Connecticut western news., 1895-08-08
Local News.

Smoke theCountry Gentleman cigar. Mrs 8. A. Waterman, of Cohoes, N. Y., is visiting relatives in town.
 Geo Curtiss is building a barn on his premises on West Main St.
 Lawyer Williams and family. of New Milford, are camping at Twin Lakes.
 Moses Wilbur is building house, to rent, on the corner of West Main and Bragg Sts.
 -G. Willis Parsons and Phillip Ham are spending a few days in camp at Twin Lakes.
 Mrs Frank Coon went to Westfield, Mass.. last Thursday to visit relatives two weeks.
 The 3arnum X Bailey circus will exhibit at Pittsfeld, Mass, on Thurs day, Aug. %.
 Last Sunday the Rev c. D. Milli- ken preached grand and timely ser mon from St. Matthew VII. 1-5.
 II will be absent on vacation from Sept. until the 2lst inclusive. H. l.. Rose, dentist. Canaan, Conn.
 Miss Anna Sheridan has purchased lot on Simmons Street. first west of Deans, and contracted with Beers < Trafford to build house at once.-Mll- lerton Telegram.
 Miss Flora Cogswell, who has been sick with scarlet fever and diphtheria at Pittsfield, Mass. since July 26, is get ting along very nicely and her speedy recovery is expected.
 The citizens did not hold meeting last Friday evening, but the elm tree beetles did and resolved themselves into committee of the whole to con- tinue the work of devouring the trees. The Sadie Stringham Stock Go gave ready good burlesque "Trilby" at the hall Friday night and merited a larger house. The specialties were all first class. The company closed their season here.
 Edwin l.. Coggswell died at his home in New Milford on Monday. aged 73. He had been connected with the Housatonic and Consolidated roads for forty-one years, as station agent and freight agent
 Capt Jonathan Norton celebrated his 99th birthday Thursday Aug. l, at his home in East Lee. Mass, and re- ceived the congratulations of many friends. The Capt has brother 93 years of age living in Vermont.
 A party of geologists and students will make an excursion through Berk- shire county and part of Litchfield county and then go to the eastern part of Conn. They will examine the rocks at Ct Burlington Aug. 21 and at Canaan Aug 22.
 Any persons in this town or adjoin- ing towns, who desire to take the ex- sminations for entrance to the Normal schools, can do so at the school house in dist. No. 2Inext week Friday or Satur- day. H. M. Adams, of Canaan, will have charge of the work from 9.30 8. m. to 4 p. n.
 John Sullivan, brother of Station Agent Sullivan, of r. R. & N. B. road at this station, died at Millerton, N. Y. Aug. 8. of consumption. The funeral occurred on Monday. Daniel Sullivan was with his brother for two or three days before and at the time of his death and returned to this place yes terday.
 Thomas Dahill was found dead in his lodgings at Winsted on Monday. It was shown by the autopsy that the cause of his death was poisoning by paris green, but whether the poison was self-adminlstered or not was left undetermined. Until the death of bis wife (January 1894 deceased had lived in this town, being employed at the furnaces.
 The following appeared in the first number of the Hartford Times, 78 years ago, when the question of the separa tion of the Province of Maine from tn, state of Massachusetts was being dis cussed. It is an old joke, but g gooe one, and here it is. UNION!-Th, ladies of Maine, it is said, are opposed to 8 separation, and are all for UNION to MAN.
 Mrs Huldah Dixon, of South Nor folk, widow of John Dixon. is suffering from tumor and has been under doctors care the past two months. Sh is quite feeble and sits up but very lii tie. Her advanced age, 7S years, is no favorable for her recovery and she ma not long survive. She is daughter c the late Samuel Johnson, of Norfolk ,an is well known and highly esteemed b the old residents of Canaan who will re gret to learn of her illness.
 While Fred French, who is work ing for M l.. Osborne, was cleanin his revolver last Sunday evening tn weapon was accidentally disc oharged an Fred, who was sitting at the time, T, ceived the bullet in his leg above u knee. Dr Church was called, but foun that the bullet had penetrated too deel ly to be reached with any of his instr, ments and recommended that Fred | taken to the Hartford hospital. S Fred went to Hartford Monday.
 MT Andrew Il. Loomis, who die