Connecticut western news., 1900-06-07
THURSDAY. JUNE 2, 1900.
Local News.

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 Henry Chapman and family will soon move to farm near Springfield, Mass.
 -E. Y. Warehouse of Torrington was in town a couple of days the latter part of the week.
 Hon. N. B. Stevens and daughter, Mrs J. H. Alvord of Winsted, spent a few hours in town Monday.
 Irving Messenger and Miss Hattie Murray from Waterbury were guests at J. B. Messengers over Memorial Day.
 R. s. Frary of Winsted was in town Monday in the interest of the Litchfeld County Choral Union con- cert.
 MT and Mrs Joel Farist, Miss Far ist and Mrs Winson of Bridgeport are spending o week in Canaan, guests at the Warner House.
 W. E. Webster and family have re- turned from winters stay at Southern Pines and are the guests of Mrs Web ster's parents in East Canaan.
 Advertised letters at the Canaan post office are addressed to Frank Cur tis, Mrs w. Fitzgerald, George E. Thornton and 0. H. Youngs, 2.
 John 0. Richmond has been ap- pointed conservator of the person and estate of Mrs Susan Simpson who is getting to be quite aged and feeble.
 About month ago A. V. A. Felten bought building lot on Granite Ave. but for good and sufficient reasons he has not permitted the NEWS to mention it until today.
 Proprietor Moultrop of the Allen House, Torrington, and B. I. Dudley of Bridgeport, formerly proprietor of the Falls Village hotel were guests at the Warner House Wednesday.
 In another column appears sketch of the late Gen. Sedgwick including 8 description of the memorial exercises at Cornwall Hollow from the pen of Will liam D. Bosler of West Cornwall.
 Conductor Frank Smith and wife arrived in town from Poughkeepsie last Saturday. Mir Smith took charge of the Mountain express" this week and will reside in Canaan during the sum- mer.
 -Dr Wm. T. Owens will go to Sea Girt, N. J. on or about June 2Oth tc rest and recruit during the summer. Dr John Adam will look after the prac- tice of Dr Owens and will occupy his office over Camps drug store in his ab- sence
 Contractor E. R. Lorraine is erect ing handsome little artist studio for Miss Ella Brown at her mothers resi- dence on High street The size of the building will be 26x1S and will be en- bellished with g piazza and exterior chimney.
 Canaan was entertained by street performance rendered by duet of ar- lists Tuesday evening in front of the post office. The principal features of the entertainment consisted of the star actors continued announcement" to tho public and the numerous collec tions taken.
 The game of base ball Saturday afternoon between the East Canaan juniors and the Canaan juniors at the former place, resulted in the defeat of the latter by score of B to l. The game between the Wassaics and Lime Rocks at the latter place Friday result. ed in the victory of the Lime Rocks by score of Is to 6. The Canaans play at Lakeville Saturday.
 -Children's Sunday will be observed at the M. B. church next Sunday even ing at o'clock. The exercises by the primary department will be in charge of Mrs J. l.. Parsons and the Sunday school by the superintendent, G. W. Parsons. There will be special music by the choir. At the Pilgrim church there will be special services in the morning, and the children's services will be held in the evening.
 Last week D. 0. Roraback of Win sted equipped Fuller Peet's hardware store with one of J. B. Colt & Col acetylene gas generators and the neces sary piping and burners. On Thurs day evening the store was lighted fo the first time by that system and proves very satisfactory. Mir Rorabacl is the agent of J B. Colt < Go. H. thoroughly understands acetylene ga and can explain it better than the edi tor can, but the editor can give hin points on newspaper gas
 Here is the story of one of the in terpreters employed by census en1m orator among the people of New Yorl who do not speak English My enum orator is cross eyed, and you should se the sheet he finished today. He pu down answers in the wrong column He had two pigs, one married, tn other bachelor; three children witl red bodies and white faces, ,and grand moths ar three years old that had bee licensed each year. Chickens that giv three quarts of milk daily and a mul that was now attending Normal schoc were few of his results. "-New Have Palladium.