Connecticut western news., 1898-09-15
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THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 15. 1898.
Local News.
A. c. Brainard has returned to New


 A. c. Brainard has returned to New York.
 Judge Roraback and family have returned from Twin Lakes.
 MT and Mrs G. l.. Taber of Florida are visiting at W. H. Camps. Miss Louise Roraback returned to school at Mt. Holy oke on Tuesday.
 Miss J. Elizabeth Newton and M So Bennett have returned to New York. Miss Florence Thomson returned to her school work in New York on Monday.
 Mfrs Camp, wife of Dr William Camp of Millerton, N. r., is visiting at Dr 0. w. Camps.
 Miss 8 L. Perry, who was serious ly ill last week is reported as improving 1t her home in Falls Village.
 -Advertised letters at the Canaan post office are for M. La Blanche and Mira J. F. Sillman.
 The LitchHsld Northwest confer ence of Congregational churches will be held at Ellsworth, Sept. W.
 U. Henry Roraback and Garrett De Hart left yesterday morning for the state convention of Republicans at New Haven.
 Allied Herriman and wife went to Ogdensburgh, N. Y. last week where Mr Herriman' 8 mother was quite seii ously i'll.
 -. Fl. Roraback went to Westfield Saturday to visit W. G. Cargill. Mir Cargin will soon start on his annua western trip.
 Daniel Sweeney took fall from his bicycle Sunday and severely sprain ed his right arm. He visited Dr Sweet in Hartford on Monday.
 Charles Beauion, who is now prin- cipal in tho East Canaan school, was the only male student at the Connecticut Normal School daring his studies there. Clinton D. v. Barnes of this place, Yale '97, goes to Newburgh, N. Y. next Tuesday to begin his new duties as as- distant teacher in Siglar's Preparatory School.
 "A Republican caucus will be held in Town Hall, Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock to elect delegates to the Con- gressional, County, Senatorial and Pro- bate conventions.
 Joseph Parsons-and wife have been on . vacation tour to Halifax and St Johns, Nova Scotia, and are expected home tomorrow. @. L. Parsons and wife will start on their BG ston trip in . few days.
 Several from Canaan attended Rev E. L. Cofin's camp meeting at Sheffield last Sunday. Mir Coffin is the resident pastor at New Guinea and he is doing . good work in that community. There are 24 members in his church.
 School opened here Dist. No. 2, Monday morning with IT'S scholars. The kindergarten department had nine little ones, and an overflow of IS from the primary department. More schol ars have been added to all department, since.
 The north bound express train va, nearly an hour late Monday night ow ing to collapse of an abutment under . railroad bridge near North Kent Tho bridge was discovered in it's dan gerous condition by section men short ly before train time.
 "A contemporary says that one wh' sends dollar for "an elegant tinted en graving of the battleship Maine, ap proved by the government" will go two cents worth of revenue stamps ant 98 cents worth of experience, to ga, nothing of what it costs to send thu order.
 Judge Whittlesey has recsntl. made great improvement in the ap pearance of "The Grove" by removini the fences and hedges in front of tn premises. Passers by can now get Al unobstructed view of that grand ol' mansion and grounds, and no doub the occupants of s'The Grove" enio the wider view now possible from tn premises.
 No public or individual library complete without "The Book of Storie and Anecdotes of Animals" written b Editor Van Keuren. Every schoc should be supplied with one or nor copies of this book. The NEWS has ad vertised this book in season and out c season, but now at the threshold of tn school year we call especial attention the offer which MT Van Keuren make to school teachers and school commit teemen. Once more please read tn advertisem. nt on the fourth page CT titled "A New Reading Book"
 The NEWS of Aug. 25 and Sept. published two exceedingly instructiv sermons in regard to the doctrine { evolution. Dr Talmage handled ths subject without gloves. Those sermon alone are worth years subscription t the NEWS, and we trust that the major ity of our subscribers read those gel mons. Almost every day we are hay ing calls for those issues, but so long a the supply lasts we will gladly furnis