Connecticut western news., 1896-07-23
Band meeting tonight.

J. R. Bertholf, of Nyack. N. Y. is stopping at Warmers. The army worm appeared in Dr Camps oat fields last week. Christ Church Sunday School will picnic at Twin Lakes to-day. Miss Nettie Dunning is spending a few weeks at York Cliff on the coast of Maine.
 The Pilgrim Church Sunday School will picnic at Twin Lakes to- morrow.
 Starr H. Giddings. son of Prof. Giddiugs of Columbia college, was in town Tuesday.
 Miss Weltha A. Beckley is improv- ing and rode up to this village and back last Tuesday.
 The frame of Edward McCarty's new House on Railroad St. has been raised and sheathed. Frank Coons' house is being paint ed by F. H. Tiffany. Miss Susan Nor ton is also having her dwelling paint ed.
 MT and Mrs E. s. Hoyt,of Grggs- vile. Ill.,, are at D. L. Freeman's. They will spend the summer in Ca- | naan.
 The ladies of the Pilgrim Church will hold their annual sale Friday eve ming, July 31. Cation articles, china, and refreshments.
 Edmund D. Lawrence, his brother in-law. H. s. Rood, and Henry O. Barnes are enjoying themselves among the gaieties of Saratoga. East Canaan is the snake town now. Last week one of Rosters teams ters killed rattlesnake Aft. Tin. long and having % rattles. The reptile is now on exhibition in East Canaan. MT ard Mrs John Ryan went to Winsted on Tuesday to attend the fun eral of Mrs Ryan's sister in-law, Mrs Jeremiah T. Carroll, who died sudden ly of heart disease early Monday morn ing.
 Rev B. Seeholzer and family have been in Poughkeepsie for vacation of a few weeks, and there was no preach ing in the M. E. church the past two Sundays. Mir Seeholzer will preach again next Sunday. however. The entertainment by the blind of the Connecticut Industrial Home at the Town Hall last night was we'll pat ronized. The entertainment was quite unique and we'll given. The band and orchestra and glee club furnished music of good quality. Samuel A. Eddy attended this week at SaviuRock a meeting of the Repub- lican League of Connecticut, in which matters relating to the business to come before the National League con- vention, to be held in Milwaukee in the latter part of August, were discuss ed.
 The giugham dance of last Thurs day evening was so successful that 1t was repeated on Tuesday evening. A large number of young people have at tended both dances and seemed to eu- joy every minute. Camps and Rhoades' orchestras and different obhgiug pianists furnished music. 1 At the meeting of the school com mittee of district No 2, Thursday eve ming, it was voted to retain all the
 present teachers with the exception of
 Mrs E. S. Pease, whose place will be
 taken by Miss Catherine B. Finnegan. | This action of the committee Is not to
 be understood as implying any dissatis-
 faction with Mrs Pease. Miss Finne-
 gan is one of the recent graduates of
 the high school and is highly recom-
 mended.
 I The NEWS is indebted to Editor
 Vaill and Dr Drake, of Winsted, for
 copies of the Report of the Construc-
 ton of the Improved Water System of
 Winsted, Conn" The report includes
 every detail of construction, mentions
 the $48, 900 bequest of the late Hon.
 William l.. Gilbert, contains a map of
 the entire water system, and pictures
 of the lakes, canal, and dams belong ing to the system. Winsted certainly
 has reason to be proud of her water
 supply, and grateful to the donors. | Hugo s. Thomson, one of the NEWS
 force, has always been considered some
 thing of an athlete. but Hockey"
 tried something entirely new in ath-
 lectics recently, that is hurdle riding
 on bicycle, and the success of the feat
 is questionable. Hugo was riding home
 from the village in the wee small hours
 of last Thursday morning. and in the
 very uncertain light before dawn he ran into an open gate leading into field of Mir Bonner's on East Main St. The gate had been left across the path after the having of the day before, and Hugo's hurdle act was very involuntary but he says he went over the gate all
 though the cycle didn't. When he had sense enough to go on home he found
 that day had dawned and that it had rained since he was on the other side of the gate. He also found that the poor bicycle had suffered broken handle bar and had come out of it worse than he had, for he had received 1 no injuries save quite hard tunk on , the head.
 } Peter Goggin, the owner of the house on Ferris hill (so called) on the : lower road to East Canaan, will move the old house back near his barnyards and