Connecticut western news., 1893-04-06
Local News.

Northwestern.
 The early advertiser catches the spring trade.
 Miss Mary J. Peck moves into a part of N. J. Kilmer's house.
 Mrs M. W. Ward, of Hartford, has been very i'll with the grip but is now improving.
 Samuel A. Eddy and A. A. Hub bard were on the sick list last week but are now out again.
 Fred G. Capron has been in town for few days and his gentlemen friends have been smoking at his expense. See marriage column.
 Prof J. M. Tyler. of Amherst col lege. will give free lecture in Pilgrim church parlors on Monday evening, April 10. Subject: Animal Instinct and Intelligence.
 The remains of Mrs Nellie A. Beard, formerly Miss Nellie A. White, were brought from Brooklyn, N. Y.. to East Canaan yesterday and buried in Hill side cemetery.
 / A train of fifteen refrigerator cars loaded with lemons, en route from Bos- ton to Chicago, passed through Canaan last Saturday via P R. & N. E. road Guess that Chicago likes lemonade. Jon Saturday morning 16 cars and, a hog engine were derailed and ditched at Clintondale, N. Y. The track was not clear until Sunday, this being one of the worst wrecks of it's kind the P. R X N E. has had. No one was injured.
 -Hotchkiss & Eggleston. of Miller ton, N. Y., are making drive on Spring overcoats, suits, etc. but their new ad- vertisement cannot appear this week as the outside pages of the NEWS were printed before the change of adv was received.
 Auction posters of all sizes, and pos ters and programs for entertainments of every description, all printed neatly and quickly at the NEWS job printing rooms For those favoring us with their pat ronage we will gratuitously publish in the NEWS 8 reasonable notice of the date and place of auctions, entertainments, etc.
 All the public schools in the village will begin the spring term next Mon day. In the upper room the unfiDish- ed examinations in geography and phys iology will be attended to the first day :; also an examination in astronomy. Bot any will be an important branch in the High school room during the spring term.
 The Y P. s. O. D. of the Methodist church held their business meeting on Wednesday night last week with Miss Bertha Coon. The meeting. was well attended and after business was all transacted the young people enjoyed a social party at which the gentlemen trimmed bonnets and the ladies sawed wood. Prizes were given to those who were the most rapid and also to those who were the slowest Much amnse. ment was derived from this kind of ell tertainment.
 A sad accident occurred in town on Monday. John Lee, AS, who lives on the College" was going from this vii lage towards East Canaan with load of hay. and when on the hill just east of the Lewis place the horses became frightened and started on a run. Nil Lee, in trying to hold the animals, slip ped from the load and fell on the neaF and then slipped to the ground, one o the wheels passing over him. He wal so badly injured that he died on Tues day afternoon at about o'clock.
 --On Monday of this week the senior editor of the NEWS commenced his elev' enth consecutive year of service in tht sanctum. John O. Beckley resumes his former position of associate editor after two years or more of faithful an6 proficient service as foreman of the me chanical department David O. Whit tlesey retires from the position of asso ciate editor in which he has labore( with rare zeal and fidelity since Novem Der 1891. He very kindly agrees t' lend a helping hand whenever needed provided it does not prevent the promp discharge of his duties as Judge of Pro 7 bate.
 Mrs Frances Smith Williams die' last Saturday at her residence, 12 Hicks St. Brooklyn, N. Y. Her funera was attended from her late residence o Tuesday at p. m. The older resident of Canaan will remember that Mrs Vii Hams resided in this village many year aod took prominent part in churc work and in sociables and musical CD tertainments Her husband, the lat Geo w. Williams, was merchant an druggist and carried on business in tn building now known as Camps dru store. Mir Williams and the oldest so died several years ago, but the thre daughters and the youngest son are li' ing.
 The state association of the Y. M O. A. with headquarters at Bridgepol is pursuing an admirable plan by whic towns not ready or not large enough t organize an association, may still be ae corded some of the benefits of such
 work. It is the appointment in thes places of an officer known as "Corres bonding Member" MT c. Willis Pal sons has been appointed for Canaan He will gladly provide young men. wh are leaving home, with notes of intro
 duction to the associations in the bus ness centres, where they will be cordia