Connecticut western news., 1900-07-19
THURSDAY. JULY 19, 1900.
Local News.

ing his vacation Wltn ms pATents III town.
 Miss Amelia Vosburgh of Philmont, N. Y. was the guest of her brother Os- wald last week.
 Mrs G. Willis Parsons returned Monday from a visit to her sister, Mrs Warren, at Lake Nahopac, N. Y.
 Miss Currsn has returned from weeks vacation and has resumed her duties as bookkeeper at Parsons & Sons store.
 Miss Adella Brown of Waterbury, who has been visiting MT and Mrs F. F. Stevens, left Tuesday for Ct Bar rington, where she will be the guest of friends.
 -George F. Hall and his company of blackface artists have cancelled their engagement to appear in Canaan the 2Oth inst. They will not appear here this season.
 Miss Katherine Finnegan, one of our last year school teachers, has pass- ed an examination for the state normal school ct Willimantic where she will take years course.
 M. J. Kilmer will place the heater now doing service ct his old house, in his new residence. It will be thorough ly equipped with new pipes. Geo. P. akrorr -;ll Jo <ha -orL
 Mrs Harry E. Hawley, accompan- jed by her brother and wife, MT and Mrs Fl. H. Wright, arrived in town Tuesday. They proceeded at once to pack up the household goods and today moved to Pawling. N. Y. where Mrs Hawiey will make her home in the fu- ture with her parents.
 Canaan is getting to be quite cos- mopolitan. She has circuses, band parades, street pianos, horseless car riages, summer boarders and city turn outs. With all these things at hand we may not be surprised if in the fu- ture we have roof gardens, pleasure palaces and other attractions common to municipal life.
 Mrs Cady has sold her stock of ice in her ice house at the lake, to Frank R. Holmes of tho Deming farm. Mir Holmes will bottle milk here for his father who has a large milk route in Mt. Vernon, N. Y. He expects to gath CT and bottle ten cans of milk in Canaan daily. Mrs Oady has closed her ice cream parlors for the season.
 Druggist Camp dispenses cooling and refreehing summer drinks as the NEWS employees can testify. During the recent hot weather, when the office devil was lolling in the shade under the pressure of nearly 10O' above zero and the editorial staff were offering up fer. vent prayers for relief, Mir Camp volun. tarily and repeatedly dispensed to them cooling and refreshing drinks which they fully appreciated.
 John Robinson had slight shock last Sunday forenoon. One side was paralyzed but he is recovering nicely He was overcome by heat two years age and this together with the hot weather last Sunday may perhaps have beer contributory causes of the shock. Mi Robinson Is highly esteemed and hi, many friends hope for his speedy re covery. He is faithful man and his sterling qualities are we'll known and appreciated. An evidence of this is tho fact that for N or 25 consecutive year, he has been employed as coachman and gardener by Miss s. W. Adam of this village. On Wednesday Mir. Robinso, had so far recovered as to be able to b, about the premises.
 The hearing before the commis sioners on the estate of the late Mir Ann l.. Bartholomew of Canaan valle, occupied all of the latter part of las week. One of the heirs to the estate, niece, who contested the claim of Ezra Phoebe and Frank Langdon for boar, and care of Mrs Bartholomew for tn last ten years of her life, was represent ed by Attorney John M. Sweeney o Naugatuck. J. Henry Roraback wa retained as counsel by the claimant Ten witnesses were examined and tn hearing was adjourned until August IA It appears that the claimants are als heirs to the estate which was represent ed as solvent. The hearing, if contin ued. promises to be long and exper sive one which will consume, by law yers' fees and expenses, large portio of the estate
 As advertised, Otis Turner's ''bI shows" appeared here on schedule tim last Friday and under "mammot tent" gave exhibitions both afternoo and evening which were greatly enjoy ed and fully appreciated by all Canaan Those who attended the afternoon exh bition gave the show such 8 high CT dorsement that rybody and every body's friends turned out to the ever ing's session. The seating capacity C the mammoth tent WAS entirely occu pied, many being obliged to stand. is estimated that fully 400 were in al tendance. Mir Turner did a yer satisfactory business. The band, dress ed in rough rider uniform, gave ire street parade and concert and althoug they were without drum major ye they were equipped with an acrobat bass drummer who could knock th dickins out of his drum. The sho' was very good and fully worth tn small price of admission.