Connecticut western news., 1896-02-13
Local News.

-Canasn's five-oent poet-Nicoll.
 Oh fellows! Have you been insit. edp
 -Go to the Minstrels Saturday night.
 -Ah therel Saint Valentine with your ally, Leap Year
 M s James Quinn has recovered from Ter fall o" the ice.
 HI. D. R ed goes to New York to- day tor f, W days stay.
 The w list Club met with Mrs War her at the hotel ast ev ming.
 WI Thomson was home over Sun. day, from SD ing gfield, Mass.
 The best way to be taken care of is to take care of yourself.
 H. B. Ives, who has been housed up with a severe cold for some day 8, Is on the mend.
 Charles Rodemeyer was in Retl el ov-r Sunday. He reports T. Archie Evans as improvi g nicely. "A. Albert Barnes, who recently re- turned from Hartford, is pursuing ! is studies at the Canaan Academy
 Arthur Wolcot. is reported a struggling with the measles, as are also two o her persons in this village.
 Mrs s. A Eddy left on Tuesday for Jamestown, N Y, where she will spend several weeks with relatives.
 Twenty. five per fo me's in the Min strel show Saturday night. Seats on sale at Collins store, 25, 35 and 5C csnts.
 Fish Commissinr CT Hubert W,l- Hams expects to distr bute some wall eyed pike in May or June. They are fine table fish and of fair repute ss @ game fish
 It isn't good thing to dream about your liver as it denotes losses and discomforts. It is a worse thing to dream about your debts as that de. notes distress.
 January used to brag about its old fashioned thaws which always broke the backbone of winter. but now Feb. ruary takes the prize on sudden and destructive thaws.
 MT L,man Dnnning's condition yesterday afternoon was about the same that it las been during the past week. His mind is unbalanced and he does not recognize the family or friends.
 Frank Hitchcock has purchased the farm known as the Aunt Mary Douglas farm" of Mrs Mary W. Ward and the farm will l'e occupied b, 0. E Holcomb, Jr on and after April first. Last Friday eve ing sixteen or more friends of John G Adam called at hi, home quite u, eIpectedly to him and treated him to genuine old-fa>hio, sarprise party. He and the, enjoyed it immen ey.
 Mrs Julia Fox. of East Canaan, i recovering from short illness. He 8Sd bi, thdsy occurred Tu, sday of thu week. Her friends had i,.tended t, give her 8 birthday surpnse part. bu her illness and the indictment weatL e prevented.
 The Western District Dental Soci sty held meeting at ,he Ameriral H 1use in Pittsteld, Mass ,last Mouda, The topic for disc ussion was "Wha perplexes you most as dentist" D Ross of Canaan attended as a guest o the secret ", Dr Hill of Or. at Barring ton.
 The Norfolk Dramatic Club Min strels are under the supervision of M Harry E. Stevens and should not b confounded with a, other minstrel shoy from Norfolk which came here las season. The show Saturday night is burnt cork affair with lots of expensiv triu, mings and every one should see ] and have a good time.
 Last W ek Wednesday Mrs Belts sister of Mrs George c. Peet, was ope, sted on for appendicitis at Bridgeport The operation, ~hich was performe by pr Tipping, the we'll known specia ist in this class of cases, assisted b Drs Godfrey, Banks aud Wright, all ( Bridgeport, was qnite successful an Mrs Betts is reported as comfortable though weak. Ms George 0. Peet hs been with her since Monday.
 The furious southeast storm ( rain and win last Thursday whippe the sleighing quickly and completel, and caused the rivers to overflow the banks. Not much damage was done this to~ n. but serious wa honts on th Housatonic railroad at Hawleyvill' Brookfeld, and other places d. mor' liz d freight and passenger traffi' The north bound trai due at Canas at 55 s"d 24 p m. did not arri, until after m dnight. The next day a trains were about an h UT late, cause by transfers at Hawleyville. The R. &N E ad did not suffer mucl and nearly all trains rai on schedu, time.
 Mrs Lucy Ann Sparks died at h. home in the town of Salisbury we togue) at the age of s2. on Sunday tt ha T 0f Lucy Dibble, to whom Ms Sl arks VI related, which occurred about thr' years ago, Mrs Spark had lived alon althougn her neighbors kept in COT munication with her. Mir Dwigl Allyn visited the house Sunday mori ing and found that Mrs Sparks hs been seized by stroke of paralysi She was living when fou' d. but dIt
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