Connecticut western news., 1899-07-27
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THURSDAY. JULY 27, 1899.
Local News.


 Mrs A. K. Rhoades is on the sick list.
 Samuel Roberts was at his mother over Sunday.
 Miss Annette Bennett of New York Is at Mrs Newton's.
 Miss Jones of Fredonia, N. '. is in town for a short stay.
 Mrs Bartram and family have re- turned from Fishers Island.
 Frank Van Deusen and family are spending month at Twin Lakes.
 Mrs s. c. Cummings and children of South Norwalk are at Mrs Hamm's.
 Mrs J. s. Tracy of Falls Village spent the fore part of the week in town.
 Bertha Leighton from New York is spending few days with Edna Roberts.
 Miss Lillian Root left town last week Wednesday for an indefinite time.
 IF. B. Young of Pittsfeld, Mass. visited relatives in Canaan over Sunday.
 MT and Mrs A. H. Herriman re- turned from Ogdensburg, N. Y. last Saturday.
 Mrs s. c. Beckley will go to Rich- mond, Mass. today to visit friends sev- eral days.
 Rev Frederick W. Bailey of New Haven preached in Christ church again last Sunday.
 Henry V. Sims of Hartford is visit ing his sister, Mrs Sarah Warner, at the Warner House.
 Irving H. Roberts and family were in town last week to see his grand mother and mother.
 Mrs J. W. Peet's house on Church street, occupied by J. A. Underwood, has just been painted.
 Mrs A. E. Vosburgh of Philmont, N. I. is visiting her son, Oswald T. Vosburgh, in this village.
 Fourteen Norfolk wheelmen rode down here Friday evening and had supper at the Warner House.
 The Canaan Creamery in this vil- lage is equipped with new separator which arrived last Thursday.
 Calvin Langdon moved his goods to Norfolk on Tuesday. MT Langdon will live near the gymnasium there.
 Miss Carrie Fuller returned yester- day from Glastonbury where she has been on visit to Miss Mary Barnett.
 -Deacen David N. Fuller of Great Harrington, Mass, has sold his farm near that village to Frederick Abbey.
 MT and Mrs Thadens Downing of Newburgh, NY. visited Mrs Downing's parents, Mir and Mrs Perrin Stanton, over Sunday.
 MT and Mrs George Fl. Atwood and daughter Ethel called on their aunt, Mrs Caroline Root, last week; also Mrs Roberts.
 Mrs Perrin J. Roys and two sons from New Haven are visiting Mir Roys' parents. Mr and Mrs John M. Roys, near Mill River, Mass.
 The Pilgrim Club met by invitation at Judge Roraback's cottage at Twin Lakes on Tuesday evening and were de- ightfully entertained.
 Base ball here Saturday resulted Southfeld IT, Canaan 2. Millertons won their first game of the season that day on their home grounds when they beat Pine Plains 20 to II.
 The mercury record at noon during the last seven days is as follows: 75-87- 84-70-81-68-8O. Tuesday was cloudy and misty day but not much rain fell. Yesterday there were heavy showers at intervals during the forenoon.
 Roscoe Benjamin of Winsted sold last week two single trotters with trials of better than 2.30 at good prices to Torrington parties, and anyone having high class goods for sale will do we'll to write him what they have for sale.
 Rev H. I. Bodley of Mt. Vernon, N. Y.-whose family are spending the summer in Canaan-is now acting as chaplain for Bishop Potter, but has &C., cepted the rectorship of St. Marks parish, New Britain, and will commence his duties there next month. He will move there in September.
 The Sharon correspondent of the Amenia Times says: "With the pres ent boom in the iron trade and the de- mand for Salisbury iron it would not be surprising to hear that the Sharon Valley furnace would go into blast again in the not far distant future."
 The time for completing the Tariff vile branch of the Central New Eng land road was originally fixed for Aug. l, but owing to trouble with bridge foundations, and the suit of an East Granby land owner, now before the Su- preme court, completion may be delay ed until late in the fall
 Secretary Dwight Kilbourn of Litchfield writes that the reunion of the 2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery will be held in Winsted on Sept. 22nd the anniversary of the battle of Fishers Hill. Efforts are also being made to have the reunion of the 18th Connecticut Volunteers here on the same day. It is expected that about 300 Veterans of the Civil War will be present on that oc- sasion. n.-Wiusted Citizen.