Connecticut western news., 1897-10-21
Local News.

Local News.
 The residence of Rev E. Whittlesey is being painted.
 John N. Van Deusen is on jury duty at Litchfeld.
 Fourteen persons from this place went to Hartford on the Farragut Day excursion.
 Latest reports from Mrs Dr Church and Mrs Geo K. Goodwin are that they are improving.
 Rev B. Seeho'zer, of this place, preached in the Methodist church at Red Hook, N. Y on Sunday.
 -Dr c. W. Camp went to New York Tuesday with Mrs A. F. Gibbs of Falls Village, who had an operation perform, ed.
 Rev F. W. Barnett returned on Tuesday from his two weeks vacation trip to New Haven, New York and New town.
 John Rodemeyer. of the editorial staff of the New Haven Palladium, is making Canaan his headquarters during 8 short vacation.
 After part of our edition was run we discovered that the figures in the date on the first page had got trans- posed and read l2 instead of 21.
 Rev and Mrs F. D. Jester. of Mil lerton, N. r., drove to this village on Tuesday and visited with their son, Wallace, who is with Jackson < Eggles- ton.
 -Ex Sen ator Donald T. Warner, of Salisbury, Judge James H. McMahon and Lawyer F M. Williams. of New Milford, were in town Monday on law business.
 MT and Mrs Thomas Abbe and children left yesterday for Pennington. where they have taken house and from which point MT Abbe can con- veniently reach his office in Hartford.
 -"The beauty of old age" will be the subject of Rev S. A. Burnaby's ser mon on Sunday morning. Ia the even- ing at o'clock he will deliver an ad dress on the life and character of Gen. Neal Dow.
 We are informed that the charge upon which Augustus Nicoll. Jr-.. was fined about $16 week before last was for having in his possession g,ey squirrel in the state of Connecticut be fore the game season was open.
 Invitations have been issued to the wedding of E Franklin Gillette and Miss Minnie, daughter of Dwight N. Eggleston, which will take place at Sharon on the 27th inst. MT Gillette was at one time a scholar at the Canaan Academy and is pleasantly remembered by many here.
 -Farragut Day was observed in Hartford on Tuesday by a monstrous parade and the literary exercises ac- cording to program published by us last week. The figurehead of Farraguts flagship, Hartford, was cfrried in the parade and plaped in it's final rest ing place in the capitol.
 Half of the large oak tree in Mrs James Greens yard on West Main street was blown down by she heav, wind on Oct. 12 One of the branches smashed part of the piazza roof and it was narrow escape for the house. Mrs Green has had the tree cut up into fi.ewood during the past week.
 George E. Morrison of Chapinville and Eva M. Broman of Torrington were married by the Rev T. s Bond at Mil lerton, Saturday, October 9th. They were accompanied by the parents of the groom. who informed the parson that in that same room they took each other just g years ago; were married by the late Rev M. R. Lent. -Lakeville Journal.
 Rev David Phillips. of Bed Hook, N. r., preached in the Methodist church Sunday morning and evening The morning sermon was from Matthew XXI. 2S; "Son, go work to-day in my vineyard. In the evening he used the text found in Proverbs XXIII. 23;. "Buy the truth, and sell it not" Rev Phil lips was the guest of J, D, Clemaps over Sunday.
 On the fourth page appears a pie ture of Admiral Worden who died in Washington, D O.. last Monday even. ing Accompanying the picture is a brief account of the naval duel between the famous Monitor and the Confeder ate ram, Merrimac. As matter of To- cal interest we will state that the late John A. Beckley, of Canaan, made the iron with which the Monitor was plat ed.
 A new time table went into effect on the P. R. $ N E. road on Sunday. Train No. ', leaving Hartford at 8:20 a. m., and train No. 8,leaving Poughkeep- sic at l :45 p. m-. are withdrawn be tween Millerton and Poughkeepsie and run on the old time between Hartford and Millerton. Train No. 3 leaves Hartford 3:02 instead of 305 p. m. Train No. 6 leaves West Winsted at GAO instead of 6:52 @. m, and arrives at Hartford at instead of 8:22 a. m.
 Miss Lovina Ann Cummings, sister of pr P 0. Cummings, died at the home of her sister. Mrs Francina M