Connecticut western news., 1900-09-27

\ U. ! Gwladys of New York are the guests of Mrs A. H. Owens and other friends in town.
 | J. W. Peet received letter on Tuesday from Rev. M. H. Mill to the effect that Mir Mills mother remains critically ill at her home in Pennsyl- vania.
 | The mercury record at noon for the last seven days is: 62 77 69 66-7l-75 a2 Some rain fell last Thursday night, but more will be welcome after the Great Harrington fair closes.
 Oscar s. Wsrne relinquished his position at the Union depot today. Mir and Mrs Warne leave next week for a short vacation. They will spend few days at Danbury fair and later will visit various places in Pennsylvania.
 --J. H. Lansing has moved from East Canaan to the New place in this village, Mir Lansing expects to assume the duties at the Union depot today, Mir Fritz of Kingston, N. Y. having arrived Tuesday at the East Canaan station to relieve him.
 -Dr Ovens new office in the Warner House annex is nioely appointed in every particular. Proprietor Warner has beautified the interior elaborately and is making extensive repairs and al- | terations on the exterior of the building. new dress of paint will be placed on the building az soon as the repairs are completed.
 Mir and Mrs George P. Strong and Dr and Mrs F. Fl. Lee left today for Dalton, Mass.. to attend the wedding of Wallace Strong and Miss Carlotta Bick- nell which will take place at 7.30 this evening in the M. E. church of that place A reception will be held at the close of the ceremony at the Irving House. The groom is nephew of Mir and Mrs Strong .
 Harry Ferry of Ashley Falls had 8 narrow escape from being killed at Hoag's crossing by the $40 express train Monday morning. It was cl SC shave-so close that it shaved off the rear wheel of the bioycle-but Harry es- capped unhurt The train was stopped as soon as possible and the trainmen and all the passengers went back to the crossing expecting to find Harry dead. but he was very n uch alive and appar. ently ur hurt notwithstanding he was so suddenly thrown from his bicycle.
 The N. r., N. H. < II. R, R. will sell excursion tickets from all stations between Pittsfieid, New Haven aud Bridgeport to the Danbury fair Oct. to inclusive The rate from Canaan to the fair ground and return. with cou. pom of admission to fair, is S2. 15. A correspondingly low rate from other sta tious. On Oct special excursion train will leave Falls Village at 7.45 8. m., stopping at the principal stations and arriving at fair ground at g 25 a. m Returning leave fair ground at 4. 40 p m
 Three men in a wagon drawn by a white horse were held up the other night at the willows this side of West Norfolk by three men who are said to reside on Mt. Riga Ths occupant, alighted from the wagon and proceeded to wipe up the road with the highway men until they begged to be allowed tc go, promising to be good children ir the future and never to do 30 any more
 Holdups have frequently been made al this point and it is thought that this experience may put stop to it.
 | -Col. Copelands lecture in the Toar Hall on Tuesday evening, under the auspices of the Pilgrim Club of young men, was extremely entertaining and full of inspiration. His subject wal
 "Nhat Hinders?" For an hour and one
 half the Colonel held the closest attsn ton of his audience and alternately con , vulsed it with laughter and then in 1 spired it with the loftiest emotions a. he portrayed different characters anc the customs and incidents in life ant | told tLe variety of things that hinder l people from achieving success, and also t recounted the different ideas of wha constitutes success. The lecture wal worthy of larger audience, but if W, 3 undertook to tell what hindered peopl, f from attending we should cite the fac
 that it was an unfavorable time, as tn, ? night was dark and there was a grang, t meeting at East Canaan, and other al :. trscticns elsewhere.