Connecticut western news., 1898-12-01

| ples here yesterday for San Francisco, Cal
 Miss Lillie Root has returned from | Norfolk where she has been the past six weeks.
 1 A. V. A. Felten of the firm of Jack son, Eggleston X Go. is in New York on business.
 There will be a total eclipse of the moon on Dec. 5, and partial eclipse of the sun on Dec. 31.
 The Episcopal social last week Wednesday evening was largely attend ed and about $30 realized.
 Owing to the late arrival of our plate news matter the NEWS does not appear quite on time this week. The Thanksgiving ball on Thurs day night was attended by 35 couples. A nice supper was served. Decker x Slye furnished music. The Amenia Times says: There is some talk of the possibility of large iron and steel plant coming to Pough- keepsie, in which Thos. A. Edison IS interested.
 Every old soldier or soldiers wid- ow who draws pension will be inter- ested in an order just issued by the pension department which gives post masters authority to cash the checks by which pensions are paid.
 The Upto(w)n Club met with Mir and Mrs B. A. Peirce and Miss Spauld- ing on Monday evening aud spent a pleasant two hours of whist. Refresh ments were served. The club meet next Monday evening at R. D. Peirce's where they will be entertained by Mrs Peirce and Mrs Ives.
 Principal Mather of the Boardman Manual Training High School of New Haven in an interview to the Register says:
 The editorial staff of the Boardman Monthly will soon be announced. The paper will be edited and printed in the school as usual. T. l.. Watson, class of 1901, will be the boss printer, his praiseworthy success in the past com mending him to the place.
 An East Canaan Fren chman, Josef Gravle, got too much liquor in on Sat- urday and tried to sleep it of on the verandah of Mrs George Adams resi- dence. Mrs Adam telephoned to Sheriff Van Deusen who took Josef in charge and provided him with sleeping apartments in the town building. On Monday Josef was brought before Jus tice Roberts and fined $1 and costs, amounting to about $15, which he paid and went on his way rejoicing
 The express train passing through here at 8.26 a. m. for New York was wrecked Saturday morning at George town, about 12 miles south of Danbnry, by the breaking of baggage car truck. Daniel Fitzgerald, baggage man, of Great Harrington, and Herbert Ben- nett. trainman, were seriously injured. Seven passengers who were in the par Tor car were badly bruised, as the car was smashed.
 The indictment weather of Sunday last prevented many listening to Mir Vatralsky at Pilgrim church. He gave an interesting account of the customs of his country-of the Greek church and of his own conversion through the missionaries there to personal faith in Jesus Christ. The gentleman is fine in appearance, easy and graceful in his manners and thoroughly master of the English language. He is graduate of Harvard college and is to return to his native country as missionary. He was entertained at the Pilgrim Manse.
 The Bijou Stock Go. opened at the Town Hall last night with ''Lady Aud ley's Secret" Tonight they will pre- sent the strong emotional drama "Cast Adrift." On Friday night the great southern drama, "The Mississippi" and on Saturday night, the closing one oi their stay here, a rattling comedy, en- titled ''Two of a Kind" Miss Helen Gordon is the star of the organization, which is an efficient one. Speciality ar tists with the company are Miss Etta Wright, Miss May Windsor and Fred Ayres. the last mentioned being a cor. net and piano soloist. Beside local indorsement the company are well rec commended by our Falls Village cores pondent.
 The division in social life in Ca- naan is the N. r., N. H. & H. railroad tracks. A queer condition certainly and not understood by eut-of-town peo- | pie, but rendered necessary by the growth of the Whist Club and the Mon. day Evening Club of two years ago. | Those organizations were actually | swamped by the size of their member ship, the number of congenial people being so great that no hostess had | house room enough to entertain them when they assumed their greatest pro portions. Last winter the ladies on. ly" had two clubs and recognized the tracks as the dividing line, the Flaw thorne Club embracing the uptowr portion of the village and the Trave Club the west end. This season clut or association of both ladies and gen tlemen was formed in the west end still recognizing the tracks as the lint of division, and shortly after. the Up to(w)n Club was formed in the eastern portion. The first formed club hay, l not alo,atad xaa.,ao .uoo,,ae t.