Connecticut western news., 1900-05-10
THURSDAY. MAY 10. 1900.
Local News.

Bicycle lanterns are due to shine At 8 o'clock these nights.
 -G. A. Adam haAsold his ice busi- ness to E. D. Benedict.
 -George s. Dunning has been ap- pointed census enumerator for the town of North Canaan. Mrs E. W. Warner expects to go to Europe about June l with party of Brooklyn friends.
 Letters unclaimed at Canaan post are addressed to Louis Clayton, Mir and Mrs Fleming Tuckerman.
 Mrs Edmund D. Lawrence suffered second attack of Ia grippe but is now slowly improving and sits up little while every day.
 Samuel G. Camp, now 8 student at Yale. has had poem, "The Rift Tn the Lute. '" accepted by Puck and it will soon be published.
 Mrs E. E. Bartram and children will return tomorrow from . Ave weeks visit at Mrs Bartram's former home near Philadelphia, Pa.
 Canaan is good location for q shoemaker-and good shoemaker has just located here. o. F. Homan of Ashley Falls has opened shop in the Pequigney house. so called.
 Another of the old landmarks has recently been removed. We a!lude to the house about half Q mile west of Clayton which for many years was the home of the late Rev Harry Doty, the eolored preacher.
 The schools in this village observ- ed Arbor and Bird Day by appropriate exercises, including recitations, songs and readings. Mir M. B. Tobey, the well known taxidermist and authority on birds, gave very interesting and Birds."
 Miss Laura Chapin of Lakeville, who teaches singing here, has been en- gagged as solo soprano at the First Con- gregational church in Waterbury, and was enthusiastically welcomed there last Sunday. She sang 'I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say" by Harris, at the communion service.
 -Work on the park near Union depot is progressing finely yet it will require large amount of earth to grade it and make the desert blossom like the rose. It has been decided not to remove the north line of cedar posts, which en- croach on the highway, until after the grass has grown on the park.
 Census Supervisor Eddy was in Washington last Friday and secured 2 change in the classification of Conneo- ticut 30 that enumerators in the state and especially in Hartford county will receive higher compensation for their services Connecticut is now chased among the highest of the northern states.
 Three thunder showers have visited Canaan during the past week k-one at p. m. last Thursday; one at a. m. and one at 6.30 p. m. on Tuesday. There were showers, but not thunder showers, yesterday forenoon. The rain hss done much good, and has not badly washed  tho roads. No damage by lightning ii reported in this vicinity.
 Jane M. Simmons, wife of Senecs TAllardy, died here Sunday night of { complication of diseases having beer sick since last November. She wa. born in the town of Beekman, Dutches, county, N. Y. few months over g. years ago. The funeral was held at tn, house Tuesday afternoon, Rev E. J Kelly officiating; burial in lower ceme tery. Mir and Mrs Tallardy have ivet in Canaan several years and the deceas cd is survived by her husband and thre children: Henry of Ashley Falls Charles of Van Deusenville and Mir Lyman Howe of this village.
 Robert R. Smith, agent of tn Greenwoods Go. at New Hartford wa taken suddenly and painfully ill las Saturday with what proved to be ap pendicitis. His family physician, D Josiah Swett, advised that Dr Ansel c Cook of the Hartford hospital be sum noned. Dr Cook arrived at Mir Smith bedside in New Hartford on Sunda morning at o'clock and at noon pel formed successful operation on NJ Smith, in which he was assisted by D Swett. Of course MT Smith is not ye out of danger but is Tn critical cond ton, yet some of his symptoms are fs vorable and strong hopes of his reco, cry are entertained.
 -"Fogs in February cause frosts May. is the old saying. But that ol saying comes true only about one thir of the time. This year it will be safe to say that frosts in February caus frosts in May. Our weather recor this year shows no fogs in February but 1t did show frosss every morning i February except five. In fact Februar was cold month. Here is part of th record: Feb. 1st, 1' below zero; Eel 2, 1S' below zero; Feb. 3, just ger, Feb. 26. just zero; Feb. 27, 14o belo ssro; Fob. 28, 5' below zero. Alread . two or three frosts have occurred i May; in fact the temperature was belo the actual freezing point. It seen safsr to bet that February frosts instes sf Tsbrussy ioss will sasss Nsy frest