Connecticut western news., 1899-04-27

| -J. 5. News house IS belng painted, and Dr Camps house IS being shingled.
 Several very neat headstones have recently been erected in the lower cemetery.
 Miss Fidelia Bridges of this place sailed from New York yesterday for England.
 Monday and Tuesday, May Sth and 9th, win be red letter days at Jackson, Eggleston X Co.'S store.
 A forest fire ragged Saturday after noon on Canaan mountain in South Ca- naan. We have not learned whose land it was on or how much damage was done.
 | The young mems club will meet May 9th with Arthur Hanlon. The program will be discussion by the members, subject, Resolved, that the World is growing Better"
 Elmer Gordon, who used to work for Frank Van Deusen, was in town yesterday in the uniform of U. $. regular Elmer belongs to the Go. F., Sixth U. s. Infantry.
 pr J. 0. Payne, who was native of Amenia, N. Y. and died suddenly of apoplexy at Poughkeepsie. April 10th, aged 79 years, left small estate valued at $5, 900, which, it is said, will go to his sisters.
 Howard Bierce is recovering nicely from pneumonia. He sat up about an hour on Monday and two hours on Tuesday. Miss Slighter, the trained nurse from Pittsfeld, went home Mon- day. She said Howard did not need her care any longer.
 -Lysle Parker of Dalton, Mass. has entered the employ of G. P. Strong,the timer. Mir Parker has just been mus tered out of the Second Massachusetts Volunteers. He was in Cuba six months, participated in active service, and was in the thick of several battles. Two dry thunder storms occurred here Tuesday afternoon, one at 3.30 and the other at 6.30 About 10 p. m. gentle rain arrived but did not last long; however, 1t refreshed the thirsty grass and trees. By the way, the dry spell of weather has alarmed the far mers and many predict small hay crop this season.
 Frank Van Deusen has bought land adjoining him on the north side thus enlarging his dooryard on West Main street to the Bragg street extension. s. A. Kemp has bought the building lot on West Main street just north of the Bragg street extension. Alfred Herriman has leased the Chester Dem- ing farm land and is running a dairy.
 Tt is proposed to form wheel club in this town for the sole purpose of making bicycle paths and keeping them in good repair. If every wheel owner in town would annually contribute 25 cents first class paths could be con- structed and maintained, and bicycling in North Canaan would be a pleasure instead of a torture.
 Tt is reported that the Ashley Falls Marble Go. has bought the grist mill and water privelege of the Mauvel Mill ing Go. at Ashley Falls. The milling business will be discontinued and the water power will be used to saw marble with, to furnish power to operate the quarry, and that an electric light plant will also be established there.
 Miss Virginia Harvey, youngest daughter of Prof l.. ". Harvey of Hartford, most acceptably filed the position of accompanist at choral con- cert given by her father at New Hart ford recently. It IS eight years since MT Harvey and family moved from Ca naan and Miss Virginia has grown to be 8 young lady and an accomplished pianist since then.
 Rev E. c. Gillette of Southfield Mass, visited relatives in Canaan yes terday. He says that there was very interesting Christian Endeavor rally at Southfield on Tuesday evening and his father, City Evangelist Henry J. Gil lette of Hartford, made an address. Mir Gillette, senior, left Canaan yesterday morning for week. rest at Lakewood, N J. before returning to Hartford. Many farmers in this vicinity have improved the opportunity afforded by the dry weather to burn the old grass on their meadows and pastures. The grass fire on Frank Hitchcock's farm at the lower corner Saturday evening was beautiful sight. Several years ago Canaanites killed the project of fire district nevertheless every spring, own- CTS of land adjoining the railroads have fire district of their own
 A fish story was told us last week Wednesday by a man who had heard | two men talking about monstrous trout that another man had told them Ezra Langdon had caught. Cautiously enough upon investigation the tale proved to be true and MT Langdon did catch four and three-quarter pound trout in the Whiting river between his house and the "big fill" at Canaan Val ley. The trout was taken to Winsted l Last season a bicycle path was commenced on Main street between the O. N. E. railroad crossing and the resi- dence of s. W. Barnes. The path was mot completed and consequently has never been used. A movement Is on foot to complete the undertaking, the expense to be met by having owners of