Connecticut western news., 1899-04-20
-Sousa's band will play at Winsted,

roof on the wing part of his hotel. | Miss Emeline Bullard of Pough- keepsie is spending the week with the Misses Granger.
 | Samuel G. Camp, who recently re ceiyed an election as editor to the Yale Literary Magazine, has been elected an editor the Yale Courant.
 Howard Bierce is recovering from his serious illness with pneumonia, and he is now considered out of danger The crisis was reached last Thursday.
 Here is the mercury record for the past seven mornings: 43-45-43 -39-32-3l- 40. Six mornings were clear and sun shiny. Sunday morning was cloudy, with rain and snow at noon.
 Garfield May returned home for the summer season on Morday. Garfield has been with the Empire Theatre com- pany New York during the run of "Phroso" and ''Lord and Lady Algy."
 Geo. R. Wilcox has transformed the carriage house on the Chester M Deming farm into a blacksmith shop. He has put in two forges but has room enough left for large and convenient shop.
 | James Tuckerman has gone to Nor ris Park, N. J. with the sealskin rum ming pony ''Shifty Sadie," where on April 26 Sadie will run a matched race with pony owned by Richard Carmen.
 Frau Bauer of Albany, N. Y. and the Misses Walters, Graves and Becker of St. Agnes School, Albany, are visit ing Miss Mary Watson. These young ladies will attend the funeral of 8 schoolmate, Miss Lucy Wakefield Soule who died April IF at Dorchester, Mass. aged 19; funeral at Winsted tomorrow. Miss Jane l.. Bsrnum, died at Stockbridge, Mass. Monday, aged 68. Miss Barnum had been an invalid for years but the illness which caused her death was of only few weeks dura- ton. She was an aunt of Mrs H. B, Ives and Mrs D. F. May of Canaan. The funeral is at Stockbridge this after | noon.
 Alfred Herriman has sold his team of pacers to Boston horse dealer by the name of Charles Barnum, and has bought the grey trotting horse Gone wood" which he will enter on the Northern New York Tretting Circuit. Mir Herriman expects that Friendship" and "Conewood" will capture many of the purses on that circuit.
 About 1.30 on Saturday afternoon the crib or hood on top of the Anchor lime kiln (ths oil kiln caught fire The steam whistle was blown loudly and about twenty men rallied to the kiln and after lively time of it succeeded in extinguishing the blaze. Damage of $100 was done which was allowed by the insurance adjusters yesterday.
 Rev E. J. Kelley began his new pastorate at the Methodist church Sun- day morning and preached an able ser mon from Mark xvi, 15. Rev Kelley will move into the parsonage in few days with his niece and housekeeper. Mir Kelley's lamented wife was killed some two years ago in runaway acci- dent on the road from Egremont to Ct. Harrington.
 Mrs H. E. Pease and her daughter in-law Mrs E. s. Pease experienced an exciting runaway on Railroad street last Thursday afternoon. They were driv- ing black pony, whoin turning around near the Bullard place upset the car riage and ran. The ladies were thrown out and the carriage top was broken off but the pony was captured before he reached Main street. The ladies were not injured.
 Referee F. B. Mum has received | notification that one or two probate courts in Litchfield county are still as- suming jurisdiction over bankrupt es- tates, appointing appraisers, trustees, commissioners, etc. By the verdict of the Supreme Court of several of the states this is in violation of the bank. ruptcy law which went into effect July 1, 1898. It being decided by the courts that the state bankruptcy laws are sus- | pended. The referee has jurisdiction over such estates. Winsted Citizen. And still another show that didn't show. McCarter's latest sensation was felt by him last Thursday when he ! struck town and noticed the absence of | enthusiasm that his show was creating. He went around and took down his Autographs and remarked: "Well not show here, the towns no good; it's got bad name in the show profession; 1; we'd ought to have known better than to have billed it." We now have a most varied and beautiful collection of unused s'comps' which have accumula- ted during the past year or more.
 Benjamin Consolati who had a wood job on the College" near East Canaan has disappeared leaving deserted wife, whom he married few months ago in Winsted, and number of creditors whose claims it is said amount to over 5000 His heaviest creditor is B. L. Roberts & Go. of East Canaan, and Jackson, Eggleston & Go. of this village are among the number Consolati's horses, wagons, etc. have been attached by Constable Richmond. Some people think the Its lian will return, but his creditors think he has gone to sunny