Connecticut western news., 1898-08-25
THURSDAY. AUGUST 25. 1898.
Local News.

Mrs Edward Bailey of Jamestown. N. r., is visiting at Mrs Hiram Eddy's.
 The trout se,son in Dutchess County, New York, closes next We'd nesday.
 James T1ckerman of Jamestown, N. Y., is visiting his sister, Mrs Samuel A. Eddy.
 Samuel Taylor and family moved from s. Barlow's house to Clayton last Thursday.
 The Misses Becker of Seneca Falls, N. Y., visited Miss Mary Watson the past week.
 John Rodemeyer and daughter, Mrs H. L. Ross, returned on Monday from visit to Cohoes, N. Y.
 Eight crowded cars of Nisgra Falls excu1ionists on the Berkshire Division passed through here Tuesday.
 IN. l.. Jackson and E. R. Lorrain were in New York Saturday viewing the parade of Admiral Sempson's feet
 The Canaan Camp Ground baseball team defeated the Sheffield team at the latter place Saturday, score 17-12.
 -Messrs Harry Gray of Bridgeport and Miller of New York visited the Burns family at the Pilgrim Manse over Sunday.
 Mrs Charlotte Johnson, who has been spending the summer with her son Charles in East Canaan, returned to Hartford Tuesday.
 -Letters remaining uncalled for at Canaan post office are for Edward W. Deming, E. E. Erikson, Carl Erich Erikson and Mrs Frank Hughes.
 An open air Horse Show will be held on the Fair Grounds at Ct. Bar rington, Mass on Saturday. For full particulars see adv. in another column. Miss Flora Cogswell of Pittsfeld broke her left arm at the elbow in bi- cycle collision in that city Aug. 16. Miss Cogswell's many friends here ex- tend sympathy.
 The New Milford Agricultural As sociatiou are making arrangements to have their twentieth annual fair (which occurs at Conetia Park, New Milford Sept. 6, I and 8 eclipse any former fair held there.
 For fifty cents in silver or postage stamps we will send the NEWS until 1899 to any new subscriber. Better ac- cept this offer; or send us fifty cents and the address of some friend and we will do the rest.
 Forty people from here went on the F., R. & N. E. excursion to West Point Tuesday. The train was compos- cd of nine we'll filled cars when it went through Canaan, and fourteen when it reached Rhinebeck.
 John Wesley Colby thought better of his determination to deliver an ad- dress on religious topics at Town Hall last Friday night as there was not any one clamoring for admission, so the hall was not opened.
 The Stanard Oil Company have placed large tank on lot on the up- per end of Railroad street and plan to supply (at wholeeale) their customers within radius of eight miles with oil delivered from 6 wagon tank which they will keep constantly on the road.
 Harold G. Holcombe of F. J. Abbe < O., is in the office of the Fidelity Co. of Hartford, of which his father h president He comes to Norfolk every Wednesday in the interest of that com pany and has desk in the Norfolk Savings Bank. He will represent the Canaan Insurance Agency Company in Norfolk and vicinity.
 Burr Reev Abbe died at Long Beach, Cal, Aug. II, aged 30 years. He was physician by education but had made preparations to enter upon missionary work in China the coming fall, and was making few weeks visit in California before sailing. He died of Bight's disease. MT Abbe was z brother of Frank J. Abbe of this place and Thomas Abbe of Pennington.
 The program of Pine Grove camI meeting, as published in the NEWS ot Aug. 18th, was carried out with the ex caption of one or two changes made necessary by the absence of minister appointed to preach at certain time The camp meeting proper commenced in the tabernacle on Tuesday evening Aug 16th, with consecration service A heavy thunder shower ragged outside The threatening weather on Wednesday with a shower in the afternoon, prevent ed . large attendance that day. A large crowd was present Thursday forenoon but heavy shower about 2 p. m. dis persed all except what the tabernacl' could hold. The rain on Friday morn ing prevented some from attending tha day. Saturday was beautiful day, bu the attendance was small. Sunday wa likewise beautiful day and many peo pie were present who came by team from neighboring towns. Specia trains to connect with the P, R. < N E. railroad at Canaan, and stages be tween the grove and Canaan were no provided on any day of the session, an, of course the attendance was thereb limited to those who had teams or wer willing to endure any delay or hardshi te reach the grove and return.