Connecticut western news., 1897-12-23
THURSDAY. DECEMBER 2s, 1897.
Local News.
Well done, Martin Rood!

Miss Belle Lorrain returned Tues day from her two weeks visit in New York city.
 U. Henry Roraback went to New York Tuesday and expects to return tonight.
 Mrs l.. J. Nickerson, of West Cornwall, has been visiting relatives in town this week.
 The Steyens-Decke trial was con- cluded on Friday and Justice Roberts reserved his decision.
 -Twenty-eight excursion tickets to Hartford and return were sold at this station last Saturday.
 Samuel G. Beckley, of Brooklyn, N. r., visited relatives here from Satur- day until Sunday afternoon.
 -F. R. Coll in attended the funeral of his great uncle. James Finch. at Mil lerton. N. r., yesterday.
 Advertised letters at Canaan post office: Geo Barsdajtis, Miss Lena Hall, Dimetri Faranton. R. D. Lawrence.
 The falls in the Housatonic river at Amesville were grand spectacle dur ing tho very high water last Friday.
 The New York Flower Mission has acknowledged the receipt of tue Christ mas box sent from Canaan. The letter will be published in the next issue of the NEWS
 Mir and Mrs Wm. Dean Skidmore and Messrs Leary, Ostrom and Whit end. all of Bridgeport, were at the Skidmore cottage at Twin Lakes over Sunday.
 The supper and sale of fancy arti- cles at the Methodist church parlors last week Wednesday evening was much enjoyed and was very successful, $65 being cleared.
 -Mr and Mrs Joseph W. Peet move this week from their house on Main street. recently sold to Mrs Hattie A Peet, to the house of George 0. Peet on Granite avenue.
 Among the young people who are pursuing their studies away from homo and who have returned for the Christ mas holidays, we notice Miss Mary K Watson, John Adam and Samuel G.. Camp.
 A party of sixteen couple gave Mrs Julla Weaver . surprise visit last Fri day night. A supper was served at midnight and dancing continued until early morning to music rendered by Bartlett & Balls string band.
 There was display of the aurora borealis Tuesday night. which seemed somewhat unusual in appearance in that it did not extend entirely across the northern sky but was limited to one spot. appearing like white cloud.
 Remarkably mild weather last Thursday and Friday, with no frost in the ground; but the cold wave arrived Saturday afternoon and the mercury reached zero on Monday morning but rose rapidly and slight g. ow storms prevailed Monday and Wednesday afternoons.
 The annual stockholders meeting of the Hartford & Conn. Western R R :. Co. was held at Hartford on Tuesday and directors were elected, among whom are A. A Mcleod of New York, Henr, Gay of West Winsted, E. W Spur oi Falls Village and D. l.. Freeman of Ca naan
 -Highway Commissioner McDons Id and Civil Engineer Starr looked over the ground again at Bennett's hill on Tuesday. They advised that the change of the lay y-out of the highway be effect ed before the work of placing the high way under the railroad is begun and they also expressed the opinion that it would be practicable to have the new highway diverge from the present lay sut just east of James Reels houses.
 
 wreck in the Housatonic R R. yard north of this station Saturday night about o'clock. The train was the Wilson's Point freight It is not quite understood what caused the accident, but two cars were smashed up consid erably. Passengers on the north bound 7.09 train were transferred to a train sent down from the north. It was near. ly midnight before the 2 .09 train could pass. Nobody was injured.
 The Christmas observances in this village will be as follows: Friday night at o'clock Christmas tree and ap. propriate exercises in the basement oI the Pilgrim church. Sunday night al 2 o'clock service will be held in the Pilgrim church consisting of responsive readings and singing and recita,ions by the children. Christmas sermon Sunday morning by the pastor On Saturday night at sever o'clock there will be Christmas tree al the Methodist church followed by 6 Sunday school social and on Sunday night, beginning at o'clock. there will be Christmas service consisting of re. sponsive readings and singing Al Christ church on Christmas day there will be the usual Christmas services, morning prayer, Holy Communion and sermon, at 10.30 and on Monday night Christmas tree at 2 o'clock. At St. Joseph's church Masses will be celebra ted at 2 30 and Il Q. m on Christina, day,