Connecticut western news., 1897-12-30
THURSDAY. DECEMBER 30, 1897.
Local News.
.Good bye 1897i


 new piano.
 Advertised letter at Canaan post office: MT Sammie Jackson.
 Rev and Mrs Langdon are visiting at his fathers, Ezra Langdon's at Ca naan Valley.
 Preaching by the pastor at Pilgrim church next Sunday at 2 p. m subject, "The Power and use of Habit.
 Howard Bierce caught seventeen suckers by fishing through the ice on Coggin's cove last Tuesday afternoon. Howard 0. Deming and his young est daughter, of South Greece. N. r.. are visiting at his fathers, Chester M. Demirg's.
 The ladies of Christ Church Guild will give dime sociable at Mrs Esther Williams Tuesday evening, Jan. 4th. All are invited.
 Mrs Carrie Hotchkiss. of St. Paul, Minn arrived in town yesterday to at tend the funeral of her grandmother, Mrs Lydia E. Corbit,
 -Yesterday morning was the coldest of the winter. The mercury registered seven degrees below zero. but rose to the thawing point at noon,
 Christmas evc was joyous occa. sion at John Rodemeyer's. The famil, Christmas tree with its wealth of pres ents and decorations was g beautiful sight.
 -Rv Fr. Kiernan and Rev T. F. Bannon preached good and useful ser mons to the congregation at St.Joseph's on Christmas day and on Sunday re- spsctiyely.
 Mrs Lyman Howe is slowly recov- ering from g sprained ankle received getting out of wagon. They spent Christmas at the old homestead in South Canaan.
 Mrs M. W. Ward, Miss Lila Ward and Miss Bessie Franklin, who have been soiourning'at at Virginia Beach, Va., gre now stopping at "The Brexton" in Asheville, N. O..
 There were no outside bids for rock and earth excavation at the Bonnet Hill crossing. consequently the selectmen of the town of North Canaan put in bid in order to secure the state approprla. tiop,
 The invitation ball at the hall to- night will be largely attended judging from the knowledge of the committees We will have a report in our next issue The music and everything else is of Al order.
 "A new directory of Canfeld's Ga. naan local telephone exchange has just been printed The exchange has grown from nineteen subscribers to sixty eight subscribers, and still there's more to follow.
 Miss Katie Keefe, of East Canaan, who for several months past has beer very faithful and ficient in organizing some of the young people of St. Jo seph's church into choir and playing the organ, furnishing very acceptable music for the services, received e Christmas present of handsome gold watch from Rev Fr Ramon, as testi monial of his appreciation of her eff forts.
 Ralph Jewell, of Plainyiew, Neb. is visiting old friends in this town and vicinity. He left Canaan 27 years ago and this is his first visit here since tha date. Previous to leaving Canaan h, wes for three years coaehman and gar dener for the late John Adam H' owns farm in Plainview. has wifi, and five children. The oldest child i 20 years df age; and the youngest, tw' years.
 On March 24, 1880 the NEWS publish cd the names and charac; eristics of 9 of "Evangeline bachelors" then livini in this village. In reviewing the name to-day we find that IA married; diet unmarried; who married (in fact, wa married twicel has died; l who married iS now widower; 4 never married, an' are yet in the market. In later issue of the NEWS we will mention "Evange lines maidens," also "Evangeline's Eas Canaan bachelors"
 Abel B. Tucker, for @ number c years Adams Express messenger on tn Housatonic R R.. died of Bright's di sease, Dec. 13, at New Haven, age, about 50 years Mir Tucker was wei known by all the railroad men on tn line of he Hous R. R. He was a n, tive of Bedding, but lived number 0 years in Bridgeport. At the time of hi death his home was in Boston H leaves . widow and two sons. one Twin in New York and the other being yet schoolboy. Mir Tucker was highly rt spected by all who knew him.
 R. P Christian, who has been i the employ of the P. R. & N. E. R. I Go. for the past five years, first as var master at Hartford and then as condut tor on passenger train. has decided go to Klon like and will soon ask for leave of absence for year. He hs joined company of 65 men, each pu ting in $500. The party are supple with placer and quartz mining machil cry of the latest models. Mir Christia was for three years sailor. The part will sail from Seattle in their own boa the Nellie c. Thurston, about Marc let