Connecticut western news., 1894-09-27
Local News.


 R. 0. Newton's.
 Miss Eddy has returned from visit O a week or two in Birmingham.
 Mrs Mary 0. Corbit visited at Dr F. s. Parsons in Thomaston last week.
 Irving H. Roberts has gone to Salisbury to work in the Rule Go. office. MT Warne left on Saturday for two weeks vacation at his home in Penn sylvania.
 Miss Minnie Deming visited her brother, w. M. Deming, at Winsted last week.
 Editor Rodemeyer of the South Norwalk Daily News was at his home in Canaan over Sunday.
 Mrs R. O. Ware will return to her home in Wayne, Pa, tomorrow, after two weeks visit here. .s. The youngest brother of Manuel Riano. pupilat the Canaan Academy. has recently died in Havana. Cuba.
 There was heavy frost, genuine freeze. yesterday morning. At a. m. the mercury was only 2S degrees above zero.
 Vote. Don't fail to vote. Vote for happy homes. Vote for highest and best interests of society. Vote for No LICENSE.
 The bans of marriage between Joseph O'Reilly and Mary Griffin. botb of this place. were published at St. Joseph's Sunday morning.
 There will be floral festival and sale of potted plants Wednesday after noon and evening. Oct. sl. at the M E church parlors A New England supper will be served from p. m. to $50 p. m.
 Mfrs Peter Van Deusen, who has been ill with typhoid fever for nearly three weeks at the house of her son, Frank Van Deusen, is improving. Mir Peter Van Deusen will remain here about two weeks longer.
 Local favorites were fright in it" at Great Harrington yesterday. See account of bicycle races. Scanlon did not ride on account of his wheel being cut of condition. Decker won the great race of the day, the mile open.
 Two Arab peddlers were detained at this place yesterday on suspicion of having committed the robbery at Sharon, which is reported in our West Corn wall correspondence. They were, however, discharged for lack of evidence.
 A very pleasant surprise party was given Miss Julia Stewart on the twenty first anniversary of her birthday, Mon- day evening. Many of her young friends gathered at the house and quite genuinely surprised Miss Stewart. A number of beautiful presents were giv- on. -
 A merry party gathered at the new barn of MT Freeman on Tuesday ev'g to do the dedicatory hopors. The building was prettily hung with Chinese lanterns and the upper. story was carefully ar ranged with rugs. etc. The lower flool was waxed; Camps orchestra made tht music. Refreshments were served.
 The next Agassiz meeting will be al J. l.. Bragg's, Tuesday evening, begin ming at 73O o'clock. The election O officers for the next six months will talk, place. The principal subject under consideration will be "Trap Rock" witl specimens, its formation, its composition and location, how quarried, it's useful ness etc. All interested are invited.
 Last winter one mild case of smal pox in this town created panic. To day the town is threatened with a wors, visitation than small pox, viz, free rum What are Canaanites going to do abou it? During the panic last winter th' editor of the NEWS stated in these col umns, "Our private opinion is that i would be far better to enforce the liq nor law than to enforce the vaccination law" To-day our private opinion i that had the liquor law been rigidly. en forced this town would not'now be call ed upon to vote on the license question
 Luke XVII 8. 'tFor the childre of this world are in their generatio wiser than the children of light" No, is good time for Canaan church mem bers to mediate on the foregoing pass age of scripture. The "children of thi world" in Canaan are asking for licens but they are wise enough to know the cannot obtain it unless they WORK fo it, and they are working desperatel for it. The "children of light" in O. naan want no license; but are they wis enough to earnestly WORK for it? The certainly will be defeated unless the do work.
 Work is progressing on the new to bridge. The east abutment was fnisl ed few days ago and the approach wi filled in or graded last week. The wei abutment was nearly completed la week, only two more courses of stor remaining to be added. It is probabl finished by th1s time. The iron wo, for the bridge had all been delivere last week, and the work of constructir the staging or temporary bridge VI begun the fore part of this wee When this is completed the iron vol will be laid upon it and bolted togethe Some filling or grading will be require to construct the approach to the we abutment, and then said abutment wi be rip-rapped with stone on the nor side. All the work has been done