Connecticut western news., 1898-03-10
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THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1898.
Local News.


 Watson Hardenbergh has rented Mrs Bullard's land.
 George Dodge has bought Acel F. Rood's house on Church street.
 MT and Mrs William Webster, of Bristol, are visiting at Mrs Hamm's.
 James Murnane, of Philmont, N. Y, visited his sister here over Sunday
 Tt is reported that N. O. Briggs house on Granite avenue has been sold.
 Advertised letters, Canaan post office-Mrs Luevenia Williams. Charles w. Belcher.
 We wish that someone would vol unteer to act as correspondent at Shar- on for the NEws.
 Lillian West, the sweet singer and dancer, with Pat Maloney's show. Town Hsll Tuesday evening.
 Miss Jennie Hamm, now studying at Huntsinger's Business college, Hart ford, has been home since Friday.
 Rev Henry Tarrant, of Lime Rock. will preach jn Christ church this Thursday evening. Service at 7.30.
 Rev s. A. Burnaby exchanges pull pits next Sunday with Rev MT Pond of Sheffield. Services at 10 80 and D. m.
 Higgins Bros. Black face comedi- ans and fun makers, dancers and vocal ists with Pat Maloney's show. Town Hall Tuesday evening.
 w. G. Cargill. of Westfeld, Mass, was in town on business, and calling on friends, from Monday afternoon un- til Tuesday afternoon.
 This week is the tenth anniversary of the great blizzard. but there is quite an agreeable contrast in the weather and the quantity of snow.
 In recent letter from the Hart ford County Temporary Home at Ware house Point Prof. H. M. Adams says, "We have 94 children at the Homo at present, all in good health.
 Joseph J. Morehouse, of Chapin- vile, has leased the Miles furnace at Copake Iron Works, N. r., and will soon put 1t in operation. This furnace has been idle for long time.
 Daniel Sullivan, freight agent of the P. R. < N E road at West Winsted, has resigned and will return to his home in Millerton, N. Y. Mir. Sullivan was at one tims agent at this station.
 --The Ladies Social Circle of the Pilgrim Church was formed the past week aud the following officers elected: President, Mrs George Adam; ;vice pres i, Miss Minnie Peirce; sec'y. and treas. |. Mrs D. L.. Freeman.
 William Nisbet, of Winsted, will give you Fashion Journal and Fash ion Sheet free for the asking, but when requesting the same please be sure to mention the fact that you obtained this information from the CONNECTICUT WESTERN NEWS.
 -Dr Ross pointer, ''Dan," got hold of poison on Tuesday afternoon and died that night after having many con- vulsions. ''Dan" was valued at over S1OO.0O. People who place poison d meat in the way of animals. not their own, had ought to be made to eat it.
 Rood Brothers will open their new store next Monday, at which time they will be we'll preo pared for business. Their stock is arriving daily, and they have already sold some goods, but they will not be quite ready this week to dis play all their assortment and serve pat rons.
 Tt was discovered last Saturday that the hose cart and hose. which are Clemans' block, were in a sadly neg lected condition and would not be i'm mediately available in case of fire Water had run into the shed and then frozen solid several inches deep around all four wheels of the cart. Two or three lengths of hose lay on the ground and were frozen down. No one seemed to care whether this village had any protection against fire. But when Judge Roraback and Postmaster Rora back learned tue condition of affairs they went to work and released the cart and hose and placed them beJ ond the reach of high water. It seems that only two men in Canaan manifested enough en. terprise and public spirit to protect the village from fire.
 Alfred Herriman is again among us as good looking as ever. For the past ten days MT H has been nursing sore face which he get last week Monday while on fishing trip to "East Indies. J Mir Herriman and load of friends were riding behind the sorrels in that desc late region where the snow was quite deep and the crust just hard enough to keep letting the horses break through, when the animals became too nervous for Dennis to hold and they started al top speed for the north pole-which is not far from East Indies. Herriman, "Abe' Coons aid Proper jumped out and got considerably tumbled around Herriman cutting his face very badly on the sharp snow crust. Denny, Glen and Rhoades staid in, and though they had an exciting ride, they were not in jured. .sAbe" has been somewhat stiff