Connecticut western news., 1897-09-23
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3s, 1897.
Local News.

IT EOSb idob
 Mrs Spencer, of Stamford, is visit ing Mrs Thomas Bonner.
 ID. P. Wheeler, of Washington Hollow, N. Y., is spending few. days in town.
 MT and Mrs John G. Beckley arriv- ed home Monday evening from their bridal tour.
 MT and Mrs M. B. Tobey have re- turned from @ two weeks visit with friends in Cheshire.
 Judge Roraback held court in Winsted on Tuesday and at Bridgeport yesterday and today.
 -Rollin Newton, Jr., of New York city. is spending his two weeks vaca- ton at R. c. Newton's.
 .-S. w. Barnes has moved his horse barn and two adjoining sheds several rods back from the street.
 MT and Mrs Henry Judd. of Peeks- kill. N. Y, spent Sunday with their nephew, Charles A. Moore.
 Alberto and Clinton Roraback, sons of Judge A. T. Roraback, have entered the Robbins school at Norfolk.
 The banns of marriage of Almon 0. Higgins and Miss Mary Walsh were published at St. Joseph's on Sunday.
 -Rev Mir Clappe, of Lime Rock, officiated at Christ church on Sunday in the absence of the rector at Norfolk. Our first nine played game at Norfolk on Friday with picked up nine and defeated them. Score 17 to 10.
 --E. s. Roberts, James Quinn, John Rodemeyer and Abraham Coons. from this town, attended the reunion of the 2d Conn. H. A.
 The United States artillerymen who have been in camp at Fernside in Berk- shire county, returned to Fort Hamil- ton, New York harbour, last week.
 MT and Mrs J. D. Clemans return ed on Friday from weeks trip to Brooklyn, N Y, during which they visited Coney Island and other pleasure resorts.
 Frank McCarty, Jr., has resumed his duties as baggage master for the P. R. & N E. road at this station. Frank had been laid up for over month with an injured foot.
 MT and Mrs George Williams, of Danbury, called on friends here Satur- day. They had been visiting in Port land and Middletown and were en route to Brewster, N. Y.
 MT and Mrs George 0. Peet were in Bridgeport several days last week and this, having gone to attend the funeral of MT Betts. the brother-in law of Mrs Peet, who died on the 18th inst. William Fl. Emmons and wife are visiting relatives and friends in New York and Brooklyn. Phillip Ham, who has been in Millerton, N r., for two or three months, is taking Wills place during h1s absence.
 David T. Lawrence. of Auburn, N. r., former resident of this town, was here several days last week, looking over the once familiar places and call ing on the few of his old friends who have not passed away.
 The cline storm materialized this year on time. An old observer informs us that he has long noticed that when this occurs there has always been plenty of rain or snow, as the case may be, in the succeeding season.
 The P. R. & N. E. road announces an excursion for Sept. 29 from Hart. ford to New York city, via. the railroad to Poughkeepsie and thence down the Hudson by day boats. Tickets good returning till October 9th inclusive. Fare from Hartford and Canaan $2 50. See posters.
 The NEWS has been requested te state that several veteran soldiers from Canaan recently attended reunion o their regiment, and one Canaan com rade on leaving the dining room open ed the door into the kitchen by mis take. A pretty waitress immediately asked the veteran, '.Do you like to see the cook?"
 Now that the long winter evenings are approaching, those of our young men who are not already members ot the Wangum Club will do well to thinl of making application for membership They will find the rooms a very pleas ant place to meet their friends and play cards or billiards or read the papers and magazines.
 James Harrington, 23, of May brook N. Y., brakeman on Conductor Hin mans train on the P. R. & N E. road caught his foot in frog while switch ing at Poughkeepsie Friday night an' was run over, his left arm and leg be ing severed from the body. He died at Vassar hospital Saturday morning He leaves wife and child.
 The Congregational Church a Southbridge, Mass, has secured tn Rev Willis A. Hadley as successor t, the Rev s. A. Burnaby. MT Hadle, has twenty years experience in tn Christian ministry and has been paste at Rye, N. H., Chicago, H.. Minneapo lis, Minn., and for the last four years a Lynn. Mass. On the 2d inst. he wa installed pastor at Southbridge. Re s. A. Burnaby attended the ceremonie