Connecticut western news., 1898-07-28

Auf auu 4hfo 70. Ss OuuuihSS oi Norwalk have been in Canaan several days but will return home tomorrow.
 Miss Olive Humphrey visited at Major Nickerson's in Cornwall week or more. She returned home alone on the cars, which was quite an event for person of her tender years.
 Murray Browns family of LenoI, Mass, are spending week or more at Highland Lake in Winsted and are oc- cupying o. K. Hunts cottage there. MT Brown was there until yesterday.
 New summer visitors at the War ner House are constantly arriving. Among the latest are: Misses Hattie Dusenberre, Anna Osborn, Lena and Annie Cole and MT Jas. NJ. Toller of New Haven, and E. s. Buckingham of Shelton.
 Lyman Case and Herman Strong of Winsted stopped at theWarner House last Saturday. They were returning from four-days' bicycle tour around this part o' the country. They went as far as Pohghkeepsie and returned via. Canaan and Norfolk.
 Next Monday at 10 a. m. at his office in this village Judge Roraback will give hearing on the petition to change the highway east of Bennett Hill crossing. The legal notice pub lished elsewhere in this paper describes the layout of tho proposed new high way.
 HI. D. Humphrey is building 22x22 feet addition to his cottage in Gardner's grove at Twin Lakes. There will be four sleeping rooms on the sec ond floor and on the first floor one of the rooms will be 14x22 feet. A piazza 8x22 feet extends across one side of the building.
 Judge Roraback is taking well earned vacation, after ten months of hard work. He will rest most of the time until the third Tuesday in Sep tember. He returned from New Haven last Friday and thinks he took cold on the cars because he has since suffered with crick in the back, but he is now improving.
 The Catholic fair, which closed last week, was quite a success, especially from money point of view-the net receipts being S324. 51. A great deal of credit is due the promoters of the fair and to all those who have labored 30 heartily for the good of the fair. In the watch contest Miss Bridget Mul- doom of Lakeville won it, while in the doll contest it was awarded to Miss Maggie Collins.
 Rain or shine, ice cream and cake will be served and some new and att tractive entertainment will be given in the shape of vocal, banjo and other music, this evening, July 28, at p. m. on the Episcopal church grounds. The gentlemen of the parish will see that all are bountifuuy served The Town Hall will be open at 9.30, where suitable music will be provided for dancing. In case of rain the hall will be open at 6 p. m.
 Here is an extract from Rev T. s. Bonds sermon delivered at Millerton, N. T., Sunday morning, July 17th:
 '.A man must be an atheist or born fool who fails to see the hand of God in the victories at Manila and Santiago. Not man lost at Manila; only one lost at Santiagois naval engagement; Hob- son and his men safe. These are sure- ly miracles. Even Sampson's achieve ment with the jaw bone of an ass was not more miraculous than the victories of Dewey, Hobson, Schley and Shaf- ter"
 The Canaan ball team went to Sheffield Saturday afternoon, instead of Norfolk, and beat the team of that place to the jolly tune of 17-8. It was . good game and several of our team made the Sheffields look rather sick with their heavy hitting.
 SCORE BY INNINGS.