Connecticut western news., 1898-11-03
THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 3, 1898.
Local News.

Mrs George Lawrence of Stamford is visiting in town.
 Mrs Charles Bell of Chatham, N. Y. has been visiting att. s. News the past week.
 About dozen of our business men ate their annual game supper on Tues- day night.
 MT and Mrs A. w. Nicoll expect to leave Canaan next week, and will take . western trip.
 There were two Halloween parties for the little people in town on Monday night, one at Mrs 0. Collins and one at Mrs F. Van Deusen's.
 Thomas Bonner has greatly inn proved the appearance of East Main street by filling in the hollow east of his house and by constructing side walk there.
 The Standard Oil Go. are building piers on which to place their immense oil tank on the east side of Railroad street. The piers will be eight feet above ground. A building 18x24 feet will be erected alongside the tank.
 Commencing Nov. 1. all ticket agents and baggage masters in the em- ploy of the Consolidated railroad must wear uniforms. Colored shirts or neck ties, or tan shoes will not be allowed and the coat must be kept buttoned and the shoes polished at all times.
 George A. Jackson of New Milford, the Republican nominee for Senator of the Nineteenth district, was guest of J. H. Roraback last night. During the evening number of Canaan citizens called upon MT Jackson at MT Rora- backs office to pay their resp pects to him and get better acquainted with him.
 A Republican rally will be held at the Town Hall in this village next Mon day evening, Nov. 7th, at 8 o'clock. Congressman Hill of Norwalk will speak upon the vital questions of the day. Everybody is invited to come and hear him. It is acknowledged by all political parties that Congressman Hill is remarkably able and interesting speaker.
 Halloween was celebrated by large number of boys or else the ones at work must have been busy all night. Wagons, barrels, signs, stoves, moving machines, horse blocks, vegetables, boxes, wood piles, etc. were in chang cd condition and hurly -burly reigned when Tuesday morning dawned. The boys would have done just as well to have omitted some of the chalk writ ings that appeared in different places.
 The steel railroad bridge over the highway at Bennett Hill will be 70 feet long. The bridge will rest on stone abutments at each end, and will be sup ported by two steel piers, each about ten feet from the centre. The masons have completed the brown stone foun dation for one of the piers, and have commenced work on the other. One of the abutments is nearly finished, ,also the retaining walls. The work of exca- vating the rock in the highway goes forward as fast as could be expected at thia sAaaon of the year.
 The Republican caucus was held in the Town Hall building yesterday afternoon. J. H. Roraback called the meeting to order. G. B. De Hart was elected chairman. F. J. Abbe, clerk. Frank Van Deusen and W D. Lawrence were appointed tellers. An informal ballot for candidate for representative was taken, of which George l.. Parsons had 20, scattering 2. On motion the informal ballot was made formal. The following candidates for Justices of the Peace were then nominated: J. H. Roraback, A. B. Garfield, Abel G. Stevens, D. O. Whittlesey.
 The Pilgrim Club and some of their friends were invited by Eugene Rowe to accompany him to his former home at MT Sardam's on Smith Hill last Fri day night. A pleasant evening was spent at the farm house. The boys chartered Archie Adams three-horse barge for the trip. The club will meet next Wednesday evening with Clinton Roraback. Debate, subject: 'Resolv- ed; that the losses sustained by the U. 8. A. during the lste war were more than equivalent to the gains. , Affirmative, John Sedgwick, Albert Barnes; negative, Eugene Rowe, Fred Manvel.
 Much sympathy is expressed for Rood Brothers who have not been suc- cessful in the grocery and meat busi. ness. Their store is closed and they have made an assignment to Geo. s. Fuller, as will be seen by the legal no. tice published today in this paper. Rood Brothers suspension is due tc circumstances over which they had nc control. In the first place they did noi have sufficient capital, but they were promised plenty of capital to be fur nished them after they commenced business. That promise was not ful filled. In the second place the whole sale price of beef the past summer Jeff no profit for the retailer. Rood Brothers have done very large busi ness;sincesthe very day they opened theil store. and of course gave more or less credit, but they think that ninety pel cent of their book accounts are collect able.