Connecticut western news., 1897-08-19
THURSDAY. AUGUST 19, 1897.
Local News.


 at Mrs M. W. Wards.
 There will be no preaching service in the Pilgrim church next Sunday.
 George Wollison and family. of Pittsfeld, are visiting at D R. Lorrain's.
 George Brown, who has been ill three weeks at Mrs Scott's, is still seri- ously ill, but is doing as well as can be expected. The doctor now pronounces his disease remittent fever.
 Mrs Walter Nichols and Miss Frank Nichols of Bridgeport, and Mrs J. B Singleton of New York, are sojourning at their cottage at Pine Grove. Mrs Lewis B. Crane of New York, will ar rive next week.
 The Rev D. B. Remington, pastor of the Free Baptist church at Bridge port, and dozen or more other people from Bridgeport are boarding at George Peck's on Silver street between Ashley Falls and Sheffield, Mass.
 Some good work was done Tuesday in cuttir down trees and bushes on one side of the road between E.S. Roots and Pine Grove Camp Ground. Here tofore it has been difficult and danger ous to travel that route on bicycle, but now the coast is clear.
 Miss Mary Murnane is taking well earned vacation from her duties in the telegraph office. She will be away till Sept and will visit relatives in New York city part of the time. Freak Merrifeld, of Lakeville, takes Miss Murnane's place during her absence.
 -Guests in town not elsewhere not ed are: MT and Mrs Johnson and three children of Wauregan, Mass, at Mrs Hams; Mir and Mrs Charles D. Mackie of Worcester, Mass, and Miss Katie Quinn of Bridgeport at James Quinn's; Mir and Mrs Frank W. Strong of Dalton, Mass. at Geo. P. Strong's.
 The storm of last Thursday after noon was not of long duration but the lightning was full of fun. Among the pranks reported are the striking of an elm tree nearly opposite Miss Adams on the other side of the street, tearing off strip of bark. and the wrecking of two telephone poles near Mrs W. J.. Thomson's.
 Lightning struck long hay stack back of Frank $. Goodwin's barn Sun day night about o'clock and set it on fire. Frank promptly rang his dinner bell and his neighbors all "came to supper" and the stack was cut in two and the flames on the burning part wefe extinguished. It was close call for barn and house.
 Judge Elmer issued his order de- ciding the application of the P. k & N. E. engineers and fremen, to have their rates of wages restored, on Tuesday. The order directs the rates in force May l, 1897, to be restored beginning with August 1, 1897, and applies to the whole line of the P. R. & N. D. road and it's leased lines in this state.
 Price & James circus drew a good sized audience last Friday night. The afternoon attendance was small, owing to the circus of three days before. The show was pronounced first class and even better than it's predecessor. The bareback riding was worthy of especial mention, and the clowns were amusing Dot leetle German band" are all right.
 -Dev D. c. Stone, pastor of the Con gregational church at Gilbertville. Mass. (not Cambridgeport as announced last week. supplied the Pilgrim church pull pit last Sunday and preached good sermon from Matthew XI, 12. MI Stone is spending his two weeks vaca tion at his home in Bethlehem, Conn.,, and in visiting friends in Canaan and Norfolk.
 The thunder showers last Sunday afternoon and evening prevented ser vices being held at Pine Grove, bu next Sunday at 3.30 p. m. the Rev B H. Burch will preach there and there will be praise service in the evening Nearly every cottage is already occu pied and large attendance is expected at the camp meeting which begins nex Monday.
 A reunion of Mir and Mrs J. J Bailey's family was held at the home O their daughter, Mrs E. s. Root, thi week. There were present MT and Mir J. J. Bailey. three daughters, Mr' Mary l.. Bradley and Ella J. Bailey O Great Harrington, and Mrs Florence Root of Canaan, son, Raymond Bai ley of Boston, two sons-in-law, on, daughter-in-law, and six grandchildren
 -Lorrin Eggleston and his friend, E E. Northrup. of New York city, recent ly had a thrilling experience in driving iIOLu plhCc LO ohC Cfch ing in severe thunder storm. It i said that although the gentlemen ar both of undoubted courage they wer frightened on this occasion. Tn flashes of lightning were incessant ant the crashing thunder likewise. I seems that the climax was reached whe1 they crossed the toll bridge, where tn lightning played tag over the irons and the poor horse trembled an, "squefled like pig with terror. Ac cording to the narrative in last week Millerton Telegram Mir Northrup de clared that all the gold in Klondik would not tempt him to go throug the experience that night again.