Connecticut western news., 1900-07-12

sister, Mrs c. D. Mackie, in Worcester, Mass.
 Mrs J. S. New and Miss Olive Humphrey went to Chatham, N. ' June 30 to remain an indefinite time.
 The team of acrobatic clowns, Bush X Gordon, with Otis Turner's show, are direct from the Keith theatres and are big hit.
 Mrs Lucretia F. Sheffield reached the age of 91 years last Friday. She is remarkably we'll and active for a person of her years.
 MT and Mrs John G. Beckley are camping at Twin Lakes. Marcus Barnes and Miss Clara Clark will join them this week.
 -Dr Kirby and wife of New Haven, who are visiting MT Kirby's father at Sheffield, Mass. were calling on friends in town Tuesday.
 From all reports it appears that the tobacco crops throughout the state have suffered comparatively little by the heavy showers recently.
 Mrs R. D. Peirce and daughter Doane have been visiting Mir and Mrs H. M Adams at Warehouse Point, and also friends in Haddam the past week.
 The cottagers at the Pine Grove camp ground are gradually arriving and taking possession of their cottages. Twenty cottages are now occupied as are also several of the rooms at the new and commodious hotel.
 At 0 meeting of the Third division, Naval reserves, held in Bridgeport Fri day night to elect successor to Lieut.. N. w. Bishop, commander of the bat talion. Lieut.. Gunior grade) Freder- ick A. Bartlett, formerly of Canaan) was unanimously chosen.
 George F. Hall, "the man you all know" who has made a great success with "The American Girl" the past win ter, has turned his attention to min- strelsy for the summer and will be here with his company of blackface artists on July 20, at the Town Hall.
 Highway Commissioner Mac Don- aid has awarded to the Town of North Canaan the contract for road improve ment between the WhittleseY cottage and the school house in East Canaan, the bid put in by the selectmen being the lowest. Work on the road com- menced Tuesday.
 The Central New England Railway is the direct route to the Catskill Mountains, Lake Mohonk and Minne- waska and summer resorts along the Ontario & Western Railway. Through train from Hartford makes direct con- nsctions. Quite little Catskill Noun tain travel is moving via. that route.
 -Meesrs N. l.. Webster of Thomas ton. I. P. Hornpeck of Falls Village and W. F. Hurlbut of Winsted. commis- sioners on the estate of the late Mrs Ann l.. Bartholomew, were in session here yesterday on matters pertaining to the settlement of the estate. John M Sweeny of Naugstuck was also in attend ance at the meeting.
 At the Cranford Club reception Mrs Geo. l.. Parsons read most ex- cellent paper on America. This should have been mentioned in the re- port of the reception published last week, but the omission was due to the fact that Mrs Parsons paper was unin- tentionally omitted on the program fur nished the NEWS for publication.
 On account of numerous robberies, in the past year or two, of stations along the Central New England Rail- way, arrangements have been made by which all money in the telephones and chewing gum machines is to be taken out by the agent every night, and the thieves hereafter will find poor picking along the Central New England. Weighing machines have been discon- tinued in stations.
 The new Mountain Express on the Central New England Railway is being well patronized. Quite a number of tickets are being sold for resorts in the Berkshire Hills, such as Lee, Lenox, etc Train leaves Hartford at 4.45 D. m. and reaches Hartford returning at 9 a. m., making it very convenient for people who desire to spend their vaca- tions or locate their families in the Litchfeld Hills for the summer.
 Walter K Landon says the mercury registered 104' in the shade at South. field, Mass. about 10 o'clock last Satur- day forenoon. He ought to know for he rode there from Canaan on his bicy- cle and came very near being prostrated by the heat; in fact he had to stop near. ly half an hour in the shade at 6 spring this side of Southfeld and bathe his head and wrists to prevent himself from losing consciousness or collapsing from | the heat.
 Otis Turner's Big Tent Show will be here tomorrow for two performances,
 at 2 and s p. m. You will hear some very fine band music at noon and the orchestra at the performances is pleas ure to listen to. The performance it. self consists of minstrel first part un- der the direction of Jolly Ben Dillon. This is followed by varied program of stage specialties and wonderful acro-
 battle acts This circus feature, Otis informs us. has been entirely changed
 since the show opened at Falls Village
 and the people are all a new company