Connecticut western news., 1898-05-12
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THURSDAY. MAY 12, 1898.
Local News.

Work on the bicycle paths in this village was commenced Monday.
 J. l.. Bragg is building wide piazzas on the south and west sides of hi IS house.
 E. w. Warner is going to have an- other bay window built on the east side of his hotel.
 The house owned by Mrs Fred. Thompson is soon to be occupied by Joseph l.. Parsons.
 Rev MT Stearns of Norfolk is to ex- change with Rev Mir Utterwick on Sun- day next at East Canaan.
 Mir Alfred Herriman is having 8 new steam heater put in his house. c. P. Strong is doing the work.
 On Monday the carpenters com menced work on the frame for Mrs Bonnsrs new house on Granite Ave.
 Editor King of the Berkshire Courier called on friends here last Thursday on his route to Beverly, Mass. Rev F. W. Barnett attended the Archdeaconry meeting at Sharon on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week.
 Mrs A. P. Briggs, Mrs Caldwell and Mrs Evans are in Hartford attend ing the Dept. convention of the W. R. 0.
 Advertised letters at Canaan post office May 10: Mir David Doherty, Rev MT D. W. De Forest and Mir O. M. Taylor.
 It is said that the continued rain has put farmers back with their spring work and it is feared that oats may rot in some instances.
 -Dea. J. l.. Bragg is delegate from Pilgrim church with the pastor to 8 council for ordination at West Cornwall next Tuesday, May 18th.
 Henry J. Holt of Hayes City, Kans , who is now soiourning with his son Edward at West Norfolk, visited old friends in Canaan last week.
 Miss Flora Coggswell of Pittsfeld, Mass, is spending two weeks in town, a guest of her uncle, G. P. Strong, and her cousin, Mrs F. H. Lee.
 Mrs Andrews, who has been spend ing several months with her daughter, Mrs N. l.. Jackson, returned last week to her home in New York state.
 It is understood that the band at Salisbury will give an open air concert once week this summer, and that a band stand will be erected opposite the park.
 To morrow night the merry dan cers will trip the light fantastic at the Town Hall A nice time and good music Many out of town people have been invited and are expecting to at- tend.
 At the special meeting held in Town Hall last Saturday afternoon the town voted to elect school committee composed of six members on the first Monday in June.
 It was found upon examination al Great Harrington, that Thomas Gib- bons had fractured his hip in the acci. dent here last week. He will be cared for by his relatives at Great Barring gton.
 P. c. Cummings moved to Canaan in the spring of 1859 Mir Cummings says that William Shields and Charles Gillette are the only heads of families now living in this village who were keeping house here when he moved here. What change 39 years have wrought.
 Three of the members of David s Cowles Post, G. A. R., attended the an nual encampment at New Britain tht latter part of last week. The delegate appointed, Wm. F. Sackett, was mol able to go because of sickness among his family, but Post Commander H P Morse, E. s. Roberts and Michael Keane attended and report a pleasant time.
 There is william somewhere 1T Ashley Falls. On Sunday night ht tried to do some of his devilish work A. W. Parsons has we'll of good wate from which six families get their drink ing water. On Monday morning some of MT Parsons family discovered tht least bit of green powder on the plank. ing inside the we'll curb MT Homan who had drawn pail of water, was notified not to use it. An investigation was made and a pound package 0 Paris green was found in the we'll Detective Moses Pease is working or tbe case.
 Several of our horsemen were a Riverside track last Saturday afternoon W. W. Warner, A. P. Briggs and "Rod' Wooster with Alfred Herrimans blacl mare, Maude w., trotted two heats both of which Rod" won. The frs heat was trotted at 2 At gait. Edwart Fitzgerald and Joseph Owen trottet two heats together, with honors even each taking one. Rod" Wooster wa so much tickled with his victory tha he had his photograph taken, seated behind Maude W. in the sulky. "Ras' Holcomb was there too, with but on, horse hitched to his double wagon His other horse had died, he said, ant he had to be there to see the races fo they would not be 6 success withou him. On Saturday the long expected race between Harry Holcomb, A. P Briggs and Ed. Fitzgerald for purs of x16 will come of.