Connecticut western news., 1899-06-15
THURSDAY. JUNE l5, 1899.
Local News.

Miss Elsa Shwartz of Brooklyn visiting Miss Manvel.
 Frederick Reel of Waterbury wa in town a few days the past week.
 Mrs H. l.. Ross and Mrs A. D Wait are visiting relatives in Bethel.
 -Abraham Coons' house on Higl street, occupied by Mir Lindell, is be ing painted yellow.
 Mrs Mary c. Corbit went to Thom aston on Monday to visit Dr Parsons and family few days.
 Henry s. Rood of Benton Centre N. Y. arrived Friday at the home of his sister, Mrs E D. Lawrence.
 Harry and Samuel Holt have been waiting their father, Representative Holt, in Hartford this week.
 Mrs Sarah Coggswell and Mrs Lil. lie Evans and children of Great Barring ton visited friends in town yesterday.
 -G. B. Gardner of Coxsaokie, N. |. is spending the week in town and try ing his old fishing grounds on Twin Lakes.
 Letters uncalled for at the Canaan post office are addressed to Julius Browning, John Cennors, Mrs Anna Garrison. Rev Wm. NJ Grosvenor, Miss NJ w. Waldron.
 The Canaan base ball club will play at Millerton July f. As neither Miller ton nor our club have won game up to date, there will be . change of luck for one nine or the other.
 The primary department of the Canaan graded school hold their clos ing exercises in the schoolroom this afternoon at 2 o'clock. The kindergar- ten closed Monday, several of the mothers being present at the exercises.
 -s.Del" Gardiner, a we'll known horseman of Millerton, N. Y, was se- verely injured on Monday. While ex- ercising pacer with hobbies the straps slipped down and threw the horse and Gardiner was heavily thrown from the sulky. He was picked up insensible and did not regain consciousness for three or four hours.
 As the 5.05 train was approaching Canaan on Tuesday afternoon, at a point near Whittlesey's grove Engineer George Austin discovered man lying with his legs over the rail. Austin brought the train to quick stop, wen ahead and removed the drunken Frenchman from the track, smashed his jug of whiskey, and proceeded to Canaan with his train.
 -S. A. Eddy's lawn will look very ar tistic when the grading and driveway are completed and the vines chamber over the walls which will support the lawn. MT Eddy has bought strip oi land (from Mrs Bonner) which extends the entire length of the south line oi his premises and includes the trout brook. This gives room to make the desired improvements.
 Conductor Beckwith of the Central New England road on Saturday took up on the afternoon train six tickets, Hartford to Chapinville, issued by the old Connecticut Western road in 1871, twenty eight years ago. Tney bore on the back an advertisement of Pease & Foster, then leading dry goods firm in Hartford. The tickets were regular ly stamped and were undoubtedly sold at the ticket office of the railroad com. pany in Hartford.
 George Dederick is improving hi, house and grounds on High street. Hs has fitted up his dining room in srtis tic style and has added handsome olG English style mantle of his own handi work. He Is now building a substan tial cement walk, with stone founda ton. from his piazza to the street anG is also widening the street and thu msking room for sidewalk or bicycle path. Samuel s. Butcher will also widen the street near "The Perch anG build sidewalk or bicycle path to con meet with the one which Mir Dedericl builds
 The work on the highway at Ben nett's hill was completed yesterday. 4 dangerous railroad crossing has beer eliminated and for long distance east of that point new road has been con structed further away from the railroad track. It was a great undertaking bu it has been accomplished. The towI commenced work on the new road th, first week in July 1898, and on July 27 1898 Contractor Burke commenced tn, work of eliminating the grade crossing Mir Burke's task proved more difficult than was anticipated. because more rocl was encountered than was expected, bu he has faithfully performed his COL tract although he has probably los money on the work. It was expectel that the work would be completed las Monday, but Highway Commissions Mcdonald inspected the job that da, and ordered that few finishing touche be made here and there on the sides o the rock excavation. The railroad com pany some weeks ago, as recorded il the NEWS at the time, placed stee bridge across the chasm caused by sink ing the highway beneath the track Now let everyone rejoice that this long talked of project is finished although is now seen where some changes in tn plan or specifications would have bee bsusAt.