Connecticut western news., 1900-06-14
THURSDAY. JUNE IA, 1900.
Local News.

FLAG DAY.
 -Dr and Mrs Seibt of New York are boarding at The Naples.
 Rev Mir Mill assisted in the three days revival service held at Christ church, Sheffield, last week.
 On Sunday evening, June 24th, the Sunday school of Christ church will ob- serve the annual Flower Service.
 -E. R. Carter of New Hartford, the carriage merchant, was in town last week on business and stopped at the Warner House.
 The timber for MT Setzer's new barn at Twin Lakes arrived at Canaan on Monday, and on Tuesday teams drew it from the cars to Twin Lakes.
 "A heavy thunder shower visited Canaan about o'clock Monday after noon. The lightning was very sharp but no damage in this vicinity has been reported.
 -Dr l.. J. Turner, veterinary sur geon of Winsred, attended an injured horse belonging to Garfield Bros. at East Canaan . few days ago. Dr Tur- ner succeeds the late Dr Heath at Win sted.
 Mrs Roots school, Miss Roraback's 8 school and Miss Finnegan's school closed last Friday for the summer vaca- tion. Mrs Prsston's school closed Tuesday, and Miss Attleton's school (the kindergarten) will close tomorrow.
 Canaan has organized cemetery association, whose purpose is to beauti- fy Gods Acre" This organization may have . tendency to hamper some- what the operations of that other in- formal cemetery association that makes it business to steal flowers of the graves at night. Haven Palladi- nm.
 Our friend, Maitland Leroy Os- borne, is beginning to shine as some- thing of 2 pcet The June number of the National Magazine contains . poem from his pen, ssWhere the Farmhouse Stood" which is an excellent pastoral. Osborne also has an illustrated article in the June National, ''In tho Old Haunts of Daniel Webster"
 On Sunday evening, June IT, al 7.30 o'clock the Right Rev Chauncey B. Brewster, D. D. of Hartford, bishop of the diocese of Connecticut will con. firm . class at Christ church. The pub ic are cordially invited to attend the service. The bishop will conduct ser. vices at Salisbury in the morning at 103O and at o'clock in the afternoon ct Lime Rock.
 A gang of ten men in charge of D, J. Bowling arc in town repairing the various lines of the Southern New Eng. land Telephone Go. They have just completed four line service from Dan. bury to Canaan via Housatonic rail road They will also repair the lines running to LAkeville, Norfolk and other nearby towns. The gang is stopping 1t the Warner House.
 Conductor Frank Smiths new Mountain Express train is said to bs one of the finest in the state which ii not at all to be wondered at inasmucf as the conductor Is one of the finest It is running on time and is being well patronized The coaches were bull by the Pullman Co.,, are equipped witf paper wheels with steel tires and ar, drawn by engine No. Tone of th' finest. Parlor car No. 100, also one o the finest, is attached to the train ant passengers can secure seats in 1t fol the nominal sum of twenty five cents
 Our local base ball team went ove to LAkeville Saturday with the svowet determination of annihilating their ad versaries, the Lakevilles. They mad all necessary preparations for the pre- meditated victory taking only sucl players with them as in the opinio of the management would put n the best base ball argumen and by their superior appear ance reflect credit upon their town But they failed to ''reckon on thei host" and with all their precaution were no match for their stalwart oppe nants who defeated them to the tune ( B to 8. Our boys departed with th flush of anticipated victory upon the faces but returned crestfallen and d. feated. Nevertheless our boys hay good gr1t and are ready to try it agsi with like rssults if necessary.
 The NEWS of June stated tn The Peirce < Freeman Co.'S case again the Town of North Canaan, in regard taxes laid on list of 1898, was on tri in the Superior court at Winsted. IT Waterbury American of June l2 put fishes the following from it's Winste correspondents LII bnc OuPcfl court Thursday the appeal from u doings of the board of relief of tl Town of North Canaan for the year Is. was continued from Wednesday. IT appeal was taken by The Peircs & Ere man Co, whose property had be- assessed at S17, and the board relief raised the list and added S7, 5, to the assessment. From this raise u plaintiffs took an appeal. After a ty days'hearing the appeal was withdraw
 Herman of Minated appeared for u plaintiff and Eicksrson of Cornwall, Al
 RorAbaek of Canaan appeared for | Sswn."