Connecticut western news., 1897-03-11


 new life under the management of A. B. Knox. The paper discontinued publi- cation in '94, but the new management are full of vim, and it looks like a suc- cess.
 J. L. Bragg is the delegate from the Pilgrim Church to the council that will meet at Norfolk tomorrow at ? p. m. to act on the resignation of Rev John DePeu as pastor of the Norfolk Congre- gational Church.
 David s. Cowles Post No. 60, G. A. R. will attend the funeral of Robert H. Marvin. and have charge of the burial. Comrades from neighboring posts are hereby invited.
 Fuller & Peet are nicely settled in their hardware store which fronts on Railroad street. The archway into the main building has been closed, and the entrance is from Railroad street. There is also an entrance on the east side.
 Bishop Medley, of the Diocese of Maine, will visit Christ church March 19. at T 30 p. m., and administer Con- firmation. This (Thursday) evening Rev Mir Stanley, of Winsted. will preach at the Lenton service at Christ church at ' 30.
 Mrs Harriet R. Bierce, of Cornwall Bridge, will on March Is sell all her househould goods, etc. at public auc- tion. Furniture, bedding, ,crockery, etc. are prominent features. A horse and harness, carriages and sleighs are also to be sold.
 We stated last week that Rev B. c. Warren had accepted call to Mt. Kis- co, subject to the approval of the Bishop at the coming conference. We are in- formed that 1t should have read Peeks- kill instead of Mt. sco.-Pawling Chronicle.
 -Geo. A. Mcintyre, the Clayton merchant, has just issued lot of mo- tices stating that he will sell all his goods for cash hereafter. This move he considers for the interest of his custom CTS as we'll as himself as prices will con- sequently be lower.
 The Pawling Chronicle says: "Business will begin to boom just as soon as the roads get settled That declaration settles an important ques- tion but it does not settle the roads nor the question of "when will the roads get settled|
 pr Clemans will celebrate his birth- day tomorrow. He says he is twenty one years old. Mir A O. Randall and daughter, Miss Lucy Randall, of Falls Village, will be guests on this occasion. By the way, Mir Randall has for num- Der of years been guest on Dr Clemans' birthdays.
 -Fassett & Pulver, of Great Barring ton, went to New York on the early train last Monday to buy their new spring stock. They will return to- I morrow evening. and the goods will be on exhibition the next day in accord ance with the last paragraph of their | adv.
 Mrs Ann Pendergast will have an auction at her residence in Canaan Valley on Saturday, March 20th at II a. m. sharp. Five COWS, two horses, wagons, sleighs, harness, moving machine, cultivator, one Cooly creamer, stoves, several tons of hay, 50 chickens, and plenty of other property will be sold. ..s
 We call the attention of Canaanites to an article which appears in this. is- sue under the caption Revolutionary Records" A number of Revolutionary soldiers and patriots are buried in Ca naan. Their graves should be identi- fled, and then designated by the bronze markers mentioned in the article to which we have alluded. "What is every body's business is nobody's busi- ness," therefore we suggest that if D. s Cowles Post will interest itself in this subject said graves will soon be sup piled with markers.
 The annual meeting of the Canaan Village Improvement Association was held at the Town Hall on Wednesday evening of last week. The 21st annual report was read and accepted. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, F. N Brown; vice president, 0. M. Humphrey; secre- tary, A. P. Freeman; treasurer. G. W Parsons; executive committee, Mrs O. R Camp, Miss s. W. Adam, J. H. Ror. aback, J. l.. Bragg, l.. H. Adams Il was voted to circulate subscription papers to ascertain if $15O.0O could be raised for the coming year before nal: ing any plans that might otherwise TUT the association in debt.