Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1901-03-07

Tuesday noon.
We can report Charles Gillette as
much better.
20. w. h. Boyer of Grinnell, lowe,
Waited Mr. and Mrs J. W. Peet this
week.
Miss Sarah w. Adam and Miss
Dunning returned from New York city
last Saturday.
-Housatonio Lodge No. 81, F. & A.
N. will confer the F. o. degree next
Monday evening.
About twenty attended the social
ut Pilgrim church last Friday night.
They report good time aid cleared
S2.OO.
"A lecture will be delivered by Rev
John 8. Graham, under the auspices OF
the University Club. in the Congrega-
tionsl church, Falls Village, Conn, on
Tuesday evening. April I'd, 1901. at 8
O'Clock Subject: 1.-The Anglo Saxon
Riddle" Proceeds for benefit of new
n. e. church. Admission 25c.
Charles Nielsen while at work on
Wallace CanAeld's house at East Ga
naan on Tuesday fell from the piazza
roof to the ground. Mr. Nielsen was
brought to his home in this village and
DR. Owens was summoned. Nielsen
sustained severe bruises and one ankle
was strained. He will not be able to
work in several days.
1t is reported that representatives
OF western beef company have recent
" been in Canaan to ascertain if this
was . good point to locate beef storage
plant and from which to distribute beef
through the Housatonic valley and
along the line of the @. N. E. road.
Perhaps they might wish to purchase
or lease the O. N. E. R. r. Co.'S new
creamery building in this village.
John X. Crane. Jack Crane) owner
of the Crane Oxygen Works at New
York city, died at his residence in that
city on Sunday afternoon Of pneu-
monia. Interment at Woodlawn, N. Y.
Wednesday, March g." The foregoing
announcement will be read with sad
ness by q number of Cauaanites who
became acquainted with genial Jack
Crane when he and his brother Lewis
used 10 sojouin in Canaan q month OF
more each summer.
Tho Bridgeport Herald of March 8
calls upon the Connecticut Humane So
ciety to prove their charges in the
alleged cruelty case of nine year old
Beth Wakeman of Bridgeport. The
Herald claims that Detective Arnold
has investigated the case and there is
no evidence to sustain the charges oil
cruelty that have been made. The
Herald says: "As matter Of right and
justice it bshooves the Connecticut Hu
name society to make good their bluff
or apologize for their egrsgious error.
The Herald devotes two columns spac,
in describing the condition of affairs.
Some weeks ago Clement Kegle
bargained for T. Fem Bigelow's farm
but Mr. Bigelow could not give q deco
Of the property without taking out let
ters Of administration on the estate o
Abigail r. Bigelow and getting an or
der from the Probate court to sell tn,
real estate. That form has been gon,
through with and '.Clem" has paid TO
the farm, received q deed of it and tax
on possession of the property. NJ
Bigelow has been in Canaan during th
past week and goes to Springfield
Mass. to visit his daughter, Mrs W.
Thomson. and he may decide to looat
in that city or vicinity.
Tho resignation of the Rev Henri
Utterwick ~ pastor of the Congregt
tional Church at East Canaan was
complete surprise-as mentioned b
our East Canaan correspondents. Man
in this village join with the people {
East Canaan in acknowledging that the
are 10th to part with Mr. Utterwick an
his family. Mr. Utterwick has bee
pastor of the East Canaan church for
longer period than any pastor e1cel
the late Rev Pitkin Cowles. He r.
signed to All an appointment to do Iii
erary work, resignation to take effe,
on the 9th Of May at the end of q pa
torate Of ten years Mr. utterwie
viii be employed by the state OF Ne
York in translating, and in preparir
articles about Colonial times or wor
He will locate in some place near Ne
York city, because it viii be necessa
fos him 10 hare ACCESS to the d
HbsAsisS.