Connecticut western news., 1898-11-03

We will send the NEWS to new sub scribers from now till Jan. l, 1900 fol two dollars.
 Letters uncalled for at Canaan pos office are addressed to Mir Niles Scoyill' and Mir Jal O. Wenr.
 The engagement of Dr JamesHarve. Foote of Norfolk to Miss Sarah Phelps Gaylord of that town has been amour ced.
 The Democratic caucus to nomi nate candidate for representative, anC candidates for justices of the peace vii be held at Town Hall tonight. MT and Mrs Milton Husted of Den yer, Col, Mir James Husted of Pough keepsie, N. Y. and Mrs John Loucks O Sharon, Conn. were guests of Mrs Mary c. Corbit from Thursday until Satur day. ......
 The registrars of voters in this town have completed the revision of the voting list. They have added 39 names to the list, and dropped 73 names from the list. The revised list shows 464
 oters.
 There will be Democratic rally at the Town Hall on Saturday night. The speakers advertised are Hon. Homer s. Cummings and Mayor W.'J. H. Bohan- non of Stamford, and Judge John J. Walsh of South Norwalk. - .
 On Thursday last MT and Mrs E. Franklin Gillette of Sharon observed the first anniversary of their marriage by taking carriage drive to Canaan and calling on friends. They remained at the Warner House over night, and returned home Friday.
 The fore part of last week Mrs Mary 0. Corbit visitt d her aunt, Mary Vosburgh at Austerlitz, N. Y., also her aunt Joanna Porter at Housatonic, Mass. Mrs Vosburgh's age is 83 years; Mrs Porter's age is S5 years; and Mrs Corbit's mother, Mrs Van Alstyne, is ST years of age. Quite long lived trio of sisters.
 James Keenan of this place, a brakeman on the Wilson Point freight train on the Berkshire Division, fell off an oil car near Kent on Monday night while the train was running south at about 40 miles an hour. Keenan' s shoulder and ankle were broken and his body and face severely bruised. He was brought to his home here on the north bound night freight.
 A certain young man in this place, after what he thought sufficient provo cation, foolishly attempted to chastize one of crowd of about 8 dozen boys on Monday night. He quickly found that he had composite force to deal with instead of an individual, as the dozen boys were as a unit and in few moments the young man was hors de combat and had to be rescued from his embarrassing position by passer by.
 The Berkshire Courier says:
 Mrs R. I. Taylor has received letter from her husband, dated Orca, Alaska, Oct. 10th. MT Taylor writes that the expedition in quest of gold has not been success and that he is on his way home. Before coming east he will visit for while at the home of his sister, Mrs George Mclean at Lincoln, Neb.
 MT Taylor was in the party with Frank Emmons whose several interest ing letters we have published. We have not learned whether Mir Emmons is on his way home or not.
 The NEWS of Oct. 18th mentioned the fact that MT and Mrs D. Brenna of Kent had visited at w. H. Camps the previous Tuesday afternoon on their route home from five weeks tour through Maryland, Ohio and other states Since then the NEWS has re- ceived copy of the Boonsboro (Md. ] Times of Oct. 9th from which we copy the following:
 ''Mr Enea Brenna and wife of Kent, Conn.,, paid our town short visit last week, while returning home from the G. A. R. encampment at Cincinnati. MT Brenna is veteran of the late war and took part in the engagements at South Mountain and Antietam, being a member of the Irish Brigade who fought at Cornfield Avenue. He was seriously wounded in that battle. About year later, while charging the Confederates on their retreat from Gettysburg, he was shot through the leg on the Williamsport road, near the farm of Otho B. Smith, and carried to the home of Mrs Eliza Beard, where he was carefully nursed for six weeks and restored to health. He served through out the war; taking part in many en- agreements, and was wounded no less than eight times. He spent about ten years in the service and was recently a United States Commissioner to Alaska. :"