Connecticut western news., 1894-08-23
Local News.

Camp meeting did it-brought the rain. Miss Whittlesey is building cot tage near the Cowles homestead.
 MT and Mrs Samuel Bull, of Sandy Hook, are visiting at W. H. Camps.
 Reserved seats for "Editha's Burg lar" are on sale at Collins iewelry store. The frame for N. o. Briggs new house on Prospect Ave. was raised Mon- day.
 Now is . good time to subscribe for the CONNECTICUT WESTERN NEWS and secure good reading for the long evenings.
 -Miss Louise Ginand, stenographer, and Miss Annie Fox, telegraph operator. both from Bridgeport, are boarding at Mrs O. o. Briggs.
 William J. Ferguson's field of to- bacco, near Clayton. was quite badly injured by the hail storm on the after noon of the 10th inst.
 The ladies of the M. E. Church will hold xn ice cream and cake soci- able on Saturday evening at their church psrlors. Everyone cordially invited. "A pear tree in Fl. M. Adams yard shed its leaves about the middle of July and then budded about the first of Aug and now the new leaves are of full size -Miss J. E. Newton and Miss Ben nett will leave on Saturday for pleas ure trip to Boston. and from there by steamer to Grand Manan in the Bay of Fundy.
 Graves & Scott's Jolly Ramblers will be here Friday night and will pre- sent "Editha's Burglar" also some very 3Ane musical specialties and. dancing. Prices 25 and S5 cents.
 -Wolfe's cornet band, of Falls Vii. lage, assisted by two musicians from Canaan, played at Pine Grove camp ground last Saturday evening and were treated to refreshments.
 The rain has. begun to make in- roads on the big dronth. Last week Wednesday and again on Tuesday of this week, in the afternoon and evening, there were several s'smart showers"
 MT and Mrs William Barnum and their son Arthur, of Monterey. Mass, spent Sunday with their daughter, Mrs Henry B. Ives in this place. Master Arthur is staying here through the week.
 The hail storm which visited East = Canaan on the afternoon of the 10th inst almost totally destroyed the to- bacco crops of Messrs Edward s. Rob- erts and Frederick Bronson. Their loss has been variously estimated from 1000 to $l, 800.
 The special excursion train which was run on Tuesday from stations be. tween Pittsfield and Canaan inclusive tc Savin Rock and return had nine coaches nearly filled with passengers. The train passed Canaan going south about 8 .. m. and returned about g. 40 p. m.
 George A. Adam has II acres of DO tatoes from which he has reason to ex pect yield of 200 bushels, mostl, Monroe Co seedlings. He has brough samples of them to the NEWS office ani they are certainly the finest potatoes VI have seen this season. One potato' weighs l. pounds.
 MT Albert P. White has bought tn, Asahel Kellogg place, beyond the soutl cemetery railroad crossing. The prem ises is valuable piece of property, ant includes house, barns, etc. and fort, acres of land.-Winsted Citizen.-M Kellogg is native of Canaan but nov ed to Winsted about 20 years ago.
 Train Dispatcher Masters left her on Monday fora weeks vacation an' during his absence his place will b taken by Conductor Beaudry, of the F R. N. E road. The Winsted Citize says that "Mr Beaudry is good ma at the ticker and with the 'puncher and as .bouncer' he can't be beat O the road" rs#
 For some reason or other the trai on the Housatonio road due at Canaa at 12. 38 p. m. is late almost every ds and fails to connect with the 12 38 trai on the P. R. & N. E. road. The latte train always waits as long as it can witl out losing it's connection at Boston Co ners with train for New York. Sai train on Housatonic road is frequent from 20 to 45 minutes late.
 Base ball. The Winsteds have g' licked again. This time the Pougl keepsie nine did it. The time was la Saturday, and the place was the Vii steds home ground. Wonder what e: cuse the Winsteds can offer. Whel ever they get licked away from hon they claim they are not used to pla ing in an 'sold COW pasture" etc, ct The Winsteds play good ball, and the played well last Saturday, but u Poughkeepsies played better Sco 6to3.
 Mrs Clarissa Campbell, an auuS Warren Mcintyre, died at his residen' on Sunday. Mrs Campbell was wi ow, her husbands name being Robe Campbell, banksman at the East 0 naan and other furnaces in this vicini many years ago. Mrs Campbell W born on Mt Washington, Mass, ar lived there until about year ago, wh' she came to Falls Village. and since tl 1st. of May she has lived at Mir Mel +vra,. The cause of her death seer
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