Connecticut western news., 1897-06-03
THURSDAY, JUNE 8. 1897.
Local News.

HI. D. Humphrey has just painted his house, drug store and barn.
 MT and Mrs H. B. Ives visited friends in Lenox, Mass., over Sunday. Louis E. Holt was at home from Eastman Business College from Friday until Tuesday.
 MT Futile, of Newark. N. J., is spending few days with his cousin, Joseph S. Adam.
 Miss Flora Coggswell, of Pittsfeld, Mass. was guest at Dr Lees from Frida, until Monday.
 Rev P. Keating, of Norfolk, oficia- ted and preached at St. Joseph's on Sunday morning.
 MT and Mrs George E. Avis, of New Haven, visited at his brothers, Dr Avis, from Wednesday to Friday of last week.
 The gross receipts of the Straw berry Tea at the Pilgrim church par lors last Tuesday evening were over $26.
 Mrs Ferdinand l.. Beckley has been sick seven weeks, part of the time ser iously ill, but is now steadily improv- ing.
 This village is in woeful need of electric lamps to enable the men who work all day to play marbles on the streets at night.
 Mir and Mrs James E. Dean and Gilbert l.. Hart returned to Winsted Monday after few days stay at Pine Grove Camp Ground.
 The auction at the Lyman Cunning farm in East Canaan last Friday was we'll attended and the articles sold averaged fair prices.
 The Hawthorne Club served tea at Mrs George 0 Peet's from to 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Proceeds for the Village Improvement Association.
 The schools in this district devoted 3 portion of last Friday afternoon to Memorial Day exercises, which consist ed of readings. recitations and singing.
 Philip Ham has terminated his en- gagement at the Great Burlington post office and is now at home here. with two or three other openings under con sideration.
 Miss Julia Stewart went to Shef- field, Mass, yesterday where she has accepted the position to do general housework in the family of Rev l.. 0. Fl. Adams.
 The excursion Monday over the P. R. & N. E. road to Poughkeepsie to the bicycle races was we'll patronized. The train arrived here on it's return a little after 10 p. m.
 -P. K. Coggswell c"Kib'J who was the first or pioneer engineer on the old Connecticut Western railroad, is run ming g stationary engine for John s. Lane & Son who are building the new reservoir for the New Milford Water Go.
 A car load of calves was detained It this station. all day Tuesday, not leaving for Hartford till after II o'clock p. m. Their bleating was very dis agreeable to residents of the village and besides it was cruelty to the calves to keep them here so long.
 The change of time on the P. R & N E. which took effect Sunday does not affect the time of trains running through Canaan. Engineers Wm. Thurston and Stephen Riley will alter nate in running the steamboat trains which pass through here at 10.24 a. m.
 David s. Cowles Post was repre- q ented at the Memorial exercises at General Sedgwick's grave at Cornwall Hollow on Monday by Post Comman- der Rodemeyer. James Reel, of this town, and by H. P. Morse, Jas. H Flakes and Comrade McCarty, of the town of Canaan.
 The commencement exercises of the Canaan Graded School will be held al the Town Hall, Friday evening, June 1Ith, at 8 o'clock. The class consist, of seven members who will take part 1T the exercises. Music will be furnished by Baldwin's orchestra. The public are cordially invited
 The school which has been in charge of Miss Catherine B Finnegar has been closed portion of the week owing to the illness of Miss Finnegan but opened this (Thursday) morning 1T charge of Miss Louise May. who vii complete the year unless Miss Finne gan is able to resume work.
 M. l.. Osborne has sold his mill route to Frank Hitchcock but will sup ply him with milk until next fall whe1 Mir Hitchcock will stock up his owl farm with COWS. Until fall MT Osborn will bring the milk to the west end o the route and MT Hitchcock will ped dle it through the village.
 Good work was done last Friday and Monday on the bicycle path be tween Canaan and Ashley Falls. Rock were removed, the path was widened il many places. dangerous parts mad safe, crooked sections made straight : and several other Improvements wer made. Ho ye Berkshire Count, wheelmen and wheelwomenl Be i known unto you that you can now en joy spin to Canaan, Pine Grove, O Twin Lakes.