Connecticut western news., 1896-06-11
Local News.

Miss Evans, of Stratford, is visit ing at E. E. Bartram's.
 Mrs Thomas Bonner has returned from her visit in Springfield, Mass.
 The Canaan Academy closed last Tuesday without any special exercises. Mrs Pierson, of Rhinecliff, N. Y., is visiting her sister, Mrs Edw. Smith. Miss Radway is visiting her sister. Mrs Frederick Thompson. for a few days.
 -Ex- Mayor Vessels and wife, MT and Mrs Joel Farist and Miss Annie Wood. all of Bridgeport, are at the Warner House.
 Charles Rodemeyer, who has been ick week with quinsy at Bethel, ar rived home Tuesday evening and will have to remain in doors o while.
 Extra copies of today's issue of the NEWS will be mailed to any address on receipt of price. viz: single copy, 5 cents; one dozen copies, 50 cents,
 Mrs s. A. Cogswell, of Great Bar rington. visited friends here from Mon day until yesterday on her return from . sojourn at Northfeld and vicinity.
 Invitations have been issued to the marriage of Miss Mary Ham and MT G. Willis Parsons at the Methodist church in this village on the 24th inst, at 5.3O o'clock in the afternoon.
 The primary school closes Friday afternoon with exercises and surprises which ought to be called 8 Hove feast such as Mrs Root and her 60 or more little worshippers frequently enjoy.
 -Dr 0. H. Goodrich, one of the staff of the Long Island hospital at Brook lyn. N. Y.. called on relatives here last Monday. The doctor is grandson of Charles Emmons. and nephew of W. H. Emmons and Mrs A. T. Roraback.
 Editor Ella and Druggist Rose, oi Manchester, came by cars to Canaan last Saturday forenoon, and then started on bicycle trip to Pittsfeld and Al bany, and thence down the east shore of the Hudson river to New York city We wish we could have accompanied them.
 The Julian Comedy Co.,, now tour ing along the shore line at the cities 1T week stands. are booked here July 16 IT, IS. The company is the stronges eyer travelling under the Julian man agement, and is composed of twelve people. Of these only two are familiar to Canaan people, viz, Frederick ant Otis Julian.
 A novelty concert will be given 8 Town Hal, June 26, under the direction of ). c. Beekley. MT Beckley has th' following people engaged: The Cart Family. four yocalists; Beckley ant Thomson, farceurs and eccentric danc CTS; The Canaan Ladies' Banjo Club and the Brinton Sisters. instrumental ists. Watch for particulars later.
 The commencement exercises o the Canaan graded school will be hel, in the Town Hall on Friday evening a 8 o'clock. The graduating class mum bers ten. No admission fee will b charged to witness the exercises, andth public are cordially invited, notwith standing false impression has pre vailed to some extent that only thos holding special invitation would be admitted. BaIdwin's orchestra wi furnish the music.
 The Lithgow correspondent of tn Amenia Times says: Duke" wh lives up at Enoch Thompkin's, caugb trout last Friday down in "Turke Hollow" which measured 21 inche from tip to tail. land weighed exactl four pounds and two ounces. Wi Meert. of New York, was with "Duke at the time. This is one of the larges if not the largest, brook trout eve caught in this vicinity.
 Tt is an honor to any town to hay meeting of Mountain County Pomon Grange held within it's borders, Tn town is indebted to N. s. Stevens wh for a year has used his influence many ways to have said grange meet North Canaan. The success of th meeting is largely due to both H. Stevens and N. s. Stevens, who di much hard work to provide for tl comfort and entertainment of all WI came here June 3.
 Mir Benson, of Wassaic, N. Y., drover, had a narrow escape from deal Saturday morning. He thought would have time to cross the track the Consolidated Railroad Go. at M Pease's crossing ahead of the 8:26 soul bound train, but the engine was lit too quick for him and struck the re end of his wagon, overturning it, thro, ing Mir Benson out with the wagon top of him. and making total wret of one wheel. Strange to say MT Be son, though 70 years old, was not mu' hurt, and procuring another wheel fro Blacksmith Drake, went on his wa The horse did not run away, but wait