Connecticut western news., 1894-06-28
Local News.
The days are growing short.

The days are growing short.
 Did she leave me any money?"
 -"Rip Van Wrinkle" Saturday night
 The frame for J. H. Rorsback' 6 new house on Prospect Ave, was raised last week.
 Now read the complete time table in effect on the P. R. <. N. E. road June 10sh.
 Miss Crowen is visiting in Lime Rock and expects to go to Sharon be- fore she returns.
 Miss Porter, of Winsted, was the guest of her friend, Miss Pearl Ham. from Friday to Monday.
 The young ladies reading club Hawthorne Club went to Twin Lakes this morning to spend the day.
 -G. B. Gardner and family, of Cox ssckie, N. Y, arrived on Monday for a weeks visit at Warren McIntyre's.
 Rev. F. Thompson officiated at Christ church on Sunday in the absence of the rector, who was at New Milford.
 Austin Joyce has secured position as freight brakeman on the Consolidated road and began his duties last Friday.
 MT and Mrs William A. Miles, of Poughkeepsie, N. Y. and family are spending the summer at Twin Lakes.
 Samuel Rider moved on Monday from Ashley Falls to the Brinton place on Tobey hill and will work for Stiles Stevens.
 Miss Margaret Condit, of Brooklyn, N. '. returned to her home yesterday after visit of several days with her schoolmate, Mrs G. Archie Adam.
 Ninety eight to 100 degrees in the shade in this village last Saturday after noon. but an agreeable change began Sunday.
 A local paper is just as much To- cal business enterprise as any store in town. yet many people seem to think that it's benevolent institution, and it 5 run for the fun of it
 Rev F. Thompson has began the building of a two story cottage. on East Main street east of the Academy gym nasium, which will be occupied by Mrs Thompson and the children. Mir Bod we'll is doing the work.
 Victory Council O. U. A. M. held an open meeting in Grange Hall at East Canaan last Friday evening and was addressed by State Organizer Gil more and others. A four horse load of members from this village took in the racket.
 The ice cream festival iu the Pill grim church parlors on Friday evening was very enjoyable event. It was a perfect ice cream evening and the young people dispensed all their ice cream and had to send for more. The amount cleared was about $l5.
 -"Rip Van Wrinkle, or The Sleep ot Twenty Years" will be played at Towr Hall. Saturday evening. June g. "Rip' the Catskill vagabond, will be i'm personated by big Bill Bittner. tn, stony hearted Gen. Won Beekman by Frederick Julian; and Gretchen b, Edith Julian. The rest of the cast in cludes Felix Haney, Harry Graves Ella Bittner and Louise Haney.
 Thomas Mnllen was arrested ol Monday on the complaint of his broth er-in-law. James Pendergrast, of Eas Canaan. who lives in one of the so-call ed Maxwell houses. Mullen wa brought before Justice Fuller in tn evening. It appeared that he had gon very far toward demolishing his broth er-in-law's house with an axe. while un der the inhunce of liquor. The iustic held him for trial in the superior court fixing the amount of his bail at $500 Being unable to give bail he was takel to the Litchfield jail on Tuesday morn ing by Constable Drake.
 A letter from Mir E. l.. Kenyo says that the horse supposed to be his of which notification WAS made to tn authorities through Mir Beckley c Canaan, was not his horse, but it belong to man from Danbury. Mir Kenyon letter is dated from New Milford, an was directed to Chief-of-Poliee Wheeler The hunt created by the wide sprea advertising resulted at least in the Oar bury man getting his horse, and 1t hs also revealed the fact that number ( horses missing have probably bee stolen, in different parts of Connection -Winsted Evening Citizen June 2l.
 The P. R. & N. E. road probabl received more curses last Saturday tha in many Q day. The train leaving liar ford ct 1920 a. m. was over an hour lat at Canaan and missed connection wit the Housatonic road. The delay ws caused by using hard coal in an engin built for soft coal. The strike in th coal mines had reduced the supply ( soft coal but the engine did not mak steam rapidly with hard coal. Tn train leaving Hartford at 3 % p. n came to grief at Canton where the el zine became derailed and caused a d. lay of about three and one half hour Of course the train missed connectie with all trains on the Housatonic ros at Canaan, but this was not the wor feature as 100 or more passengers fro New York waited the same length
 time at Millerton for an engine to pu the coaches from New York through Winsted. The switch engine and ere at Canaan ought to have been sent
 MiIlorton and taken the train throuc