Connecticut western news., 1897-09-09
THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER g, 1897.
Local News.

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 John Prince will move to Amesville sometime this month.
 -Dr B. Reeve Abbe is visiting his brother, F. J. Abbe.
 Mrs B. D. Ives, of Norfolk, is stop ping at the Warner House.
 Don't forget the big auction at South Canaan next Tuesday.
 -J. s. Wheeler, of Waterbury, is visiting his sister, Mrs Church.
 George 0. Peet is confined to the house with an attack of asthma.
 An impromptu dance at the hall Saturday night was quite well attended Henry Evans, of Stratford, spent Sunday and Monday at E. B. Bartram's.
 ID. w. Manvel has sold his farm in Sheffield to Walter T. Wolcott for $3,OOO.
 Miss Abbe entertained number of her little friends at party Tuesday afternoon.
 : Jesse Drum has moved his house. hold goods from Torrington to this place.
 Mrs Francis P. Whittlesey, of Great Harrington, Mass, is visiting at Rev E. Whittlesey's.
 Mrs R.P. Hunt and Fred. s Brown have returned to Lenox from their western trip.
 Mrs Geo. c. Peet has returned from her two weeks visit in Bridgeport and Waterbury.
 Robert w. Adam and Miss Mary Adams, of Pittsfeld, spent Sunday with Miss s. w. Adam.
 Michael Madden has purchased Luman Foote's tenement and Ensign Yorker has moved in.
 School begins in this district next Monday, the 18th. East Canaan schools opened Tuesday, the 7th.
 -I. E. Manvel writes from Ashley Falls to continue his advertisement in the NEWS and says s'trade was never better"
 The Misses Newton and Bennett, who have been spending the summer at K. O. Newton's, return to New York to- morrow.
 Walter Vokes, of New York, was at R O. Newton's from Tuesday of last week till Monday. R. O. Newton, Jr., spent Sunday.
 Miss Annie Ellin and Miss Edna Knight, of Yonkers, IN. Y, are spend ing week or two with Mrs E. W. War ner at the hotel.
 David N. Fuller of Great Barring ton, Mrs J. F. Roe of Hon esdale, Pa., and Mrs l.. B. Fuller of Scranton, Pa., visited Geo. s. Fuller last week.
 -The engagement is announced of Miss Mary E. Case. of Pine Meadow, and Fred. B. Young, of Pittsfeld, Mass. The wedding will occur the present month.
 MT and Mrs J. Henry Smith and son, of Fernandina, Fla. are visiting Mrs Smiths brother, Forest May. Mir Mays mother, Mrs William May, is also visiting him.
 MT and Mrs Ambrose Boardman, of New Britain, were in town on Monday on their way to Falls Village and Huntsville to visit friends. Mir Board man had not been in Canaan for 27 years.
 Mrs W. J. Thomson and son Hugo will go to Albany next week to remain for the winter. Hugo will enter the Albany Business College. Miss Flor ence Thomson returns to New York Saturday of this week.
 Last Thursday the Norfolk and Canaan second hines played base bal on the grounds here. Score Norfolk g. Canaan 5 Canaan presented rather poor team at Sheffield on Tuesday and were beaten by score of 23 to 7.
 A. H. Owen, of Nordhoff. NJ, ,who has been guest at Forrest Mays for Q few weeks this summer and who recent ly purchased the Everardus Ives prop. erty in East Canaan, as reported, through MT May, has taken possession of the property. He contemplates making some extensive improvements. We are pleased to welcome so enterprising c man as Mir Owen to this community.
 A rear end collision attended with slight damage occurred here Wednes day morning on the Berkshire Division The north bound night freight was TUT into by the north bound Wilson Poin freight in the cut south of the station The caboose and two cars of the nigh freight were derailed, and the rear 0 the caboose stove up. This makes th' third accident on the line inside week See Falls Village and West Cornwall correspondence.
 John l.. Decker won second priz, in the professional mile handicap bicy cle race at Hartford on Monday; F Loughead, of Canada. was first. Tn, first prize was $75, second $40. R vanAlstyne, of Housatonic won tn amateur quarter mile open. G. H Knight. of Housatonic won third priz l$25) in the five mile professional open Jimmie Michael, the wonder, was first A. w. Porter of Newton, Mass. second