Connecticut western news., 1898-08-25

Judge anu MISS Burton or mtuuts town are visiting the Misses Granger. Mrs Baldwin of Griggsville, Ill , is visiting her sister, Mrs D. l.. Freeman. The Misses Walsh of Wayne, Pa, are visiting their niece, Mrs E. E. Bar tram.
 The local telephone central offic @ will open at ". K. Landon's on West Main street this evening.
 Daniel Sweeney returned Tuesday from long visit with his brother, Owen, ip the Adirondacks.
 Frederick Rsel, Jr (Major) and family of New Haven have been visiting relativ es in town.
 Miss Kate Lawrence returned Fri day from two weeks visit to East Ham, ilton and Jamestown, N. Y.
 Genuine camp meeting weather part of the time since the 18th inst rain and hail, thunder and lightning.
 -Jonathan Quameroy, an aged colored man, died at his home on the lower road to East Canaan, Tuesday.
 -Gustave Frohman left here yester- day for Chicago on a business trip for his brother Charles. Mrs Frohman and son are still at MT Mays.
 -Wm. T. Owens, who has spent the summer with his parents in East Ca- naan, returned to his medical studies at Buffalo, N. Y. on Monday.
 The Pilgrim church pulpit will be occupied Sunday by Rev D. c. Gillette of New Marlboro. Mass. Rev Burma by will preach in New Marlboro.
 W. H. Emmons returned Monday from trip to New York. Will saw Admiral Cervera land from the Fall River line, and also witnessed the re. turn of Sampson's fleet.
 Seymour Bailey, who was badly in- jured in runaway at Ashley Falls, Aug. 5, died at his home in Mill River, Mass, on Saturday last, aged S4. His funeral was attended Monday.
 Edward Knickerbocker of Syra- cuse, N. Y, visited his sister, Mrs J.E. Rhoades from Thursday to Saturday of last week. It is about eleven years since MT Knickerbocker visited Canaan, which is his native place.
 Rev John Calvin Goddard of Salis- bury will deliver an address on "Tem- perance Work in War Time" at the Plainville camp ground, Temperance Day, which is tomorrow, August 26.
 This summer will go on record as a remarkably hot one. During the past week the mercury registered as follows: Thursday 85', Friday 65, Saturday 75, Sunday 84, Monday 88, Tuesday 90, yesterday 91.
 Rev J. s. Ladd of Ancram, N. r., preached in the Methodist church last Sunday. Rev B. Seeholzer had been called to Poughkeepsie on account of the illness of his father. Rev Seeholzer returned home Tuesday.
 MT and Mrs A. H. Owens, the Misses Hopkins, Mrs Thorne, the Misses Thorne, MrsJ. c. Beckley, and Misses May Roberts, Nina Owens, Rose John son and Helen Louise May go into camp at Twin Lakes to-day for weeks stay.
 The house of David Kenneson in Sandisield was struck by lightning Aug. 16. The bolt spread around through five or six rooms and did about seventy dollars worth of damage which was promptly adjusted by F. J. Abbe < O., insurance agents.
 W. H. Camp returned from the Adirondacks Saturday last and reports that Dr Ross and Gus" Caldwell had shot deer each. The rest of the party excepting Doc, are expected home to- morrow. J. E. Rhoades and L. A. Caldwell returned Monday.
 Charles M Bradford has severed his connection with the NEWS staff and returned to his home in Winsted. John Beckley, who has worked in all the different branches of our business, will again assume the assistant editors chair and book keepers desk. Harvey Sabine of Milerton takes the position of foreman in ths type room.
 About fifteen colored people par ticipated in the dance and cake walk at Town Hall last Thursday night which was under the management of Prof. Robt billiard and Miss Eugenie Hill There were, however. about 75 white people as spectators who enjoy cd the proceedings vociferously. The cake was w,n by Mir Douglass and Miss Adeline Johnson after a second trial as the competition was very close and the winner hard to pick.
 Edward E. Bartram of this place will leave New York Sept for Yoko- hama, Japan. His route is to Montreal, thence by Canadian Pacific railroad to Van Couver, B. O., where he will take the steamer Empress of China" for Yokohama. Mir Bartram will there join his wife's uncle, Thomas Walsh, and will assist him in the management and settlement of large estate left by another uncle, the late John G. Walsh, sx-U. s. consul at Yokohama, and a large paper manufacturer, importer and exporter at city near there. Mir Walsh died in August 1897 Mir Bar tram will remain an indefinite time-a year at least will leave his family here. His position here as secretary of