Connecticut western news., 1899-03-23
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 running in this village yesterday. Rev H. Tarrant of Lime Rock will preach at Christ church this evening.
 Service at 7.30.
 -S. E. Felten of Saugerties, N. Y,
 has been visiting his brother, A. V. A.
 Felten the past week. Oswald Vosburgh will move from yer Camps store into part of Mrs Scott's house on April l. Johnnie, the three year-old son of
 Rexford Stanton of Canaan Valley, is
 dangerously ill with typhoid fever. Our readers are requested to look for the advertisement of G. W. Hall of Falls Village in next weeks NEWS. The young people of the Pilgrim Church held a pleasant sociable last Friday evening and realized $3. 25.
 Rev Edward o. Dyer of Sharon preached at the Pilgrim church Sunday in exchange with Rev Sidney A. Burma by.
 Don't make any mistakes about the trout law. There is a penalty for catching trout before April l or after June IA.
 Irving Messenger has accepted the position of bookkeeper in news store at Waterbury and has entered upon his duties there.
 Mrs Lester Willis, who for several weeks was ill at the home of her father, J. B. Messenger, in this village return ed to Bridgeport last Saturday.
 Mrs Charles Townsend, who owned a fine cottage at Pine Grove camp ground, died at her home in Pawling, N. r., March 6, aged 42 years.
 Mrs c. H. Johnson of East Canaan and her daughter, Mrs J. G. Beckley of this village. visited relatives in Hart ford from Friday till Tuesday.
 A brakeman named Meyers was run over and killed in the 0. N. E. railroad yard at May brook, N. Y. yesterday. He is said to belong on Long Island.
 Eight persons were confirmed by Bishop Brewster at Christ church last Thursday evening, including young lady who is candidate for All Saints Church, Now Milford.
 The dime sociable given by the Y. P. s. 0. E. of the Methodist Episcopal church last Friday evening was pleas ant occasion and netted $500. The young married people of the society served as walters.
 Dwight c. Kilbourne, clerk of the Litohfeld county Superior court, was in town Saturday gathering material for a history of the judges of the Litchfeld county Superior court which will be published in the future.
 The cheaper grades of condensed milk have risen in price one cent per can. During the past year merchants handling the Magnolia brand have realized profit of only nine cents on case of forty-eight cans.-Amenia Times.
 As will be seen by notice in an other column Miss Cora E. Brown, for merly of Falls Village, has today open ed her millinery and fancy goods store at 548 Main street. Winsted. Miss Brown has been with New York mil liner the past month and is supplied with latest styles.
 Sunday s ice storm downed four miles of the Southern New England Telephone Company's wire between Winsted and Torrington and two miles of wire on the Canaan line near Litch- field. The line between Norfolk and Winsted was also damaged. There was no ice storm in Canaan and vicinity, no damage to nearby lines.
 Officer Whalen of Ct. Burlington was in town Tuesday and with Sheriff Van Deusen went to Charles Decker's, across the Housstonic river, where Van Deusen arrested William Bess who had escaped from the Great Harrington officers the night before. Bess was ar rested in Ct. Harrington for creating disturbance but while in charge of Officers Pilon and Langdon he used his fists with telling effect on those gentle men and got away. He assented to re- turning to Great Harrington with Whalen. Bess worked for the Brewer Lumber Go.