Connecticut western news., 1896-04-23
THURSDAY. APRIL 2s. 1896.
Local News.


 The house occupied by Mrs. Branch has been shingled.
 II V. Johnson and wife, of Forrest vile, were guests at H. J. Mead's over Sunday.
 The cellar for G. W. Parsons house on Prospect Ave. was begun Monday.
 It is reported that Mrs Col. Hard enburg will return to Canaan to live next year.
 -Rhoades & Stanton's portable steam saw mill is locating this week on Railroad street.
 John Lorrigan has accepted the the job of teamster for the B. w. Spur Go. at Lakeville.
 The hail storms of Friday and Sun day broke over 100 panes of glass in the vicinity of Clayton.
 Mrs O. E. Vroman, of Brooklyn, visited her parents, Mir and Mrs D. L. Peirce, over Sunday.
 Editor Rodemeyer and Charles Rodemeyer, of South Norwalk, were in Canaan over Sunday.
 Mrs Watson Dewey, of North Gran by.a sister of Mrs H. M. Adams, Is visit ing this week at H. M. Adams.
 Mrs Mary G. Adam, Miss Catherine Adam and J. s. Adam reached Canaan last evening and report very pleasant trip to Florida.
 Our occasional correspondent has furnished some 'shady" items from Clayton and vicinity. which we think best to suppress.
 Mrs H. c. Williams and Miss Bod ley attended Bishop Lawrence's con frmation service at Sheffield, Mass, Monday afternoon.
 Last week very neat white bronz monument was erected at the graves of William Bennett and Clarissa Miner Bennett in the lower cemetery.
 Tt is stated on good authority that . new station on the Berkshire Division at Lenoxdale will be begun in about a week. It will be 60 by 40 feet.
 Lewis Rhoades caught brown trout weighing 2s pounds while fishing at R, D. Pierce & Co.'S dam in the Blackberry river last Monday morning. There were 62 excursion tickets to Hartford sold at this station yesterday for the Methodist society excursion and 73 sold from East Canaan and Norfolk w. O. Cargill has sold his fine resi- dence on Prospect avenue to George 0. Peet. Mir Cargill will continue to oc cupy the house another year, renting 1t of MT Peet.
 The Barnum Richardson Go. will rebuild the buildings and the portions of the upper furnace recently destroyed by fire The lower furnace will be put in blast at an early day.
 A severe thunder storm, with rain and hail, struck this village Frida. afternoon. The hail stones were many of them one and one half inches in diameter. Window panes in many oi the houses were broken.
 Last Thursday was the hottest 18th of April in 26 years. Ninety in the shade. Friday. Saturday and Sunda, were also very warm days. Monday and Tuesday were cooler, and yester, day the mercury stood at 42 at noon.
 David S. Cowles post has appoint ed A P. Briggs, G. L. Parsons. E. s Roberts, T. l.. Sackett and W. F SAcket committee of arrangements for the observance of Memorial day Rev B. c. Warren of Pawing, N. Y. will probably be the orator of the day
 Last Saturday Rev 0. W. McPher son. pastor of the Methodist church a Lee, Mass, underwent an operation fo hernia at the Brooklyn, N. Y., hospital The operation was successful, and it i believed that his health will be greatl, benefited. Up to Tuesday night ther were no unfayorable developments.
 Clinton Roraback, youngest son o ex-Judge Roraback, has the scarlet fev er. He went fishing last Saturday ant waded,in the brook more or less fo several hours, got very wet and wa taken sick Saturday night. Until yes terday 1t was thought that tonsiliti , was the principal trouble. but yester day Dr Camp pronounced it scarle fever.
 Deacon David N. Fuller of Grea Harrington, father of George s. Fulle of Canaan, has been seriously ill wit erysipelas since last Thursday but a this writing "Wednesday afternoon) h is better in some respects yet he Is yer weak. His wife Is sick with the griI and their daughter, Miss Lillie Fulle, has her hands full taking care of he parents. George s. stays with his pa rents part of the time, or as often as can leave the store at Canaan.
 Mrs Christian Rupff. of Ashle Fails, Mass, while walking on the trac of the Berkshire division of the Consoli dated road from Sheffield to Ashle Falls, on Friday afternoon, was struc by passenger train due at Canaan s 247 and instantly killed. The acc dent occurred near Ashley Falls. MI Rupff was about 50 years old and some what deaf. She leaves husband an daughter.