Connecticut western news., 1893-04-13

 an attack of the grip.
 The exterior of Geo P. Strong's tin shop is being painted.
 W. H. Camp is having the interior of his drug store painted.
 Work on the highway at the Ben- nett Hill railroad crossing will soon be resumed.
 Charles H. Pease is on the sick list He has some fever and other symptoms of the grip.
 The carpenters have commenced work on Dr Ross new house Part of the frame is already mp and sheathed.
 Peter Hicks new barn is nearly completed. The cellar for his new house is finished, and ready for the car penters.
 The Misses Colligan have moved to East Canaan, but Lizzie will retain her position as telegraph operator at Union depot.
 The Wangum club have their tenn poray quarters fitted up and will hold 8 meeting in the rooms on Friday even- ing at 8 o'clock.
 John G. Adam celebrated his 18th birthday on Tuesday of last week by giving party to limited number of his young friends.
 We are informed that E.. R. LOT rain has taken contracts to build twen- ty-six houses this season, not all of them in Canaan however.
 Mrs Junius Rhoades was attacked Saturday night with bronchitis, and has narrowly escaped the pneumonia. but she is now improving. The Millerton Telegram says it's all right for the fellows to walk around evenings with chippies, but if their best girl is little firty-that's differ ent.
 g-Dan Sweeney of East Canaan has secured position with the bridge car penters on the P. R. X N. E. road and commenced work iu Poughkeepsie, Monday.
 Canaan is having another building boom. We have been given list oi sixteen houses now building or soon to be built, and yet these will not supply the demand.
 | Tho funeral of John Lee, who died at East Canaan on Tuesday of last week, was attended at the R. O. church in Mill River, Mass. last Friday. Inter ment at Mill River.
 Julius Corbit is not very well thi- spring, but it could hardly be expected that he would bs very frisky after hay. ing the grip several times. besides fall ing from an apple tree last fall aud fall i ing on tue ice last winter. The collection taken at Christ church on Easter morning was for pal ish expenses, and over $83 % were con tributed. In the evening the children Easter offering for missions was receiv. | ed, and it amounted to $15. 32. Prof J. NJ. Tyler, of Amherest col lege gave free lecture Monday evening in the Pilgrim church parlors. There was a good attendance and the lecture was very interesting, the subject being Animal Instinct and Intelligence l The Tennis club met at Miss Bragg's on Monday evening and elected the following officers for the ensuing year: President, MT George Fl. Clute secretary aud treasurer, Miss Louise Bragg The club will continue to us. the grounds at the corner of Main and Elm streets.
 -Dr Camp was called to New Havel on Sunday by the illness of his sister Mrs Harriet Chamberlain, who has tho pneumonia. She was more comforts ble Tuesday, but the crisis of the dis ease will not be reached until to-da, (Thursday). Dr Camp intends to be il New Haven again to-day.
 Il. D. Moore will sell at auction Q his residence, the Taft place in Ashle. Falls, Mass on Tuesday April 25th, a 10 a. m., horse, two harnesses, wagon two-seated rockaway, blackboard, lum Der wagon, sleigh, sewing machines stoves, household goods, crockery an. other al ticles not mentioned here.
 The Elktron aunfacturing compa
 ny of Springfield. Mass, will have
 $l0,00O electrical exhibit at the World
 Fair. Among other articles of thei manufacture they will exhibit con
 plete electric elevator in operation, an electric motor, electric dynamos. a
 electric pump, an electric drill. and complete electric light plant, all in o, eration. M. H. Robbins. Jr., of Lak' vile, Conn.,, who is employed in tl' company's draughting department. vi } have charge of the exhibit and the vol of putting it in place will be under hi } direction.
 Complaint has been made to th NEWS against certain place in this vi lage where, it is alleged, the liquor W, procured which, it is stated, was tt primary cause of certain mans deatl a It Is we'll known that the NEWS is ol posed to the liquor traffic. The NEv needs no urging to join in crusac , against illegal liquor selling in tn
 town, but the NEWS must not be expec ed to provide the town fathers, the mi isters of the gospel, the church member
 the leading business men and citizen , with back bone and moral couage befo they are ready to do their duty. W think that the present condition of ] cal affairs demands revival of publ