Connecticut western news., 1896-08-06
THURSDAY. AUGUST 6. 1896,
Local News.
Circus here next Saturday.

Circus here next Saturday.
 No one man owns the road. d.-L. A. w. Bulletin.
 Miss Ina Roberts has gone to Northampton. Mass, for short visit. Don't cheat child. He may be larger than you are some day.-L. A. W. Bulletin.
 James Mcclure, of Millerton. N. r., was calling on relatives and friends here Friday.
 -M Mrs Irene Bostwick, of Van Deu- senville, Mass, visited her sister. Mrs J. W. Peet, yesterday.
 MT and Mrs Eli T. Clark, of North Adams, Mass, visited at s. w. Barnes from Friday until Monday. , Mrs Dr Plumb Brown, of Spring field. Mass. formerly of Norfolk, called on Miss Lillie Root while in town last week.
 Miss Lillie Root has returned home from Winsted where she has been caring for the sick the past three weeks.
 Wide tires prevent ruts and ruts once made prevent wide tires. Start right and keep right.-L. A. W. Bulletin.
 MT and Mrs H. B. Ives and MT and Mrs R. D. Peirce left town Saturday to spend two weeks at o. l.. Smiths at Twin Lakes.
 There are now two mails each way daily between the Canaan post office and the sub-office at the Pine Grove camp ground.
 A number of prominent citizens in town are looking favorably upon the claims made by the Connecticut Build ing and Loan Association.
 Don't forget the Bazarr and Garden party to be held at Pine Grove on Sat urday afternoon and evening of this week. Music in the evening.
 MT and Mrs A. P. Freeman and MT and Mrs B. A. Peirce are camping at Twin Lakes. A party from Amenia and one from Poughkeepise are at Smiths cottage.
 Miss Katie E. Quinn is spending her two weeks vacation with her par ents here. Her cousin, Miss Blanche Ball, of New Haven, is with her. Miss Quinn is stenographer in the office of Warner Bros, the corset man ufactur- CTS, of Bridgeport.
 The NEWS has been requested to call the selectmen's attention to the dangerous condition of the highway near the Warner House. The recent heavy showers have badly washed the road. Repair it and make the landlord and the public happy.
 Two valuable lambs were recently killed by dog in this town in pas ture between Canaan and East Canaan People who keep dogs should see to it that they (the dogs) do not kill sheep. Keep watch of your dogs habits and how they spend their time.
 The vested boy-choir of St Miehael's Church, Naugatuck, render. ed the musical program, published. in the NEWS of last week, at Christ Church Sunday morning, in 8 fine style. A very large congregation was present. It was a rare opportunity for many to hear the choral service of the Episco- pal Church in It's perfection.
 A well-known democrat recently showed us stalk of what he calls "Populist corn" The funny thing about it iS that it has small ear ot corn, with a long silky beard al the top of the stalk, where any well regulated stalk would grow { tassel. We'll, the democratic party certainly has fine large crop of long bearded corn this year, to be sure.
 Michael Eagan, 24, of Pittsfeld Mass, who has been working for Ed ward Ward, between this place anG Falls Village, this summer, was arrested by Constable Drake Sunday night neal Butchers bridge on charge of assault with felonious intent on Mrs Rober Stevens the same evening about o'clock. Eagan was brought befor, Justice E. s. Roberts Monday morn ing and bound over in $1OO bonds fo trial at the October term of the Super for court. He was taken to Litchfel, by Constable Drake the same day.
 MT Herbert Swift. the great Ethi opian delineator and prince of all blacl face comedians. late of Hi Henry's grea $6O, 900 minstrels; MT J. T. Raymon' and his troupe of canines, direct iron Hagenbeck's great trained animal ex position; MT Albert Heintz, the won derful head balancer, who juggles al most any article upside down on trapeze suspended in mid air at distance of 60 feet from Mother Earth the wonderful and graceful Val Ven Bros Parisian parlor acrobats; M John Schneider, the horizontal bar ex pert; the wonderful Clymer Sisters Mile Bella and Signor Zano, direc from Cuba; Prof. Goodrich and hi troupe of Shetland ponies, and man others are some of the features to b seen daily with J. w. Goodrich's Ne' Mammoth Wagon Shows at Norfolk Friday. August and Canaan, Satu, day, August 8. The most refine canvas show on earth. Admission onl 10 and 20 cents. Two performance daily, 2 and g P. m.