Connecticut western news., 1898-08-11

days.
 Mrs Acel F. Rood will spend next week with relatives in Pittsfeld and vii cinity.
 Franklin J. Abbe and family moved into Mrs Bonner's new house on Granite avenue last week.
 Mrs John R. Smith and daughter of Bridgeport were guests of the Misses Norton yesterday.
 Edwin Lewis of Hartford, son of Dr George F. Lewis of Collinsville, wis., ited at Mrs M. W. Wards last week.
 Mrs William Douglass of Brooklyn, N. r., is visiting her sisters, Mrs Don- aids and Mrs Emmons, at Canaan Valley.
 Miss Emeline Kellogg has been on the sick list about ten days and confined to her bed at her home in Winsted, but she is slowly improving.
 Robert R. Whiting of Newark, N. J., visited in town a few days last week and has gone to Westfield, Mass, to visit W. G. Cargii and family. The Canaans played ball at East Canaan last Saturday with that team. The game resulted in victory for the Canaan boys, the score being 18-7. East Canaan Juniors and our local juveniles waged base ball war again Monday at East Canaan, the Canaan boys again being the victors, 13 to 4.
 The work of eliminating the grade crossing on Bennett hill is progressing rapidly, considering the unfavorable weather. Solid rock was struck la st week the upper side of the crossing.
 Rev MT Cronmiller of New York and Egremont preached splendid ser mon in Pilgrim church Sunday morn- ing, using Tor his text els not this Jo- seph's son?" His hearers were unit in praise of his discourse.
 A republican caucus will be held at Town Hall Saturday afternoon to elect delegates to the republican state con- vention which will be held at New Hs- ven September IA and 15, and to choose town committee which is to serve two years.
 The Norfolk sewer district is now ready to receive bids to construct it's proposed sewer system. Better go slow. gentlemen. Canaanites will oppose said proposed system. and even the Ash In the Blackberry and Housatonic rivers will object to it.
 -Farmersl Which is the cheaper plan? To hitch up team and spend half day driving about trying to sell some article; or to put an ad. in the NEWS which costs from % to 50c and reaches more people than you will ever drive around and see.
 Tt will be remembered that on Sun. day evening, July 24, the Rev B. See holzer preached Q patriotic memorial sermon in the M. E. church in this vil- lage. By special request MT Seeholzer repeated that sermon last Sunday after noon in the chapel at Clayton.
 A large number of guests are at the Warner House now, among them are L. M. Reed and wife of Cleveland, O., Geo. H. Gay and wife of Boston, Frank s. Hughes of Bridgeport, A. W.Driggs of East Hartford and W. G. Mitchell, and Miss Mitchell of Milford MT and Mrs A. H. Herriman re- turned yesterday from ten days trip to Ogdensburg, N. r., and the Thou sand Islands, visiting his relatives and friends in that vicinity. He bought fine four-years old mare, Friendship" while in Canton, N. r., of James John- son of that place.
 Twenty couples attended hop given by Mir and Mrs John Beckley lest Thursday evt ing at Town Hall. The three or four thunder showers which arrived during the evening pre- vented as many more from attending. Prof Baldwin and MT Taylor fur nished splendid music.
 -Kneeland J. Munson of Millerton, N, r., died yesterday at 5. .25 P. m. from complication of diseases with which he had been ill since last Saturday, Mir Munson was nearly 80 years of age, All of his children were at his bedside except three daughters who re- side in South Carolina. Mrs Munson died a number of years ago, The item in THE NEWS of August 4 in regard to the guests at Myrtle Farm was somewhat confused. The item should have read as follows: Mrs Mary Prentiss Smith of Cleveland, O.; Miss Mary Prentiss of Brooklyn, N. r., and the Misses Anne and Udora Bennett of New York are stopping at R. c. New toms Myrtle Farm.
 | Here is the weather record for the past week. Thursday D1s, Friday 7S', Saturday 82', Sunday 91', Monday 94', Tuesday 83', yesterday 67'. Thunder showers about 1 o'clock last Thursday morning and from ' p, m. until mid night; also thunder showers Monday afternoon, and more or less rain yester- day.
 In trying to settle the long ques- ton of the difference in height above the sea level of the Housatonic river and Twin Lakes, Rev H. I. Bodley has consulted a great many authorities without result. He met with success however in looking over . copy of the new maps which have been printed and