Connecticut western news., 1899-05-25
Ru,e. of Publication.
THURSDAY. MAY 25. 1899.
Local News.

Miss Beggs of Philadelphia is visit ing Miss Edith Barnes.
 Strawberry T at the M. D. church parlors Friday evening, May 26.
 Mrs F. N. Brown of New York is visiting her parents here for few weeks.
 The liquor case against Miles Ferris was called on Monday and again ad. journed till June 26.
 Mrs Horace Holt and her niece, Miss Belle Lorrain, are spending 1e week with Representative Holt in Hart, ford.
 Editor Harding of the Pittsfield Sun has so far recovered from his par tial shock as to be able to be removed to the House of Mercy.
 The past week has been another cool one for May. The mercury record for the last seven mornings has been as follows: 44-4O-45- 5-48-47-47 40.
 The selectmen are grading the highway from Elm street to the sum- init of Bennett's hill. Better go and sse the improvement already made.
 Rev J. D. s. Pardee of Saybrook preached in Christ church last Sunday morning and evening. He was assisted in the services by Rev F. W. Barnett.
 The exterior of the house occupied by Mrs Hamm is being painted, and improvements have been made on the interior such as new ceiling, paper and paint.
 The summer express train arriving here at 12.10 is now in charge of Con- ductor William Jaqua who had his foot crushed in an accident to the Wilson's Point freight last fall.
 In the Court of Common Pleas at Winsted on Tuesday, by default, E. L.. Roberts & Go. of this town vs. Benja- min Consollato were awarded damages of $294.67 and costs $27.85.
 -E. E. Bartram has settled up the estate of his deceased uncle, Ex-minis- ter John G. Walsh, in Japan and will leave Kobe on July l for his home here. He does not expect to return to Japan.
 Contributions of flowers for the soldiers graves in the lower cemetery may be left at G. L. Parsons & Sons store next Monday evening. Remem- Der the graves in that cemetery areto be decorated att o'clock Tuesday morn- ing.
 There will be missionary meeting in the Methodist church next Thursday evening, June l, at o'clock. Miss Mary A. Danforth, who spent five years in Japan and was there during the earthquake in 1891, will address the meeting.
 The Norfolk correspondent of the Winsted Citizen says: "A weather
 
 or less confidence predicts that this is to be hot, dry summer. Vegetation will suffer extremely, ,hay will be scarce, fruits will dry up and everything will be like tinder"
 The book os Summer Homes issued by the Central New England Railway  for 1899 ha a rived aud is more com plete than ever in it's descriptive mat ter and laf tones of the beautiful scenery ard homps from Hartford to Campbell Hall. The book contains 240 pages of very interesting reading.
 Dwight Allyn of Twin Lakes con tributes to the NEWS very interesting record of February fogs and May frosts. The record for ten years shows nine Februarys with fog and five Mays with frost. This disproves the reliability of the old adage that fogs in February will be followed by an equal number of frosts in May.
 A new Brooklyn Bridge" has been built during the past week, because the old one had become undermined and the land owner and the railroad com pany wished to have the recent route or path between High street and the village discontinued. The new struc- ture is suspension bridge, with strong wire-rope cables. It was engineered by Samuel Butcher, and he had charge of it's construction. The bridge is To- cated about 30 rods east of the recent one, and Is on the site of the original Brooklyn Bridge" in this village. The path connects with the highway near the Canaan Lime Co.'S office.
 People in this vicinity are advised to be on the lookout for the operator of a brand new swindle now being work ed. He goes about engaging board for New York school teachers during the summer vacation-who, he claims, have sent him out in their behalf. In order that the teachers may see the house and surroundings in proper light picture has to be taken, and for the trouble oi inserting in little booklet $2. is re- quired to be put up.
 Theodore Coggswell, Go. D. 11th U. 8. infantry, passed through Canaan on the .38 p. m. train last Saturday en route to his home in Pittsfield Mass He was met at the station in Canaan by group of relatives and friends who welcomed him back from Cuba and Porto Rico. He had been absent just exactly one year. He has been sick more or less since he enlisted but is now in good health. and it is expected that Pittsfeld people will give him a deception soms night this week.