Connecticut western news., 1900-03-22
THURSDAY. MARCH 22, 1900.
Local News.

Mrs T. E. Watson of New Haven has been spending the past week in town.
 Miss Lucia Lee of Sheffield has been visiting her brother, Dr F. H. Lee, here the past week.
 D. l.. Peirce and Dr H. l.. Ross have recovered from the grippe but are suffering from lameness.
 Letters unclaimed at Canaan post office are addressed to Mrs Lizzie But tery, Mrs Homer Pulver and R. W Rice. Miss Bessie Frein of Great Bar rington is spending week with her grandparents, MT and Mrs H. 0. Barnes of this place.
 Mrs B. A. Peirce has re covered from . severe cold Mrs s. A. Burma. by has nearly recovered from an attack of bronchitis.
 A. A. Hubbard has sold the Ann Brown place on Railroad street to George R. Wilcox and Mir Wilcox is now building blacksmith shop on the premises.
 The passenger train conductors now running on the Central New England railroad are Conductors Charles Beck with, Frank Smith, Edward Skelly and Theodore Shook.
 The crust which formed on the snow that fell last Thursday was so heavy, and travelling was so difficult, that not team passed the residence of J. s. Adam in Wetogue from Thursday until Sunday.
 Preston Hunt of Pawling. N. r.. son of the late Rev Robert Hunt for merly of Canaan, has secured position as motorman on one of the New York city trolley lines.
 St. Patrick's night eclipse St. Pat riek's day. The sky was cloudless and the full moon cast it's beams on the snow which was covered with a crust that glist4ned and sparkled like dis- monds while the shadows from the ever green trees lent beauty to the scene.
 Jackson, Eggleston & Go. have just received an elegant showcase for notions and small wares. There are forty draws-four tiers of ten drsws-of four different lengths and arranged like flight of stairs so that the contents of each draw are visible to the salesman behind the case as we'll as to the GUS. toner in front of it.
 On May the Central New England railroad company will begin running new passenger train from Canaan to Hartford and return. The train will leave Canaan about "a m., and will leave Hartford for the return about p < m., arriving here about 7p.m m. Only five stops will be made and . parlor car will be run with the train.
 Frank E. Cleaveland, the blind lawyer of Hartford. has been appointed by the United States Commission to the Paris Exposition to represent this coun- try at the international convention on the amelioration of the condition of the blnd to be held in Paris, August 1 to 5. Many Canaan friends will congratu- late MT Cleaveland on his appointment, e he is originally Canaan boy.
 John Cunningham, Swede, who lives in Mill River, Mass, beat his wife and clubbed her with gun at their home Tuesday night. Wednesday morning he boarded the stage at Clay. ton and Jacob Decker and George Rcod attempted to detain him but they had no warrants and were obliged to let him go. He came to Canaan on the stage and then disappeared. Connecticut officers are now on the lookout for him
 Jacob New returned yesterday tt Ghent, N. Y. in which town most of his lifetime of 83 years has been passed. He has remained in Canaan the past two months. Before his departure he went around this village and bade his friends goodbye as he seemed to have the impression he might never sse them again. He feels very sad and lonely as he has outlived all his own family except his grandchildren an6 great grandchildren.
 Some few years ago we chroniclel the rise of ''set back" game at cards and at that time it was the rage but since the disintegration of "the club the game has subsided and it's doubt full if one could find game once month. Today checkers is the fad Even Molineux and Dr Kennedy, th condemned murderers in Sing Sing ar playing checkers, but in town it's tn game of the season. It is played in tn shop, in the tailor shop and even in tn boys' club, and every checker board il town has had the dust brushed off fror it. A gentleman from up north cam to town last week and he was persuad ed into game of checkers in the bal Der shop and out of six games it is sai he played two draws and won fou from one of our local players. Som time afterwards his friend, whom h was visiting, ssuntered into the sho and he was asked on the quiet if hi ''company" was any good at checkers "I don't know the game myself'' he r, piled, sbut I've been told he was tn best player in the city where he lives Our local talent is getting shy of strs,