Connecticut western news., 1897-03-18
Local News.

mud, mud and hubs.
 Thomas Abbe, of Abilene. Kans, arrived in town yesterday.
 There was no demonstration here yesterday, St. Patrick's Day.
 Peter Parsons, of South Norfolk, who is ill with pneumonia, is not ex- pected to recover.
 The ladies of the M. E. Church gave an Orange tea in the church par lors Tuesday evening and cleared about $25.OO.
 The mercury ranged from 2 to g above zero yesterday morning. but it was bright and beautiful day and the streets were muddy before noon.
 There will be meeting of the North Canaan Rod and Gun Club at Roraback's office on Tuesday evening, March 22, at 8 o'clock. All are cordial ly invited.
 The New York Methodist Confer ence will meet in Highland avenue Methodist Church, Sing Sing. N r.. April 7th Bishop Stephen M. Merrill will preside.
 Individuals who think the town cannot get along without them should look around and see if they have ever done anything for the town.-Water- town Journal.
 The Rt. Rev Henry A. Nicely, Bish- op of the Diocese of Maine, will preach and administer Confirmation in Christ church tomorrow (Friday) evening. Service at 7.30.
 At the special meeting of Pilgrim Church held last Friday afternoon it was voted to give the Rev Sidney A. Burnaby, of Southbridge, Mass call to supply the pulpit for one year.
 Rev W. W. Davidson. of New Hav- en, supplied the pulpit of the Pilgrim Church last Sunday morning and preached good sermon from Matthew XI, 28. The attendance was small ow- ing to the indictment weather.
 On going out to his barn Tuesday afternoon J. s. Adam found that one of his horses had gone up stair case of 12 steps and was eating from the hay mow. When the intelligent animal heard MT Adam it backed down the stairs without accident.
 
 George l.. Parsons has been con- fined to the house the past ten days with an acute attack of stomach and bowel trouble to which he has been subject at intervals for over 30 years or ever since he was in the army. He is slowly improving but does not sit up much.
 Tonight at Town Hall, Howarth's Hibernica and Dublin Dan Comedy Go with band and orchestra. A magnif- cent panorama of Ireland shown during the performance. The company is un- der the management of happy Al. Blod- get. Street parade to-day and band concert tonight.
 Among the brilliant stars of the winter consultations three well known planets may be pointed out to star gazers. As early as o'clock in the evening Mars is near the zenith in Taurus, the large bright star in the west is Venus and the brilliant star in the east in Leo is Jupiter.
 
 Elsewhere in this issue is recorded the death of Mrs Thomas B. Bosworth. Her son in-law, the Rev James Dean, is pastor of the First Congregational Church at Grown Point. N. Y. Many Canaanites will remember MT Dean as their war minister. He went out in the 18th Regiment Conn. Vols. with some forty men from North Canaan and neighboring towns, and was the cap tain of the company.
 The funeral of Robert H Marvin was held at the Methodist Episcopal church last Friday at p. m. Rev B.. Seeholzer conducted the services at the church and at the grave. In compi- ance with the request of the family the services were very brief at the church and consisted of scripture reading and prayer, the singing of hymns being omitted. David s Cowles Post No. 60, G. A. R. attended in body and fur nished the bearers who were Comrades John Rodemeyer, M. J. Kilmer. H. Schamerhorn. T. E Sackett, James Reel, Dennis McCarty. The intermeni was in the Marvin lot at the lower cemetery. Charles Marvln of Worces ter, Mass brother of the deceased Charles H. Marvin. of Sharon, Conn, q son of the deceased, were among the relatives present from out of town.
 -Canaanites will be interested in the sketch of the late Mrs Nancy Swift Hanchett which is published In tht NEWS today. Mrs Hanchett was fol many years during her early married life resident of Canaan. Her hus band, Ephraim Hanchett, manufactur ed axes in shop which stood near thu bridge over the Blackberry river or High street. The house in which th Hanchett family resided still stands ol High street and is situated few rod southeast of said bridge and above tn dam. The author of the sketch is A. H Plumb, D. D who is one of the clergy men on the advisory board of the Ma tional and International Departmen Scientific Temperance Instruction i Schools and Colleges, 23 Trull St, Bof ton, Mass. Mrs Mary H. Hunt is tn Superintendent for Worlds and Nation