Connecticut western news., 1899-12-28
THURSDAY, DEcEM BIER 2s, 1899.
Local News.
uAppY NEW YEAR

HAPPY NEW YEAR
 Did Santa Claus bring you what you most desired?
 Tt was certainly green Christmas. Not flake of snow on the ground nor in the air.
 Tine stores in this village closed at 10 o'clock Christmas morning, and the post office was closed good share of the day after Il a. m.
 ID. E. King and w. N. Beebe of East Canaan, Miss Edith Greene of Winsted, J. A. Underwood, Mir and Mrs James E. Greene and Miss Irene ate Christmas turkey at s. A. Kemp's.
 Mrs Samuel Dutcher has been sick about ten weeks and has been confined to her bed until the past week. She is slowly improving aud now sits up few moments each day. Her mother takes care of her most of the time.
 A report last week in nearby newspaper that Samuel Nicholson, N. r., N. H. & H engineer, was dead, is not credited at this station as none of his we'll known railroad associates have heard of it. MT Nicholson resigned about six weeks ago after AZ years ser. vice on this division (Housatonic line) of the road. He is very well to do i- nancially and has retired to pleasant home in Bridgeport.
 At the annual meeting of Housaton- ic Lodge No. 61, F. < A. M. held on Tuesday evening these officers were elected for the ensuing year: w. M., w. H. Fuller; s. w., George Greene; J. w., l.. c. Rhoades; treasurer, M. J. Kilmer; secretary, W. H. Camp; 8. D., J. s. Graney; J. D., Lyman Ball; s. S.. Geo ". Cowdrey, Jr.; J. s., Junius Rhoades; chaplain, D. L. Peirce; mar shal, E s. Roberts; tyler, M. Yanush- wetz; finance committee, 0. H. John son, s. 0. Beckley. H. E. Holt. The officers will be installed at the regular communication on Monday evening, January 8.
 Besides the young people home from schools and colleges we noticed in town the past week: Miss Ryer of AL bany at Rev E. J. Kelly's; Miss Lee of Sheffield and Miss Emma Coggswell of Pittsfeld at Dr Lees; J s. Tracy and wife of Falls Village; Thomas Eagan of Brooklyn; Frank Rosenbergh of Win sted; Will Riley, Miss Maggie McGuire of Hartf,rd;. Louis Madden, Irving Messenger of Waterbury; Willard Burghardt of Ct. Burlington; Miss Kate Quinn of Worcester; F. N. Brown, R. c. Newton and Miss J. E Newton of New York; Samuel Reel of Winsted; Miss Grace Roraback of New Haven; Mrs Bullock and sen George of Hills dale; Miss Jennie Pratt and Miss Gladys Pratt of Westfeld. Mass.
 The wonderful moving pictures of the g eat Jetfries Sharkey fight which took place at the Coney Island Athletic Club Nov. 3d. will be exhibited at Ca naan Town Hall one night, Friday, Dec. 29th. These films are the best ever taken of ring contest and every move . of the giants is plainly shown, even the muscles of the fighters. Many other latest subj cts will also be shown in cluding the Dewey Land and Naval psrades, the Dreyfus trial Pope Leo XIII, the Windsor hotel fl e in New taken on the actual battlefield. Many comic scenes are also shown, including a pie eating contest, eating dinner un- der difficulties, laundry scene, lovers interrupted, shooting the chutes, Meph- istopheles in his laboratory, and others. This will positively be the only time the pictures will be exhibited here, and it is rare opportunity to witness the most marvellous contest of modern times
 A special town meeting was held al the Town Hall last Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The meeting was called to order by J. H. Roraback. D. L. Peirce was elected chairman, and Samuel A. Eddy, clerk. MT Roraback explained the object of calling the meeting, which in brief is as follows: To see if the town would reconsider the vote passed at the annual town meeting of October 2, 1899 at which time it was voted 'snot to abandon the sections of the old high way near the Anchor lime kiln" The land occupied by the new highway was deeded to the town by Mrs Abbe, the consideration being that certain DOT. tions of the old highway should revert to Mrs Abbe. In other words, Mrs Abbe exchanged land with the town. The town has accepted the new high way and taken possession of 1t but has not fulfilled it's agreement to abandon the old highway and transfer the land to Mrs Abbe, consequently Mrs Abbe has employed a celebrated law firm ir Hartford to act as her attorneys in the matter. Mrs Abbe refuses to accepl money in'place of the land. Other par ties who claim right of way over the old highway object to it's abandonment, consequently the town is in dilemma. After lengthy discussion of the situa. tion 1t was voted not to reconsider the action taken by said annual town meet ing. A vote was also passed ratifying rhe action of said annual town meeting which voted to pay Mrs Thomas Honnor a10O damaoaa for 5,ro,,;S,