Connecticut western news., 1896-05-28
THURSDAY. MAY 2S, 1896.
Local News.


 Excursion to New York tomorrow. See reading notice
 MT and Mrs Michael Madden have moved into the apartments over Camps drug store.
 Landlord Cummings has rebuilt the front stoop on Geo. L. Parsons < Sons store.
 pr J. D. Clemans is having his house painted in a very tasteful style. George w. Curtis is doing the work. The graduating exersises of the Canaan High School will be held al Town Hall the afternoon of June 18th The banns of marriage between John Colligan and Miss Ellen Casey were published on Sunday for the first time,
 Miss Bessie l.. Franklin, who IS in school at Albany, N. Y., spent Sat urday and Sunday with Mrs Mary w.. Ward.
 Mrs Charles Austin and son. of Pittsfield, Mass, are visiting at B. J.. Lorrain's. They arrived last Friday or Saturday.
 -WARNNa! Every tax due to the town of North Canaan should be paid before Memorial day. H. M. ADAMS, collector.
 The frame of Mrs Thomas Bon ner's new house has been covered. The roof is square. high and slanting and flat on top
 Base ball at Norfolk Saturday afternoon; Norfolk vs. Canaan. Ca- naans representatives of the national game are not very strong aggregation this year, but we have hopes.
 Last week the greyhound and two or three other dogs belonging to the free dog circus attacked J. H. Drake's valuable pointer and lacerated him badly. Mir Drake had to take several stitches.
 Frank Miller, of Bridgeport, has purchased twenty foot sloop yacht. It is painted black and is named "Pol- lywog." It was taken from this village to Twin Lakes on Monday. It looks like a very comfortable, roomy and safe boat.
 A man had the curiousity to ask us the other day whether it was neces- sary in using road machine to round up the roads to such an extent that teams cannot safely pass each other and that bicyclists cannot run theil wheels on the sides of the roads.
 The ladies of Christ Church gave a strawberry and ice cream festival sale of fancy and useful articles and dance at the Town Hall last week Wednesday. Camp & Rhoades' orches tra furnished the music. The evening was much enjoyed by those who at tended. Net receipts 8
 The ladies of the Pilgrim Churcl cleared $22 at their strawberry and ice cream festival Friday night. The ladies on this occasion, as they alway. do. conducted this entertainment o1 sound Christian principles and gay, people full value for their money, botl as regards quality and quantity.
 Seth F. Haskins, ticket agent a the Union Depot in Peoria, H., whel writing under date of May 18th to re new his subscription to the NEWS. re marks as follows: fell and broke m leg below the knee in two places, tb lower fracture being a comminute, one. This happened on the evening c February 17th. Since, I have ha heart trouble and pneumonia. I al now just able to hobble around tn house on crutches." Mir Haskins is native of South Canaan, and was fol merly employed on the Housatoni road. He has many friends in tn Housatonic valley who will regret t read of his misfortunes.
 -The next regular meeting of Mour tain County Pomona Grange No. will be held in the Town Hall at Mort Canaan, on Wednesday, June 3rd. con mencing at ten o'clock sharp. A clas will be initiated in the fifth degree. an those having previously obligated onl, can have an opportunity to complet the degree It is particularly desire that all that are thinking of taking tn degree will do so at this meeting, { the season of year is favorable for a tending, and the meeting is to be or of peculiar interest. Worthy Stat Master, Overseer, and Lecturer, are be present, and Past Masters Bower Hale, and ohters, including H. W. Go lingwood, of New York, who is expec ed to address the younger member Lecturers Hour open to the publi and an exceedingly interesting progra, is assured. It is hoped that all men bers of this Pomona will attend, an those desiring to take the degree al requested to drop line to the Seer tary before June first. N. s. Steven Sec, East Canaan. Conn.