Connecticut western news., 1900-08-02
IN. l.. Jackson ard family spent Sunday with friends in Sharon.

IN. l.. Jackson and family spent Sunday with friends in sharon. Miss Lillie Fuller and nephew John are the guests of friends ir Tyringham, Mass.
 The exterior of Pilgrim church is being repainted. Henry .Besrdsley is doing the work.
 MT and Mrs O. T. Vosbergh and A. V. A. Felter and family have returned from their outing at Twin Lakes.
 Rev Samuel Scoville of West Corn wall and Stamford will occupy the pull pit of Pilgrim church Sunday, Aug. l2
 -Frederi,k Gillette is nightly watch, ing, with shot gun. his po.atoe patch since forty hills of potatoes were stolen therefrom.
 Samuel Boyce, travelling salesman for Wm. F. Reynolds < Co.,, of Kings. ton, N Y, with his family are occupy ing his cottage at Twin Lakes.
 Milton Kilmer is raising the up. right part of his old house on High street one story for the purpose of mak- ing first-clsss tenement. Contractor Osborne is doing the work.
 Miss Laura Eggleston. who has been i'll at her brothers cottage at Twin Lakes for the past few days, is some what improved and has resumed her du ties at Jackson. Eggleston & Co.'S store, having returned yesterday.
 John NJ. St. John of Chicago, Ill. has designed and copyrighted beauti. ful c. A R. handkerchief as a souvenir of the encampment at Chicago which takes place this month. He has pre- sented one to the editor of the NEWS, and it can be seen by calling CD Com rade Norton at the Canaan Savings Bank.
 The ball game at Lime Rock last Saturday was a genuine surprise party. The previous week Norfolk defeated Lime Rock by score of to 0 and Lee defeated the Winsted T. A. B. to and of course it was expected that Lee would defeat Lime Rock, but "you can't most always sometimes tell" and the game resulted Lime Rock 23, Lee 8.
 The preliminary preparations for the construction of new iron bridge ! over the Honsatonic river on the line ol the 0. N. E. railway. just west of Ga. naan have been commenced. New abutments are to be built and the old ones repaired. The bridge will be 22C feet long and will consist of two spans of iron girders each so feet in length and two spans, each 30 feet long. II will be remembered by the older resi-. dents that originally this bridge was built to be used both as highway and railroad bridge but before 1t was fully completed controversy arose between the parties most at interest which re- suited in the change being made which placed the highway where it is at pres. ent.
 Last Monday morning Rev F. H. Gates, a Baptist clergyman and his friend W. Marks, both of Winsted, ar. rived in Canaan and called at the NEWS office to inquire the best bicycle road to Albany. They received the desired in. formation and the gentlemen left town n the best spirits. Yesterday after, noon they reappeared at the editorial sanctum and one wo;ld hardly have recognized in Mir Marks the same indi vidual who called few days previous His face and head were badly bruised, scratched and cut. It seems they did not follow the directions first giver them and got of the direct road and Mi Marks did not see the danger signs or Tunnel Hill." between State Line Mass, and Canaan Four Corners, N. r., in time to alight from his wheel and 1T the descent his wheel collapsed under him and he was thrown to the ground where he was found unconscious snG bleeding from many wounds. Strsng, to say no bones were broken although his face is hardly recognizable. Mi Gates succeeded in dismounting and thus escaped injury. The gentlemen returned home last night.