Connecticut western news., 1899-08-31
Mrs Leroy Stone of Bethel made a short visit to relatives here last week.


 was in town Tuesday and Wednesday.
 Editor Rodemeyer of the New Hav- en Palladium was in town over Sunday.
 Rev D. 0. Stone and wife of Gilbert vile, Mass. are visiting relatives in town.
 Rev MT Gilliland of Hilton, N. H. will occupy the pulpit of Christ church next Sunday.
 A juvenile party was given at w. Camps last Friday evening in honor of Miss Mary Barnett
 Mir and Mrs Sanford Waterman and daughter, Miss Mary, of Cohoes, N. Y., are here visiting relatives.
 The towns books for the year close next Monday. Parties should send in their bills before that date.
 Miss Gertrude Decker of Spring. field is visiting at her fathers, 0. J.. Decker's, in Wetogue (Salisbury.)
 This year the Pine Grove camp meeting was blessed with favorable weather, and the attendance on Thurs day and Sunday was larger than in late | years.
 Miss Bessie E. Riggs, graduate of the Canaan High school, has accepted the position of teacher in North Nor folk school district and will commence her duties Monday
 -Liveryman Madden wishes the public to know that he is still in the | livery business and that his stables are now located on Church street. Mir Madden has not gone to farming as has been somewhat reported. Pupils desiring to enter the high school this fall and who have not all ready passed their examinations will have an opportunity to take the exami- nations at the High school building Thursday, Sept. at g o'clock in the morning.
 MT and Mrs Covert and sosa of Brooklyn, N. r., Mrs Roper and son and Ms Mcdonald of Newington are guests at 'The Hamlet" Mir Covert is connected with the Brooklyn Times and has been on the staff os that paper for eleven years.
 Wellington Shelton Grouse. the in- fant son of MT and Mrs Otto Grouse of Jersey City, was christened at Christ church last Thursday afternoon. Rev H. I Bodley of New Britain officiating. There was an attendance of relatives and immediate friends.
 The milk train on the Harlem is one of the best paying trains on the road. When it leaves Chatham it is made up of engine and combination ca boose and passenger car, and enters New York with string of twenty load ed milk cars. Armenia Times.
 MT John Brazee attended the 32nd annual reunion of the 49th Massachu setts Regiment, which was held in Pitts field Aug. 23. MT Brazee informs us that out of 944 of the old veterans of this regiment, of which he is member, only 200 are now living. Journal.
 BASE BALL. At Canaan, August 2l, Norfolk 19, Canaan5. At Norfolk, Aug ust 26, Lakeville ', Norfolk 12. At Falls Village, August 26, Canaan ', Falls Village 3. At Lime Rock, Aug. ust 29, Falls Village 4, Lime Rock 13. At Lakeville, August 29, Copake IA, Lakeville 4.
 | Robert billiard of Lime Rock and other places, who has been manager of all the colored peoples cake walks in this vicinity was arrested last Sunday at the camp ground by Constable Rich mond for using abusive and threatening language to Selectman J. N. Van Deu' sen at the time of the Lakeville- Canaan ball game here on August 22 A dis. pute arose between MT Van Deusen and Mir billiard in regard to rental of the town hall, and billiard used very un complimentary language, among other things saying that Van Deusen was g d. liar. billiard was brought be fore Justice Garfield on Monday and pleaded not guilty and argued his owr case. B. A. Peirce, Dr Ross, Loui: Waldecker, Daniel Sweeney and MI Van Deusen testified as to Dillard'l language and Justice Garfield found him guilty and imposed a fine $7 anc costs and sentence of 30 days in jail billiard went to Litchfield in company with Constable Richmond.
 Thomas Richards will contribut, one more sketch of the early industrie of this town, and that will complete hi series. It will be remembered tha when MT Richards commenced writin, his sketches he stated that they would be entirely from memory as he had n, memoranda, and that he would writ , them because he felt the need of some thing to occupy his mind, and calling up memories of the old home in Ca naan afforded him great amount Q pleasure. Mir Richards has "builde' better than he knew" The sketche have been of deep interest to all resi dents of this town, young as well a old, and they will be valuable data fo whoever in the future writes the histor of this town. By the way, the files C the NEWS have for 28 years been tn best history that could be written c Canaan and surrounding towns, becaus the NEWS gives a record of whateve transpires at home and abroad. Every one consults the NEWS file for data i , regard to events and the names of pel