Connecticut western news., 1895-07-25
Local News.

Dog days.
 Smoke the Country Gentleman cigar. Miss Alice New is visiting at her uncle's, J. s. News.
 BASE BALL-At Winsted, July 20. Score: Winsted 5. Wallingford 3.
 Last call Copper wash-boilers $l.Ss. J.H. Alvord's, Winsted, Ct
 George F. Hardenbergh is at the Warner House for two weeks stay.
 Mayor and Mrs Clark, of Bridge. port, were at the Warner House Satur day.
 Rev Fl. I. Bodley and family, of Mount Vernon, are camping at Twin Lakes.
 Six tickets for the Pleasure Beach excursion last week were sold at this station.
 -Miss Hattie Jefferson, of Troy, N Y, is visiting relatives and friends in this place.
 Miss Mary Joyce, telegraph opera tor at Milldale, spent Sunday at her home here.
 MT and Mrs Theo. F. Watson and son Ted, of New Haven, were in town yesterday.
 George w. Curtis has purchased 1nf West Main street.
 A man may not feel able these days to buy bicycle, but he can buy a horse. fMeriden Journal.
 Miss Nellie Fish, of Saratoga Springs, N Y, is visiting her cousin. Miss Helen Miles, at Twin Lakes.
 About thirty families are occupy ing cottages at Pine Grove. The camp meeting will open Aug. 19 and close Aug 27.
 Mrs Dr Berens and Miss Radway gave party to few young people at the Canaan Academy last Thursday evening.
 The NJ. E. Sunday school picnic has been postponed to next Wednesday on accoQnt of the death of Mrs 0. l.. Smith, at Twin Lakes.
 Gan it be that the popular impress sion that the physician and undertaken go hand hand is unfounded? Perhaps it is. Terryville has now three doctors and no undertaken.
 A cablegram from Dr O. W. Camp and F. A. Peet from Paris, received here Monday, conveyed the informa- ton that both gentlemen were we'll and enjoying themselves.
 MT and Mrs John B. Reed. Mrs John O. Richmond and Prof. Henry M. Adams should have been mentioned in our report of Rev. Dr. Reeds funeral at Salisbury as being present.
 Rev Fr Lynch preached an admir- able sermon at St. Joseph's church, Sunday morning. on the fatherhood of God, taking as his text the words "Our Father. who art in Heaven" Miss Lizzie Finnegan played the organ.
 The body of George H. Benedict, aged 9. an inmate of the asylum for inn beetles at Lakeville, and who died there on the 20th inst was brought to this station on Monday, consigned to Ste phen Benedict at Stepney Depot.
 A hen belonging to Frank Lang don, of Canaan Valley. recently matched chicken with four legs, two in front of it's wings and two behind them. The chicken moved like 8 frog, and lived until it met an accidental death by be- ing stepped on.
 Grand excursion to Savin Rock. Tuesday, July 30. Tickets for round trip only $l 50. Special train leaves Pittsfield at 40 8. m. stopping at all stations as far south as Falls Village Time of train at Canaan 8 04 a. m. Due in New Haven 10.40 a. m. Return train leaves New Haven at 20 D. m. For further particulars, see posters.
 How dear to our heart Is the old silver dollar, when some kind subscriber presents it to view; the liberty head without necktie or collar, and all the strange things that to us seem so new the wide spreading eagle, the arrows below it, the stars and tho strange things they tell; the coin of my fathers
 ct- o~Jo bok . r. time or other twill come in quite vel the spread eagle dollar, tue star spangled dollar, the old silver dollar Vt all love so well.-[Ex.
 Last Friday afternoon there ap peared in our midst three tourist prin termen. One of these applied to tht foreman of the NEWS for work and wa. promised days labor on the morrow Now, these printermen went to a store ard bought food for supper and wen to the outskirts of the village to eat By this time word had been circulated that part of the famous Cook gang o robbers were in town, and the folks be gan to, get nervous. A vigilance com mittee was formed, who waited upor the three suspects and asked the busi ness, genealogy and financial condition of the trio. The prints showed thei union cards and referred the officers tt the NEWS. where one of the bretherr was to handle the metal next day. Sev eral places refused to lodge the des perate (?) three. and the vigilants wer' about to '.iug" them for the night whel the NEWS foreman appeared and re lieyed the committee of their b1rdel