Connecticut western news., 1894-10-11
Local News.


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 Miss AltaWetherell, from the West, is visiting friends in Canaan and vicin- ity.
 Mrs Sarah Warner, of the Warner House, is spending a week in New York oity.
 -J. l.. Bragg has just received two carloads of middlings, bran and flour for fall trade.
 -Mrs Frederick Lawrence, of Nor folk, is visiting at Mrs Charles Adam $ at East Canaan.
 A horse was stolen from the Gipsey camp, Saturday night. It was found in Canaan Sunday.
 Mrs Alfred Evans has been very sick with jaundice or liver complaint but is improving.
 -Get your tickets for the Concert to- morrow night; they are on sale at Collins jewelry store.
 The ladies of Christ church will serve oysters in every style at the Town Hall on Friday eve eainy, Got 19
 Last Sunday was a pen feet day with cloudless sky, and silvery moon in the evening; but how it did rain yesterday.
 George H. Beors, of Cornwall Bridge. visited friends here yesterday but Dr. Ross was the drawing card for him.
 Mrs Martin Mcclure, of Hartford, who has been visiting for the past two weeks at Mrs T. McGuire's. returned home Tuesday.
 Tt is now reported that the house of James Shultz is haunted. The family living there say that "Jim" ap- pears to them nights.
 -Wm. Garfield is building tele- phone line from his house in Brooks Hollow to his office at East Canaan. Tho poles are already set
 Sam Jackson who it is reported cruelty beat his wife in Winsted last spring was arrested at Ct Harrington fair and is in jail at Pittsfeld.
 J Henry Roraback attended the Republican county convention at Litch- field yesterday, in the place of Acel F. Rood, who was unable to go.
 Henry B. Ives and Fred R. Collin are in Hibernia, N. Y.. on g hunting trip. It will go hard with the poor grey squirrels and ruffed grouse. \ -Elwood s. Fla, editor and publish CT of the Manchester Herald, called at the NEWS Cffice last Saturday while on his bicycle trip to Lenox. Mass.
 Hiram Miller had COW taken out of his pasture Saturday night. Go on the mountain, you might find her. You remember that there was hide found last spring near the Brewster cabin.
 MT Seneca B. Strong is canvassing this town for Rev Francis E. Clark's new book "Our Journey Around The World" This highly instructive and entertaining book is sold only by sub scription,
 -Dr P. 0. Cummings returned on Tuesday from visit of few days with his son Sherwood in Norwalk. He re- ports Sherwood and the children as well, but that Mrs Cummings was sui fering from neuralgia.
 As . family COW the Guernsey should take high rank. They are more uniformly kind and gentle in tenn per and even in disposition than the Jerseys. Their large .eats are easy to grasp and give the milk freely. They give as much and almost as rich milk as do the Jerseys. Farmer
 The grand autumnal excursion to Albany takes place next Monday. Ex- cussion train leaves Hartford at 5. 20 a. m. Winsted 6. 35 q m. Canaan 7.15 2. m arrive at Rhinecliff at 9 20 a. m. thence by steamer Mary Powell" to Albany and return to Rhinecliff, where the special train will be in waiting to con- vey excursionists to their homes. Fare for the round trip only $1.5O from all stations between Hartford and Ancram, both places inclusive.
 Last week Wednesday afternoon and evening the ladies of the Methodist church held sale of potted plants and gave an old fashioned New England supper in the Church parlors. In re- gard to the supper. nothing was left un- done to give the entertainment an old time character. The supper included old times viands. the dishes were old time. the tables were lighted with candles and the pretty girls who acted as waitresses wore dresses of old time style. Between $35 and $40 were real ized.
 In justice to the Ct Harrington ball team, who vanquished Falls Vil- lage, Friday, we state the fact that every player on the G. B. tesm belongs in the town of Ct. Harrington, even to Jimmy Garry of the Portlands. and -well-there were five Falls Village players in the Falls Village nine. the others being: two from Winsted. one from Sharon, and one from Canaan. Garry is sslaried player on the Port lands but his home has been in Greai Harrington for years Mackey was a salaried player on the Portlands but now with the Winsteds and we doubt if ever he claimed residence in Falls Village. his home being in Pittsield Bump may have lived at the Falls. but we know Simmons never did. Morton at present belongs in this village and it