Connecticut western news., 1897-08-12
THURSDAY. AUGUST 12, 1897.
Local News.
circus on Friday.

Another circus on Friday.
 Frank Prince is very sick with ap- pendicitis at Falls Village
 Miss Bennett, of New York city, is spending few weeks at R O. Newton's Miss McCarrick, of New York, IS visiting her sister, Mrs George Deder- ick.
 An excursion from Kingston, N r., to Hartford passed through here yester- day.
 J. S. Adam and George H. Clute expect to go to the Klondike region in the'spring. ..
 The Sunday school of Christ Church held their annual picnic at Twin Lakes yesterday.
 Rev D. c. Stone, of Cambridgeport, Mass will occupy the pulpit at Pill grim church next Sunday.
 The contract for the steam heating of the school house of District No. 2 has been awarded to George P. Strong. -Dr Scoville and family of Brooklyn, N. Y, and Miss Collard have been spending the past week at George Ded erick's.
 George s. Fuller attended the fu- neral of Robert I. Allyn, brother of Dwight Allyn, at West Goshen on Tuesday.
 Last Monday very neat and sub- stantial marble tablet was erected at the grave of Mrs Adeline Beckley in the lower cemetery.
 Miss Eva Russell and Miss Stella Osborne, both of Everett. Mass, are visiting at the home of the latter's uncle, M. l.. Osborne, in Weatogue.
 Henry Reed is taking we'll earn ed vacation from his duties at the sta tion and is spending this week at Twin Lakes in camp with MT Felton.
 -Dr Wentworth, of Lee, Mass, who is now doctoring George Brown the Yale student, pronounces his disease typhoid malaria. Mir Brown is serious ly ill.
 Frank Curtis and son. John, have moved from Patchogue, N. J., into the 'pound house" on the East Canaan road. MT Curtis, senior, is the father of George Curtis the painter.
 Abel G. Stevens had remarkable yield of hay on his farm at Canaan Val ley this season. He cut B two horse loads on five acres. It was tall grass too, up to MT Stevens chin-and he is a six footer.
 pr Ross has had wonderful success in breeding pheasants. Out of 54 eggs set this season he has Mongolian and B English ring necked chicks. Besides this, pheasants turned loose early in the season have matched out brood in the woods of about l5 chicks.
 -Sautelle's circus showed on Gil lette's lot Tuesday afternoon and even ing to good business. The parade, which was a lengthy one, was given al noon. Among the best features of the show are the trained ponies, the wire walker and the hurdle riding of Capt. Perriere. The band played few nice selections in front of the hotel in the evening, one number being a saxaphone solo.
 Among guests in town not else where mentioned are: Mrs Raymond Crow and daughter of Brooklyn, N. Y., Miss Beach and Miss Lucille Beach oi New Haven, Miss Stanley of Coventry at Jas. l.. Bragg's; Miss Florence Bon ner of Boston at Thomas Bonner's; Mrs Theodore Watson of New Haven at Dl 0. w. Camps; Miss Walsh and Miss Evans of Stratford at B. B. Bartram's S. F. H. Cousins of Norwalk at the War ner House.
 -Dr Ross bicycle was stolen from in front of his residence at about 8 3( last Thursday night. The wheel is { model 36 Columbia. No. 21879. The thief is supposed to have gone north A peculiar incident in connection is tha about the same looking kind of stran ger was in town Thursday as was here the day before Harry Dodge's bicycle was stolen several weeks ago. Dr Ross has sent out notices of S25 reward fol the capture of the thief and the bics cle
 -"Old Dennis, the French Swiss O East Canaan, whose term of two yearI in the state prison for stealing a COW belonging to Henry c. Stevens recently expired and who had returned to Eas Canaan, left on Friday for Europe, go ing at the expense of the town. H. has agreed not to return and the select men wisely considered that he is goot man to get rid of. with his low mora Bense and revengeful nature. E. R Lorrain went to New York with him t. see him on board the steamer.
 Last Friday afternoon as Will Rob erts was pouring the lacteal treasures which he had extracted from Ed. War chor Lime kiln, from the pail into large can in the buggy, the horse sud denly recalled an appointment at tn village and being of an impulsive na < ture left hastily, without waiting fo young Roberts to get in, and ran a great speed to the village where it wa stopped by John Miller among tn freight cars in front of Car Inspecto Woods cabin on the P. R. & N. B road the buggy being then upset. One ( the shafts was broken; no other injur to horse or buggy.