Connecticut western news., 1898-03-17
Local News.
St. Patrick's Day.

70. M Humphrey will soon build an addition 10 his house.
 Blue birds, bicycles, marbles, zig rallies and mud-signs of spring.
 No need of going to Florida unless March intends to fool us very soon.
 Mrs Augusta Scott has gone to Nor folk to remain few weeks with Mrs O Knapp.
 The gross receipts of the Pilgrim church supper last Friday evening wore over $30
 On Tuesday the road scraper did some good work in smoo hing up streets in this village.
 pr Lee has been quite ill for week, the result of overw ork, but he is now able to be out.
 Mrs Geo. B Cogswell and daugh- ter Clara, of Pittsfeld. Mass., are visit. ing at Geo. P. Strong's.
 Charles Paul, of White Plains, N. Y, was at Charles Paul's, Sr. on Sun- day to attend the funeral of his niece.
 Who says that Canaan does not have electric lights? Did you not see the Aurora borealis Monday and Tues day nights?
 The Main street crossing of the P. R. & N. E. railroad has been re-planked and the space between the four tracks will be filled with engine cinders.
 Esther, the 13- months old child of William and Rhoda Paul of New York city, died in that city March 10 and was buried here on Sunday afternoon.
 MT H. R Robertson, the former manager of '.The Halcyon," the swell hostelry at Mil!brook, N. r., will run it again this year, instead of Colonel Linsley, as reported.
 Rev Mir Pond, of Sheffield, preach edI grand sermon in the Pilgrim church last Sunday morning His text was Isaiah XII, l. His theme was, "God's Plan for Man.
 The NEWS is indebted to the Rev Charles D. Milliken, of San Francisco. Cal, for copies of the San Francisco Chronicle of the 9th inst, and the Ar gonaut of the 7th inst.
 Carpenters and masons are daily transforming the exterior and interior appearance of Geo l.. Parsons block. When the work is completed the NEWS will publish description of the inn provements.
 Weather record for the past week: Thursday morning 32' above zero, fog; Friday 36, clear; Saturday 46, rain ;Sun- day 52 cloudy, then clear; Monday 36, clear. breezy; Tuesday 26, clear. still; yesterday 30, showery.
 -J. L. Bragg will soon build wide veranda on the west and south sides of his residence The lumber Is ready, and he expected the carpenters would begin work last Monday but they did not put in an appearance.
 George H. Blodgett has disposed of his carload of horses that he brought here February 8. aud on Monday he started for the West again to buy up another carload which he will offer for sale here about the 22d inst.
 Please remember that the CoNNEo- TOUT WESTERN NEWS office is the place to get auction posters printed. Neat and handsome work done promptly and at reasonable price. A free notice in the NEWS will be given our patrons.
 Every musician should hear Sousa's splendid band at Winsted, March 23d, in an afternoon concert. Half fare on the railroad and ample time to get home at 505 p. m. Reserved seats 50. 75c, and S1tO, can be got of John G. Beckley who will assure you good seats for your money.
 MT and Mrs E. l.. Johnson, of New, town, have been visiting relatives sev- eral weeks at Modinp, N. Y. On Tues day of this week W. H. Camp received letter stating that Mrs Johnson was very ill indeed with pleuro pneumonia at Medina. Mrs Johnson is an aunt of MT Camp.
 A big Farmers Auction will take place at Falls Village next Wednesday, the 23d, beginning at 10 a. m. Sale will take place opposite Citizens Hall and there are numerous articles to be sold. Cows, horses, shoates, wagons, harness, blows, tools, household furni- ture, hay and potatoes are on the list Free dinner to bidders. G. W. Hall is the manager; Sidney Reed, auctioneer
 A San Francisco newspaper of Feb. 2Oth says:
 .'E. O. Ward, local freight agent of the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company at Spear street wharf, has been appointed to succeed F. F. Con- nor as general agent of the company, in charge of both freight and passenger traffic, in this city. The appointment takes effect with the beginning of next month. Mr Connor rendered his resig- nation several days ago to accept the position of Pacific Coast agent of the Panama Railroad" This is Mir Ward s fourth promotion since leaving Canaan, three and one-half years ago.
 The readers of the NEWS will enjoy the interesting letter from Frank Elm mons, former Canaan boy, one of the Berkshire party now en route to the KIondike. MT Emmons gives a de- scription of his journey from Great Harrington to San Francisco. In per sonal letter to the editor written at San Francisco March 6, Mir Emmons says "We are stopping here for a few days