Connecticut western news., 1899-07-20
THURSDAY. JULY 20. 1899.
Local News.

Miss Burton of AIiddletown is visit. ing the Misses Granger.
 Miss Bessie Frein has returned to Henry Barnes for a summer visit.
 Rev Frederick W. Bailey of New Haven suppded the pulpit of Christ church last Sunday.
 Theodore Coggswell and Robert Parish of Pittsield spent Tuesday and Wednesday in town.
 MT and Mrs Frank Strong and son Wallace of Dalton, Mass, pitched camp at Twin Lakes yesterday.
 Maitland l.. Osborne, Jr. has se- cured position as an assistant editor of the National Magazine of Boston.
 Miss Emma Felten and Miss Lena Carle returned yesterday to High Woods, N. Y. after a visit at A. V. A. Felten's. /
 Rev O. s. Wing, D. b, of Brook lyn N. Y. E. Conference. will preach in the Methodist Episcopal church next Sabbath morning.
 The Central New England R. R. Go. will soon build steel bridge over Still river at Winsted, and over the river at Ancram, N. Y.
 The temperature at noon during the last seven days has been as follows: 76-81- S5-SO-S3 76-75. Quite a heavy rain Sunday forenoon
 Mrs Ryer of Delaware county, N. Y. visited her daughter at Rev E. J. Kelly's here and left on Monday for Glenmont, N. Y. to visit married daughter.
 Mrs Oswold Franz and her two children are visiting her sister, Mrs David Curtis, here. Mrs Curtis aunt and two children from Newburgh, N Y. are also visiting her.
 Miss Fanny Pierce of Omaha, Neb. is visiting stAer uncle's. D. L. Peirce's. She arrived. here Monday. Her sister, Mrs Jennie Tracy of Macclenny, Fla, will arrive here next week.
 Miss Clara Clarke of East Canaan and party of young people went into camp in H. D. Humphreys cottage at Twin Lakes last week Saturday for two weeks sojourn. Mir and Mrs George Dunning are with the party.
 -Frapklin E. Hinman, one of Meri- den's oldest and best known citizens, died July 6, aged 83. He was born in Canaan and was in the printing busi. ness. He printed the first paper ever circulated in Meriden, Senator O. H. Platt being editor.
 The new bridge in the c. N. E. freight yard here is said to be the one that will be placed across the Black berry river by the railroad company. The work of placing it in position will not commence at present because the bridge builders are at work elsewhere.
 The following summer guests are stopping at the Warner House: F. H :. Leon, Boston; F. G. Clark, O. J. Davis, New York. "The Naples" has enter tained the following guests the past week: Mrs A. E Clark. Miss Jessie Clark, Edwin Farlon,D. F. Sackett, and Miss Sackett, all of New York; Mrs B. L. D'Ooge and children of Ypsilanti, Mich.; Mrs A. E.. Roberts, Westport, N. J.; Edwin Everett Ridley. Utica, N. Y.
 Mrs Cora Adams is repairing her house on the north side of Church street, recently occupied by Mir and Mrs J. J. Bailey. When the repairs are completed Mrs Adams and her daughter, Miss Frances, will occupy the house, and E. W. Adams and family will occupy all of the house on the south side of the street. Both families needed more room, and this new ar- engagement is convenient one for all concerned
 Warren Mcintyre says that the first time he ever set foot in Canaan was in 1844, the day that Cassius M. Clay delivered campaign speech here. Mir Mcintyre was then living on Mt. Washington. Mass. A four-horse load of Wings standing up in charcoal wagon crowded in like sardines in a box drove from Mt. Washington to Canaan to hear Clay speak. Mir McIn- tyre was the only Democrat in the wag- on-but his uncle, Conrad Mcintyre, who was als Democrat, furnished the leading horses because they were the only pair of horses they could find that would work as leaders.
 There will be special town meet ing at the Town Hall on Monday, July 24 at 3 p. m. to see If the town will vote an appropriation for the completion oi the work of eliminating the grade cross ing at Bennett's Hill and changing oi the layo of highway leading from the crossing towards East Canaan; also te be expended under the state highway commissioner and the selectmen for i'm. proving other sections of the highway in this town. To see if the Town will vote t, abaodon the old highway on Bennett's Hill. To see if the Town will designate location for memorial drinking fountain to be presented by Mrs A. K. Rhoades, or to take action relative to the acceptance of such 6 fountain. To hear selectmen's report regarding construction of vault fol public records. Commissioners Ms< Donald will ba present.