Connecticut western news., 1900-11-15
Leo Werner and family have moved

Mrs E. H. DeMars and son spent Sunday with friends in Winsted.
 Thomas Lillis of Newtown was the guest of Dennis O'Neil over Sunday.
 The NEws to new subscribers from now until January l. 1902 for $2 in ad vance.
 Mrs J. E. Biercs has resumed teaching music, her eyes having record ed sooner than was expected.
 Trains failed to connect at Fishki!l on Tuesday, consequently the "Black Diamonds failed to appear in Canaan on Tuesday evening.
 Professional nurse, c. Eugene Acker. who had been caring for William Shields for week or so. returned to his home in Winsted Monday.
 W. M. Cunningham and family of Brooklyn, N. Y., who have occupied Frank Miller's cottage at Twin Lakes this season, returned home Monday.
 Edna May, infant daughter of MT and Mrs Stewart of Clayton, was conse- crated in baptism at the chapel in Clay ton last Sunday by the Rev s. A Bur- naby.
 Rev. W. A. Mackey and Mrs Mackey of Matteawan, N. Y, are visit ing Mrs Mary 0. Corbit and calling on old friends in this village. They ar- rived Tuesday. Last evening Mir Mackey delivered the first lecture of this seasons Y. P. s. 0. E. Course in the Methodist church. His subject was "Our Nearest Neighbors in the Fields of Space" The lecture was very instructive and entertaining, as all admit that Mir Mackey is 'awsy up in G" on the subject of astronomy.
 Last Sunday a special train on the 0. N. B. took number of telephone linemen and railroad workmen to the western end of the line to replace poles and clear up the wreokage resulting from last Fridays storm. While at State Line, Frank Durkin. brakeman, was run over by an empty tank car of Conductor Riley's train. He was crawling under the car at the time and the wheels passed over his right leg near the ankle. The special took him to the Hartford hospital, returning in tho evening. It is said that the leg was not seriously injured.
 Rev s. A. Burnaby attended the meeting of the Litchfeld County Uni versity Club held at Litchfeld Oct. 31. His name should have appeared last week in the list of those who attended from this town, but at that time the editor was not aware that MT Burnaby attended that meeting and lost his hat and overcoat. Suflce it to say. Brother Woodruff of the Litchfield Enquirer proved to be friend indeed and loaned the reverend an overcoat and bat much too large for him, in which dis guise Mir Burnaby returned home. Since then Mir Burnaby's own property has been found and forwarded to him
 What could the pulpit do without the press?
 70. Parke Greene, who so graphi- cally described, in a recent issue of the NEWS, some of Canaan's business men, their good qualities and high standing in the community, is now engaged in writing up the obituaries of Winsted's s businesses and business men. It reads like tale from Grimm's Fairy Tales and if the stories are to be believed Winsted's business men are as nearly perfect as it is possible for people to be this side of the golden shore. It is g singular coincidence, however, that
 Winsted, with such host of bushes. men wandering around with halos ovel
 their heads and angel wings protrudine
 from their armpits, should be conten
 to harbor such men as John F. Sim
 mons. "Wicked Piuney," and our es
 teemed contemporary the Winstet
 Evening Citizen.
 The Winsted Evening Citizen Ii
 authority for the statement that tha town will be painted red with McKin leyiem on Friday night of this weel
 when 8 mammoth Republican demon , stration will be held in commemoratiol
 of the recent election. If the night i , pleasant upwards of 1500 will be il line and the parade will pass in revis, before the big iron soldier on the monu ] ment. It is expected that Silnsbur will send the McLeau Guard. 100 strong New Hartford and Collinsville 15O, an rorrington 250. Winsted will have
 large mounted squad, 8 full dinner pal , brigade, the Mckinley x Roosevel Rough Riders from the Gilbert school
 a battalion of McKinleyites in silk hal ? and overcoats, and line of carriages t besides an endless number of specia ties. Several from Canaan will attend l Wednesday evening of last week W 7, were visited by sudden electric, shower, the thunder vas heavy, ligh @ ming vivid and the rain fell in torrents No local damage was done although ' various places about the state man lightning casualties were reported : Early Friday morning another thuLd' shower occurred which gradually turl ! ed into a typical New England sno storm. The wind blew gale and hs l. the ground been frozen it is estimate . that fully IS inches of snow would ha, a remained on the level. Trains were b o lated and there was scarcely any tel @ phone service westward on account n damage to the wires. In places Ire, 's and limbs were blown to the groun' d The storm was wide spread and durin l. the electrical part of it the liohtniu