Connecticut western news., 1900-10-04

Tuesday noon.
 -Dr Ross will be absent on vacation from Oct. 6 to Oct. "A.
 Mrs William Camp is the guest of her brother-in-law, ,Dr Camp and family. --Mias 8. l.. Perry has returned from visit to friends in Lenox and Pitts field. Mass.
 A number of our townspeople at- tended or intend to attend the Dsnbury fair this week.
 The Pilgrim Club will meet at the Pilgrim parsonage on Tuesday evening, Oct. g, at 8 o'clock.
 Miss Ruth Peirce, who has been quite ill for . week past, is greatly improved at the present writing.
 -Revs E. J. Kelly, s. A. Burnaby and T. F. Bannon preached impressive temperance sermt ns last Sunday morn ing.
 Mir and Mrs J. G. Root are taking . ten days vacation. They went to Nivsrville, N. Y. on Monday to visit relatives.
 Mir and Mrs W. Fl. Camp are talk ing few days vacation and left here on Tuesday for New Haven and sail down Long Island Sound to New York.
 -Ar and Mrs R D. Stannard, who have been visiting friends in Mill River, Mas, were the guests of MT and Mrs w. E. Emmons Tuesday. Mrs Stan aard is sister of Mrs Emmons.
 The local hunters have been out with force and arms tho past few days, with malice and aforethought with in- tent to kill all the game they could point gun at. The law remains of until the 18th of next month.
 The Central New England Rail way run their regular Fall excursion to New York city via Poughkeepsie and the Albany Day Line on Wednesday Oct. 10, $2.50 for the round trip. good returning any time within one week Sec posters for particulars.
 -Dr and Mrs F. H. Lee left yes terday for . weeks outing. They ex peot to go by boat down the Hudson to New York where they will spend the greater portion of their vacation During his absence Dr D. M. Wilcox prominent physician of Lee, Mass. will look after the welfare of his pa tients.
 An item appearing in the paupe list of the town report in regard to tn burial of Charles Lewis, a veteran o the civil war, Ia erronious and mislead ing. He, nor his friends, never aske, for any aid from the town. The stat appropriates $35 toward the burial c any veteran when 30 requested. In tn case of MT Lewis the town advanced $3 and afterwards received it from th state. MT Lewis friends paid the ba ance of the funeral expenses.
 Moses Hall, aged 86 years, died . his home near Pine Grove camp groan about 6 o'clock on Wednesday afternoo of last week. He had been failing ral idly for ten days previous to his d. cease, but death was not the result { any particular ailment but was due old age. His funeral was attended his late residence on Friday afternoon Rsv N. s. Boardman conducted the SC vices. Interment in the lower cem tery. The deceased is survived l three daughters. One son, Moses Ha IT., was veteran of the civil war b died . number of years ago.
 Miss Minnie A Williams, form reaident of Canaan. died in Manhatta N, Y, Sept, 20, aged about 49 year She had not been we'll since last Decel ber. She died of Bright's disease. S had suffered very much. but at the ls passed away very quietly. She W buried in Greenwood, in the Willial lot, on Saturday, Sept. 22. The old residents of Canaan pleasantly remel Der Minnie and will be saddened learn of her death. The writer thin that Minnie was born in Canaan. B father, George W. Williams, was m, chant and druggist hero for many yea The family left Canaan about 1870, t father locating>in Yonkers, N. r., a two or three of the children locating New Hartford, Conn. The parents al the eldest son George died number years ago. Minnie is survived by | sisters and one brother. The cid sister. Mrs Helen M. Nash, resides Brooklyn, N. Y. but the writer does know the address of the younger sist ssdis, nor the brother Edward,