Connecticut western news., 1900-10-18

guarantee to cnange advertlSemenbs un- less the copy reaches this office before Tuesday noon.
 Miss Edith E. Green is in New York city this week.
 Mrs Jules Dolet of Winsted spent Sunday with friends in town.
 Wilson P. Sturges of Cornwall Bridge was here Monday on business. Miss Bodley ts visiting her brother, the Rev. H I. Bodley, at New Britain John Barrett and his mother from Hartford visited old friends in Canaan last Saturday.
 Albert l.. Barnes has returned from an enjoyable weeks vacation spent in the Adirondacks.
 This being St. Luke's Day (Thurs- day) there willi be a service in Christ church at 10 30 a. m.
 MT and Mrs Albert Barnes of Clay ton, Mass. are enjoying weeks vaca- ton with out of town friends.
 Miss Esther Williams will go to Dorchester, Mass, tomorrow to visit her sister. She expects to be away about three weeks.
 Miss Sarah Ferguson returned yes- terday from her vacation. During her absence Mrs J. G. Root has had charge of the post office.
 Reuben Stewart has rented the Her. riman tenement house vacated by James Snyder who now occupies the house vacated by o. s. WArne.
 Mrs Julius Corbett is having 1.GOO feet of pipe laid to her house from large spring located on the hill at the rear of her residence.
 A party of about fifteen gave Miss Ruea VanDeusen a surprise party on Wednesday evening of last week. A very pleasant time was reported.
 MT. and Mrs. Oswold vosbura returned home Friday night from g weeks visit with friends in various places in this and New York state. MT and Mrs Charles Emmons are visiting their daughter, Mrs Fred Good rich, in New Britain. They left Satur day and will remain a week or ten days Judge A. T. Roraback is having { concrete sidewalk built in front of hi residence on Main street. Ex- select man VanDeusen has the contract for tn, work.
 During the past week Franl Dempsey's daughter and Joseph Rele, , daughter went to New York and hat successful operations performed upol their eyes.
 The mercury record at noon for tn past seven days: 68-70-67-60 68 Il A Yesterday morning was the coldest o the season, the mercury registering 8 degrees On Sept. 18th it registere' 34 degrees. These are the only tw mornings this season when lower tha Al degrees was reached.
 Rev E. J. Kelly and Mrs Kelly ar taking vacation and visiting friend in Pennsylvania. They left home Mor day and will be absent two Sundays Rev. B. Seeholzer of Sloatsburgh, \ Y, is expected to arrive here today :esk 1o nd io hnnn1 ha xys preach in the M. D. Church ne1 Sunday.
 MT and Mrs Wm. A'Hearn return ed Saturday from their trip down th Hudson river to New York and Jerse City. At the latter place MT A'Hear secured fossil or petrified fish recen ly found there about 20 feet below tt surface where workmen are excavatin 8 trench for water pipes. :, The spec men is fine one, and for the conven ence of those who desire to see 1t A'Hearn has kindly left it awhile at u NEWS office. He stopped at Sing Sir prison and visited ex Conductor Beaud whom he reports as being in goo health and working as an engines there.
 "A gang of over thirty workmen f the Phoenix Iron Bridge Co.,, arrived town last week. The new iron railro, bridge to span the Housatonic arriv, at the same time and the workmen ha been busy all the week making prep rations for swiu ging the new brid into position, which they expect to next Sunday. Many of the workm are accompanied by their families al are boarding at the hotel and privs residences about town. The bridge one of the longest on the road, bel 220 feet in length. It has two spans iron girders each 80 feet and two ca 90 feet long.