Connecticut western news., 1898-07-14
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THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1898.
Local News.

relatives 1n Br1stoI.
 Harry Barnes is clerking in Henry Whitforu store at South Canaan.
 MT and Mrs F. D. Davis of Ne gaunee, Mich, are visiting at Judge Rorabacks.
 The much needed rain arrived about o'clock yesterday morning and continued until noon.
 Mrs s. M. Humphrey went to Worcester, Mass, on Monday to remain an indefinite time with relatives.
 Advertised letters at the Canaan post office July II: Miss Alice M Har- dy, Mrs Samuel Berry and Mrs Francis Greene.
 Charles Emmons has not been we'll enough to be on duty the past two weeks, and Joseph Riley is tending the gates at the Main St. railroad crossing.
 Mercury has danced the following figures during the past week: Thurs, day s4, Friday 92, Saturday S3, Sunday 72, Monday 70, Tuesday 79, yesterday 62
 Canaan will eventually have good bicycle paths; in fact it has aleeady got bicycle paths in the rough, and it is hop ed that when they are smoothed down they will be a joy forever.
 MT and Mrs Gustave Frohman, Louis Frohman and Miss Vivia Ogden, who have been at the Warner House for the past week, have changed their quar- ters and are now stopping at Forest Mays.
 Mrs John G. Beckley will go to Brooklyn, N. '. to-day to meet her husband and return with him the fore part of next week after visiting Coney Island and other points of interest in that vicinity.
 Ladies annual sale at Pilgrim church parlors Friday evening, July 18th. Novelties in dining room fur nishings Afternoon tea will be served from 1 to 6. Ice cream and cake after noon and evening.
 Among the summer guests at the Warner House who have not been men, tioned hitherto are the following: Mrs Irving S. Coven of Hartford, L. Nash of Jersey City, Mir and Mrs John Wes- sells and the Misses Martha Vessels and Mary Nelson of Bridgeport.
 Much anxiety has been felt in re- gard to the potato crop. The dry weather has retarded the growth, and on some pieces the blight has appeared. During the past week the price of. po- tatoes has advanced to s1. 60 per busbel but it is hoped that yesterdays rain will benefit the crop.
 Work will soon commence at Ben- net Hill crossing. The B. D. Pierce, Jr. Go. C. Bridgeport declined to make
 contract unless they could have the entire work, including changing the highway, but we understand that M. J. Burke of Torrington is ready to take the contract to eliminate the grade crossing.
 The NEWS has just received another Alaska letter from Frank Emmons, dat ed June 18th. The letter was written by Mir Emmons when at the foot of the glazier on the Copper River side of Valdees Glazier, and about 60 miles from Copper River, and they will strike Copper River 190 miles. above its mouth. All in the party are we'll. The full text of the letter will be published in the next issue of the NEWS.
 -Winsted has figured in the fight before Santiago. John Leary, formerly coachman for Dr E. H. Welch, and now of Troop E. Third U. s. Cavalry, is re- ported as among the list of badly wounded in the recent battle there Mir Leary left Winsted and joined the United States troops, being stationed at Fort Ethan Allen, Vt, for time Winsted Citizen, July 9.-John Leary is a cousin of Mrs Patrick Eagan of Canaan.
 Francis Pequigney of Thompson vile is stopping at the Warner House and calling on old friends in town. He and his mother and his two sisters, Florine and Rosalie, left Canaan about 15 years ago and this is his first visit here. He is railroad signal operator at the tower in Hartford His sister Flor inc is telegraph operator in hotel at Buzzard's Bay, Mass. His sister Rosa lie is a telegraph operator at Thomp- sonville, Conn.,, and boards at home with her mother in that place; in fact Francis boards at home but works in Hartford. All of the family are we'll except Francis who has been troubled with malaria for several weeks.
 The camping season has opened at Twin Lakes. Rev H. I. Bodley's camp there welcomed neighbors last week the new corners being A. P. Freeman and family,B A. Peirce and family and J.D. Seacord and family who are ''tent- ing on the old camp ground" MT and Mrs A. V. A. Felten, Mir and Mrs A. H. Herriman, 0. H. Pease and H. D. Reed are occupying their new cottage "The Rest" situated on the point northeast of the spring near the former boat house The cottage is 24x32 feet with four sleeping rooms in the second story. It has two rooms and wide veranda on the lower floor and the view is charm ing. Judge Roraback and family ex- pect to occupy their own cottage the last of this week.