Connecticut western news., 1900-03-29
THURSDAY. MARCH 29, 1900.
Local News.

The school children are enjoying a weeks vacation.
 Mrs Luman Foote is quite sick and Miss Honora Britt is taking care of her. John D. Seacord of Lee was in town a few days the fore part of the week.
 -Dr Avis shipped his household goods and office furniture to New Hav- en last Friday.
 The local conclave of Order of Heptasophs will be organized on the evening of April 8.
 -Housatonic Lodge No. 61. F. & A. M. conferred the third degree on two candidates last Monday evening.
 Rev MT Stearns of Norfolk occupied the Pilgrim church pulpit on Sunday in exchange with Rev s. A. Burnaby.
 Mfrs Augusta Scott has returned from Staten Island and has now gone to Sheffield to remain an indefinite time. George Wilcox and family of Win sted visited Mrs Wilcox brother, Ed ward Smith, in this village over Sun day.
 James Snyder and his wife of Ash ley Falls will move into the house on East Main street now occupied by James Sheffield.
 John N. Van Deusen had relapse of the grippe last week but is now again recovering. Mrs Van Deusen steadily improves.
 Letters unclaimed at Canaan post office arc addressed to Abram Goodman, s. Fl. Murphy, Jam ,s Roden, Mrs Horace Shares, H. T. Smith, Mrs B. s. Vedder.
 Among the grippe victims of the past week were Judge D. 0. Whittlesey and Edward Merchant. The judge was on the street yesterday for the first time in some days.
 Mrs s. A. Eddy gave very pleas apt evening to few friends lest Friday st her home "Bromfoxit" Miss Edith Barnes entertained a few young friends with whist last evening.
 Walter Warner went to New York last Friday. He returned Monday night and has been sick abed since. Station Agent John s. Reed is confined to the house with the grippe.
 The condition of John Rodemeyer remains unchanged. His daughters, Mrs s. A. Waterman and Mrs A. D. Wait of Cohoes, N. r., and Mrs Leroy Stone of Bethel are helping care for him.
 William Chapman, 38, a town charge who had lived many years at the home of Mrs Frederick Bronson in East Canaan. was found dead in his room on Monday. He was sufferer from epi. leptic fits.
 --Reuben Sewart and wife are suffer- ing with the grippe. Mrs Lyman Dun. ming has been confined to the house for two weeks with the grippe but is now improving. Frank F. Stevens has been confined to the bed the past three days with the grippe. Mrs D. l.. Freeman is suffering with grippe.
 Attorney George Taft of Union vile sprsng another surprise on the citizens of that town and returned there last week. He says he lost his head and made mistake in going away; that his financial difficulties troubled him and that he now has assurances that his creditors will be lenient with him.
 John H. Bragg, aged IT years, was found dead in bed at his home in Pine Meadow on Wednesday morning of last week. He worked in the rule shop a, Pine Meadow until Tuesday noon, but not feeling we'll did not work in the afternoon. Dr Swett attended hin Tuesday evening but did not consider him dangerously sick. MT Bragg was Q distant relative of James l.. Bragg o Canaan.
 --Dr George F. Wetherell, nativ, of East Canaan, Conn.,, died of pneu monia at his residence in Chicago, H. March 20. 1900, aged 66 years. H. was born on the place now owned ant occupied by Joseph Kegler at East Ga naan. His parents were Hnmer ani Abby Wetherell, who moved to Lisbon Linn Co.,, Iowa, in October 1856. D Wetherell was surgeon in an low, regiment of the Union army during tn Civil war During the war he was giv en few days furlough. and he came t East Canaan to visit his boyhoo friends While here on furlough h spoke in the conference room at Eaa Canaan and gave an account of arm life That was his last visit to Canaan After the close of the war he practice medicine for 8 few years at Lyons, Ia, and 20 or more years ago removed t Chicago. H., and built up large prae tice there. For several years hs ha been in poor health. He leaves wid ow, who is western lady, but he leave no children. Of the six sons and tw daughters of Homer and Abby Wetf erell only two sons and one daughte survive, viz, John at Lisbon, Ia Whiting M., at Janesville, Ia, Mi' Alta I. Wetherell who at present staying at Mechanicsville. Ia I Wetherell was an uncle of Miss Abb T. Kellogg who formerly lived at Fal Village and Winsted, and who h'
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