Connecticut western news., 1899-08-17

Mrs Reuben Me Intyre of New Haven Is visiting in town.
 Mrs Katherine Brown is on the sick list. She is improving bat Is still con- fined to her bed.
 The mercury record at noon for the last seven days is: 65-6e-S5 S6 7s-74 50. No rain since last Thursday.
 North CAnAAn's allotment of the good roads money is SS.S75 of which the town pays onefourth.
 -Unclaimed letters at Canaan post office are addressed to James Flsherty, Miss Emma Larssan, Charles Martin, Wm. F. Pierce.
 Miss Florence A. Paine, the popu- lar banjo, guitar and mandolin teacher of Millerton; N. I. is to be married August 80 to George William Thomp- son a. the Baptist church in Millerton.
 A very interesting article on the town of Sharon has just been compile ted for The Connecticut Magazine by Myron B. Benton, Leedsviile, N. |. The article is to appear in the Sepsem- Der number of the magazine and will be beautifully illustrated.
 Miss Grace Carew Sheldon of Buf- ialo, \. Y, the authoress, called at the NKws office yesterday afternoon. Miss Sheldon has been staying short time in Lakeville, and will soon visit Nor folk. She has written a number of books and is frequent contributor to magazines. For seven or eight years she was a writer for the Buffalo Courier.
 We have base ball club in town who play as cratic base eall as any team in the country. Last Friday was one of their of days and Southfeld came down here and beat them 2l to IS The next afternoon the team welcomed the Millertons, kept them chasing the ball around the field and sent them back home with the score: Millerton 8, Canaan p Batteries-Rion and Hall; Stanton and Thomson. Umpires Mir Washington and c. Rodemeyer. The teams played: Millerton-Rion P, Hall c. Silyernale ss, Smith 1st, Weaver 2d, DeMusey 3d, Traver If, Brizzie Inf, Cook If, Mcdonald, sub. Canaan R. Stanton p, Thomson c, Quinn ss, Brainard 1st, Barnes 2d, F. Stanton 3d, J. Stanton If, Bierce mi, Roberts If.
 John Howard Roraback. aged l month and Is days, one of the twin sons of MT and Mrs J. Henry Roraback, was taken seriously ill on Wednesday after noon of last week. Dr Lane of Great Burlington was summoned and soon re- ieved the little patient but on Thurs day morning another and unparallet trouble developed and it became evf- dent that surgical operation was the only hope of saving the childis life and even that might not succeed. Dr Lane preferred to have Dr Paddock of Pitts field perform the operation Dr Pad dock arrived at 2 90 p. ID. and perform ed an operation, assisted by Dr Lane. Ether was administered and the opera ton was painless and was skillfully and delicately performed, but the child gradually grew weaker and expired about o'clock that evening. The fu- neral was held at the family residence on Saturday at II g. ID. The services were brief and were attended only by relatives of the family. Rev E J. Kelly ofhciased, and the interment was in the lower cemetery. Unlimited sympathy Is expressed for the bereaved parents The whole community has taken deep interest in the Roraback twin sons since the day of their birth and is now saddened by the death of one of them
 Sarah A Landon. aged 10 years and $ months, daughter of MT and Mrs Walter K Landon, died about 6.o'clock last Friday evening. Sadie, Is she was affectionately called by the family and by all who knew her, had been suf- fering with heart disease for long time. This summer she had steadily failed, and for some days before her death she could not breathe when lying down and therefore had to sit in her wheel chair all the time Yet the end came peacefully but suddenly. so sud denly that all of the family were not present when she passed away. Sadie had always been gentle and lovable child; unselfish, patient and uncom- plaining and she will be mourned by all who knew her. The hour at which she was summoned to her celestial home is another illustration or fulfllment of "At evening time it shall be light !" The funeral was attended at the Pilgrim church on Monday at 10. 30 a m- The Rev John De Peu of Bridgeport con- ducted the services. He read appropri- ate passages of scripture and spoke words of comfort to the bereaved fami- ly. He affectionstely alluded to Sadie's life in Norfolk when he was her neigh bor and pastor. The choir sang two hymns, Asleep in Jesus" and "Heaven IS my Home" The remains reposed in a white broadcloth covered casket which was literally covered with flow CTS The interment was at Norfolk.
 
 The Rev W. B. Costley. of Stock bridge, Ga, while attending to his pas torAl duties at Ellenwcod, that state, was attacked by cholera morbns- He says: By chance I happened to get holl Al l.kAlo Gka ahnxla.rsn