Connecticut western news., 1897-08-05
THURSDAY. AUGUST 5, 1897
Local News.

wall, has been spending the past week at H. D Humphreys.
 Miss Sarah Ferguson returned on Saturday from her visit of two weeks in Bridgeport. She reports her brother Irving as improving slowly, but steadi- ly, from typhoid fever.
 Rev and Mrs H. I. Bodley arrived in town yesterday. MT Bodley starts to-day for Kansas. Mrs Bodley and children will remoin at Mrs E. R. Lor- rains through the summer.
 Mrs s. A. Burnaby goes to-day to Spencer, Mass, for few days visit at her old home. Mir Burnaby will join her on Monday and they will go on trip to St. John and Digby, Nova Scotia.
 It is with sorrow that we. this week, chronicle the death of Mrs George w. Bottum at East Canaan. Mrs Bottum was woman of sterling qualities and one of our staff of cores pondents.
 Editor Bolles of the New Milford Gazette called on friends in town last Saturday while en route to Van Deusen- vile. Mass, to visit Prof. Giddings of Columbia college who recently pui chas- ed summer residence at Van Deusen- vile.
 Rev H. W. Pope. of New Haven, preached in the Pilgrim church last Sunday. Rev s. A. Burnaby will preach next Sunday. The following Sunday the pulpit will be occupied by Rev D. c. Stone, and on August 22 there will be no preaching service.
 The Naugatuck boy choir, of St. Michaels church, W. H. Miner, direc- tor. sang the service at Christ church Sunday forenoon. The church was crowded with listeners. The boy sing CTS showed careful training and high order of musical talent.
 -Remember the concert at Ashley Falls, Monday night, by colored talent. The money raised will be used to aid a colored preacher to attend a district conference. This preacher, MT Coffin, is conducting gospel mission among the colored folks at Ashley Falls.
 The Naugatuck choir boys gave minstrel performance at Town Hall Monday night to fair sized audience. The chorus singing was first class and some of the end men were very amus- ing. The boys wish to thank Jackson & Eggleston for the loan of part of the costumes.
 Tt is 5,358 from Canaan to Dawson City in the Klondike gold regions. This is the nearest and cheapest route, and necessitates CTS miles of overland travel dn foot and in canoes. The more comfortable route, and also more expen- sive, is 7,600 miles from Canaan to Daw- son and is by steamer and small boats most of the way from Seattle.
 Louis Cummings, of New Haven, a brakeman on the morning freight train on the Consolidated road had his hand caught between the deadwoods in mak- ing coupling between the engine and car at this station on Friday. No bones were broken, but the muscles of the hand between the bases of the thumb and forefinger were badly crush ed.
 That enterprising newspaper man, Editor Col Card of Millerton, N. r., has launched another venture in the shape of a weekly newspaper in Lake vile which will appear under the head ing of the Lakeville Journal The first issue will appear the 14th of this month. The printing plant will be To- cated in Lakeville and the paper will be edited by I. J. Reyes, we'll known in newspaper circles throughout the state.
 yThere are now about forty families at Pine Grove Camp Ground. Relig- ious services were held there last Sun day afternoon and the Rev George A. Graves, of New Britain, who was a dele gate to the Y P. s. O. E. convention held at San Francisco, Cal, last month, gave very interesting description of his journey and also gave glimpses of said convention. Until further notice preaching services will be held at Pine Grove every Sunday. probably at 3.3O D. m.
 Last week Wednesday was an aw- full rainy day. Very heavy showers fell during the night, and lowlands were submerged. The Housatonic river be- gan rising Thursday and the river lands were under water Friday at Ashley Falls, Sheffield and Great Burlington. Saturday the middle road between Sheffield and Great Harrington was eight feet under water at one place. It has been the rainiest July in the recol- lection of the present generation. Over 15 inches of rain fell during the month.
 -W.J Martin, superintendent of the P. R. < N. B. road. stated on Tuesday that no appeal would be taken from Judge Elmer's decision restoring the rate of wages of engineers and firemen if the order on being entered shall prove to affect only the mileage of the road in this state, that is 67 miles out of 180 miles of road operated. Mir Martin contended- that the courts authority did not extend beyond this state. Possibly 8 similar application will need to be made to the New York state court. z