Connecticut western news., 1898-10-13
THURSDAY. OCTOBER Is. 1898.
Local News.

Local News.
 Leo Werner moved to East Canaan sn Monday.
 Philip Hamm is home from New town for few days
 MT and Mrs c. E. vroman oi Brook6sld arc visiting at D.L- Psirce's.
 -Mr and Mrs Edward F. Gillette oi Sharon visiAed relatives here last Thurs day and Friday.
 -. Fl. Van Keuren, editor of the Winsted Herald, was in Canaan last Friday afssrnoon-
 -Rsmember that next Monday and Tuesday arc the dates of Jackson, Egg. gleston & Goa special sale.
 -F. Van Deusen and D. c. Whittle- ssy will attend the Republican county convention at Litchaeld to-day.
 -E. 8. Roberts and J. G. Beckley attended the Democratic congressional convention It Danbury on Tuesday.
 -Mrs Fl. NJ Adams returned to Warehouse Point on Tuesday after . weeks visit with friends in this lplace.
 -Mrs NJ. W. Ward and daughter, Mia Franklin. will go to Hartford in a few days to remain during the winter.
 The Canaan junior base ball team defsatsd tho ShefReld junior team at tho latter place on Saturday. Score 16 to IA.
 -Rhoades ( Stanton have enclosed thsir lumber yard with . substantial virs fsncs woven on the spot by Salmon Barlow.
 -Rsv Dr Stocking of Freehold, N. ,. preached an eloquent sermon in Christ church last Sunday, and will preach there again next Sunday morn ing.
 Rev & A. Burnaby returned from Nova Seotia last Friday evening, and on Sunday preached . grand sermon from Romans VI, 16
 MT and Mn E. Brenna of Kent vis- itsd at W. Fl. Camps last Tuesday afternoon on their route homo from . Avs vcsks' tour through Maryland. Ohio and other states.
 -Miss Emeline Kellogg. who has bssn quito feeble for the past two months at her home in Winsted, does not gain any strength and for the pest few days has taken no nourishment ex- ospt milk
 We arc happy to stats that the newspaper dispatches from London, Eng. Oct 9th and 7th announcing the dsaths of the Rev Dr Cunningham 0sikis and John Geikie. respectively, vsrs mistakes-
 The Pilgrim Club met with freder- iok Manvel last Tuesday evening. The oocasion vas very pleasant and in structive ono and the program as pub lisA cd in tho NEVIS of the 9th inst. was fully carried out
 On Monday Edvsrd Boinay took up two svarms of bees, ono from F. l.. Bsoklsy's chimney (which had not been ned this sumnsr) and another from . trss near tho houss, and secured for himself and Mr Beckley about 30 lbs. of Ans honey.
 The work of blasting the rock un. der and near the railroad track 1t Ben Astt Hill crossing progressed rather slowly tho past month but Contractor Burke proposes to henoeforth rush the work because tho danger of doing dam. ags to tho trestle is daily lessened.
 Effort is being made to secure [ hrst class entertainment course for the village of Canaan the coming season. Many of the business mon of the town sre interested and are cooperating te bring this about The program is be- ing arranged 30 that tickets may be placed on sale. The course is to bs non-sectarian and non- partisan, but fol the good of all Every measure vii be devoted to improve the course ani not for any private interest
 The meeting of the Auxiliaries O the New Haven Branch of the w. B. Nj held at the Pilgrim church last Friday vs . vsry delightful occasion. There vas largo attendance all day. Int addresses vere fine. Mrs Holbrook O Africa gave . most helpful and instruc tive address. and Rev J. c. Goddard o Salisbury, was, as he ever is, most de kghtful The lunch, served at noon by tho ladies of the church, was most graeiously appreciated by our guests h every way we write Success" in TO gard to our annual county meeting.
 The Hartford Courant of Oct. . nys: In letter just received Mir D 0. Whittlessy takes exception to . re esat staAsment of The Courant's. Il occurred in m explanatory paragraph introducing Biahop Williams lette about the proposed Protestant Episco pal canon on divorce and the marriag' of divorced persons when the forme husband or wife is still living. It was ''In tho Protestant Episcopal system there is at present no such provision for relief in exceptional cases as i found in the Roman Catholic .dispensa tion.'" Mir Whittlesey writes:
 The Roman Catholic Church main tains, and always has maintained, tha . valid marriage Is absolutely indissolu bla There is no such thing as .'relie in exceptional cases" by way of dispen sation. Rome refused divorces t, Henry VIII of England and to Joseph