Connecticut western news., 1897-06-17
THURSDAY, JUNE IT, 1897.
Local News.

-F. C.. Capron, of Danbury, was In town over Sunday.
 John Dary, of Glens Falls, N. r., visited in town the past week.
 James H. Drake and family moved to Poughkeepsie. N. Y., last Monday, Mrs Bridget Devine, of Sheffield, Mass. is visiting her nephew, William Devine.
 Henry V. Sims was at the Warner House several days the latter part of last week:
 Mrs Warren Mcintyre visited her sister, Mrs Ives. in Winsted two or three days last week.
 Edward Smith, of New York, is visiting his brother. o. l., at Robert Little's in Wetogue. MT and Mrs Thomas Abbe and their two little girls arrived from Abi- line, Kans., on Friday.
 70. P. Gillette, of Danbury, visited
  Saturday until Tuesday.
 Miss Alice Randall, of New Milford, is staying with her grandmother, Mrs Randall, at N. o. Briggs.
 The Water Go. have extended their two.inch pipe on Church street from A. w. Nicoll's to Jesse Drums.
 Miss Rosa E. Bailey, of Goshen. at- tended the high school commencement last Friday and spent Sunday.
 The engagement of Otto Grouse and Miss Christine Bowen, both of New Jersey, is announced. Mr Grouse is a well known lawyer.
 MT Kllmer, who has been night operator at the telegraph office here, has secured position at Bangor, Me. Michael Joyce takes Kilmer's place here.
 The classes of Dr l. F. Reid's school at Hartford completed the studies of the current year on Tuesday. Three of the four graduates enter col leges and one the Yale Law School.
 George H. Clute will close his pri- vate school here this week and return to his home in Albany, N. r., and later he will go West. Mr Clute's many friends are sorry to have him leave Canaan but hope he will be frequent visitor here.
 A fine program of Children's Day exercises will be rendered at the Meth. odist Episcopal church next Sunday morning. In the evening the usual preaching service will be held Re member that the children hold domin. ion in the morning.
 The roadmakers resumed work in this part of the town last Thursday and have greatly improved West Mair street by straightening the sides of the road and making it uniform width but we think they have rounded up tht road too much on Gillette and Reet streets.
 A new time table went into effec on the Consolidated road on Sunday June 13. Changes are as follows North bound, express 12 10 p. m.; Sat urday evening express IT; Sunda. paper train 9 40; south bound, mail 2. 4. p. m milk 2.47 p. m passenger 4.4' p. m. express 5.19 p. m
 The trout season closed on Monday June IA. according to the new law pass ed by the late Legislature, whicl shortened the seas on little over tw weeks. It is doubtful whether any thing has been gained by shortenin the season. Ia Massachusetts and Ne, York trout fishing is allowed till Aug ust l, in fact even longer in Mortimer New York.
 -C K. Hunt, of Winsted, was her several hours last Friday on his retur from Sharon whither he had been cal ed to inspect the local telephone lin there and suggest remedy for tn humming noise on that line at nigh which noise is supposed to be cause in some way by the electric light C current because the telephone wire there are strung on the electric ligf poles. #.
 The cases against Edward Fitzge1 aid for selling liquor and seizure ( liquor were before Justice Roberts o Monday. Wellington B. Smith, ( Wlnsted, appeared for the prosecutio and l.. J. Nickerson. of West Cornwall for the defense. The liquor sellin case was adjourned to July 10th at o'clock. Nobody appearing to clail the liquor, it was condemned, but it understood that it will not be destro ed until after the trial.
 Among the beautiful floral offering presented to senators and represent tives on Saturday the closing day of u session, were as follows: Senator Wa ner received beautiful basket flowers bearing a card inscribed "Wi the compliments of Hartford Equ Rights Club-Factory Inspector Bill and Judge Roraback received han some basket of flowers from the san association. Clerk s. A. Eddy of u Senate was presented with a handson Persian ring as testimonial from u Senate. Senator Herman in presentil the ring made highly compliments speech to which Mir Eddy made fittil reply. The Senate also presented MT Eddy the chair occupied by hi during the session.