Connecticut western news., 1897-06-24
Lyman Howe has recently built a

Lyman Howe has recently built a neat little barn on his premises.
 George s. Fuller and family were in Great Harrington over Sunday.
 Miss Rachel was given birthday party at E. s. Roots on Saturday, her birthday being on Sunday, the 20th.
 MT and Mrs G. B. Gardner and two children, of Coxsackie, N. Y.. are visit ing at Warren McIntyre's. They arriv- ed Friday.
 Mrs Harry I. Bodley and two little daughters, of Topeka, Kans, expect to arrive in town about the middle of July and will spend the summer at B. R. Lorrain's.
 Robert R. Smith and daughter Hallie, of New Hartford, attended the Little-Smith wedding last week We'd nesday evening. Miss Hallie remained in town till Saturday afternoon as the guest of Mrs M. W. Ward.
 We are sorry to learn that Mrs George Cooper, of South Canaan, is somewhat feeble. But that does not prevent her from reading the NEWS, without which she feels that she cannot get along and for which she last week renewed her subscription.
 Mt and Mrs John Richardson, of New Haven, were guests at s. w. Barnes over Sunday. Mir Richardson is cashier of the Yale National Bank, at New Haven. Arwin W. Beck, a stu dent at the Robbins School in Norfolk, also arrived at Mir Barnes last Satur- day. He expects to camp out few days with Marcus before proceeding to his home in Brooklyn, N. Y.
 Some of the New York papers are all right if you want them. but it is the local papers that advertise your busi- ness, your schools. your churches, your numerous societies; sympaihize with you in your aff1ic;ion and rejoice in your prosperity. In short, it is your local papers that mention the thousand and one items in which you are inter ested during the year, and which you do not find in the city papers -Ex.
 Miss Pearl Hamm, teacher of room 6 at the East street school, may well feel proud of the showing made by her pupils during the past year. Miss Frances Dutting, the talented teacher of music in Winsted schools, says Miss Hamm's room leads all others in sing ing. having attained a percentage of 9S. Her scholars have also won distinction so far as punctuality is concerned. Not single pupil in her TO om has been tardy during the past school year, Winsted Citizen.
 The annual school meeting of Dis trict No. 2 was held in the school house Friday night. B. A. Peirce was chosen moderator. G. O. Peet, clerk. The officers elected for the coming year are: Committee, Horace E. Holt, Stephen Riley and E. D. Bartram; treasurer, F. F. Stevens. The matter of heating the school building by steam was fayorably voted upon, md committee compris. ing tn school board and G. $ Fuller and B. A. Peirce were appointed to in vestigate the cost, etc The treasurer's report showed the finances in good con- dition.
 June 18th being Mrs Jane w. Branch's 90th birthday. a few old friends made her short calls. Deacon Levi w. Beckley, an only brother, Rev F. W. Barnett, Miss K 0. Lawrence, Miss s. w. Adam and Miss M. J. Peck called. Mrs Branch was remembered with flowers and fruit. When friends expressed a wish for more pleasant birthdays for her, the reply was. T don't want to live as Simon and Beebe are gone." To avoid confusion, other friends would call at other times. That her attendant gives good care is we'll known and appreciated
 Mrs O. R. Camp and William H. Camp returned home on Saturday from their 12 days Southern trip. They went by boat from New York to Nor folk, Va. During their absence they visited Asheville, Chattanooga, the Nashville exposition and Washington, D. o. MT Camp says the exposition is very fine, far superior to the Atlanta exposition. MT Camp says that he saw President Mckinley at the White House and at Nashville and was favora- ply impressed with his appearance That he strikes one as not only a man of ability and dignity, but also as very agreeable gentleman. His pictures do not do him justice.