Connecticut western news., 1899-03-02
THURSDAY, MARCH 9. 1899.
Local News.

Miss Emma Bullard returned to Poughkeepsie last Saturday.
 Eddie McCarty was home from Torrington over Sunday.
 Miss Mary Bell of Chatham is yisit- ing at H. D. Humphreys.
 George Blodget went to Chicago Tuesday after car load of horses. <
 The Y. P. s. c. E. had pleasant social with Clinton Roraback on last Friday evening.
 There are two letters remaining un- called for at the post office addressed to Derby Rodgers.
 Irving Messenger finished his studies at Poughkeepsie and returned home last Saturday.
 Rev J. H. George of Salisbury will preach at Christ church this evening. Service begins at 7.30.
 Mrs Charlotte Johnson of Hartford has been spending the past week as the guest of her cousin, D. l.. Peirce.
 THE LOCAL PUzzLE.-To be or not to be, that's the question about the shows that are billed for Town Hall.
 Marcus Barnes has been sick with tonsilitis at Williamstown, Mass. Mrs Barnes went last Friday to take care of him.
 pr Ross and wife and Mir and Mrs H. B. Ives went to New York yesterday to attend the exposition of the League of American Sportsmen.
 An obituary of Mrs Lois Day Reed, who died at Salisbury Feb. 16, was re- ceived too late for publication in this issue of the NEWS but will appear next week.
 HI. A. Cook, formerly Q cornetist in the Canaan band, has started brass band in Southfield, Mass, composed principally of workmen from the Tur- ner < Cook factory.
 Mrs E. R. Lorraine has been sick with muscular rheumatism complicated with other troubles since Sunday of last week. For a week she suffered terribly but is now improving.
 Daniel Sweeney went last Friday to Tupper Lake in the Adirondacks where his brother Owen is seriously ill with typhoid fever. Edward and Honora Sweeney went two weeks ago to care for their brother.
 William Morris, who with his family spent last summer in Canaan, will apper at the opera house in Win sted on March 22d in "Under the Red Robe" produced by Charles Frohman's Empire Theatre Go.
 Miss Kirby, violinist, and Miss Van Alstyne pianist, of Sharon, played at an invitation musicale given by Miss s. ". Adam on Monday afternoon. Misses Kirby and Van Alstyne spent the night with the latter's aunt, Mrs Corbit.
 A large number of people assem- bled at Miss Sara Eddy's on Friday afternoon on invitation of the Flaw thorne Club and listened to the lecture by Dr Van Pelt on Dutch Literature, which was . most excellent and enter taining address. Refreshments were served by the club.
 The mercury has registered as fol- lows during the mornings of the past week: Thursday 36' above zero, Friday IS, Saturday 10, Sunday IT, Monday 45, Tuesday 20, yesterday 28. The record for the same dates in 1897 is 32-20-22-12-1 80; and in 1898, 32-24-30- 20-22-15-15.
 -Housatonic Lodge No. 61 F. & A. M. have taken five years lease of their former home in Parsons building and will return thither the 1st of April. MT Parsons will make many improvements in the rooms, and the entire third floor will be occupied jointly by the Masons, the c. A. R., the Sons of Veterans and the O. U. A. M.
 The personal property belonging to the estate of Michael Haley, deceased, will be sold at auction at the Scott place, so called, in Weatogue (Salis. bury) next Tuesday, March 7th, at Il a. m. Two horses, about 12 tons of hay, harnesses. farm wagons, moving machine, horse rake, potatoes, house. hold goods and farming tools are in the schedule. See posters.
 MT Ira Chapman of this village is a veteran of the Mexican war and of the Civil war, and yet he is remarkably we'll and active for man 79 years oi age Col Justin Hodge of Riverton, a former resident of Canaan, is also vet eran of the Mexican war and of the Civil war These veterans ought tc meet and compare their army experi ences. Col. Hodge will be 84 years old the 21st of next month, but his youthful appearance bellies his age.
 Patrick Carey, 8 car inspector al Simsbury, rode out from Hartford Sun day morning on work train bound fol Pino Plains and in jumping of at Sims bury fell under the wheels which pass ed over his right leg. Some men saw the accident and notified the engineer. The train ran back to Hartford with the injured man and be was taken to the hospital where he died about foul hours later from shock and loss of blood Carey was about 30 years old, and ha' substitutsd at this station for Car In atsstor WosA.