Connecticut western news., 1894-06-21
Local News.

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 Miles l.. Ingraham is now at the Warner House.
 Mrs Spencer, of Stamford, is a guest of Mrs Bonner.
 The Julian Comedy Go. in Rip Van Wrinkle" at Town Hall, Juno 30.
 Miss Roraback and her school chil- dren went to Twin Lakes on picnic last Friday,
 Mrs E. K. Watson, of Warren, Penn., and her daughter are at Mrs Hardenbergh's.
 The frame for Frank VanDeusen' $ new house on West Main street was raised Tuesday.
 Prof H. M. Adams had peas from his garden for the first time on Monday the 18th. inst. Next!
 George l.. Parsons, who has now been at the Hartford hospital for nearly two weeks, is reported as comfortable, and able to go about the city.
 The temperature was only 90 de- grees in the shade last Friday but on Saturday, Sunday and Monday it was between 95 and 100 degrees.
 The Young Peoples Society will serve ice cream and cake in the parlors of the Pilgrim church, Friday. evening, June 22, from 2 till 10 o'clock. Ice cream and cake, 15 cents.
 The Julians gave very fine per formance of "Uncle Daniel" at Town Hall lat Friday evening to good sized house. They will play here again June 30th. in the famous play of "Rip Van Winkle.'
 Charles Stevens who eloped with Mrs Charles E. Barnes on May 18th. ar- rived home Monday, but Mrs Barnes has not returned. It is said that they have been staying in Kansas City since leaving Canaan.
 Trains carrying mail now leave this station as follows: Going North, 12.38 p. m., 729 p. m.; South, 8.26 a. m., 5.08 p. m.; East 9. 40 a. m, 30 p. m.; West, 1923 m., 5.16 p. m. Mails close 15 minutes before train time.
 Jas. l.. Bragg wishes us to state that the selectmen meet at the town clerks office on the first Monday of every month. He is often asked this question. Past this in your hat or tie a string around your finger, and thus remember 1t.
 The Hartford Courant says that Frank Decker, of Canaan Valley, eloped Sunday night with his fathers l6-year- old hired girl and went to Millerton, N. Y. and on Monday morning the two were made one by justice of the peace there. They returned and have tempo rarily taken up quarters with the bride groom's brotherin-law.
 The Consolidated road practices what it breaches. Its time tables read "sub- ject to change without notice." Last Sunday it changed time without notice, or at least reasonable notice, to the public; and on Monday the morning mail south was transferred from the train passing Canaan at g.. 40 to the 8. 2f train without notifying the postmaste, at Canaan, consequently the mail from Canaan "got left" and some of our citi zens were Fuller of wrath than evel against the monopoly.
 Last Thursday as Edward Lorrain IT,, was at work on the buildings on the Sage farm near Chapinville plane slipped off from the cupola and as i fell the blade got detached from the other part and struck Ed. on the hiI cutting deep gash five or six inches long. The other men bound up hi, wound with cloths and rope abou his body and brought him to this village in . wagon. Dr. Lee dressed the wound, taking 10 or 12 stitches, and Ed is now doing as we'll as could be ex pected. It was a narrow escape iron death, if it had struck his head. o crippling for life, if the spine had beer hit.
 The horse and wagon stolen iron E. F. Kenyon at Hartford on June 10th have been found at Sherman, Conn The Winsted Evening Citizen of Jun 18th. publishes about half a column il regard to the affair and gives Edito Beckley of the CONNECTICUT WEsTER NEWS all the credit for discovering tn stolen property. We think the Citize is entitled to a share of the credit inas much as on June 11th. it published description of the stolen property an by means of that description togethe with an advertisement published in tn New Milford Gazette of June 18th Editor Beckley was enabled to locat the whereabouts of the stolen property Newspapers and newspaper men fire quently ferret out crime but they neve desire or receive any reward for sue work. and seldom if ever receive even ''thank you, for such services.
 We have just been informed ths May 29th. was the 50th. anniversary ( the marriage of Mir and Mrs J. N. Fo1 of East Canaan. Although little lats we take pleasure in offering our COT gratulations and best wishes to Mir an Mrs Fox on this happy occasion. Flo many years Mrs Fox has endeared hel self to a large circle of friends an neighbors. She has always been d. voted and faithful member of the Cong church and the staunch friend of il pastors. As long as her healGh an strength remained she could always |