Connecticut western news., 1893-02-23
Won't this winter pass for an ol fashioned one?

 fashioned one?
 Mrs Wm J. Thomson has nearly recovered from the pneumonia.
 The Edward Fitzgerald case was adjourned to Saturday (Feb. 25th) at 10 @. m.
 The big snow plow of the P. R. & N. B. road was stalled near Chapinville yesterday afternoon.
 Master George Bodley, son of the Rev H. I. Bodley, of Mt. Vernon, is wis., iting at Henry G. Williams.
 The Revs T. s. Bond and s. P. Cadman, of Millbrook, N. Y., will ex- change pulpits on Sunday.
 Mrs Maria Parsons, formerly of AsL y Falls but recently of Waterbury, has gone to Algona, Iowa, to reside.
 Mrs Humphrey Rood, of Norfolk, visited friends in this village from Fri day evening until Sunday afternoon.
 -FoR SALE. A fine building lot on Prospect Ave. Cellar nearly excavated. Inquire of Dr H. l.. Ross, Canaan, Ct
 The trains on both roads yesterday were like angels visits, 'few and far between" and also far behind time al- though two locomotives were pulling each train.
 Tnh uh hn a compositor on the NEWS, for nearly a year, has accepted similar position with the New Hartford Tribune and be- gan work there last Monday.
 The blizzard prevented the pres entation of 'sThe Confederate Spy" last evening; however, the drama will be presented here at an early date. due notice of which will be published in the NEWS.
 James Ryan, brakeman on the P. R. & N. B. road, was killed in the yard at May brook, N. Y., Friday night His train had been switching and afterwards he was found dead in the yard. This is all that is known of the circumstan- ces of his death.
 Do not forget to take in the great chaste and moral show at the town hall tonight. The learned and paradoxical ponies and donkeys and trained dogs will be we'll worth seeing. We are in- formed that the pulpit and the press alike endorse this show.
 Elsewhere in this issue is published a copy of the petition presented to the selectmen of Canaan in 1844. How many, if any; of those petitioners are now living? An old resident of this town says he thinks all of those peti- tioners, and the selectmen of 1844, are dead.
 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 reasonable notice of the date and place of auctions, entertain ments, etc. @
 Tt is rumored that Mir John H. Peet, of Brooklyn, N. r., will purchase the homestead and farm, about mile west of this village, owned and occupied for many years by his father, the late Har- mon Peet. John H. Peet has great veneration for, the homestead and he will spend his summers there, while one of his sons will occupy the premis- es during the entire year.
 On Wednesday evening, March 1st, the American Band and Orchestra, of Providence, R. I. will give grand con- cert at the Opera House in Winsted. Several noted soloists, both vocal and instrumental, will appear and pro- gram unusually varied and attractive is assured. Probably the new train will enable Canaanites to attend the concert and return by the express.
 Who knows whether the "Vestry of tue Protestant Episcopal Parish in North Canaan" have deed of the land on which Christ church stands? And does the deed correspond with the obli gation given by William Adam on April 22, 1845, and published elsewhere in the current issue of the NEWS? If such deed was given, has it not been for. feited by the failure to 'keep up a sub. stantial fence about the ground?" If a deed was ever given, when and where was it recorded?
 Last Friday about midnight Con. ductor Curtin's east-bosnd freight train on the P. & R. road ran off the track al State Line, which delayed the express train going west about three hours. Af forwards, toward five o'clock in the morning, the freight train parted twice and while the engineer Dougherty) was backing up rapidly to recover the cars he had left his section came into col lision with the second section of the de tached cars. The result was that the tender was jammed into the cab witl great violence and the engineer and { brakeman were slightly injured. r POINTERS.