Connecticut western news., 1901-05-23

er 9 name the date showing explfatlon
of subscription. Look at it now.
Harry f. Stevens of Norfolk was in
town yesterday.
Kittie A. White has been quite sick
for over q week but is improving.
-Housatonio Lodge. No 81, F ga M.
will confer the third degree next Mon-
day evening.
Mr. and Mrs George @. Peet OF
Bridgeport are expected here Saturday
to visit Mr. Peet's parents over Sunday.
Letters remaining unca'led for at
Canaan post Office ere addressed as fol-
lows: Judd Brothers, VIM. Lockwood,
Canaan Li.cLfisld Co. Maceabees.
1t i, learned that Carl Stoeckel of
Norfolk is the purchaser of the John
Brown homestead. Also understoo d
that the prizes paid was $1,000. The
property will be turned over to the
John Brown Association.
President Millbank and other offic.
ials of the Borden Milk Co. were in
town Tuesday and yesterday and staked
out the ground on which to locate their
creamery buildings.
Now please do not think Canaanites
we're moonstruck at 8 o'clock on Tues
day evening because they discovered a
halo around the m BON aud also an at
mospheric condition or optical illusion
whereby two moons were visible.
Rev NJ. II Mill and Mrs Mill were
called by telegram to Lancaster, Pa.
last Friday BY the sudden death OF Mrs
Mills father on Thursday. We do not
know the particulars of this sudden
bereavement as Mr. and Mrs Mill did
not return until last evening.
A western newspaper printed an
item which read, "The man who was
Lugging the hired girl had better stop
or his name will be printed. In few
days about twenty five citizens paid up
th ,ir subscriptions aud told the editor
to pay no attention to the foolish
stories goin' srund."
"A new time table went into effect
on the Berkshire Division last Sunday
Trains now leave Canaan as follows:
Come SOUTH $40 and 9. 40 m, 2.25,
2. 40, 4 81 and 500 m. Sundays only
at A. 10 and $50 p. m. GONG NORTH
9.40a. M, IL 0s, IL 80. 1877, 6 80 and
TOO p. m. Saturdays only at L. 25 p m.
Sundays only at 8. 40 a. m.
George w. Hall of Falls Village
was in Winsted on Tuesday and sold
w. 81. Hawley of Sandisfeld, Mass the
property of the Cold Spring Iron works
in Otis, Mass, consisting of 200 acres
OF land and valuable water power. MI
Hawley thinks the water power will be
of immense service for a trolley road
which he expects will be built from Ct
harrington to Westfeld
"A special train was run from Mil
lerton to Winsted on Tuesday evening
to accommodate the Odd Fellows from
Millerton. Lakeville. Salisbury, Chaplin
vile and Canaan who visited Clifton
Lodge, No. Ga, 1. o. o. F. at Winsted
About 70 patronized the train, and or
the return trip the train left Win
sted about 2 80 o'clock yesterday morn
Ing. All report good time and goot
supper and they witnessed good worl
done by Clifton Lodge.
Last fall boy named William Gar
rison was sent from South Canaan o
Falls Village to the Connecticut Schoo
for Boys, at Meriden. About a weel
later he escaped from that institution
and fed to New York state. He recent
ly came here to Canaan to see his moth
er, Mrs Potter, but on Monday las
Truant Officer Wadhams arrived her
and with the assistance of Constabl
Rhoades aud Mr. Ka.son the boy wa
lured into barn and arrested and tn
next day he was taken back to Meriden
Last Thursday evening Constabl
L. @. Rhoades arrested Harvey Wagner
aged IT, of South Canaan, aud job
Wheeler, aged 16. of Annandale, N.
on the charge of having stolen two
cycles belonging to Cbsuncey l. Pot
of Madalin, N The boys wei
lodged in Canaan lookup and Mr. Poti
was notified by wire On Friday eve
ming MIR Potts arrived. accompanied b
Deputy Sheriff Charles VsnStenburg I
Red Hook. N. Y, and en- Saturds
morning took the boys to Msdalin fl
trial. The boys claimed to have hire
the wheels for an indefinite time, br
Mr. Potts says the boys rented th
two wheels for so cents each from
o'clock one evening to o'clock Ii
next morning, but instead of returnin
the wheels they skipped the state wit
them and it was week or more befol
he got any clue to them. The bo,
win probably be sent to the New You
state reform school until each is .
years old 1t is also said that Il
Wheeler boy stole his sisters's watcl
and his little brothers bank containir
31.10 in silver and thus obtained mon,
10 pay the whssl rent in advance.