Connecticut western news., 1899-05-11
Miss Lizzie Finnegan is home iron Peekskill, N. Y.

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 Il. E. Hawkins of Brooklyn is wis iting at Mrs Hamms.
 Highway Commissioner Mcdonald was in town yesterday.
 Railroad commissioners will in spect the O. N E. on the 25th.
 Mrs Augusta Scott has returned from months stay in Norfolk.
 Those magnificent boquets-apple trees in blossom with us again.
 -Luman Foote does not regain his strength very fast, yet he IS able to sit | up.
 Joseph and George Futile of New ark, N. J. are visiting relatives in Ca naan and vicinity.
 Thomas Bonner's premises on East Main street look very neat with new gravel driveways, walks and sidewalks.
 Robert w. Adam of Pittsfeld, Mass called on relatives here Tuesday while on his route to attend the ore bed meeting in Salisbury or Lakeyille.
 M. J. Kilmer, Jr.-familiarly known as 'Abe"-was the lucky man and got Jimmy Quinn's bicycle for 83 cents last Saturday night. "Abe" sold the bicycle in few hours for $5. %.
 While fishing, when conversation is necessary, it should be carried on in low voice. A loud voice will jar the bottom of the boat and frighten the fish. This is interesting, if not true.
 A man claiming to be tree agent hired rig of Fred Holsapple at Go. pake Iron Works, N. Y three weeks ago and has not yet returned. Diligent search has been made, but the thief has not been located.
 | The selectmen of Sheffield have granted first and fourth class liquor license to Harry Peck and Watson Par melee for $500. The firm will be known as Peck and Parmelee and will sell at Ashley Falls.
 | The Children's Guild of Chr ist Church will hold reception and sale at Mrs 0. W. Camps, Wednesday after noon, May 17th, from half past three to six o'clock. All are cordially invited. Admission 25 cents.
 The railroad commissioners have issued an order authorizing the Central New England Railroad Company to ex tend from Norfolk to Canaan the Sun day train now leaving Hartford at 8. 45 a. m. to leave Canaan at 3.25 D. m., ar irving at Campbell Hall at 6.55 p. m.
 Both of Barnum Richardson Co.'S furnaces at East Canaan were out of blast during the past week. The Beck ley furnace got chilled up in attempt ing to start it, and the lower furnace was blown out to remove the zinc from the lining. Both furnaces are now making iron again.
 Deputy Internal Revenue Collector Emil 0. Marggraff of the 4th Division District Conn. was in town Thursday, May 4, looking after counterfeit cigar stamps and examining the records of the Town Clerk and Judge of Probate to see if the laws of the U. s. have been complied with.
 M l.. Osborne had a visitor last Thursday whom he heartily welcomed olk ha ho1 . 1afo The visitor was George Smith of Water town, Mass, son of Charles W. Smith of Maine, who was comrade and tent mate of MT Osborne in the Union army during the civil war. Mir Osborne was most happy to hear about his old friend, and did his best to en- certain George and show him the points of interest in Canaan and vicinity.
 The Hartford Courant says: The indications all point to the selection of Samuel A Eddy of Canaan as the su- pervisor of the census for Connecticut It is understood that Senators Platt and Hawley and several of the congressman
 
 recommend him for the place and that Superintendent Merriam will appoint the man they may name. It will be re menbered that Connecticut has but one supervisor. The taking of the cen sus comes under his management for | the whole state.
 @G cal people to know that the operas to be performed at the Connecticut Music | Teachers festival in New Haven, May | 16, will be "Cavallerla Rusiicana" and 'I Pagliacci." The company will be selected from the "Damrosch-E Ellis" and "Castle Square" companies of New with Melba last season with Walter Damrosch's company, and Miss Marie Mattfeld, who sang in Lohengrin at the festival two years ago, will be among the soleists.
 Detective McClair of the Law and Order League with four deputies de- scended upon the town last Thursday and made three liquor raids. They came to West Norfolk as fishermen and engaged G. s. Goodwin to drive them to Canaan. Here they raided the places kept by James and Edward Fitzgerald and George Sardam, the last mentioned being just across the river in the town of Salisbury. At James Fitzgerald's the officers seized partly filled jug of whiskey, and part of bottle of whiskey. At Edward Fitzgerald's they seized 21 quart bottles of lager, g quart bottles of cider, part of two jugs of cider, 49 barrels of cider and two bot ties of whiskey. At Sardam's they seized 105 bottles of lager and jug or