Connecticut western news., 1901-09-12
Miss o, NJ. Palmer, the kinder

today.
 Mrs Fanny O. Eddy and Mrs Henry E. Lyles and son went to Fish CTS Island last Thursday. They will be gone two or three weeks.
 Lawrence Eddy went two weeks ago today to the exposition st Buffalo, and will also visit Jamestown, N, Y He was to be gone two weeks and expects to return home alone.
 August Bruey met with bad sc- cident last week Friday at Peirce S Freeman Co.'S kiln. His leg was broken below the knee by blow from a slsdge while drilling.
 MT Lyons, of Buffalo, N. |, the painter and decorator employed by E. R Lorrain. has rented Mrs Augusta Scott's house on West Main street, and will occupy it about October 1st.
 The Walter l. Main Fashion Plate Shows will exhibit at Torrington, Conn, next Wednesday, Sept. 18th, and at Millerton, N. Y, Sept 18th. Street parade at 10 & m. each day.
 Willis Parsons and family went to Milford last Saturday for s couple of weeks. Miss Jennie Hamm who has been spending s week in Hartford will also join Mir Parsons family at Milford
 F. s. Root went on Tuesday to Bristol, to visit his son Lester for few days. He is taking 8 much needed rest, inasmuch as he has not been away from home to remain over night in six years.
 Miss Lillie Fuller started Tuesday morning for western trip. She will be gone about four weeks, will stop at Rochester, N. r.. one week and then go on to Chicago. Ill , to visit her brother. Robert Fuller.
 Miss Matilda Hood, who has worked for Mrs Sheridan Barnes the past two years, started for her home in Lynchburg, Va, last Monday. She expects to remain South all winter, but will return to Mrs Barnes again in the spring.
 -THR NEWS of Sept. 5,h gave description of the Borden company's plant in this village, but in stating the dimensions of the different buildings Geographical error gave the dimen- sions of the ice house as 36xSO whereas it should have read S6xSO.
 For number of years until tue first of the present month the Gen. tral New England railroad has fur nished night operator at the Western Union telegraph office in Union Depot here, but since Sept. 1st the telegraph office has been closed nights.
 The annual county meeting of the Woman's Board Auxiliaries will be held in the Congregational church at New Milford, Sept 18th. Morning session 10 o'clock, afternoon session l 80. ItI is earnestly hoped that the county will | be we'll represented. The missionary will be Miss Andrews of Tungcho, China.
 -Honce Johnson of Middle Haddsm predicted general, fair and pleasant weather up to the 11th of this month, after which he says: From the 1Ith to the 14th there will be general dis turbance of great force, which will l move over . large surface. This will l be disastrous storm"
 George W. Yohe of Newark, N. J., died at the residence of Samuel Briggs in Wetogue, town of Salisbury about 3 o'clock last Thursday morning. MT Yohe was s summer boarder at Mir Briggs and was stricken with paralysis about 10 days previous to his death. The remains were taken to Newark Thursday afternoon for burial. Mir Yohe was 45 years of age and leaves wife but no children.
 Monday afternoon, while Rev. M. H. Mill and MT. Frank Coons were standing in the doorway of the barn at ''The Home," at the lower corner, a bullet crashed through the side of the barn and splintered the heavy sheath ing or siding and lodged on the floor on the opposite side. They searched for ho ha ha .lok l. find no one They do not think they were the target, but they do consider it a case of careless or reckless shooting.
 On Wednesday of last week Select man Norton notified Highway Com missioner Macdonald that the state road from the Whittlesey cottage to East Canaan was ready for his inspec- tion. Mir Macdonald arrived in town on Friday, and accompanied by North Capaan's three selectmen drove over said road. He found no fault whatever with the road, but on the contra said the work was completed to his entire satisfaction and he would accept it. He also examined Main street and took some measurements with view to de- termining whether 1t was advisable to macadamize it. The next day Engineer Sanford alec took some measurements of Main street. All will admit that the road was in good condition last Friday
 when MT Macdonald accepted it, but
 how will it look after the equinoctial storm is another question. The present
 board of selectmen has done all that
 MT Macdonald required and if the road
 loes not prove 8 permanent improve | ment it is not the fault of the selectmen. POINTEhS.
 Shawl lost and reward offered. See ,1v