Connecticut western news., 1899-01-19
THURSDAY, JANUARY 19. 1899.
Local News.

Bishop Brewster will visit Christ church on March 16.
 Mrs J. S New is slowly improving from complications following grip. .. -S. W. Barnes has nearly recovered from ten days seize with the grip.
 -Abram Coans appeared on the street Tuesday after several weeks illness.
 -Tbe West End social association will meet with Mrs F. H. Lee on Tues day evening.
 Mrs. Charlotte Johnson is sick with the grip at the home of her son, Charles H., in East Canaan.
 w. H. Emmons is attending the Grand Lodge of Masons at New Haven this week as delegate from Housatonic Lodge, No. 61.
 Stewart Hills says, If you have a dull sort of headache that extends down to your heels, that's a sign you've got the grip. MiIlerton Telegram.
 Nathan W. Watson, Jr., brother of Mrs Hardenbergh of this place, died at his home in Shokan, N '. last week Wednesday, aged AT, of pneumonia.
 Herr Hocb. That's the way to spell it, but let's hear you say it. Do you call it Hoe, Hook or Huh? The latter is probably nearest correct. huh?
 The post offices at New Boston, Clay ton and Mill River, Mass. have just been made money order offices and the Winsted post office has been named as the depository office for the three.
 Thomas Bonner has severe attack of grip and threatened with pleurisy. Mrs Bonner is convalescing from Ia grippe. James Sheffield is proving himself a capable and excellent sick nurse.
 An interesting article entitled ssWhat's the Matter with Cornwall?" will appear in the next issue of the NEWS Every resident of the town of Cornwall ought to secure copy of that issue.
 Miss aroline Bailey has not inn proved, and as Mir and Mrs W. E. Brewer of Mill River, at whose home she is, are both on the sick list, Mrs F. M. Caldwell of this place has gone to take ca re of her.
 The next regular meeting of Pill grim Club will be held at Pilgrim Manse next Tuesday evening. The history, educational and mechanical institutions Cf Connecticut are the sub- iects for papers by the boys.
 MT and Mrs J. l.. Parsons and Mir and Mrs J. H. Roraback entertained the Upton Club at the residence of the latter on Monday evening. The club will meet with Mir and Mrs John G. Beckley next Monday evening.
 -Acel F. Rood and family have moved into Mrs Ila H. Pease's house near A. P. Freeman's. Mir Rood has secured a position as assistant bookkeeper for the White Brick and Terra Gotta Co., at Clayton, James Kent, Jr., having ac- cepted position elsewhere.
 Tt don't pay to overwork good thing On Dec Hemmes & Dillon's kinetescope and photograph show played to good business and pleased audience at the Town Hall On Mon- day evening of this week they showed again at the Town Hall to small audi ence, of course.
 Sarah L., widow of w. Beebe Branch formerly of Canaan, died at her home in Waterloo, N. Y, last week Wednesday after an illness of five weeks with Bright's disease. She was about 65 years old. The funeral was attended at Waterloo on Friday. Mir. Branch died March s, 1886. They had no children.
 The trial of Lucien Stephano on Monday before Justice Garfield for as- sault upon the person of his wife was a chapter of French ludicrousness. Mrs Stephano did not appear against her husband at the appointed time and it was necessary for deputy to go for her and use considerable persuasion to get her to come to the court room. When she got there she would not say a word against her liege lord and stated that he never struck her or abused her and was as nice a husband as could be found. As Stephano was arrested on his wife's complaint it is assumed that Mrs Stephano has not read about Ananias' wife. Stephano was discharg- ed and the Town paid the costs, and Stephano went home to clasp the dear wife in loving embrace; we don't think.
 Mrs Caroline Baker, aged 83 years and seven months, died as the result of a paraly tic shock at her home in Pleas ant Valley Friday afternoon at o'clock. She leaves one daughter, Mary c. Bak- CT, of Pleasant Valley. The funeral was held on Sunday at p. m. Mrs Baker was 8 former resident of Canaan. Be tween 1S40 and 1850 her husband was connected with the sash and blind fac tory, the saw mill and plaster mill in this village. The plaster mill was con ducted under the firm name of Baker < Ives, and later MT Baker sold the prop erty to H. & E. Ives and moved to Pleasant Valley where he engaged in the sash and blind business until his death number of years ago. Beside her husband Mrs Baker had lost two