Connecticut western news., 1896-12-03
THURSDAY. DECEMBER 8. 1896
Local News.

-f0OrBe ID. IsooUluS WAS in 1oWh yesterday.
 Mrs Charles H. Briggs is visiting Miss Utterwick at East Canaan.
 Master Charley Seenolzer is recov- ering from a seige of catarrhal fever.
 A course of lectures is expected in Canaan this winter-curtain lectures.
 Miss Rosa E. Bailey, from Goshen, visited friends in town over Thanksgiv- ing. -S. W. Barnes and Marcus spent Sunday with Albert Barnes in Worces- ter, Mass.
 Genuine winter weather this week 70 far. Yesterday the mercury stood g. above zero.
 Mir and Mrs Franklin J. Abbe nov ed into their ne home, Chas H. Pease's house, on Monday.
 Miss Ruth Langdon left town on Monday to enter the Eastman's Busi- ness college at Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
 Mrs J. N. Van Deusen and Mrs Sarah J. Warner are spending few days with Mrs E. Teller in Hudson, N. Y. .+
 -Mr Lorenzo Lawrence joined the ranks of the octogenarians last Sunday, but his appearance and agility do not indicate it.
 Mrs A. A. Wright went to Pownal, Vt, last week to spend Thanksgiving and make few days visit with her sis ters there.
 Don't fail to read Rev Dr Talmage' s grand sermon concerning "The Dying Century," It contains fund of infor- nation for everybody.
 Our birth column shows that two of the Thanksgiving guests in this viii lage will be very apt to stay on and ''grow up with the town"
 The P. R. & N E. road has been enlarging it's switching facilities at the East Main street crossing in this viii lage, by blasting out rocks and putting in another siding.
 James Fitzgerald has entered into the employ of the Southern New Eng land Telephone Go. and is superintend- ing the stringing of wires betw cen this place and Millerton, N. Y.
 -J. F. Hedden, of Hartford, has been appointed chief train dispatcher with authority of train master of the P. R. $ N E. railroad. MT Hedden was for merly chief clerk to General Manage, ". J. Martin.
 The Rural World says that apples can be kept through the winter by burying them in pits, covering them with straw and earth, and with board. to shed the water. No specked frui should be included.
 -Messrs Murray G. Hoag, Sherman Mars and Charles Smith have recently built sidewalks in front of their premis es on the road from Ashley Falls to Ga naan. Pedestrians, but especially bi cyclists, appreciate these improvements
 Thanksgiving services were held al Christ church Thursday morning. Rev Mir Barnett officiated and preached al appropriate sermon. In the evening 2 Thanksgiving Praise Service was helt at the Methodist church, conducted b, Rev B. Seeholzer.
 Frederick G. Hunt, dramatic editol of the St. Paul Globe, arrived in Ga naan last Friday in time to attend th, funeral of his grandmother, the lat Mrs Adeline Beckley. Mir Hunt staye, over Sunday at New Hartford and lef Canaan Monday evening on his return trip to St. Paul, Minn.
 The Philadelphia and Reading Railroad was taken out of the hands 0 the receivers Monday night and vii now be run by the newly organize, company. It is reported as probabl that the F. R. & N E. road will 500 be taken out of the hands of the receiy CT and turned over to the new Phila & Reading R. R. Go.
 CYCLES NO CHEAPER. The man wh predicted general reduction of pric in high grade wheels seems to hay, missed his guess, judging from the an nouncement made by the oldest manu facuring concern, which has just bee issued. Regular chain. geared wheel |. of the '97 model will be listed as fol merly at S1OO.
 The Thanksgiving ball given by G. Beckley and class on last Thursda evening was great success, fifty-fy dancing couples being in attendanc, besides number of spectators. Pa ties were present from East Canaan Falls Village, Ashley Falls, Great Ba rington, Lakeville and Lime Rocl The ladies were handsomely dresse and a great many dress suits were wor by the gentlemen. A very prett march was led by Albert Nicoll an Miss Emma Rood. A pleasing program of twenty-two numbers was danced, tn party breaking up at 2 30 a. m. Bald wins orchestra played splendidly. lunch of first rate quality was provide by the class ladies and the quantity it was tested by the large attendance Every arrangement was just right, foc managers. ticket men and all doin their dnties to perfection.