Connecticut western news., 1895-08-29
There was a faint display of the aurora borealis Sunday night.

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 Mrs Sherwood 0. Cummings, of South Norwalk, and three children are at P. O. Cummings.
 | Miss Mary Rowe, of Egremont. Mass, spent Sunday with her brother, Eugene Rowe, in this place.
 There will be an auction sale of spring pigs at 9 a. m. Aug. 30, at Frank Reyes hotel, Mill River, Mass.
 The Ellis family, of New Haven. who have been spending the summer at E. R. Lorrain's will return home on Monday.
 Mrs s. NJ. Humphrey returned Saturday from two weeks visit with relatives at East Hamp pton and Worces- ter, Mass.
 ] w. Fl. Emmons will start next Sat urday for weeks vacation at Lake George and will visit Grown Point and Fort Hconderoga. -.
 Mrs s. l.. Nash of Brooklyn, NY, is guest of Mrs Junius Rhoades and is calling on friends in town. She arrived last Friday.
 l Miss Kate Burton, who has been visiting at Judge Changers for some weeks, returned to her home in Middle town yesterday.
 The annual picnic of the Christ Church Sunday School will be held at Twin Lakes to-day. The party will take the 1O.24 train.
 About 20 young people had a private hop at the Town Hall last Thursday evening. E. J. Kerr played the banjo for the dancing.
 The gold watch and chain lost on Saturday at Pine Grove by some mem- Der of Rev A. H. Wyatt's family, was found on Monday afternoon near the tennis court in the grove.
 -Dr John Saadi, missionary among the Arabians of Morocco, formerly an interpreter to the Nile Expedition for the relief of Gen. Gordon, will speak iu Christ church next Sunday at the eve ing service 2. 30 p. m. The public are cordially invited.
 -George Bissell, of Winsted, died at Hartford on Tuesday night of portion its. He had been operated on last Sat urday for appendicitis. Mir Bissell was lo WQ engaged to Miss Ensign, daughter of the late Charles Ensign, of Huntsville.
 HI. B. Mcfarland has leased the Canaan Academy property with furni- ture and fixtures for the coming school year. School will open on the 18th. September. l.. W.Arnold. of Braintree, Mass, will be associated with MT Mac Farland.
 -Lucier's famous minstrels, includ- ing all of the old favorites as well as many new faces for public approval. will appear again at Town Hall, Canaan, Sat urday, Aug. 3l, with an entire new show. The company las been greatly strengthed since last here and great treat is in store for the people of Ca naan. Seats at Collins.
 70. s. Warne will resume his former position as station agent for the P. R. X N. E. road at this place about Sept. l Daniel Sullivan will take Mir Warne's place in Winsted. Mir and Mrs Warre will keep house in Mrs Frederick Thompson's cottage on East Main St People here are sorry to lose MT Sulli van. but will be happy to have Nil Warne here again.
 w. H Camp and J. s. Adam re turned on Saturday from Barnega Bay. They had fine time. They hired fishing sail boat, with the cap tain thrown in (not into the sea, how ever) and angled for weak fish ant trolled for blue fish. About one hun dred fish they claim to have taken including a little baby shark, whicl they threw back.
 Rev H. I. Bodley preached a Christ church Sunday morning. Tex ''For every one that exalteth himsel shall be abased; and he that humbletl himself shall be exalted" Luke XVIII IA. Mir Bodley left yesterday for To peka, Kans. The bishop of Kansas ha invited Mir Bodley to accept the posi- ton of dean of his cathedral and 1t is il regard to this matter that MT Bodle, has gone to Kansas.
 : -S. ". Barnes and wife returne, from Saltwater, N. Y., last week. ". reports dry weather in that section
 and says they are so saving of wate there that the Delaware & Hudso ? Canal Go have locks on the canal an ? use the water several times over. On D farmer in that section drives his pig : into the canal to soak them up, as b F says they are so dry they will not hol the swill he feeds them. Crops ar
 looking fairly we'll and potatoes brin - 75 cents per bbl; not much demand a n that.
 A gentleman of somewhat generou :, proportions, wishing to ascertain tn o precise figure at which he tipped th # scales," placed cent in the slot of th t weighing machine at the union depc s one day last week and stepped onto th
 machine. For some reason his weigl g was not registered and in moment ( n irritation he overturned the machin s and broke it. Declining MT Sullivan l. polite invitation to settle for the dan