Connecticut western news., 1893-06-15
Local News.

-Photographer Deming took views of Garfield Brothers lime kilns last Thursday.
 Study the new time table of the P. R. < N. E. road published today and you will see it is very convenient one.
 MT and Mrs Henry s. Rood, of Benton Centre, N. r., are guests at E. D. Lawrence's and are calling on friends in town.
 The poet sang "Oh, what Is so rare as 8 day in June," but the editor replied "Remittances from delinquent sub scribers."
 John F. Addis, of New Milford, has been appointed prosecuting attorney for Litchfeld county by the county com missioners.
 The callothumpian band gave an open air concert on Railroad street and on Reed street on Wednesday evening of last week.
 The Allen-Batterson case which was assigned for trial this week in the Superior court at Winsted has been con- tinued to the next term.
 -On Saturday and Sunday the mer- cury paid its attentions to Ninety but the showers on Sunday afternoon frown- ed upon such proceedings.
 The financial crashes lately are probably due to the failure of the peach crop in New Jersey, which usually is reported about this time of year.
 Miss Sherwood. sister of Mrs Wm. J. Thompson, is at Mt. Elm, where she will remain for two or three weeks. It is six years since she WAS here last.
 MT and Mrs Geo. c. Peet left here for Bridgeport last Saturday. Mir Peet has returned but Mrs Peet will be absent a week and will in the meantime visit New York City.
 -Almerin Gillette caught dandy pickerel in the Black berry river last Thursday, and it wasn't much of day for pickerel either yet it was. an unfor- tunate day for that big pickerel.
 --Cut this out and paste it in your hat. Mail trains now leave Canaan as follows: CONC NORTH 12. 38 and 7.29 p. m GoINa SOUTH g. 25 8. m. 5.14 p. m.
 
 WEST. LAO a. m. 5.44 pm.
 The location of '.the old bridge" on the Peet Road. so called. which led from Frederick Gillette's to the Har- man Peet farm is romantic spot al- though the road has been closed many years. The old bridge had long been land mark but it was swept away by the flood last winter. During the past week Frederick Gillette rebuilt the bridge in order to reach his land on the south side of the Blackberry river.
 The new time table of the P, R. & N. E. road fills the bill and is all that could be desired by the travelling pub lie. The same can be said of the pres ent time table of the Housatonic road In fact both schedules work like 8 charm, when the trains are on time, and never were more or better connections made at Canaan although there are oc- casional unavoidable delays and conse- quent disconnections but that is not the fault of the time tables.
 The ladies' reading circle, the Flaw thorn Club, with many of their gentle man friends went to Twin Lakes, Thurs day evening on the 5.44 train They took basket lunch, which was eaten shortly after thelr arrival. After lunch the party enjoyed the beauty of the lakes by evening and amused them selves in various ways. About 9 o'clock E. s. Roots four horse team arrived on the ground and brought the merry par ty home by the way of Ashley Falls. /-Peter Garvey, of Winsted, the handsome and popular conductor on the F., R. X N. B. road, was agreeably surprised last Friday night by the re- ceipt of an express package from Bos- ton containing beautiful solid silver conductors lantern with his name, en- circled by wreath, cut on the glass. There was nothing in the package to indicate the donor, but Mir Garvey thinks that Mrs Alice Bridgman knows something about it, as he was conductor on the special train at the time of hei marriage.
 Look out for advertisements which propose to furnish swork to be done al home, no canvassing and big wages paid" All the advertiser wants is youl address which he can sell with others for BIO per 1000 to other sharpers while he keeps the two cent stamp which the advertisement says you must enclose There are several of these frauds opera ting from different sections of the coun try, and their receipts in stamps from gullible victims are said to produce , very paying income. Record. New Britain.
 There were three runaways in towr last week. N. s. Stevens horse wal frightened by the dropping down of thu end of the shaft and ran. Nat wal thrown out, but chung to the reins ant was dragged along the ground. Finally he was run over, wheel passing ove his chest. He has not yet recovered Dr and Mrs Church were run away witl by horse which the doctor had or trial. AS soon as the doctor and hi wife got into the buggy the mettlesom' steed started on dead run. The doc tor was thrown to the ground and Mir Church got out and let the horse s'pla. it alone" Nobody was seriously hurt i~.,< kbn doofor q ona not think tha ami