Connecticut western news., 1901-07-04
Marcus Barnes arrived home from Williams college last Saturday.


 the Congregational church at Sharon, last Sunday.
 A. c. Brainard of New York city was Tn town over Sunday, returning g on Tuesday morning.
 Miss Georgia Peasley of Great Bar. rington, was a guest of Mrs Esther Williams over Sunday.
 Miss Florence Thomson of New York city Is at her mothers home, Mt Elm. She came last Saturday night
 Editor Rodemeyer of the New Ha- ven Palladium was in town from Satur- day afternoon until Sunday afternoon.
 Miss Louise Roraback has been en. gagged to teach at the Torripgton Hig h school next year. She will commence some time in September.
 $ There will be class reunion at Town Hall this evening. As many us possible of the scholars who have grad uated from the high school since Miss Sarah Roraback has been principal, in- tend being there.- They will have mu- sic aud dancing. Miss Roraback will be present and call the roll.
 The thunder shower at East Canaan on Tuesday afternoon was accompanied by gale which blew down one of the large elms on A. H. Owens lawn. The elm in it's fall destroyed large cherry tree. and bearly escaped striking the house. A fallen tree blockaded the river road between Canaan and Dutch. er's bridge.
 The NEWS IS requested to state that 1t IS surmised that certain young man sat up pretty late with his sweetheart last Sunday night otherwise he would not have fallen asleep Monday morning on load of logs and allowed the team to wander onto the bicycle path be- tween Gilbert Fitch's and the Main St. crossing of the O. N E. road.
 Here is the mercury record in the shade at noon for the last seven days 93-10O- 94- -93 95-9S to 102 2-90s. On Tuesday at 3 p. m. the mercury was lO6' in the shade but dropped 33 de- grees in few minutes after the heavy shower began about 4 p. m., followed by hail storm. A mild thunder show CT occurred yesterday noon.
 Miss Florence Stockwell, contralto soloist of St. Andrews church, Yon- kers, N. Y. and Mir Alexander Howell, tenor soloist of the West End Pre.by- terian church, New York city, will be the guests of Mir and Mrs O. D. LaDow at Twin Lakes this week. Miss Stock well. who is the daughter of Mrs Brusie of Hillsdale, N Y. will sing at Christ church, Canaan, next Sunday morning.
 -Ex- Congressman William Edgar Simonds of Canton and Hartford will deliver the annual address to the con- victs Ia the state prison on the Fourth of July. It has been custom to have such an address at the prison for some years. It will be remembered that on July 4th, 1898 MT Simonds delivered an eloquent and patriotic oration in Canaan. The writer facetiously re- marks that it appears that Mir Simonds audiences are becoming more select his audience today being selected from all parts of the state.
 The annual camp meeting of the Poughkeepsie District will open at Pine Grove. Canaan, Conn.,, Tuesday August 20, and close Sunday evening, August 25. Presiding Elder Wright having asked to be released from the direction of the meeting, the committee have been fortunate in se- curing Rev Dr Osbon of New York city to conduct the meetings. For four weeks proceeding the meeting the NEWS will publish the program of. or an- nouncements in regard to, the meeting, Suffice it today to say the Association will make every effort to provide an at trsntive program
 A heavy thunder shower visited this village between four and five o'clock Tuesday afternoon. After the heaviest part of the shower had passed a bolt of Lightning struck Horace B. Stevens barn in the rear of hi sresidence on West Main street. Mir Stevens housekeeper went 10 a neighbours and gave the alarm which soon spread through the village and was promptly responded to by at least fifty men. In the meantime Mir Stevens went to his barn and led out his horse, removed his carriages and most valuable property stored there. He then coupled gar. den hose to the hydrsnt near the barn and extinguished the flames in the ceil. ing of the carriage room. By this time the neighbors had arrived with an abundant supply of garden hose and connection was made with the faucet in the kitchen of Frank F. Stevens house. The lightning had struck the roof nsar the north west corner of the barn and set on fire several tons of new hay stored in the second story of the barn. The hay burned slowly because 1t was somewhat green. A ladder was raised and Reuben Stewart with an axe cut holes through the siding in tho second story of the barn. Two stream, of water were turned onto the slowly burning hay and soon the flames were quenehed. It is impossible to give the names of all who assisted in saving tht property but among the foremost work CTS were Reuben Sewart, s. A Kemp Charles Callendsr, Daniel Sweeney, an5 J. l.. Parsons. Walter Landon ran ur street and gave the alarm in the busi ness part of the village. The loss has not been estimated at this writing bu the property is fully insured through Whittlesey X Adam.