Connecticut western news., 1901-08-29

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 | Mrs Ellen Peck of Hartford is visit ing for few days at Mrs Frederick Gillette's.
 Rev. Dr. c. T. Seibt and wife arrived at The Naples, Tuesday, to re- main a few weeks. Arthur Blake of Hartford spent Sunday with Miss Marcella Lepyon at her home in Canaan. | HI. E. Burton and daughter of Middletown are at the Misses Changers for two or three weeks visit.
 Mrs Irene J. Bostwi of Van Deusenville, Mass. visited her sister, Mrs J w. Peet, here on Tuesday.
 Miss Mary Hoag went to Danbury on Wednesday for coup ole of day s visit with her brother, Walter G. Hoag. | Mrs Tabor from Glen St. Mary, Fla visited at ". H. Camps from Wednesday of last week until Tuesday of this week.
 | den, Mass, visited her father, Thomas Bonner, and Mrs Bonner from Friday until Monday.
 Mrs Theodore Watson of New Haven has been visiting in town for week with relatives and friends. She returned home on Monday. 
 -J. N. Van Deusen caught salmon trout in Lake Washiniog last Monday that weighed three pounds and one ounce and was 19i inches long.
 Mrs Geo. Lawrence, who has been visiting relatives in town for several weeks, left on Monday for New York to visit her son Ed. for while.
 Three camps broke up at Twin Lakes on Monday, viz: H. B. Ives, Rev H I. Bodley and Camp Buck. George Cunning and wife broke camp on Tuesday.
 MT and Mrs Albert T. Hall of New York are visiting at Charles Adams. Mrs Hull arrived the fore part of last week and Mir Hull came the latter part of the week.
 The Vaudeville entertainment given at Town Hall last week Wednesday | night was success. The gross re- ceipts were $80. aud it netted the V. I. A. society $65.
 -F. B. Gillespie and family of Stam ford. who were soj burning week at Canaan and Twin Lakes. returned on Saturday to Saybrook where they have been spending the summer. There was 8 large attendance at the Sunday School picnics at Twin Lakes and Lskeville last Friday, but the heavy showers from 9 to D. m. marred the pleasure of the occasion.
 Mrs T. A. Evans and Mrs Leroy Stone of Bethel, Mr and Mrs A. D. Wait and two children of Cohoes, and Editor Rodemeyer of New Haven were guests at Dr. H l.. Ross over Sunday.
 The 0. N E railway will sell excur. sion tickets at largely reduced rates Sept 9th and 9th to the Cherry Park Fair which is held near Canton Station Trains will stop at the crossing near the Park.
 HI. B. Ives caught three salmon trout in Lake Washining last Saturday morning. One weighed 3i pounds, and the three weighed St pounds. He caught them all in less than half an hour.
 IT. O'Dwyer, the plumber. has closed his shop here and last Saturday went to his home in Bridgeport to re- main until Sept. 3, when he will enter the employ of D. W. Bovett at Pitts field, Mass.
 -Croquet is being revived as one of the leading games for the women of tie present day, and on many well-kept lawn are often seen groups of people playing at their favorite pastime.- Amenia Times
 Reserved seat tickets for the Town Hall seats are for sale at the NEWS office. The tickets are numbered, lettered and designated as to location on the chart and are put up in sets all ready for use. Sold for almost the same price as plain ticket. The excursion from Pittsfeld. and other stations as far south as New | Milford, to Glen Island last Saturday was well patroniz,d. Twenty or more persons went from Canaan but the re- I turning train did not arrive here until midnight. The state commissioners of fisheries and game met in their office at the capitol in Hartford, August 26th, and made appointments of fish and game wardens for two years. Dr. Hosea L. Ross of Canaan was appointed warden for Litchfield County.
 MT and Mrs E. s Hoyt, daughter and son, of Griggsville, H., started for their home Tuesday morning. They will stop at Buffalo and visit the Pan. American on their way. Mrs Stone of Chester accompanied them as far as Buffalo, and will return home after visiting the exposition.
 John G. Beckley left town on Tuesday for Raleigh, N. c. where he has a several weeks engagement with F. w. McDaniel's Academy of Music orchestra. Mrs J. G. Beckley will close the boarding house for the season on Saturday, and spend several weeks with her parents at East Canaan.
 North Canaan will receive from the state appropriations for 1901 and 190a for roads S3,466 67. The town will have to raise $1, ,733. 33, thus making