Connecticut western news., 1900-10-18
The Barnes and Mignery party

Rev M. H. Mill aud family arrived home the latter part of last week.
 Mrs Esther Dunning is visiting at Vernon Rood's in Jeanesville, Pa.
 Mrs Joseph W. Peet is visiting friends in Hawleyville and Bridgeport.
 Edward Rowley and family moved to Falls Village on Monday where Mir Rowley is employed in the creamery.
 The new board of assessors are at work on the grand list for 1900. Tax lists should be sent in as early as possi ble.
 A framed picture of the late Ed mund D. Lawrence has been presented to the Douglass Library by Mrs Law renee.
 Don't forget that the second annual ball of Col. Hardenbergh Camp, No. 53 S. of V. occurs at Town Hall tomorrow evening.
 Eugene Rowe is busy these days
  All the children between the ages of 4 and 16 are being recorded.
 Thomas Abbe has bought two building lots CD Church street. They are situated between Mrs Merwin's house and Wm. Drumm's house. The registrars of voters have taken 82 names off the old list, have received the applications of 67 persons, and have re-entered on the list the names of four persons.
 James E. Dean of Winsted, who has been ill with pneumonia for the past three weeks, is slowly improving. Miss Liilie Root, who has been taking care of Mir Dean, returns to her home in Canaan this week.
 The trees on the hillsides are rapid ly taking on their gorgeous autumnal tints, the sudden cold having turned the leaves into multi-colored foliage. It is not expected that the leaves will re- hAdiu iou6 ho tuo ocaroh ID oo AaA oo- | vanced.
 The Pawling IN. Y.) Recorder has sold out to the Pawling Chronicle, and will appear no longer. The Recorder was a neat sheet and had fourished for more than one year, but village the size of Pawling cannot support two local papers. Samuel Yanushwetz has completed his engagement in Jackson, Eggleston & Go. 8 store. He is a faithful and popular clerk, but the city boarders and the Twin Lakes cottagers and campers have departed and J., E. & Co., do not need an extra clerk during the winter.
 Walter Cobine and John Welles, conductor and breakman respectively of O. N. E. freight train, No. 21 have been discharged from the company s employ in consequence of the collision between said train and the Highland tramway train on August 29th. MT Cobine has gone to Bowling Green, Ky.
 The Glenco Mills correspondent of the Hudson, (N. Y..) Gazette of Oqt. 4 says: Mrs David Proper and daughter Madeline and niece Miss Stohle, left for the south Friday night, where the two former will remain an indefinite time. Mrs Proper will spend a portion of her time at her old home. Norfolk, Va, before going to the Carolinas.
 -"Old Folks Day" at the Pilgrim church was observed last Sunday morn. ing and the rervice was we'll attended considering the unfavorable weather. The church was neatly decorated with evergreens, autumn leaves, flowers, and with bushes bearing bright berries The choir sang hymns appropriate fol the occasion. and Rev s. A. BurnabJ preached congratulatory and inspir ing sermon from the 11th verse of tn, CXXXIX Psalm. "Even the nigh shall be light about me- At the clos, of the sermon little Miss Ruth Peirc, and Master Mason Humphrey present ed 8 boquet to each of the octogen arians.,
 Last Friday forenoon the announce ment was made that George P. Nc , Lean. Republican candidate for gover ,1 nor, will be at the Canaan depot iron , 12.03 p. m to 12 32 p. m. to meet hi friends" A bulletin to that effect wa displayed. and word sent hither an thither. When the l203 p. m. trai arrived Mir Mclean and his two con panions, J. H. Roraback and Hube, Williams, were met at the station b Abram Coons, and shortly afterwar about ten others arrived and were prt sented to MT Mclean and he was the ! conducted to the post office and som of the stores and formed new acquail ! tances. He departed on the 123 38 pm train for Naugatuck, where he spok U that evening.