Connecticut western news., 1899-07-20
Miss Flora Coggswell of Pittsfeld

Mrs Beckwlth of Nestheld, MASS. is visiting her sister. Mrs E. R.Lorraine.
 Mrs N. E. Burrell and daughter of Stamford are visiting Mrs A. P. Free man.
 Miss McCarrick and lady friend of New York are visiting Mrs George Dederick. ...--
 Rev Edward s. Ferry and family of Hartford are at Twin Lakes for a six weeks stay.
 Joseph H. Kegler, Jr. is spending a month in Canada. Mrs Kegler will return with him.
 MT l.. Nash of New York is again in Canaan for the summer and IS board ing at "Brookview.
 Miss Thomson of New York, sis. ter of the late Rev W. J. Thomson, is visiting relatives at "Mt. Elm"
 Mrs Caroline Root, who has been very ill with rheumatism for several weeks, is gradually improving.
 Mrs Harris Tr1plett of Perry, Ill. is making visit with her sisters here, Mrs D. l.. Freeman and Miss Shoemaker.
 Patrick Riley's house on Railroad street has just been painted light green shade with olive green trimmings
 A jolly party of twentythree city
  people from Norfolk drove to this place and return last Thursday night on straw ride.
 Il. J. Eggleston of Millerton has leased the house and picnic grove at Twin Lakes and is making his summer home there.
 Letters advertised at Canaan post office are addressed to Miss Julia Hawes, Mrs N. Cornwall Rogers, Pat rick Reardon.
 -G. A. Adam has found it necessary to again enlarge his carriage repository. He is now building long row of sheds in the rear of the main building.
 Business at the Canaan creamery in this village is increasing and the Con solidated" road will soon build side track for the special accommodation of the creamery.
 Calvin Langdon and daughter Amanda were in Canaan this week. The family have been stopping in Brooklyn, N. Y. where both Amanda and Ruth have good situations.
 The Central New England Railway will run midsummer excursion excur- sion to West Point, Thursday, July 27th, leaving Hartford at a. m. and picking up passengers as far as Lake vile. From Lakeville train will run through to Rhinecliff and connect there at g. 45 with the magnificent 3-deck iron steamboat "Sirius," which Is chartered to carry 21OO people. A stop will be made at Newburg in both directions and West Point will be reached at 12. 30 p. m. Returning, leave West Point at 400 p. m., Rhineclif, 700 p. m.; due Hartford II p. m. Round trip tickets, S15O.
 Frederick Julian writes us that the press reports erred in reference to challenge to duel between his father, Hon. G. w. Julian, and Henry Clay. He says: ''There never was one or the suggestion of one. The statement may have had its origin in the following which think is verified in the me- moirs of Cassius NJ. Clay-not Henry. Oassius invited my father to stump Kentucky jointly with him on the slavery question. For fairly good and sufficient reasons this invitation had been declined by other prominent espousers of the cause. Father, like Clay, knew no fear, but unlike Clay, never went armed. At these meetings Clay in capacity of chairman would iu troduce the Hon: George w. Julian of Indiana and dlawing two six shooters (he was dead shot) from his pockets would add that the gentleman would address them on the slavery question
 Miss Florine Marie Pequigney, who with her mother, brother and sister, moved from Canaan to Thompsonville about 15 years ago, was engaged to be married to Dr James Justin Mccarthy of Meriden on July 12. The guests had assembled at St. Michaels chapel in Thompsonville to witness the cere- mony when they were surprised by the announcement from the Rev T. J. Pres ton that the engagement had been bro. ken and the marriage would not take place. The newspapers say that the bride had ample reason to break the engagement and that Dr Mccarthy ar- rived at the home of his fiancee in an intoxicated condition and that he was also financially embarrassed as he was disappointed in not receiving a sum of money he had expected from some source. Miss Pequigney bore the dis appointment admirably and is this week visiting her cousins in Lee, Mass.
 -One of Dr Camps cows recently died of milk fever, and one of Harden bergh Bros. COWS died of rheumatism. Geo. s. Fuller's COW has garget but he hopes to save her.