Connecticut western news., 1895-11-14
Local News.


 Hollow, was in town Sunday.
 Editor Rodemeyer, of the DAnbury Dispatch, was m town from Saturday till Wednesday.
 A new and correct timetable of the PR. &N. E. road appears on the fourth page.
 -Largest assortment parlor heaters. ranges, and house furnishing goods 1t Alvord's. Winsted, Ct.
 White & Russell arc going to open . hat store in Mrs Hardenburgh's new building on Railroad street, Monday, Nov. 18th.
 -Ex-Judge A. T. Roraback, wife and two daughters of Canaan. spent last Friday evening at Milton Roraback's in Ashley Falls.
 Rev Fr. Keating, of Norfolk. ofiici- ated at St Joseph's church Sunday morning and preached very useful sermon.
 The Pilgrim social at the church parlors on Tuesday evening ia reported as . very enjoyable affair by those who attended.
 James Fitzgerald is working for the Southern New England Telephone Go. setting poles along the line of the Housatonic railroad.
 -Rev F. W. Barnett read the pastor q letter of the House of Bishops to his flock on Sunday, as required by canon of the Episcopal Church
 The Whist Club will meet on Fri day evening. 22. at Mrs George 0. Peet'a Mrs Barnett and Mrs 8. A. Eddy,. with Mrs Peet will entertain. -E P. Hunt & Co, of Great Bar rington. will give away nice fur boa with animal head with each ladies' or misses cloak or cape sold next Satur- day.
 -James Pendergrast has written to a resident of this town, from tho Hart ford hospital, that it seems probable that he will lose the sight of one of his eyee.
 Several thousand guesses have been made on the Richmond range at AL worlds, Winsted, Ct. Blanks will be sent free to parties out of town desiring to-guess.
 I. P. Hornbeck. of Falls Village, will have . rousing auction at the Bostwick house in Lakeville. Tuesday, Nov. l9 A big lot of furniture. carpets and house furnishings.
 William Bennett's condition has not improved during the past week, on the contrary he has grown weaker ow- ing to his inability to retain medicine and nourishmenk
 The remarkably mild weather last week continued until midnight on Sat urday. At 10 o'clock on Saturday eve ming the mercury registered 65 degrees regular summer weather.
 Mrs Dr Adam will by request soon give some account of her recent jour- ney through England and Scotland, in tho Town Hall. for tho benefit of the Village Improvement association. Due notice will be given later.
 Mir Freeman. wife and son. of Tex as visited in town over Sunday. He is . cousin of D. l. Peirce and D.L- Free man of this village. MT Freeman had only been to Canaan once before and that vas about 20 years ago.
 Rev E. 0. Starr. of Cornwall. preached in the Pilgrim church last Sunday morning in exchange with Rev 0 D. Milliken. Mir Starr presented many thoughts and convincing areu- ments from the text recorded in Psalms LI1.I.
 Miss Irene Greene, came home from her school in South Norfolk last Fri day and has since been sick with scarlet fever. It is supposed that she caught the disease from some of her scholars who returned to school before they had fully recovered from the fever.
 The policy pursued in the past by our selsctmen of refusing to feed and lodge tr.mps has brought it about that very few tzamps come to this town. ma . :. =. A .h..1I IA Tha krarop so . nuisance at tho best. and is very often a very dangerous visitor for. women iu isolated farm housee.
 A wonderland for those desiring hats, is the new store which will open on RaiIrosd street, Monday, Nov. l8. where you can get your hats in all she latest styles at wholesale prices, both soft and stiff. Come and sec us, we will use you we'll vheth CT you purchase or not White < Rus sell. agents.
 Mrs F. W. Barnett and Mrs O. R Camp attended the 18th annual meet ing of the Connecticut Branch of the Woman's auxiliary to the Board of Mis sions of the Episcopal church, Hartford last Thursday. Miss Lillie 0. Barnum O Lime Rock, was chosen manager in tn. Litchfield Arch deaconry. The sum o 5000 was pledged for the ensuing year.
 The sscond meeting of the Whis Club given last Friday evening by Mir M. Williams and Mrs F. Van Deusen a tho residence of the later was greatl, enjoyed by all present. The frs prises. consisting of . Canaan sourveni anoon and . score tahlat were won b