavies." the old Nineteenth Reg. Litchfeld county Regiment. will hold it's twenty seventh annual reunion at Seaside Park Bridgeport on Saturday, September 9th. The business meeting will be held in the rooms of Elias Howe, Jr. Post, G. A. R.
 A few of our young people had an unpromptu hop in the hall Thursday night and although the weather was quite warm those attending seemed to enjoy themselves perfectly. Music was furnished by violin and piano, MT W. H. Camp playing the violin and differ ent ladies the piano.
 An exchange says: Local barbers should wash their machines known as "clippers" thoroughly after each cus- toner. The New York board of health has discovered that many serious scalp diseases are directly traceable to the dirty condition of these implements They should be washed with ammonia after using until every portion is clean.
 The Cascade ball, given by the sur viving members of the defunct Magnolia club, in town hall, Friday night, was we'll attended and heartily enjoyed by those present. An orchestra of four pieces from Philmont. N. r., made the music. Thad Downing, handsomely attired and with boquet, acted as floor manager and was everywhere in a min ute endeavoring to see that everyone danced and thoroughly enjoyed them- selves.
 The twenty-seventh annual reunion of the Forty-ninth Massachusetts regi- ment will be held in Cheshire on Thursday August 31st. The one-hun- dredth anniversary of the incorporation of the town will be celebra- ted on the same day. and the citizens are preparing for royal welcome, es- pecially to the soldier visitors Messrs George l.. Parsons and Milton Rora- back, of Canaan, are members of the gallant old Forty ninth, Mass. Reg. D Detective Shook of the P. R. & N. B. road and Chief-of-police Wheeler of Winsted arrested three men at Winsted last Thursday night who were on west bound freight train. They had sneaked into box car somewhere east of Can ton with what object no one knows. They were tried at Winsted, and being unable to pay their fines were taken to Litchfield jail. The men were Edward Hartman, Columbus, Ohio, railroader; Joseph Reed. Hartford, driver; and John Brennan, Hartford, hostler. MT Luther Winch, of Sheffield, Mass, and Mrs 0. V. Kelley, of New York, narrowly escaped being killed by the cars at Hoag's crossing. north of this village. last Saturday morning. They were driving to Canaan and as they approached the crossing they heard the locomotive whistle of the 26 a. m express train, but Mir Winch supposed the whistle was for the station at Ashley Falls nevertheless it was for the crossing he was approaching. Mir Winch discov. cred his mistake when too late to retreat and he rushed his team across the track but it was close shave inasmuch as the locomotive cut one hind wheel off the wagon.