Connecticut western news., 1897-04-15

-MrS ELLA M. ShIIeT VIII iSSiuo HI She leaves Canaan for that city next Saturday.
 That dry moon April fooled the weather prophets, and the biggest rain of the season occurred last Thursday night and Friday.
 Sore throats are quite prevalent. not cankered threats but dry and fu- famed ones. Someone suggests the remedy "water your rum."
 At meeting of the legislative chairmeu and clerks, held at the capitol on Tuesday, May 18th was fixed as the day of the adjournment of the General Assembly.
 Miss Susie F Smith. of Amenia. N r.. graduate of Vassar college who joined the Salvation Army and rose to the rank of brigadier, has recently joined the Roman Catholic Church.
 Conductor Ray F. Beaudry of the P. R X N. E. railroad, severed his re- lations with that company Saturday The train he was formerly in charge of is now in charge of Conductor Chris tian.
 Miss White has taken the rooms in the Warner House annex recently vsca- ed by Miss Odell. This week Miss White is making purchases of millinery goods in Hartford, Bridgeport and New York.
 Mrs Irving Pryor, nee Nellie Rich ardson, of Waterbury, called on friends in Canaan last week on her way to and from East Chatham, N. Y.. where she attended the funeral of her aunt, Mrs Pratt.
 Sunday was observed as Palm Sun- day, the beginning of Holy Week. At St. Joseph's palm leaves were distribu ted to the people as usual in commem- oration of Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem.
 Rev Mir Weeks, of the Hartford theological seminary. preached good practical and we'll delivered sermon on the love of ones neighbor in the Pil- grim church on Sunday. Text, St. John XIV, 2I.
 A few months ago straw was 8 scarce article to buy at s16 per ton, and many farmers held on to their crop ex- pecting it would go still higher. Since then it has gone the other way, and now it is being retailed at SIS per ton. -Pawling Chronicle.
 One of our bicyclists. who usually makes himself conspicuous by his high rate of speed, came to grief Monday by the breaking of the upper bar of his bike. Fortunately, he es- capped with only slight bruises.
 The New York Conference of the M E. Church which has been in ses- sion at Sing Sing, N. r., adjourned Tuesday. But few changes of pastors are made in the Poughkeepsie district, We notice that Rev W A. Mackev is transferred from Rhiuebeck to Pawling.
 The construction of bicycle paths in this village was commenced Tuesday on Church St The paths will be ex- ceIlent and permanent ones, and are exclusively for bicyc!es-a fact which pedestrians should remember and either stay on the sidewalks or become Populists aud "keep in the middle of the road" and thus not get run over by bicycles which on their own right of way will not be compelled to turn out for pedestrians any more than railway trains do.
 Edward Cook, who lives on the Gershom Fitch place near Clayton, Mass, and who has been suffering about two weeks from erysipelas caused by wounding his hand with bolt while blowing, has now almost com pletely recovered the use of his hand. It was deemed necessary by the attend. ing local physician to call Dr Edward Welch. of Winsted, in consultation early in the case to determine whether the amputation of 8 finger would be necessary.
 Mrs Louisa Hall will soon close hel own house and become honsekeeper fol Geo. s. Fuller. Her daughter, Mis-. Ella, who has worked at MT Fuller, for several months will remain at Nj Fuller's. This is good arrangement for all concerned. MT Fuller has thre, children and does not wish to break uI housekeeping, neither could one per son do all the homework and care fo the children, especially as little Jchl
 R. is less than two years old and need constant care.
 Tuesday noon fire was discovere,
 in the swamp near the residence 0 Simon De Witt, south of the Pin
 Grove Camp Ground station. The fir probably originated from spark iron
 the locomotive of the 12.38 p. m trair
 A strong wind carried the flames into
 lot of cord wood belonging to Hon M
 B Richardson or to the estate of tn
 late U. H. Miner. At one time 1t WE
 feared the fire would cross the road an
 extend to the cottages on the Cam
 Ground. but the workmen in the shor
 at Amesville were summoned and b
 blowing furrow in the field and b
 whipping out the flames the fire ws
 gotten under control. We have nt
 learned how much the damage is, br
 more or less cord wood was destroye,
 The meeting called in the interes
 of bicycle paths was held last Frids
 night. The object of the meeting.