Connecticut western news., 1898-08-11
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THURSDAY. AUGUST II. 1898.
Local News.

Local News.
 Arthur Hanlon is tending the toll bridge during this month.
 -Otto Grouse of Jersey City spent Sunday at Mrs Hiram Eddy's.
 The new catalogue of Douglas Library was issued last Saturday.
 Mrs and Mrs Charles D. Mackie of Worcester, Mass. ], are visiting at James Quinn's.
 The tennis tournament will proba- bly be started next week at the Camp Grounds.
 Miss Hart of Collinsville has been spending the past week with Miss Franklin.
 "A party from the Camp Grounds went to Twin Lakes last Saturday to spend the day.
 Mrs ". J. Thomson and family are occupying 8. A. Eddy's cottage at Twin LAkes this week.
 IA ". Nicol, Jr., pitched for the 6outh6sld team last week Thursday afternoon at Norfolk.
 Rev Dwight 0, Stone of Gilbert vile. Mass. will occupy the Pilgrim church pulpit next Sunday.
 MT and Mrs J. 8. Tracy of Falls Village visited MT Tracy's mother and grandmother here over Sunday.
 -CAuaan has arranged for game of ball with 6hefaeld Saturday. The game will take place in the afternoon at Shef- field.
 Mrs Gordon and daughter, and Mrs Gordon's sister, from Brooklyn, N. T., are boarding at Miss Augusta 4cott's.
 Pine Grove camp meeting will commence next Tuesday evening with c consecration service led by Rev B. n. Adams.
 Miss Eva Russell, Miss Stella Os- borne. and N. l.. Osborne, Jr., all of Boston, are at M l., Osborne's in Wea- togue for two weeks visit,
 --The grounds around Mrs Bonner's new house on Granite avenue are being graded with earth drawn from the road excavation at Bennett Hill crossing.
 -George l.. Parsons had quite a large white rat on exhibition in the front doorway last Saturday morning which had been killed in his back yard.
 We received pleasant call last Monday morning from MT Frank E. FL lis of the New York Tribune. Mir Ellis had been sojourning several days at Pine Grove.
 -ndge q. M Darlington of Win- stsd yes in town for short time Fri day morning on his way to Clifton Springs. N. Y.. where he will remain several weeks.
 Christ church parish hold a picnic ct the picnic grounds over at Twin Lakes today. The 1925 train here will stop at the grounds and two of the afternoon tsains will flso stop coming back to Canaan.
 From 40 to 90 people attended the picnic of the M. E. Church Tuesday. who were not dsterred by the threaten, ing weather. Needless to say they all, young and old, enjoyed themselves to the best of their ability.
 HI. J. Gillette, city missionary of Hartford, and Mrs Gillette are waiting their son, Rev E. O. Gillette, at South. field, Mass. The Rev W. 0. Rhoades, of Chsdwin Academy at Chadwin, Neb. is also visiting Rev E. 0. Gillette, who is his former classmate.
 -Ths town schools will open Mon- day, September l2. Miss May, who taught last year in District No. 5, hav- ing withdrawn her application for that school for the coming year, Miss Cur. ran has been transferred from the East Canaan school to that district. The new school to be opened at Canaan will be taught by Miss Walsh of St. David's, Pa, . graduate of Mrs Van Kirk's train ing school for kindergartners in Phila. delphia. This school will be conducted in part e kindergarten and probably bs hold in the lower room in the town hall for the fall term. In order that the eommittse may know about how many they will have to provide accommoda- tion for, parents in this village who contemplate sending children to school for the first time this fall are requested Y to communicate with s. A. Eddy, the secretary of the school committee,
 -"Joshua Simpkins, story of New England farm life, will be seen on big portable stage under canvas, in this place next Wednesday evening, August IF, on Gillette's lot. It is said to abound in novel features, wonderful mechanical effects, excelIentl singing and dancing and plenty of refined, wholesome fun, and brings to light in the third act g real sawmill in operation, which is claimed to be the greatest realistic stage effect ever produced. And ss the play will be mounted with carload of spe. cial scenery on large, portable stage, 6Ox40 feet, magnificent production may be looked for. Between the acts q high class orchestra renders some excel. lent music, and also aids in the intro duction of many pleasing singing and dancing specialties during the progress
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