Connecticut western news., 1898-09-29
Local News.

Going to the Fair?
 The Pilgrim Club met with Johr Adam Tuesday evening. 5
 Rev s. A. Burnaby spent a fss days this week in Boston, Mass,
 Mrs Edward Barnett of New Hayer returned to the city yesterday.
 Major Bennett arrived home from Nav York last Saturday to remain sev' oral days.
 -E- s. Root, A. P Freeman and E 8. Roberts attended the county conven- ton at Winsted yeAtarday.
 lf Miss Martha Manvel has returned home from the business college at Hart ford on account of her health.
 The Womsn's Board of Missions, New Haven branch, will hold their an nual meeting at Pilgrim church on Oct. 5. A sl'.N f.''ttA
 Quite. smart thunder shower ar rived in Canaan at g. 30 o'clock Monday evening. and .. light frost yesterday morning. gie.I - sY Lewis Rhoades suffered greatly with the asthma several days last week and was unable to sleep, but he is bet ter this week. @
 Samuel Camp has returned to Yale, and Albert Roraback and Francis Bar a nett have entered. the freshman class of that university. sx .
 { No vote will be taken on the i- cense question at the annual town meet ing. therefore North Canaan will re- main . no license town.
 Letters advertised at the Canaan post office are for Miss A. NJ. Carroll, Dr B T. Read, Mrs A. V T. Ward, l.. Nearing, Mrs Mary Prentiss, J. Rice. & --Mrs Katherine Brown and Mrs s. 0. Beokley visited Mrs Sweet and her daughter, Mrs T. Fl. Curtis. at Tyring- ham, Mass. from Friday until Monday.
 "A csuous of Republican electors will be hold at tho Town Hall, Satnr- day afternoon. Oct. at 4 o'clock for the purpose of nominating candidates for town officers
 & Thomson leaves to-day for Boston, MassL where he will enter the Boston Dental College fora three years course. His mother twill spend the winter in Boston. ".
 The Sunday school rally at the Pill grim church the 18th inst. was well at- tended and the exercises were very in- teresting and instructive. The reports for the Last quarter were very encourag- ing. ss fl. Arthur Isaben of Waterbury, for mer Academy student, here, visited old friends here the past week, and rode in the bicycle races at Ct. Harrington yes tefday. Isabell won $92 worth of prizes st the Springfield meet.
 Mrs Ann Eliza Sturges, who has made her home with her niece, Mrs George R Wilcox, for several years, Is very feeble Mrs Sturges, is 84 years of age. and for the past month has been unable to take sufficient nourishment, in fact cannot eat any solid food.
 
 Irving Messenger has severed his connection with tho store of E. l.. Rob- erts < Co. in East Canaan and next Tuesday he and Willard Burghardt of this place will go to Poughkeepsie where they will enter the Eastman Busi- ness College. fh'
 The equinoctial. storm was mild ono in this section. It began before daylight Saturday morning and awhile later was accompanied by a mild thun- der ahower. During the forenoon there was quite . gale of wind and rain together for few moments but no rain in the afternoon
 e-Charles Roberts, who enlisted from New York city in the 9th N. Y. Volun- teers, arrived home the 17th inst He lost forty five pounds in weight while in the army but lost none of his courage and ambition, as evidenced by the fAct that he has already resumed labor and is clerking in his brothers store at East Canaan.
 -Abel G. Stevens new house at Ga naan Valley will be completed in about two weeks. The mason work is com pleted and the joiners are now finish ing up their part of the work. The house is . very pleasant and convenient one, 28x48 feet in dimensions and 2i stories in height, with 8 conservatory and bow window, and piazzas on three sides. a mart ya aG 5 ss-Ri s. De LaLaater, the Hartford photogrsphsr, closed his cottage at Twin Lakes on Tuesday; MT and Mrs De LAmater have remained late in the ssason at Twin Lakes because they ex- peeted their son, R. w De Lamater, second sergeant of Go. K. First Connec- ticut Regiment, would get . furlough ard vilt them there. Last Thursday z their son was sent to Hartford having in his charge some of his sick comrades. The next day Sergeant De Lamater was himself taken ill with malarial fever and he proceeded to Wethersfeld where his viie's family reside. On Tuesday his mother went by cars from Twin Lakes to Wethersfeld. while his father made the journey with horse and car riage. Sergeant De Lamater will re- ceive the best medical attention and nuning and it is expected that he will