Connecticut western news., 1894-04-26

| at the present time it seems to have an impeachment in it's speech.
 Several thunder showers visited this place last Saturday. No damage was done and vegetation was benefited.
 Lyman Dunning is critically i'll with neuralgia at the hour the NEWS goes to press this Wednesday evening.
 -Rumor says that Eli W. Giddings has bought half acre building lot nearly opposite the Jacobs place on Elm St.
 -Mignonette. should be planted by every body. Nothing equals it in fra grance. Plant it early and put in plen- ty oft
 pr and Mrs William Camp have moved from Millerton, N. '. to Pitts field. Mass. where their son is employ ed in bank.
 The Rev B. Seeholzer and family are now "at home" in the Methodist parsonage. They arrived on Saturday and were the guests of Mrs Corbit over Sunday.
 Don't forget the Chapin-Karr mann concert at the Town Hall in Canaan this evening; and the Grecian Art Tableau O. entertainment at the Casino in Lime Rock. pr and Mrs Irving Barnes, who re- cently returned from the South. have been visiting several days at H. O. Barnes. The doctor is looking for a place to locate in this section. -Junius Rhoades will build large house at the corner of Church and Reed streets. It is said that Lewis Rhoades and Theodore Adam will oc- cupy it. The cellar wall is nearly com pleted.
 The meeting of the Agassiz society on May Day evening will be held at W. H. Camps. The subjects will be: Anchor Ice; The Recent Theories of Light; Economy in Nature; What causes Thunder2 cts.
 John F. Simmons, manager of the Winsted base ball club, has been prom ised special rates for each Saturday dur ing the season, by the P. R. & N. E. from Canaan, Norfolk, New Hartford and Collinsville.
 | -Pittsfeld, Mass, is now city of nearly 10000 people and is to have & daily morning paper. The paper will be conducted by Messrs H. T. & w. J. Oatman, and that fact alone is sufficient i to insure it's success.
 The Misses Clute, from Westport, attended the Social Assembly at Town Hall last Thursday evening and return ed to Westport on Friday evening. They will soon remove to their former home in Albany, N. Y.
 If Col. Breckinridge should ever 1 find out what the American people think of him, he'd probably want tc open store, not advertise, and in this manner disappear from public view Bridgeport Evening News.
 Mir and Mrs Marcus H. Rogers are to start in July for two years trip around the world; sailing from San Francisco to Japan. MT Rogers was formerly editor and proprietor of the Berkshire Courier at Ct. Harrington. Col. Hodge, of Riverton, was out Friday for the first time this winter, hay ing been confined to the house by grip and rheumatism troubles for several months. His many friends will learn of his recovery with pleasure. Winsted Herald.
 The series of Social Assemblies ai the Town Hall closed last Thursday night. The occasion was brilliant event h Canaan society life, It was es- timated that as many as 200 persons were present, including many from the neighboring towns Most of the ladies wore flowers or carried boquets. Ex- cellent music was furnished by Clark s orchestra, of Pittsfeld. Robert Steele did the prompting, Prof Duffy being unable to be present. Mir Steel proved an able substitute. Dancing was en- | joyed till about three in the morning. The grand march was led by Mir and Mrs J. G. Root.
 MT Merritt Burgess and Miss Mariette Bisbo. both of West Monroe, N. T., arrived in town Tuesday eve ming. MT Burgess called on Town Clerk Rood and obtained marriage license. Then the Rev B. Seeholzer was called to the parlor of the Warner House, and all the ladies in the hotel were invited to witness the marriage of MT Burgess and Miss Bisbo. Rev Seeholzer tied the knot neatly and se- curely and then all congratulated the happy couple. The bride and groom remained at the hotel over night. Ca naan seems to be Mecca of marriage able pilgrims from Northern and Gen. tral New York, as Mir Rood informs us that within year and one half he has issued marriage licenses to several couples from those sections.
 On Sunday afternoon George Lake and Jack Hogan went to East Canaan on pleasure drive. The balmy spring weather seems to have had an invigor- ating effect on their spirits. On their way home they became so elated that the horse did not seem to be going fast enough for them and they determined to develope the full powers of the ami nal. They were speeding him little recklessly, and in turning sharp cor