Connecticut western news., 1895-05-02
Local News.

--Trotting hes begun on the track at Riverside Park. ......
 -"Quick Meal' gasoline stoves. J. Fl. Alvord's, Winsted, Ct.
 The rain prevented any ball game in Canaan last Saturday.
 Cotton and rubber garden hose. J. H. Alvord's, Winsted, Ct.
 The Misses Granger gave party to . few of their friends on Friday evening.
 The frame for NJ. l.. Osborne's new farm house Tn Weatogue was raised last week.
 70. B. Capron. of Amenia, N. Y. was . guest of F. R. Collin on Monday and Tuesday.
 The ladies of Christ church give 2 90 ,iable at Frank Van Deusen's to- night. Au are invited.
 The w. R. O. will give one of It's popular suppers in Town Hall, Friday evening. May 10.
 Communion services next Sunday morning at both the Pilgrim and Methodist churches.
 Rev B. Seeholzer will preach ser mon next Sunday evening entitled "Youth and Ambition"
 Ives & Peirce have few cords of good slabs, sawed in stove length, for sale. Speak quick If you want some.
 -Mrs Patrick Finnegan, of Reed St, who has been suffering from an attack of pleurisy and other troubles, is i'm proving.
 .-Miss Julia Duggan, who is studying at the New Britain Normal school, spent Sunday with her sister, Miss Duggan, in ttis place.
 Jacob Schamerhorn is recovering from an attack of bronchial pneumonia, and has walked out into his garden for . couple of days.
 Editor Van Keuren of the Winsted Evening Citizen and the Winsted Her. ald was in town yesterday and called at the NEWS office.
 Mrs Dwight Lefingwell has been a great sufferer for six weeks with infiam- matory rheumatism and is still unable 10 use her left arm
 Mrs M. E. Le Comte. Miss Le Comte and three children, of Montreal, arc at the Warner House. Mrs Le Comte, is sister of Mrs F. Thompson.
 -George Hardenbergh improved sufficiently to be moved from Troy to New Haven last week where his mother has rented house. Their furniture was shipped from Canaan to New Haven the last of the week.
 Truman A. Shores, of Canaan Val ley, butchered a calf, April p. that was . year and II days old winch weighed all told 627 lbs. The same day he butchered two October pigs, their com bined weight being 5l5 lbs.
 The R. & N. E. railroad company will run an excursion on Monday, May 2Oth. The route will be by rail from Hartford to Rhinecliff, and thence by the magnificent steamer Mary Powell down the Hudson river to New York and around the harbor and Statue of ] Liberty. The fare for the round trip from all stations between Hartford and Ancram will be S1.50.
 Through the kindness of Mrs Mary o. Corbit the editor of the NEWS has received during the past week solid silver spoon which had belonged to his mother who died nearly 45 years ago. Chauncey Yorker found the spoon while digging up flower bed on Mrs Corbit'f premises, which was formerly the John . A. Beckley homestead. The spoon, was as bright as ever, but how long it has l been missing no one can tell, but at the least it is more than 20 years.
 Edward K. Watson, aged 55 years, died suddenly of heart trouble, Apri p, ct his home in Warren, Pa. He wal . contractor and builder and carried or . large business He was the oldest son of the late Nathan w. Watson, o Canaan. He seldom visited Canaan and the last time he was here was il h< a6 tx attend his fathers funeral but he ar rived one train too late to be present a the services. He leaves wife ant several children, also four brothers ant two sisters.
 A very large audience greeted thu Rev B. Seeholzer at the Methods church last Sunday evening and listen cd attentively to his sermon on "Al Open Saloon our Goal" His remark were forcible and described the lament able condition of affairs in North Canaan without any. reference to the liquo question in New York city. He spok for forty minutes, and some of his state ments were news to many of his hear CTS. In the course of his remarks b reviewed the temperance agitation il this town last September, and state that since then the silence on that sub ject had been painful and in the mean time liquor had been sold daily in number of places in town. He state that he was informed that North Ca naan has twenty-two places where ir toxicants are sold notwithstanding th ' town votes no license. He uttered n uncertain sound about rum selling gambling and the social evil prevalen k<. lo .k,.