Connecticut western news., 1900-06-28
THURSDAY. JUNE 2s, 1900.
Local News.

grim church parlors tomorrow evening Rev M. B. Snyder of MillertoD, N. Y. visited Rev E J. Kelly last Friday. Here is the mercury record at noon during the last seven days: 83 87-75- 8S-S6-85-9O.
 Jarvis Stevens of East Canaan last week joine d the force of census clerks in the office here.
 The selectmen are improving the highway near Elisha D. Benedict's by covering it with limestone chips.
 Mrs William Sardam, who sustain ed shock last week, is improving and is able to sit up some of the time.
 Rev and Mrs Kelly and Mrs NJ. O. Corbit attended the funeral of Mrs Al. mira Milligan at Afford on Tuesday.
 The Canaan base ball team expect to go to Millerton on Saturday and cross bats with the nine of that place. The foundations of Miss Browns studio were finished last week and last Saturday the carpenter work com. menced.
 --The cellar for M. J. Kilmer's new house was completed last week and the carpenters commenced work on the frame last Friday.
 Mrs Edward Martin Of West Free
  hold. N. J. and Miss M. A. Simpson of Now York are spending fsw weeks at the Warner House.
 The Cemetery Association has en- gagged 0. T. Wolcott to take charge of the lower cemetery and he has com menced moving the lots there.
 The graduating class of the Canaan graded school went to Sheffield Monday evening to witness the graduating ex- sroises of the Sheffield high school.
 The new hotel at Pine Grove camp ground has been named Mountain View House Mrs s. T. Wolcott has leased it for the summer and will open it next Monday.
 All kinds of vegetation shows the effect of the recent hot and dry wealth er. On Tuesday the grass on the lawn and in the street at the Ward place at the lower corner was dry enough to burn,
 James Trowbridge. the old show man who spent couple of years here some time ago, was in town yesterday. He says he is having few days lay of from t he Buffalo Bill show but joins them again tomorrow at Pittsfield.
 In examining the files of the NEWS Ve discover we have inadvertently omitted to mention the artistic and sub stantial granite monument which early in the spring was placed at the grave of Artemus Wolcott in the lower ceme tery.
 Last Saturday neat little head stone in the form of rustic cross with double base was erected at the grave of Miss Jane A. Lermond in the lower cemetery. The memorial is the handi. work of Beattie < Co. of Ashley Falls, Mass.
 "A. A Hill and wife of New York were in the village Sunday night and Monday, arriving on their bicycles. MT Hill was formerly managing editor of the American Press Association and he and Mrs Hill were a short time age in Alaska and Mir Hill has written many articles on that country, one of his lat est appearing in the January Munsey
 Five dollar silver certificates of the new design made their first appearancs this week and took the place of the old Ayes in all payments from the state banks. The feature of the new note ii large typical Indian head in the cen ter, with blue seal and large letter v with the word "five" also in blue run ping in . curved line across it. As al artistic production this note is regard cd as equal to any ever issIed by tho government.
 The annual Sunday school Flowe Aervine was held at Christ church ol Sunday evening. The service was re sponsive and these hymns were sung "Oh Thou Whose Bounty Fills th Earth, "Here, Lord, We Offer Thee, and "Oh, Gather the Flowers Togeth er." During the last hymn the presen tation of flowers by the children to th' altar took place. R,V MT Mill then de livered an address aud ''Buds and Bios soms" and "Daily. Daily, Sing tn Praises" were sung. Monday morninl the flowers were expressed to the Hart ford hospital.
 We are authorizf d to state that the party or parties who stole the bios soms from the beautiful hydrangea ol Reed street will leave their names tn, lady of the house will present then with the most beautiful h. ydrangea bust procurable. She would have gladl paid them more than the cost of tn plant rather than have had it mutilated One cannot be blamed for admiring tn beauties of early summer plant bloom ing and if those who are confronte with the temptation to 'just take few" would think twice and conside the care and attention it takes to res these plants, they would overcome th temptation and pass on.