Connecticut western news., 1900-07-19

Mrs s. A. Waterman and daughter | Miss Mary, of Cohoes, N. Y. are visit 1 ing at Dr Ross.
 MT and Mrs Geo. O. Peet of Bridge | port have been visiting in Canaan few days, but loft on Tuesday.
 MT and Mrs Henry Ives of Canaan and Miss Rose Johnson of Norfolk have joined the Beckley camp at Twin Lakes.
 Mrs H. D. Humphrey with daugh- ters Olive and Beatrice leave today for several weeks stay on Leete's Island, Guilford, Conn.
 E. 0 Tyler and family of Hillsdale, N. Y. will occupy H. D. Humphreys cottage at Twin Lakes for one week commencing July 23d.
 Rev B. F. Kidder of Winsted is spending a few days at Pine Grove. Mir Kidder is pastor of the M. E. church of the above mentioned place.
 -Supt. and Mrs H. M Adams of the County Home at Warehouse Point. are spending a two weeks vacation at the Highland House, Block Island.
 The supper and dance given by the young ladies of St. Joseph's church at the Town Hall last evening was we'll at tended notwithstanding the torrid weather.
 Mrs Sullivan Butler of East Canaan, who has been sick long time with heart trouble, has failed rapidly the past week but is still living at this writ ing (4 30 p. m. Wednesday,
 Letters addressed to the following people remain uncalled for at the Ca naan postoffice: Miss Sarah Boothe, Mrs E. 0. Willard, Miss O. A. Bliss. Mrs Wm. Gerrish and Miss Addie s. Miller.
 Otis Turner was prostrated with an attack of lumbsgo at Housatonic Mon- day, He was obliged to leave his CIT GUS in charge of Mir Dillon and is now slowly improving at his home on Canaan | Mountain.
 The Winsted Citizen says: John R.Sedgwick of Cornwa and Miss Caro- line B. Bowman of Torrington were re- gently married by the Rev T. o. Rich. ards, pastor of the Congregational church in West Torrington.
 | -Junius Rhodes, who has been suffer ing with asthma for several weeks past, left yesterday for Waterbury. From there his destination was indefinite, his plans being to get near the salt water in the hopes that he might gain relief.
 Clinton Roraback is improving and sat up for the first time last Saturday. He came near being overcome by the heat the previous Saturday and he was struggling with the humps at the same time and that produced his fever men toned in the last issue of the NEWS.
 The old adage that "If it rains or St. Swithin's day it will rain forty days in succession" has not proved true thi' year in Canaan. There were showers on the evening of July 15, and rain ear ly in the morning of July Is, but not [ drop of rain fell the 17th to cool the torrid air.
 The mercury has "made record during the past seven days. and here Ii
 the temperature at noon: 91-72 80 84 91-94 92. Thunder shower on Thurs day from to 4 p. m, on Sunday at Il and 8. 15 p. n. On Monday afternoon
 the mercury>recorded 970 at the NEW office and 1O0Nt Fuller & Peet's store and on Tuesday afternoon 1O3' at th'
 latter place.
 Clinton Drumm, son of Mir and Mir Samuel Drumm, died last Friday after
 noon of heart disease. aged about two
 house on Sunday at 2 p. m. Rev s. A
 Burnaby officiated. A quartette from
 the Pilgrim Church choir sang two SC lections, "A Friend for Little Children } and 'Safe in the Arms of Jesus." Tn, interment was at the lower cemetery. George A. Marvin, editor and pull fisher of the Norfolk Chimes, has beel visiting friends in Canaan day or two By the way, the Chimes seems more in teresting than ever this season and NJ Marvin is publishing articles from mol ed contributors. The Chimes is doin
 a great and good work for Norfolk, g., 8 it deserves the most substantial sur : port. Its illustrations include views 0 8 Norfolk and portraits Of prominent pee : pie. Its editorial and society notes ar
 of deep interest.
 , We had always supposed North Cs g naan was located in Northwestern Cor l. necticut and therefore in the temperat r zone, but our opinion has taken a rad @ cal change the past week and We are il @ clined to the opinion that geologisi r. have made mistake. With the the
 mometer dancing fiendish jig aroun e the 100 mark in the shade the temper, s ture has been anything but temperat, J In fact 1t has been on rousing spre 7 and it has left us wilted and witheret T.. depressed and i'll patured. It has bee s ruinous weather to crops as we'll as lir '- en collars, but still it has it's missions a one of the least being to teach us to al @ preciate the cold weather which is 1 7 follow.
 POINTERS.