Connecticut western news., 1898-07-28
THURSDAY. JULY 2S, 1898.
Local News.

ing at D. D. Walters
 -Miss Bessie Burns of Bridgeport is . guest at The Manse.
 Advertised letter at the Canaan post office is addressed to Frank Mara.
 Practice games of golf are being played in Mrs Hardenbergh's 8 meadows.
 James H. Quinn visited his cousins in Waterbury from Saturday until yes tsrday.
 Frederick B. Young and wife of Pittsfeld, Mass visited relatives here over Sunday.
 Light showers visited Canaan last Thursday but on Tuesday . good soak ing rain arrived.
 Mir and Mrs J. w. Soule of Meri- den are visitors at the residence of Mrs Hamm this week.
 Rev B. Seeholzer's parents from Poughkeepsie, N. Y., are visiting at the N. E. parsonage.
 Rev Dr s. O. Curtice and family oi Brooklyn, N. r., are at Pine Grove. They came last week Wednesday.
 -Isaao Lermond is painting both the exterior and interior of his house, and is papering some of the rooms.
 Chaplain Jones, of the battleship Texas, and his family are now at Joseph Warren's summer boarding house in East Lee, Mass.
 -G. A Adam and family moved in- to their new house the 16th inst This item was inadvertently omitted from the last issue of the NEWS.
 The Naples has averaged % or moro guests since May, and has appli- cations for moro than it can accommo- date. One large family will arrive next Monday.
 A party of young fellows from Tor rington and Winsted are camping al Twin Lakes for . couple of weeks. They are camping on the picnic grounds.
 Tt is several months since the mer. cury saw zero. Here is the record for the past week: Thursday 92, Friday 8l, Saturday 85, Sunday 79, Monday 76, Tuesday "A, yesterday 83.
 Mir and Mrs George Wood are wis iting relatives in New York state. It is reported that they will return to Ca naan about the middle of August and commence housekeeping in D. l.. Peirce's tenant house near West Main street.
 On the sixth day of October next the Poughkeepsie Bridge Road will be sold under foreclosure as the front door of the court house in Poughkeepsie. The sale will mark another step in the reorganization of tho road.-Amenis Times.
 The new bicycle rack in front oi Humphreys drug store is great con. venienoe in the day time to wheelmen, and it has also proved to be handy object on dark night for a pedestrian to collide with. We can prove this statement
 The Canaan base ball team will play the postponed game with Norfolk at that place Saturday if the weather if good The game played with Shef. field was a good one and if the boys play as we'll, they will give Norfolk [ hard rub. Several people will go witf Canaan to Norfolk.
 Several out-of-town people will be present at the lawn social and dancs this evening, among them are nin' young men of Torrington, who are camping at tho Grove, Twin Lakes They will go back in team whicf others may uss if it will accommodat. them. Fare being 25c.
 John Decker and Edward Brewer both of Ashley Falls, while riding thei wheels from Ct Harrington Saturda, evening collided with Mrs Elisha Rene dict of Canaan, who was driving in team about a mile from Ct. Harrington at the Green River Bridge It wa thought that Brewer, who was carried home unconscious, would not be abl, to live, but later reports says that al though he was cut badly in the back O his head he will soon be out again Decker was only slightly injured.
 Contractor Burke commenced worl yesterday at Bennett Hill crossing Four heavy horses were hitched to big rooter plow and the highway wa ripped up quite lively. This mornini the gang of shovelers, with horses an. carts, will begin removing the dirt The crossing has been closed to tn public, buta temporary crossing ha been opened just north of the old one Tho men employed by the town ar making good progress with the wor east of James Reels. Just visit then if you want to learn how to build ne' load.
 Miss Susie E. Swift, daughter of wealthy Poughkespsie lawyer, will be come . Dominican nun within 8 mont and will enter the mother house of tn Congregation of St. Catherine d Ricci, at Albany, N. Y. Miss Swii formerly lived in Amenia, N. Y., gradu ated from Vassar college, joined tn Salvation Army and became brigadiel but about year and one half ago be came . convert to the Catholic faith A few years ago when Miss Swift an her sister were Salvation Army lassie they preached at Pine Grove near Cs naAus