Connecticut western news., 1901-01-10
The Board of Relief has adjourned

Mrs Lyles, ST., Is convalescent from a recent attack of bronchitis. Representative O. W. Camp went to Hartford Tuesday afternoon.
 -Abram Coons recently butcher a nine-months-old pig that weighed just 400 pounds.
 Henry s. Rod of Benton Centrr, N. Y. has been vi>i,ing his sister, Mrs Edmund D Lawrence, since last Thurs day.
 | Whenever Dr Camp Is occupyir g his seat in the legislature Dr Wilcox of Lee, Mass will attend pr Camps pa tients in Canaan and vicinity.
 Tt is rumored that the Southern N. E. Telephone com 1any has appolnt- ed Harry Stevens manager for Wiosted, Norfolk and Canaan, to reside at Nor folk, to take effect February l.
 Prof Beckley's dancing class in- vited in number of friends on the oc- casion of the fifth lesson last Friday evening and all had q most enjoyable time. Tue second half of the term be gins tomorrow night. Mrs Rood pre- sides at the piano.
 Chairman Fyler of the Republican state central committee entertained his associates on the committee by a grand dirner at the Hartford Club last week Thursday evening. The bill of fare was appetizing and exhilerating. J. H. Roraback of this place was in attend | ance. Henry J. Gillette, city evangelist of Hartford, has been visiting his son, Rev E. O. Gillette, at Southfield, Mass |. Last Sunday the evangelist preached at New Marlboro in the morning, at Southfield in the afternoon. and at Mill River in the evening. On Monday. he called on relatives in Canaan on his way to Hartford. According to our Cornwall cores pondence the good church members of that place have evinced a tendency to depart from the strict rules and time honored customs At church annual meeting held there recently the exercis- es wound 1p with 'sociability, read ings, recitstions." "drummer's yarns" and act drama which was "hum- mer" and was "loudly appIsuded"- NJ srcy me!
 Last Friday Mrs J. B. Messenger received a telegram transmitting the sad intelligence that her late husbands sister, Mrs Laura J. Hale of Wethers- field. had suddenly died of heart fail ure at Glastonbury, aged 66 years. Mrs Messenger left Saturday to attend the funeral at Glastonbury, Sunday. Be- sides husband, Francis Hale, she is survived by brother Jarvis T. Messen- ger of Hartford, and a sister Mrs Rufus Keenev of West Hartford.
 The water main leading to the residences of Mrs Devine and Mrs Smith on Reed street. froze solid dur ing the recent cold snap. By the com bination of much effort and persistent labor the pipe wss thawed out Tues- day About 100 feet of lead pipe lead ing to Mrs Mary Corbit's house is also frozen solid. Strange people don't place their water pipes deep enough in the ground to prevent freezing.
 There was bad wreck on the 0. N. E. near Cottage Grove last week Wednesday afternoon when the APO train from Hartford in charge of Con- ductor Shook and Engineer J. Holcomb consisting of two coaches, engine and tender, left the track, imperiling the lives of 50 or more passengers. The engine turned completely over but the engineer and Fireman Hicks miracu- lonsly escaped with few bruises. The coaches were prevented from overturn- ing by falling against the tender A rail 30 feet long was driven through the side of one car and into the other. The passengers escaped through the win dows None were seriously injured.
 -Stetson Uncle Toms Cabin '' (Washburn's company drew a crowded house at Town Hall on Monday night even with the prices at 35 and 50 cents The play was we'll presented, the char. acters of Eva, Topsy and Marks being played as we'll as we have ever seen, and the Simon Legree being the best in the business. The play bill contained so many fictitious names that we can't tell who played the important parts on account of doubles-but the acton who doubled the parts of Fletcher and the Red River murderer, Legree, is above tue ordinary run of "Tom actors George Harris-St. Claire was fine look ing but his enunciation was afflicted with an unpleasant drawl Uncle Ton and the other parts were ordinary. The specialties by the colored people were
 well received.
 The Bridgeport Standard under date of January publishes a lengthy article regarding the failure of Marsl Bros contractors and builders of tha city. Investigation shows that for tht past two years the company had bee:
 doing an ''irregular" business and tn,
 holders of many bogus title deeds ar
 panic stricken. The irregu larities in volve property valued at many thous
 ands of dollars how much is not ye
 definitely known. The firms attorney
 Percy l.. Johnson, man whom all ha' unlimited confidence in, is missing, to
 gether with more than S30,00O. Tn company is practically without assets
 Complaints have been sent in from a nuar fha tat frnpo ,,arfioc xubo bo VT